Plants are under the pressure of many living and non-living factors during agricultural production, and as a result, serious decreases occur in crop yield and quality. The plant protection department aims to identify these factors in the field and laboratory conditions, to take necessary precautions against these factors and to manage them in a profitable and sustainable way and conducts studies in line with this goal.

The Plant Protection department consists of 2 main divisions, namely Entomology and Phytopathology. While the main subject areas of the phytopathology are fungi, bacteria, viruses, phytoplasm and weeds, entomology is interested in insects, nematodes and mites.

The department was established in 2008 and continues education with 3 professors, 1 associate professor, 2 assistant professors and 3 research assistants. The department provides undergraduate, master’s degree and doctoral education.

Many studies on the biological control of agricultural pests are conducted at the department. There are lots of research articles published in prestigious scientific journals about predators, parasitoids, entomopathogenic nematodes and entomopathogenic fungi.