In 1964, the Andishan Institute for Cotton Production was organized on the basis of the branch of the Tashkent Institute of irrigation and agricultural mechanization. In 1979, the Department of Crop Protection was established on the basis of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, and in 2004 the Rectors of the Institute, by Decree No. 260-L, created a new department on the basis of two independent departments – Agrochemistry of Soil Science and Plant Protection.
According to the order of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 3, 2012 No 183, the department of “Agrochemistry, Soil Science and Plant Protection” was renamed the Department of “Plant Protection and Quarantine”.
In the 2018-2019 academic year, the Department of “Plant Protection and Agricultural Phytopathology” was established.
From the 2020-2021 academic year, the department of “Plant Protection” was established.
The department of “Plant Protection” is a specialized department, the stages of the educational process are undergraduate: full-time and part-time “Plant Protection” (by types of crops), Master’s degree: “Plant Protection (by methods),” Monitoring and forecasting of plant protection “,” Fruit and vegetable ” biotechnology ”.