Projects

Mgr. Katarína Pastirčáková, PhD.

International

Current
  • Novel aerial spore trapping method for effective monitoring of invasive fungal pathogens Dothistroma septosporum, Dothistroma pini, and Lecanosticta acicola in pine forests
    Program: Multilateral - other
    Duration: 1. 1. 2025 – 30. 11. 2026
Finished
  • Pine pitch canker - strategies for management of Gibberella circinata in greenhouses and forests
    Program: COST
    Duration: 8. 5. 2015 – 7. 5. 2019
  • Fraxinus dieback in Europe: elaborating guidelines and strategies for sustainable management
    Program: COST
    Duration: 25. 4. 2012 – 24. 4. 2016
  • Cryphonectria parasitica as causal agent of damage od European chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in slovakia and Hungary and possibility of utilization of hypovirulent strain in biological control
    Program: Inter-institute agreement
    Duration: 1. 1. 2004 – 31. 12. 2006

National

Current
  • Transmission Dynamics of Artificially Applied Beauveria bassiana in Ips typographus Galleries
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 9. 2025 – 31. 8. 2028
Finished
  • Diversity and pathogenicity of ophiostomatoid fungi in Scots pine stands infested by bark beetles
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2022 – 31. 12. 2025
  • A new pest in beech stands of Slovakia: Evaluation and proposal of control methods against Taphrorychus bicolor
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2023 – 31. 12. 2025
  • Impact of climate change on the distribution of selected pathogens of Pinus sp. trees
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2022 – 31. 12. 2025
  • Identification, genetic variability a pathogenicity of economically important needle cast species on pines
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2018 – 31. 12. 2021
  • Ash dieback: the causal agents and disease control strategy
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2018 – 31. 12. 2021
  • Distribution potential of different fungal trophic groups in Europe
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2016 – 30. 6. 2020
  • Biology, spread and identification of harmful agent Dothistroma septosporum (Mycosphaerella pini), D. pini and other harmful agents of assimilatory organs of pines
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2014 – 31. 12. 2017
  • Species diversity and biological characteristics of parasitic fungi associated with damage and withering of woody plants
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2014 – 31. 12. 2017