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Svetlana Misheva

Professor Svetlana Misheva, PhD

(also known as Svetlana Landjeva)

Building 25
Office 319; Lab 320
Phone: +359 2 979 3677; +359 2 979 3674
Е-mail: s_misheva@bio21.bas.bg; slandjeva@gmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0002-1923-999X

Scopus ID: 57196474502

Current activities

Prof. Svetlana Misheva is a plant geneticist and head of the research group “Genetic Resources, Mineral Nutrition and Stress Tolerance in Cereals”. Her work focuses on:

  • Genetic and physiological mechanisms underlying stress tolerance and nitrogen use efficiency in cereal crops;
  • Genetic diversity of wheat;
  • Genetic control of key agronomic traits and stress‑related responses.

Academic qualifications

  • MSc in Molecular and Functional Biology, major in Genetics – Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria – 1986.
  • PhD in Genetics – Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria – 2000.

Training

  • Molecular Marker Applications to Plant Breeding – CYMMYT, Mexico, 1996.
  • Molecular cytogenetic methods (FISH, GISH) in plants – Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary, 2007.

Work experience

  • 1988 – 2008: Research associate – Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • 2008 – 2009: Senior research associate – Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • 2009 – 2018: Docent – Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • 2018 – present: Professor – Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • 2006 – 2009: Visiting scientist – Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzen-forschung (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany.

Membership

  • 2005 – present: member of EWAC (European Cereal Genetics Co-operative).
  • 2008 – 2009: member of EUCARPIA (European Association for Research on Plant Breeding).
  • 2008 – present: member of “Global Wheat Germplasm and Use Community” Expert Group, part of the international organization „Wheat Initiative”.
  • 2009 – present: member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria.
  • 2018 – present: member of the editorial council, Биотехнология и Селекция Растений (Russia).
  • 2020 – present: member of the editorial board, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, Springer, Q1.
  • 2022 – present: member of the editorial board, Cereal Research Communications, Springer, Q2.
  • 2024 – present: member of the editorial board, Вісник Одеського національного університету. Серія: Біологія (Ukraine).

Projects in the last 10 years

  • 2026 – 2029: NKFIH ADVANCED 152306 „Defining the role and regulation of polyamine metabolism during nitrogen assimilation in crop plants“,  NRDI Fund (OTKA), Hungary, team member
  • 2026 – 2027: IC- HU/02/2026-2027 „Photosynthetic activity, role and regulation of polyamine metabolism in nitrogen uptake in wheat“ – bilateral project with Hungary, team member
  • 2024 – 2027: KP-06-N-81/1 „Mathematical models and the use of artificial intelligence for analysis of the photosynthetic apparatus of wheat plants under conditions of stress as a result of drought and lack of nutrients”, team member
  • 2022 – 2026: КP-06-N56/16 „Effectiveness of extracts from cultivated Bulgarian medicinal plants as potential therapeutic agents in socially significant diseases”, team member
  • 2024 – 2025: IC/HU/04/2024-2025 „Effects of abiotic stress factors on metabolic processes and defense mechanisms in cultivated plants” – bilateral project with Hungary, team member
  • 2019 – 2025: КП-06-Н31/17 Genome wide association study of grain yield, grain protein content and grain nitrogen concentration in Bulgarian bread wheat germplasm. Project leader: Prof. Svetlana Misheva
  • 2022 – 2023: IC/HU/04/2022-2023 „Effect of light quality on leaf physiology and photosynthesis. Determining the role of polyamines in light-modulated conditions“ – bilateral project with Hungary, team member
  • 2019 – 2021: „Role of bioactive compounds in the response of crop plants to stress. Effects on photosynthesis and interaction with plant hormones” – bilateral project with Hungary, team member
  • 07-08.2021: WheatNitroDrought „Role of nitrogen supply in growth, photosynthetic and molecular responses to soil drought stress in bread wheat“ – EPPN 2020-Transnational Access project, EU Programme Horizon2020, joint project with Slovakia, project leader from Bulgaria
  • 2016 – 2020: DNTS/Slovakia 01/4 „Evaluation of drought stress response based on investigation of the relationship between photosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism of modern Bulgarian and Slovak bread wheat varieties“ – bilateral cooperation with Slovakia, Bulgarian FNI-funded, project leader
  • 2016 – 2018: BUL5014 „Screening of cereal germplasm stress response and adaptation potential by advanced nuclear, omics and physiological approaches“ – IAEA-funded, team member

