{"id":354,"date":"2012-05-18T16:27:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T13:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/?page_id=354"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:32:01","slug":"desislava-todorova","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/?page_id=354","title":{"rendered":"Desislava Todorova"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"550\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14301 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid grey; border-radius: 9px; box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #717070;\" title=\"d_todorova-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Todorova-D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"310\">\n<h5>Associate Professor\u00a0Desislava Todorova, PhD<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Building 21, Office 103<br \/>\nPhone.: +359-2-9792676<br \/>\n\u0415-mail: <a href=\"mailto:dessita@bio21.bas.bg\">dessita@bio21.bas.bg<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Date and place of birth<\/strong> \u2013 26.08.1972, Pernik, Bulgaria<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nationality &#8211; <\/strong>Bulgaria<\/p>\n<p><strong>Languages &#8211; <\/strong>Russian, English<\/p>\n<h3>Education and Academic degree<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MSc<\/strong> degree in Chemical Engineering, <strong>1995<\/strong>, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria, <em>Master thesis<\/em>: <strong>Mass transfer from a single grain to a fluid in an inert fixed bed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PhD, 2003<\/strong>, Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology &#8211; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. <em>PhD thesis<\/em>: <strong>Natural and induced senescence in <em>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/em> (L.) Heynh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Professional Background<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Researcher<\/strong> (1996-1998), Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology &#8211; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PhD Student<\/strong> (1998\u20132003), Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology &#8211; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong> (2004-2010), Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology &#8211; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong> (2010-2016), Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics &#8211; \u00a0Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Associate Professor <\/strong>(2016-continue) Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Regulators of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Laboratory Leader <\/strong>(2012-continue), Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics &#8211; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Regulators of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research field<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plant physiology; regulation of plant growth and development, plant growth regulators, ethylene, cytokinins, polyamines, plant stress, oxidative stress, plant defence systems, stress markers.<\/p>\n<h3>Publication activity and list of selected publications<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dr. Todorova<\/strong> has published <strong>102 <\/strong>peer-reviewed papers, including <strong>90<\/strong> articles in Journals with <strong>IF<\/strong> or <strong>SJR<\/strong>, <strong>5<\/strong> book chapters and <strong>3<\/strong> reviews. Total citations \u2013 over <strong>1000, <\/strong>H index<strong> &#8211; 12<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alexieva, V., I. Sergiev, <strong><u>D. Todorova<\/u><\/strong>, E. Karanov, A. Smith, M. Hall, <strong>2004<\/strong>. Effect of ethylene and its antagonists 1-MCP on the senescence of detached leaves of <em>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/em> (L.) Heynh. <em>Biol. Plant<\/em>. 48 (4), 593-595.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Todorova, D<\/u><\/strong>., T. Genkov, I. Vaseva-Gemisheva, V. Alexieva, E. Karanov, A. Smith, M. Hall, <strong>2005<\/strong>. Effect of temperature stress on the endogenous cytokinin content in <em>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/em> (L.) Heynh plants. <em>Acta Physiol. Plant<\/em>., 27 (1), 13-18.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Todorova<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>, <\/u><\/strong><strong><u>D<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>.<\/u><\/strong><u>,<\/u> I. Vaseva, J. Malbeck, A. Tr\u00e1vn\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1, I. Mach\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1, E. Karanov,<strong> 2007<\/strong>. Cytokinin oxidase\/dehydrogenase activity as a tool in gibberellic acid\/cytokinin cross talk. <em>Biol. Plant<\/em>. 51(3), 579-583<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Todorova, D.<\/u><\/strong>, I. Sergiev, V. Alexieva, E. Karanov, A. Smith, M. Hall, <strong>2007<\/strong>. Polyamine content in <em>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/em> (L.) Heynh during recovery after low and high temperature treatments. <em>Plant Growth Regul<\/em>. 