Research scope

I. Physiological and biochemical responses of crops to various environmental factors

1. Mechanisms of crops acclimation to drought conditions.
2. Mechanisms of allellopathic compounds effects.

II.  Chlorophyll fluorescence and bioenergetics and functioning of plant photosystem II (PSII) as affected by abiotic stresses   Details

III.  Physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of seeds and methods of improving their sowing value

1. Hydrocyanide and nitric oxide as signaling molecules in seed germination control

2. Molecular mechanisms of regulation of processes in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds, including studies of: the role of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in light-dependent seed germination; mechanisms of regulation of translation and degradation of proteins in seeds; role of light and light path signaling elements in breaking seed dormancy and stimulating seed germination.

3. Methods of various plant seed quality improvement and their effect on yielding

IV.  Research for the purposes of plant breeding

1.    Physiological, biochemical and molecular markers of crop plants and wild forms of beet and the possibility of their use in breeding (in cooperation with Kutnowska Hodowla Buraka Cukrowego.

2.    Molecular aspects of plant-nematode interaction

V. The role of jasmonates in generative development