{"id":2071,"date":"2020-02-03T11:50:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T09:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/?page_id=2071"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:24:47","slug":"svetlana-misheva","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/?page_id=2071","title":{"rendered":"Svetlana Misheva"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"550\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"310\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9748\" style=\"border: 1px solid grey; border-radius: 9px; box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #717070;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/misheva-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"310\">\n<h5>Professor Svetlana Misheva, PhD<\/h5>\n<p>(also known as Svetlana Landjeva)<\/p>\n<p>Building 25<br \/>\nOffice 319; Lab 320<br \/>\nPhone: +359 2 979 3677; +359 2 979 3674<br \/>\n\u0415-mail: <a href=\"mailto:s_misheva@bio21.bas.bg\">s_misheva@bio21.bas.bg<\/a>; <a href=\"mailto:slandjeva@gmail.com\">slandjeva@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ORCID: <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1923-999X\">0000-0002-1923-999X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scopus ID: 57196474502<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Current activities<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Prof. Svetlana Misheva is a plant geneticist and head of the research group \u201cGenetic Resources, Mineral Nutrition and Stress Tolerance in Cereals\u201d. Her work focuses on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genetic and physiological mechanisms underlying stress tolerance and nitrogen use efficiency in cereal crops;<\/li>\n<li>Genetic diversity of wheat;<\/li>\n<li>Genetic control of key agronomic traits and stress\u2011related responses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Academic qualifications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">MSc in Molecular and Functional Biology, major in Genetics \u2013 Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria \u2013 1986.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">PhD in Genetics \u2013 Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria \u2013 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Training<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Molecular Marker Applications to Plant Breeding \u2013 CYMMYT, Mexico, 1996.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Molecular cytogenetic methods (FISH, GISH) in plants \u2013 Agricultural Research Institute, Martonv\u00e1s\u00e1r, Hungary, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Work experience<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1988 \u2013 2008:<\/strong> Research associate \u2013 Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2008 \u2013 2009:<\/strong> Senior research associate \u2013 Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2009 \u2013 2018:<\/strong> Docent \u2013 Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2018 \u2013 present:<\/strong> Professor \u2013 Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2006 \u2013 2009:<\/strong> Visiting scientist \u2013 Leibniz-Institut f\u00fcr Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzen-forschung (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Membership<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2005 \u2013 present:<\/strong> member of EWAC (European Cereal Genetics Co-operative).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2008 \u2013 2009:<\/strong> member of EUCARPIA (European Association for Research on Plant Breeding).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2008 \u2013 present:<\/strong> member of \u201cGlobal Wheat Germplasm and Use Community\u201d Expert Group, part of the international organization \u201eWheat Initiative\u201d.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2009 \u2013 present:<\/strong> member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2018 \u2013 present:<\/strong> member of the editorial council, \u0411\u0438\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f \u0438 \u0421\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0420\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 (Russia).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2020 \u2013 present:<\/strong> member of the editorial board, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, Springer, Q1.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2022 \u2013 present:<\/strong> member of the editorial board, Cereal Research Communications, Springer, Q2.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2024 \u2013 present:<\/strong> member of the editorial board, \u0412\u0456\u0441\u043d\u0438\u043a \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0456\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e\u00a0\u0443\u043d\u0456\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0442\u0443. \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0456\u044f: \u0411\u0456\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0456\u044f (Ukraine).