51 (3), 185-191<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vaseva, I., <strong><u>D. Todorova<\/u><\/strong>, J. Malbeck, A. Travnichkova, I. Machackova,<strong> 2008<\/strong>. Response of cytokinin pool and cytokinine oxidase\/dehydrogenase activity to abscisic acid exhibits organ specificity in pea. <em>Acta Physiol. Plant.<\/em> 30 (2), 151-155.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moskova I.,<strong> <u>D. Todorova<\/u><\/strong>, V. Alexieva, S. Ivanov, I. Sergiev,<strong> 2009<\/strong>. Effect of exogenous hydrogen peroxide on enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants in leaves of young pea plants treated with paraquat. <em>Plant Growth Regul<\/em>. 57 (2), 193-202<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Todorova, D.<\/u><\/strong>, Z. Katerova, I. Sergiev, V. Alexieva, <strong>201<\/strong><strong>3<\/strong>. Role of polyamines in alleviating salt stress. In: Ecophysiology and Responses of Plants Under Salt Stress. (Eds. Parvaiz Ahmad, MM Azooz, MNV Prasad) Chapter 13. pp. 355-379. Springer Science+Business Media, New York, USA, ISBN 978-1-4614-4747-4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Todorova D<\/u><\/strong>, Z Katerova, I Sergiev, V Alexieva, <strong>2014<\/strong>. Polyamines \u2013involvement in plant tolerance and adaptation to stress. In Plant adaptation to environmental changes. Significance of amino acids and their derivatives (Eds. A Anjum, SS Gill, R Gill), Chapter 11. pp. 194-221. CABI, UK. ISBN 978-1-78064-273-4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Todorova, D.<\/u><\/strong>, N. B. Talaat, Z. Katerova, V. Alexieva, B. T. Shawky, <strong>2016<\/strong>. Polyamines and brassinosteroids in drought stress responses and tolerance in plants, In: Water Stress and Crop Plants: A Sustainable Approach (ed P. Ahmad), John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. Pp. 608-627. doi: 10.1002\/9781119054450.ch35, ISBN 9781119054368, Online ISSN 9781119054450.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova, Z., <strong><u>D. Todorova<\/u><\/strong>, I. Sergiev, <strong>2017<\/strong>. Plant Secondary Metabolites and Some Plant Growth Regulators Elicited by UV Irradiation, Light And\/Or Shade. In: Ghorbanpour M., Varma A. (eds) Medicinal Plants and Environmental Challenges. Springer, Cham, Chapter 6, pp. 97-121. ISBN 978-3-319-68717-9, DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-319-68717-9_6.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sergiev I,<strong> <u>D. Todorova<\/u><\/strong>, Z. Katerova, I. Brambilla, S. Mapelli, S. Simova.<strong> 2018<\/strong>. Polyamines and amino acids in triticale plants grown on humic acids enriched nutrient solution and treated with UV-B irradiation. <em>Theoretical<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Experimental<\/em> <em>Plant<\/em> <em>Physiology<\/em>, 30 (2):153\u2013163.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sergiev I, <strong><u>D. Todorova<\/u><\/strong>, E. Shopova, J. Jankauskiene, E. Jankovska-Bortkevi\u010d, S. Jurkoniene, <strong>2019<\/strong>. Exogenous auxin type compounds amend PEG-induced physiological responses of pea plants<em>. Scientia Horticulturae<\/em>, 248, 200-205.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sergiev, I.,<strong> <u>Todorova, D.<\/u><\/strong><u>,<\/u> Shopova, E., Brankova L., Jankauskiene, J., Jurkoniene, S., Gaveliene, V., Mockeviciute, R<em>.<\/em><strong> 2020<\/strong>. Assessment of synthetic auxin type compounds as potential modulators of herbicide action in <em>Pisum sativum<\/em> L.. <em>Biologia<\/em> 75, 1845\u20131853<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Todorova D<\/u><\/strong>, Sergiev I, Katerova Z, Shopova E, Dimitrova L, Brankova L (<strong>2021) <\/strong>Assessment of the biochemical responses of wheat seedlings to soil drought after application of selective herbicide. <em>Plants<\/em> 10(4):733<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talaat, N.B.,<strong> <u>Todorova, D<\/u>. 2022<\/strong>. Antioxidant Machinery and Glyoxalase System Regulation Confers Salt Stress Tolerance to Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Plants Treated with Melatonin and Salicylic Acid. <em>J Soil Sci Plant Nutr<\/em>, 22(1):1-14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Todorova D<\/u><\/strong>, Aleksandrov V, Anev S, Sergiev I.<strong> 2022<\/strong>. Photosynthesis alterations in wheat plants induced by herbicide, soil drought or flooding. Agronomy 12 (2): 390.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jankovska-Bortkevi\u010d E, Jurkonien\u0117 S, Gavelien\u0117 V, \u0160veikauskas V, Mockevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 R, Vaseva I,<strong> <u>Todorova D<\/u><\/strong>, \u017di\u017eyt\u0117-Eidetien\u0117 M, \u0160neideris D, Prakas P.<strong> 2023<\/strong>, Dynamics of polyamines, proline, and ethylene metabolism under increasing cold in winter oilseed rape. <em>International Journal of Molecular Sciences<\/em>, 24, 14, 11402.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova, Z,<strong> <u>Todorova, D<\/u><\/strong>, Vaseva, I, Shopova, E, Petrakova, M, Iliev, M, Sergiev, I. <strong>2024. <\/strong>Effects of Melatonin Pre- and Post-Drought Treatment on Oxidative Stress Markers and Expression of Proline-Related Transcripts in Young Wheat Plants. <em>International Journal of Molecular Sciences<\/em>, 25(22), 12127.