Department of Phytopathology them. Acad. VF Peresypkin started its academic and research activities in 1954. By this time the rate of Phytopathology read in the agricultural department of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute (since 1898) and in Kiev Agricultural Institute (since 1925) The Botany Department.

Currently, the department has four doctors  (Prof., Academician of NAAS of Ukraine, Professor Mycola Kirik, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Oleksiy Antonenko, Doctor of Biology Larysa Kriuchkova and Doctor of Agricultural Sciences Tetyana Patyka), five associate professors (V. Hlym'yaznyy, M. Pikovsky, O.Dermenko, D. Gentosh, O. Bashta), and assistant (A. Vuyek).

During operation of the department of scientific and pedagogical staff published 45 monographs, textbooks and manuals more than 2000 scientific papers, received 40 patents for inventions. Scientists Department awarded 4 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals for participating in ENEA. In production introduced 15 varieties of crops with increased resistance against diseases. Members of the department trained 11 doctors and more than 130 candidates, including 42 - to foreign countries.