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Projects <strong>in the last 10 years<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2026 \u2013 2029: <\/strong>NKFIH ADVANCED 152306 \u201eDefining the role and regulation of polyamine metabolism during nitrogen assimilation in crop plants\u201c, \u00a0NRDI Fund (OTKA), Hungary, team member<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2026 \u2013 2027: <\/strong>IC- HU\/02\/2026-2027 \u201ePhotosynthetic activity, role and regulation of polyamine metabolism in nitrogen uptake in wheat\u201c \u2013 bilateral project with Hungary, team member<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2024 \u2013 2027:<\/strong> KP-06-N-81\/1 \u201eMathematical 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\u201d, team member<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2022 \u2013 2026: <\/strong>\u041aP-06-N56\/16 \u201eEffectiveness of extracts from cultivated Bulgarian medicinal plants as potential therapeutic agents in socially significant diseases\u201d, team member<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2024 \u2013 2025:<\/strong> IC\/HU\/04\/2024-2025 \u201eEffects of abiotic stress factors on metabolic processes and defense mechanisms in cultivated plants\u201d \u2013 bilateral project with Hungary, team member<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019 &#8211; 2025:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wheatnitrogene.alle.bg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d31\/17<\/a> Genome wide association study of grain yield, grain protein content and grain nitrogen concentration in Bulgarian bread wheat germplasm. Project leader: Prof. Svetlana Misheva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2022 \u2013 2023:<\/strong> IC\/HU\/04\/2022-2023 \u201eEffect of light quality on leaf physiology and photosynthesis. Determining the role of polyamines in light-modulated conditions\u201c \u2013 bilateral project with Hungary, team member<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2019 \u2013 2021:<\/strong> \u201eRole of bioactive compounds in the response of crop plants to stress. Effects on photosynthesis and interaction with plant hormones\u201d \u2013 bilateral project with Hungary, team member<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>07-08.2021: <\/strong>WheatNitroDrought \u201eRole of nitrogen supply in growth, photosynthetic and molecular responses to soil drought stress in bread wheat\u201c \u2013 EPPN 2020-Transnational Access project, EU Programme Horizon2020, joint project with Slovakia, project leader from Bulgaria<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2016 \u2013 2020:<\/strong> DNTS\/Slovakia 01\/4 \u201eEvaluation of drought stress response based on investigation of the relationship between photosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism of modern Bulgarian and Slovak bread wheat varieties\u201c \u2013 bilateral cooperation with Slovakia, Bulgarian FNI-funded, project leader<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2016 \u2013 2018: <\/strong>BUL5014 \u201eScreening of cereal germplasm stress response and adaptation potential by advanced nuclear, omics and physiological approaches\u201c \u2013 IAEA-funded, team member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Colaborations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">IPK, Gatersleben, Germany (Prof. Andreas B\u00f6rner).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia (Dr. Tatyana Pshenichnikova).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonv\u00e1s\u00e1r, Hungary (Prof. Tibor Janda, Prof. Gabriela Szalai, Prof. Magda P\u00e1l).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia (Prof. Marian Brestic).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, St Petersburg, Russia (Prof. Elena Khlestkina).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">KWS, Einbeck, Germany (Dr. Viktor Korzun).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine (Prof. Sabina Chebotar).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland (Prof. Krzysztof Kowalczyk, Prof. Sylwia Oko\u0144).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Other interests<\/h3>\n<p>Gorgeous sons first, but then sports with focus on hiking, trekking and backpacking, folk dances, good books and music.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Publication activity (by 01.02.2026)<\/h3>\n<p>Scientific publications: 111. In WoS\/Scopus: 50<\/p>\n<p>Scopus h-index: 20<\/p>\n<p>Citations: &gt;1,560; Scopus \u2013 1,348<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Selected publications<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kartseva T, Aleksandrov V, Alqudah AM, Arif MAR, Kocheva K, Doneva D, Prokopova K, B\u00f6rner A, and <strong>Misheva S<\/strong> (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<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kartseva \u0422, Aleksandrov V, Alqudah AM, Schierenbeck M, Tasheva K, B\u00f6rner A, and <strong>Misheva S<\/strong> (2024) Exploring novel genomic loci and candidate genes associated with plant height in Bulgarian bread wheat via multi-model GWAS. Plants 13: 2775<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kartseva T, Alqudah AM, Aleksandrov V, Alomari DZ, Doneva D, Arif MAR, B\u00f6rner A, and <strong>Misheva S<\/strong> (2023) Nutritional genomic approach for improving grain protein content in wheat.\u00a0<em>Foods<\/em> 12: 1399<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Filacek A, Zivcak M, Barboricova M, <strong>Misheva SP<\/strong>, 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\u2013276<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szalai G, Dernovics M, Gondor OK, Tajti J, Moln\u00e1r AB, Lejmel MA, <strong>Misheva S<\/strong>, Kov\u00e1cs V, P\u00e1l M, and Janda T (2022) Mutations in <em>Rht-b1<\/em> locus may negatively affect frost tolerance in bread wheat. Int J Mol Sci 23: 7969<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aleksandrov V, Kartseva T, Alqudah, AM, Kocheva K, Tasheva K, B\u00f6rner A, and <strong>Misheva S<\/strong> (2021) Genetic diversity, linkage disequilibrium and population structure of Bulgarian bread wheat assessed by genome\u2010wide distributed SNP markers: From old germplasm to semi\u2010dwarf cultivars. Plants 10: 1116<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kartseva T, Dobrikova A, Kocheva K, Alexandrov V, Georgiev G, Bresti\u010d M, and <strong>Misheva S<\/strong> (2021) Optimal nitrogen supply ameliorates the performance of wheat seedlings under osmotic stress in genotype-specific manner. Plants 10: 493<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kocheva K, Kartseva T, Nenova V, Georgiev G, Brestic M, <strong>Misheva S<\/strong> (2020) Nitrogen assimilation and photosynthetic capacity of wheat genotypes under optimal and deficient nitrogen supply. