Taxonomy and biology of pests and natural enemies. Chemical control. Biorational insecticides. Biological control. Integrated control. Design of control programmes. Effects of pesticides on useful fauna. Resistance.

 Research applied to paraphyletic, entomopathogenic, and saprophyte Nematodes. Their importance in agriculture: effect, treatment, exploitation and cultivation, supplemented by faunal, zoogeographical, ecological and systematic studies of the species in the group.

 Taxonomy and biology of urban pests of medical and veterinary importance (structural, in wood, and in stored products) caused by insects, arachnids and rodents. Population assessment. Establishment of monitoring programs. Treatment, treatment development and control maintenance.

 Studies on biodiversity in lepidopteran insects, especially of the Tortricidae, Geometridae and Tineidae families. Systematics, evolution and faunal composition, their origin and dispersal (historical biography). Evolution and ecology in Lepidoptera. Impact on agroforestry ecosystems. Conservation of natural areas. Informative and educational applications. Museum studies.

 Studies on the biodiversity of parasites of the Ichneumonoidea and Chacidoidea families. Systematics and taxonomy. Autecology. Parasite complexes. Host-parasite relationships. Impact on agricultural and forest ecosystems. Effects of pesticides on useful fauna.

Taxonomic and biological study of aphids. Taxonomic and autelogical study of their parasitoids. Effects in agricultural and forest ecosystems. Aphid-parasitoid relationships and rates for their use in control programmes. Effects of plant protection products on aphids and parasitoids.