LABORATORY “PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS” – Projects
SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
Project КП-06-Н76/5 “Biotechnological approaches for targeted accumulation of secondary metabolites in the medicinal plant Arnica montana L. and study of the biosynthetic pathway of sesquiterpene lactones”. (2023-2027) Project leader: Associate Prof. Maria Petkova, participants – Associate Prof. Maria Geneva, Assistant Prof. Kamelia Miladinova-Gospodinova, assistant Mariana Sichanova.
Project КП-06-Н56/8 “Influence of newly synthesized amino acid nanofibers carriers of biologically active agents on in vitro propagation and accumulation of secondary metabolites in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni”. (2021-2025) Project leader: Associate Prof. Maria Geneva, participants – Assistant Prof. Kamelia Miladinova-Gospodinova, assistant prof. Elrsaveta Kirova, assistant Mariana Sichanova.
Project KP-06 Н31/17 “Genome wide association study of grain yield, grain protein content and grain nitrogen concentration in Bulgarian bread wheat germplasm”. (2019-2025) Project leader: Prof. Svetlana Misheva. Participants: Associate Prof. Konstantina Kocheva, Assistant Prof. Tania Kartseva.
Project KP-06-Н56/15 “Тhe ancient wheat – growth and physiological characteristics under unfavorable stress factors and possibilities to alleviate the negative effects” (Bulgarian NSF), Project leader: Assistant Prof. Irina Moskova. Participants: Associate Prof. Konstantina Kocheva, Assistant Prof. Elisaveta Kirova.
Д01-205/23.11.2018 National Research Program: „Healthy nutrition for strong bioeconomy and quality of life“. (2018-2022) Project coordinator from IPPG: Prof. Violeta Velikova, participants – Associate Prof. Maria Geneva and Associate Prof. Grigor Zehirov.
Д01-230/06.12.2018, National Research Program: „Environmental protection and reduction of the risk for adverse climate changes“. (2018-2022) Project coordinator from IPPG: Prof. Valya Vassileva, participant – Associate Prof. Grigor Zehirov.
(2026-2029) NKFIH ADVANCED 152306, funded by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA). “Defining the role and regulation of polyamine metabolism during nitrogen assimilation in crop plants” Project leader: Prof. Magda Pál (Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary). Participants from the Laboratory: Prof. Svetlana Misheva (coordinator from IPPG), Assist. Prof. Tanya Kartseva, agronomist Katelina Prokopova.
(2026-2027) IC- HU/02/2026-2027 bilateral project with Hungary, funded by a grant scheme of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. “Photosynthetic activity, role and regulation of polyamine metabolism in nitrogen uptake in wheat”. Project leader from IPPG: Assist. Prof. Violeta Peeva. Participants from the Laboratory: Prof. Svetlana Misheva, Assist. Prof. Tanya Kartseva, agronomist Katelina Prokopova.
(2024-2027) KP-06-N-81/1, funded by the Bulgarian NSF. “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”. Project leader: Assist. Prof. Vladimir Aleksandrov. Participants from the Laboratory: Prof. Svetlana Misheva, agronomist Katelina Prokopova.
(2022-2026) KP-06-N56/16, funded by the Bulgarian NSF. ”Effectiveness of extracts from cultivated Bulgarian medicinal plants as potential therapeutic agents in socially significant diseases”. Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Krasimira Tasheva. Participants from the Laboratory: Prof. Svetlana Misheva.