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 26: 2139\u20132149<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szalai G, Tajti J, \u00c1ron Hamow K, Ildik\u00f3 D, Khalil R, Vankov\u00e1 R, Dobrev P, <strong>Misheva SP<\/strong>, Janda T, P\u00e1l M (2020) Molecular background of cadmium tolerance in <em>Rht<\/em> dwarf wheat mutant is related to a metabolic shift from proline and polyamine to phytochelatin synthesis. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27: 23664\u201323676<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">P\u00e1l M, Ivanovska B, Ol\u00e1h T, Tajti J, \u00c1ron Hamow K, Szalai G, Khalil R, Vankov\u00e1 R, Dobrev P, <strong>Misheva SP<\/strong>, and Janda T (2019) Role of polyamines in plant growth regulation of <em>Rht<\/em> wheat mutants. Plant Physiol Biochem 137: 189\u2013202<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jusovic M, Velitchkova MY, <strong>Misheva SP<\/strong>, B\u00f6rner A, Apostolova EL, and Dobrikova AG (2018) Photosynthetic responses of a wheat mutant (<em>Rht-B1c<\/em>) with altered DELLA proteins to salt stress. J Plant Growth Regul 37: 645\u2013656<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petrov P, Petrova A, Dimitrov I, Tashev T, Olsovska K, Brestic M, and <strong>Misheva S<\/strong> (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\u2013441<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dobrikova AG, Yotsova EK, B\u00f6rner A, <strong>Landjeva SP<\/strong>, and Apostolova EL (2017). The wheat mutant DELLA-encoding gene (<em>Rht-B1c<\/em>) affects plant photosynthetic responses to cadmium stress. Plant Physiol Biochem 114: 10\u201318<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Landjeva S<\/strong>, 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\u2013130<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pshenichnikova TA, Khlestkina EK, <strong>Landjeva S<\/strong>, Kartseva T, B\u00f6rner 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 (<em>Triticum aestivum<\/em>) in different geographic regions. Euphytica 206: 191\u2013202<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kocheva K, Nenova V, Karceva T, Petrov P, Georgiev GI, B\u00f6rner A, and <strong>Landjeva S<\/strong> (2014). Changes in water status, membrane stability and antioxidant capacity of wheat seedlings carrying different <em>Rht-B1<\/em> dwarfing alleles under drought stress. J Agron Crop Sci 200: 83\u201391<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nenova V, Kocheva K, Petrov P, Georgiev G, Karceva T, B\u00f6rner A, and <strong>Landjeva S<\/strong> (2014). Wheat <em>Rht-B1<\/em> dwarfs exhibit better photosynthetic response to water deficit at seedling stage compared to the wild type. J Agron Crop Sci 200: 434\u2013443<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Landjeva S<\/strong>, Karceva T, Korzun V, and Ganeva G (2011) Seedling growth under osmotic stress and agronomic traits in Bulgarian semi-dwarf wheat \u2013 comparison of genotypes with <em>Rht8<\/em> and\/or <em>Rht-B1<\/em> genes. Crop Pasture Sci 62: 1017\u20131025<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Landjeva S<\/strong>, Lohwasser U, and B\u00f6rner A (2010) Genetic mapping within the wheat D genome reveals QTL for germination, seed vigour and longevity, and early seedling growth. Euphytica 171:129\u2013143<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Landjeva S<\/strong>, Neumann K, Lohwasser U and B\u00f6rner A (2008) Molecular mapping of genomic regions associated with growth response to osmotic stress in wheat seedlings. Biol Plant 52: 259\u2013266<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Landjeva S<\/strong>, Korzun V, Stoimenova E, Truberg B, Ganeva G and B\u00f6rner 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\u2013286<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Landjeva S<\/strong>, Korzun V and B\u00f6rner A (2007) Molecular markers: actual and potential contributions to wheat genome characterization and breeding. Euphytica 156:271\u2013296<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Landjeva S<\/strong>, Korzun V and Ganeva G (2006) Evaluation of genetic diversity among Bulgarian winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties during the period 1925\u20132003 using microsatellites. Genet Resour Crop Evol 53:1605\u20131614<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a class=\"_ps2id\" href=\"#top\" data-ps2id-offset=\"300\">[ Top ]<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Svetlana Misheva, PhD (also known as Svetlana Landjeva) Building 25 Office 319; Lab 320 Phone: +359 2 979 3677; +359 2 979 3674 \u0415-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 \u201cGenetic Resources, Mineral Nutrition and Stress Tolerance in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2071"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3626,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2071\/revisions\/3626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}