NEWS
EVENTS
CULTIVAR TESTING, NURSERY AND GENE BANK RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Manager
Dr. Hab. Mirosław Sitarek, Prof. IO
tel.: +48 46 834 54 39, mobile: 501 506 714
E-MAIL: Miroslaw.Sitarek@inhort.pl
Deputy manager
Dr. Eng. Dorota Kruczyńska
tel. +48 46 834 54 48, mobile 509 408 604
e-mail: Dorota.Kruczynska@inhort.pl
SCOPE OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED
- Assessment of the utility value of fruit plant varieties in the climatic and soil conditions of Poland, examination of their economic value (EV) and distinctiveness, uniformity and durability (DW).
- Study of the influence of new rootstocks of Polish and foreign selection on the growth and fruiting of apple and pear varieties.
- Growth and fruiting biology of cherry and plum trees grafted on different rootstocks.
- Assessment of self-(in)fertility of sour cherry and sour cherry varieties based on the identification of S-haplotypes using DNA analysis techniques and the selection of pollinators for new varieties of fruit plants.
- Research on the suitability of species and varieties of fruit plants for organic cultivation.
- Theoretical and practical aspects of ecological, integrated and conventional seed and nursery production of horticultural and energy plants.
- Health assessment and identification of seed pathogens and seed improvement.
- Development of physiological, metabolic and metabolomic markers of germination, dormancy, viability and senescence of seeds of selected horticultural plant species
- Introduction of new species of horticultural plants of great importance to human health.
- Production and maintenance of elite nursery material of fruit plants free from viruses, phytoplasmas and viroids.
- Collection, maintenance and evaluation of plant material constituting a source of genes for breeders and ensuring the preservation of the biodiversity of horticultural plants.
- Preservation of old varieties and local genotypes of horticultural plants threatened with extinction.
- Popularization of biodiversity of varieties/species of garden plants gathered in collections and raising public awareness of the need to preserve it.
- Maintaining an active collection of generatively propagated garden plants.
- Creation of a reference collection of plant species accompanying horticultural crops and securing their genetic resources at the Regional Centre for Horticultural Biodiversity
- Building a documentation system integrating data on genotypes collected at the Institute of Horticulture, their passport data, characteristics, evaluation and molecular data, and information on the storage and distribution of genetic materials.
- Cryopreservation of garlic (Allium sativum L.) by vitrification method.
Researchers
- dr hab. Elżbieta Rozpara, prof. IO
- Dr. Hab. Mirosław Sitarek, Prof. IO
- Dr. Eng. Paweł Bielicki
- Dr. Eng. Witold Danelski
- Dr. Eng. Agnieszka Głowacka
- Dr. Michal Koniarski
- Dr. Eng. Dorota Kruczyńska
- Dr. Eng. Anna Lisek
Research and technical staff
- MSc Eng Tomasz Golis
- M.Sc. Eng. Grzegorz Hodun
- MSc Eng Marcin Pąśko
Engineering and technical workers
- prof. Ph.D. Teresa Orlikowska
- Eng. Agnieszka Stan-Szyszczyńska
Technical staff
- M.Sc. Eng. Patrycja Kowalicka
- M.Sc. Eng. Katarzyna Szyszkowska
- MSc Eng Anna Wawrzyniak
- MSc Eng Ewa Wojciechowska
- Eng. Jakub Zbądzki
- Dorota Chałat, M.A.
- Licensed by Norbert Kowara
- Izabella Belc
- Krzysztof Dyśko
- Anna Dziąg
- Halina Frątczak
- Marzena Kołtun
- Elizabeth Kroc
- M.A. Monika Kubik
- Darius Maj
- Maryla Malinowska
- Krzysztof Malinowski
- mgr Jacek Marat
- Lukasz Marcinkowski
- Beata Masny
- Isabella Popek
- Maria Rosinska
- Lucyna Sarzyńska
- Anna Sawicka
- Anna Stan
- Irena the Madman
- Andrew Walas
- Halina Wolniak
- Piotr Zasowski