Colaborations

  • IPK, Gatersleben, Germany (Prof. Andreas Börner).
  • Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia (Dr. Tatyana Pshenichnikova).
  • Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary (Prof. Tibor Janda, Prof. Gabriela Szalai, Prof. Magda Pál).
  • Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia (Prof. Marian Brestic).
  • N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, St Petersburg, Russia (Prof. Elena Khlestkina).
  • KWS, Einbeck, Germany (Dr. Viktor Korzun).
  • Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine (Prof. Sabina Chebotar).
  • University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland (Prof. Krzysztof Kowalczyk, Prof. Sylwia Okoń).

Other interests

Gorgeous sons first, but then sports with focus on hiking, trekking and backpacking, folk dances, good books and music.

Publication activity (by 01.02.2026)

Scientific publications: 111. In WoS/Scopus: 50

Scopus h-index: 20

Citations: >1,560; Scopus – 1,348

Selected publications

  1. Kartseva T, Aleksandrov V, Alqudah AM, Arif MAR, Kocheva K, Doneva D, Prokopova K, Börner A, and Misheva S (2024) GWAS in a collection of Bulgarian old and modern bread wheat accessions uncovers novel genomic loci for grain protein content and thousand kernel weight. Plants 13: 1084
  2. Kartseva Т, Aleksandrov V, Alqudah AM, Schierenbeck M, Tasheva K, Börner A, and Misheva S (2024) Exploring novel genomic loci and candidate genes associated with plant height in Bulgarian bread wheat via multi-model GWAS. Plants 13: 2775
  3. Kartseva T, Alqudah AM, Aleksandrov V, Alomari DZ, Doneva D, Arif MAR, Börner A, and Misheva S (2023) Nutritional genomic approach for improving grain protein content in wheat. Foods 12: 1399
  4. Filacek A, Zivcak M, Barboricova M, Misheva SP, Pereira EG, Yang X, and Brestic M (2022) Diversity of responses to nitrogen deficiency in distinct wheat genotypes reveals the role of alternative electron flows in photoprotection. Photosynthesis Res 154: 259–276
  5. Szalai G, Dernovics M, Gondor OK, Tajti J, Molnár AB, Lejmel MA, Misheva S, Kovács V, Pál M, and Janda T (2022) Mutations in Rht-b1 locus may negatively affect frost tolerance in bread wheat. Int J Mol Sci 23: 7969
  6. Aleksandrov V, Kartseva T, Alqudah, AM, Kocheva K, Tasheva K, Börner A, and Misheva S (2021) Genetic diversity, linkage disequilibrium and population structure of Bulgarian bread wheat assessed by genome‐wide distributed SNP markers: From old germplasm to semi‐dwarf cultivars. Plants 10: 1116
  7. Kartseva T, Dobrikova A, Kocheva K, Alexandrov V, Georgiev G, Brestič M, and Misheva S (2021) Optimal nitrogen supply ameliorates the performance of wheat seedlings under osmotic stress in genotype-specific manner. Plants 10: 493
  8. Kocheva K, Kartseva T, Nenova V, Georgiev G, Brestic M, Misheva S (2020) Nitrogen assimilation and photosynthetic capacity of wheat genotypes under optimal and deficient nitrogen supply. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 26: 2139–2149
  9. Szalai G, Tajti J, Áron Hamow K, Ildikó D, Khalil R, Vanková R, Dobrev P, Misheva SP, Janda T, Pál M (2020) Molecular background of cadmium tolerance in Rht dwarf wheat mutant is related to a metabolic shift from proline and polyamine to phytochelatin synthesis. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27: 23664–23676
