Originated from the Department of Plant Diseases and Insect of Hunan University in 1950, School of Plant Protection (SPP) has become a comprehensive and interdisciplinary college offering bachelor, master and doctoral programs.

SPP has 69 faculty and staff members, including 15 professors, 1 professor entitled to Special Allowance from the State Council of PRC, 1 member of the Talents of the New Century of the Ministry of Education of China, 2 special professor of “Furong Scholars” Program in Hunan Province, 1 lecture professor, 3 members of the Hunan 121 Talent Project, 3 discipline leaders in Hunan Province, 1 special professor of the “One Hundred Expert Program”, and 7 special professors of “Shennong Scholars” Program. SPP has 35 doctoral supervisors (including 10 part-time supervisors and 1 academician belonging to both academies), 56 academic master supervisors (including 13 part-time supervisors), and 74 professional degree supervisors (including 30 part-time supervisors).

The value of teaching and research equipment is more than 60 million Yuan. Teaching and research room covers an area of 12,000 square meters. SPP is one of the main supporting units of the three national scientific research and teaching platforms for the National Engineering Research Center for Utilization of Plant Functional Components. In addition, SPP has 4 provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms, 2 provincial off-campus practice bases for postgraduates and more than 20 off-campus teaching practice bases for undergraduates.

SPP has academic cooperation with more than 10 regions and countries, such as the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, and Thailand, through the ways of sending some outstanding undergraduates to study abroad and welcoming international exchange students. SPP currently has over 1,100 undergraduate students and nearly 400 master's and doctoral students.

Discipline and Degree

Plant Pathology is the key discipline in Hunan Province, and Plant Protection is the dominant discipline in Hunan Agricultural University and the key discipline in the 12th Five-Year Plan of Hunan Province. In 2016, Plant Pathology is graded as B ^- discipline in the fourth round of discipline assessment in China, and in 2018 it was rated as a first-class provincial cultivation discipline in Hunan Province.

Post-doctoral Research Station

Plant Protection Post-doctoral Research Station(2007)

Doctoral Program

First-Category PhD Degree Program

Plant Protection (2005)

Second-Category PhD Degree Program

Plant pathology (2000)

Agricultural Insect and Pest Control (2005)Pesticide Science (2005)

Bio-safety and Quarantine(2005)

Bioinformatics(2013)

Microbiology (2005)

Master Program

First-Category Master Degree Program

Plant Protection (2005)

Second-Category Master Degree Program

Plant pathology (1986)

Agricultural Insect and Pest Control (1984)

Pesticide Science (1999)

Bio-safety and Quarantine (2005)

Bioinformatics (2005)

Microbiology (2005)

Professional Master Degree of Agriculture

Resource Utilization and Plant Protection discipline (2016)

Bachelor Program

Plant Protection: a key discipline of Hunan Province (2001), a characteristic discipline of Hunan Province (2005), and a national characteristic discipline of China (2007), among the first pilot disciplines for the reform of the training mode of top-notch and innovative outstanding agricultural and forestry talents by MOE, MOA and the State Forestry Administration (2014) as well, and one of the Brand Specialties in HUNAU (2016).

Animal and Plant Quarantine: characteristic discipline of Hunan Province (2009)

Scientific Research and Social Services

Scientific Research Platform

SPP has 4 provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms, namely the key laboratory of Plant Disease and Pest Biology and Control in Hunan Province, the Biological Pesticides and Preparations Processing Engineering Research Center of Hunan Province, the Engineering Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis and Decision Making of Hunan Province, the Engineering Research Center for the Prevention, Control and Early Warning of Agricultural Pests of Hunan Province. In addition, SPP has a key provincial laboratory for plant disease control and utilization in Hunan Province, an Innovation Center of Crop Germplasm and Resources Utilization(National Key Training Laboratory), a national demonstration center for experimental teaching of plant science, National 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Southern Grain and Oil Crops, National Plants Functional Component Utilization Engineering Technology Center. SPP, a leading member of the Research Institute of New Rural Development, has two teaching platforms as the Biosafety Teaching Practice Center of Hunan Province and the Insect Herbarium of Hunan Agricultural University.

Scientific Research

Since 2011, the School of Plant Protection has won 2 second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 3 first prizes and 7 second prizes of provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards. It has undertaken more than 80 national-level projects, such as the National Key Research and Development Program and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and more than 300 key research and major breakthrough projects in Hunan Province. The promotion and application of these achievements have generated significant economic, social, and ecological benefits, providing important technical support for regional economic development. It has been granted 92 national invention patents and 4 utility model patents, and has published more than 300 papers indexed by SCI/EI/ISTP, including 3 highly cited ESI papers. It has made important contributions to the ranking of our university's disciplines in Plant and Animal Science, Agricultural Science, Environmental/Ecological Science, Chemistry, Engineering Science, and Biology and Biochemistry in the top 1% globally.

Social Services

SPP actively adapts to the needs of social development to provide technological support for local economic construction through the selection of Science and Technology Commissioners, experts from the Three Areas Scientific and Technological Talents Program and Ten Thousand Experts Services Program, and training of the station manager and technicians of plant protection system in Hunan Province, the“Three Areas” (which means poverty-stricken areas, border ethnic areas, and old revolutionary base areas) Scientific and Technological Talent Plan for green plant protection as well.