Departaments
FRUIT PLANT BREEDING DEPARTMENT Breeding of apple cultivars resistant to apple scab and meldew; Breeding of plum cultivars tolerant (resistant) to PPV virus (sharka); Breeding of sour cherry; Breeding of apple rootstocks; Breeding of black currants and evaluation of susceptibility of new cultivars to gall mite and reversion; Breeding of strawberry and raspberry; Breeding of gooseberry cultivars resistant to powdery meldew.
(Prof. Dr. E. Zurawicz, Ass. Prof. Dr. M. Korbin, Dr. S. Pluta, Sylwia Keller-Przybylkowicz M.Sc., J. Kubik M.Sc., A. Kuras M.Sc., M. Lewandowski M.Sc., A. Masny M.Sc.)
DEPARTMENT OF POMOLOGY, GENE RESOURCES AND NURSERIES
Cultivar evaluation; Evaluation and selection of dwarf rootstocks and interstems for fruit trees; Propagation in vitro of dwarf rootstocks.
(Prof. Dr. Z. Grzyb, Dr. D. Kruczynska, Dr. A. Lisek, Dr. E. Rozpara, Dr. M. Sitarek, P. Bielicki M.Sc., A. Gontarczyk M. Sc., G. Hodun M.Sc., T. Golis M.Sc., B. Kozinski M.Sc., J. Wojcik M.Sc.)
DEPARTMENT OF ORCHARD MANAGEMENT AND NUTRITION
Nutrition of apple trees with special attention to calcium and boron; nutrients effect on pear, plum, sourcherry trees' growth and fruits yield and quality; strawberry and raspberry fertilization, uptake of cadmium by plants and fruits of strawberries; weed control.
(Prof. Dr. A. Basak, Ass. Prof. Dr. T. Olszewski, Ass.Prof. Dr. P. Wójcik, Dr. Z. Buler, Dr. L. Sas-Paszt, Dr. H. Morgas, Dr. E. Szwonek, J. Filipczak M.Sc., S. Gluszek M. Sc., I. Juras M. Sc., A. Laszlovszky-Zmarlicka M.Sc., J. Palosz M. Sc., T. Stepien M. Sc., V. Popinska M. Sc. )
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PROTECTION SECTION OF ENTOMOLOGY
The research work is concentrated on biology and control of currant, strawberry and raspberry pests, rust mites, aphids, leaf miners, tortricides, black currant gall mite, some bird species as orchard pests, rodents, deer and hares as orchard pests.
(Prof. Dr. R. Olszak, Ass.Prof. Dr. B. Labanowska, Dr. T. Badowska-Czubik, Dr. D. Gajek, Dr. J. Lisek, Dr. A. Maciesiak, Dr. Z. Pluciennik, Dr. W. Warabieda, K. Jaworska M.Sc., M. Sekrecka M.Sc.)
The activity of SECTION OF BACTERIOLOGY AND MYCOLOGY devoted to prediction of fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) occurrence in Poland, ethiology of crown gall, (Prof. Dr. P. Sobiczewski, Dr. J. Pulawska, S. Berczynski M.Sc.) biological control of postharvest diseases of apples, (Dr. H. Bryk), efficacy of chemicals in control of apple scab, powdery mildew, stone fruit diseases, small fruit diseases. (Ass.Prof. Dr. A. Bielenin, Dr. B. Meszka, A. Broniarek-Niemiec M.Sc., S. Masny M.Sc.)
SECTION OF VIROLOGY ....MORE....
conducts research on obtaining and maintaining of virus -free cultivars of fruit trees and small fruits (in cooperation with Department of Breeding, Cultivar Trials, Orchard and Nursery Management and Small Fruits Culture); studies on apples chlorotic leaf spot strains isolated from apples, pears, plums and cherries; elaboration of the most effective methods to detect plum pox virus in plum, peach and apricot trees (comparison of ELISA and other PCR; In vitro biological indexing in Fruit Tree Quarantine System (in cooperation with Dr. Shmuel Zilkah, Israel). (Prof. Dr. Marianna Kaminska, Dr. M. Cieslinska, Dr. B. Komorowska, H. Sliwa M.Sc.)
DEPARTMENT OF FRUIT STORAGE AND PROCESSING
SECTION OF FRUIT STORAGE
Quality of apples in relation to storage conditions (temperature, CO2, and 02 concentrations); quality of apples in relation to picking time maturity and storage conditions; ethylene biosynthesis and aroma evolution during ripening of apples; effectiveness of calcium compounds applied against storage disorders and diseases of apples.
(Prof. Dr. D. Goszczynska, Dr. Z. Jó¼wiak, Dr. K. Rutkowski, Dr. A. Wawrzynczak).
SECTION OF FRUIT PROCESSING
Suitability of stone and pome fruits for processing with special reference to osmo-convective drying technology, suitability of aronia fruits for processing.
(Prof. Dr. W. Plocharski, Dr. D. Konopacka, Dr. J. Markowski, K. Jesionkowska M.Sc., M. Mieszczakowska M. Sc.)
DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURAL ENGINEERING ....MORE ....
This department conducts research work on technology of fruit production, ecological methods of weed control.
SECTION OF ORCHARD MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Mechanical harvesting of plum, cherries, currants and gooseberries.
(Ass.Prof. Dr. Z. Salamon, Dr. Pawel Konopacki, Dr. J. Rabcewicz, Dr. P. Wawrzynczak, M. Nowomiejski M. Sc.)
SECTION OF PESTICIDE APPLICATION AND IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES
Equipment for irrigation, fruit packing and grading; pesticides spray applications techniques; equipment and the technology for irrigation and fertigation; section of economics and organization.
(Prof. Dr. R. Holownicki, Dr. G. Doruchowski, Dr. A. Godyn, W. Swiechowski M.Sc.)
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Carries research on determination of the variability of in vitro micropropagated strawberry plants; Influence of soil acidification on mineral nutrition of pomological plants; regeneration of plum tree from tissue transformed with plum pox virus coat protein gene; modification of strawberry fruit by transformation of gene; gene expression of ripening of strawberry fruit; ripening and postharvest storage of plums.
(Prof. Dr. L. Michalczuk, Prof. Dr. B. Borkowska, Ass.Prof. Dr. H. Plich, Dr. T. Malinowski, Dr. A. Marasek, Dr. B. Michalczuk, Dr. I. Sowik., Dr. D. Wojcik, K. Kowalczys M.Sc.)
DEPARTMENT OF GROWTH AND FRUITING REGULATION This department solves problems concerning fruit tree planting systems, training and pruning, fruit thinning, fruit quality improvement and fruiting, growth regulation by applying growth hormones.
(Ass.Prof. Dr. W. Treder, Dr. K. Klamkowski, Dr. D. Krzewinska)