  10. Pál M, Ivanovska B, Oláh T, Tajti J, Áron Hamow K, Szalai G, Khalil R, Vanková R, Dobrev P, Misheva SP, and Janda T (2019) Role of polyamines in plant growth regulation of Rht wheat mutants. Plant Physiol Biochem 137: 189–202
  11. Jusovic M, Velitchkova MY, Misheva SP, Börner A, Apostolova EL, and Dobrikova AG (2018) Photosynthetic responses of a wheat mutant (Rht-B1c) with altered DELLA proteins to salt stress. J Plant Growth Regul 37: 645–656
  12. Petrov P, Petrova A, Dimitrov I, Tashev T, Olsovska K, Brestic M, and Misheva S (2018) Relationships between leaf morpho-anatomy, water status and cell membrane stability in leaves of wheat seedlings subjected to severe soil drought. J Agron Crop Sci 204: 435–441
  13. Dobrikova AG, Yotsova EK, Börner A, Landjeva SP, and Apostolova EL (2017). The wheat mutant DELLA-encoding gene (Rht-B1c) affects plant photosynthetic responses to cadmium stress. Plant Physiol Biochem 114: 10–18
  14. Landjeva S, Ganeva G, Korzun V, Palejev D, Chebotar S, and Kudrjavtsev A (2015). Genetic diversity of old bread wheat germplasm from the Black Sea region evaluated by microsatellites and agronomic traits. Plant Genet Resour: Characterization Util 13: 119–130
  15. Pshenichnikova TA, Khlestkina EK, Landjeva S, Kartseva T, Börner A, Simonov AV, Shchukina LV, and Morozova EV (2015). Genetic dissection of earliness by analysis of a recombinant chromosome substitution double haploid mapping population of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) in different geographic regions. Euphytica 206: 191–202
  16. Kocheva K, Nenova V, Karceva T, Petrov P, Georgiev GI, Börner A, and Landjeva S (2014). Changes in water status, membrane stability and antioxidant capacity of wheat seedlings carrying different Rht-B1 dwarfing alleles under drought stress. J Agron Crop Sci 200: 83–91
  17. Nenova V, Kocheva K, Petrov P, Georgiev G, Karceva T, Börner A, and Landjeva S (2014). Wheat Rht-B1 dwarfs exhibit better photosynthetic response to water deficit at seedling stage compared to the wild type. J Agron Crop Sci 200: 434–443
  18. Landjeva S, Karceva T, Korzun V, and Ganeva G (2011) Seedling growth under osmotic stress and agronomic traits in Bulgarian semi-dwarf wheat – comparison of genotypes with Rht8 and/or Rht-B1 genes. Crop Pasture Sci 62: 1017–1025
  19. Landjeva S, Lohwasser U, and Börner A (2010) Genetic mapping within the wheat D genome reveals QTL for germination, seed vigour and longevity, and early seedling growth. Euphytica 171:129–143
  20. Landjeva S, Neumann K, Lohwasser U and Börner A (2008) Molecular mapping of genomic regions associated with growth response to osmotic stress in wheat seedlings. Biol Plant 52: 259–266
  21. Landjeva S, Korzun V, Stoimenova E, Truberg B, Ganeva G and Börner A (2008) The contribution of the gibberellin-insensitive semi-dwarfing (Rht) genes to genetic variation in wheat seedling growth in response to osmotic stress. J Agric Sci 146:275–286
  22. Landjeva S, Korzun V and Börner A (2007) Molecular markers: actual and potential contributions to wheat genome characterization and breeding. Euphytica 156:271–296
  23. Landjeva S, Korzun V and Ganeva G (2006) Evaluation of genetic diversity among Bulgarian winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties during the period 1925–2003 using microsatellites. Genet Resour Crop Evol 53:1605–1614
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