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nikolova, T, <strong><u>Todorova, D<\/u><\/strong>, Vatchev, T, Stoyanova, Z, Lyubenova, V, Taseva, Y, Yanashkov, I, Sergiev, I. <strong>2025<\/strong>. Dose-Dependent Effect of the Polyamine Spermine on Wheat Seed Germination, Mycelium Growth of Fusarium Seed-Borne Pathogens, and In Vivo Fusarium Root and Crown Rot Development. <em>Agriculture<\/em>, 15, 15, 1695.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petrova A., Katerova Z., Sergiev I., <strong><u>Todorova D<\/u><\/strong>. <strong>2025<\/strong>. Effect of Exogenous Plant Growth Regulators on Antioxidant Defense in Zucchini Cotyledons Under Different Light Regimes. <em>Agriculture<\/em>, 15, 12, 1258.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Todorova D<\/u><\/strong>, Nikolova T, Sergiev I, Anev S. <strong>2025<\/strong>. The Effect of Seed Priming with Polyamine Spermine on Key Photosynthetic Parameters in <em>Fusarium culmorum<\/em> Infected Winter Wheat. <em>Agronomy<\/em>. 15, 12, 2675.<\/p>\n<h3>Participation in scientific projects<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dr. Todorova<\/strong> leaded or coordinated<strong> 11 <\/strong>scientific projects and participated in total of <strong>31<\/strong>.<strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oxidative stress in economically important plant species and possibilities for its alleviation by application of environmentally friendly substances. (2011-2013). (<strong>Project leader).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alleviation of adverse effects of water stress on cereals by application of plant growth regulators. Bulgaria-Egypt bilateral research agreement (2013-2015) (<strong>Project leader<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alleviation of adverse effects of temperature stress on mono- and dicotyledonous crops by application of plant growth regulators. Bulgaria-Lithuania bilateral research agreement (2013-2015) (<strong>Project leader<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Support for training and development of young competitive research experts in the field of physiology, phytochemistry, genomics, proteomics and biodiversity of eucariotic organisms, Project funded by OPHRD 2007-2013 and ESF. (2012-2015) (<strong>Project Coordinator<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plant growth regulators \u2013 tools for increasing plants tolerance to temperature stress. Bulgaria-Lithuania bilateral research agreement (2016-2018) (<strong>Project leader<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assessment of ability of synthetic auxin type compounds to counteract herbicide stress in crop plants. Bulgaria-Lithuania bilateral research agreement (2019-2021) (<strong>Project leader<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mitigation of adverse effects of abiotic stress on cereals by application of plant growth regulators<strong>. <\/strong>Bulgaria-Egypt bilateral research agreement (2019-2021) (<strong>Project leader<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assessment of the physiological responses of wheat and triticale to soil drought and waterlogging after routine application of selective herbicide (2021-2024) (<strong>Project leader<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A multidisciplinary study of the effects of seed pre-treatment with polyamine spermine on fungal plant pathogens of <em>Fusarium<\/em> and disease development on wheat (2024-2027) (<strong>Project leader<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Response of crop plants to microbial biostimulant under herbicide treatment (Bulgaria-Lithuania bilateral research agreement (2025-2027) (<strong>Project leader<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A holistic model for evaluating the effectiveness of a plant extract against Erwinia amylovora and the physiological response of strawberry plants to combined biotic and abiotic stress (2025-2028) (<strong>Project Coordinator<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Teaching activity<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Supervisor of M.Sc. degree projects of 6 undergraduate students (1999 \u2013 2001, 2025) and 2 Bachelor\u2019s degree project (2011-2013). Supervisor of PhD student (2025-2028).<\/p>\n<h3>Membership in national and international scientific associations, federations and societies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of Union of Scientists of Bulgaria (since 1998).<\/li>\n<li>Member of Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology &#8211; FESPB (since 1997).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a class=\"_ps2id\" href=\"#top\" data-ps2id-offset=\"300\">[ Top ]<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor\u00a0Desislava Todorova, PhD Building 21, Office 103 Phone.: +359-2-9792676 \u0415-mail: dessita@bio21.bas.bg Date and place of birth \u2013 26.08.1972, Pernik, Bulgaria Nationality &#8211; Bulgaria Languages &#8211; Russian, English Education and Academic degree MSc degree in Chemical Engineering, 1995, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Master thesis: Mass transfer from a single grain to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":251,"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\/354"}],"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=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/354\/revisions\/358"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}