Head of laboratory: Panova Gayane G.

• Laboratory staff
• The structure of the Laboratory
  • Sector of physical modeling and research of agroecosystems
  • Sector of ecological microbiology
• Main directions of scientific research
  • Working out of scientific and technical basis’s for optimizing the production process of plants under intensive lightculture conditions and creating the high-tech automated stationary and mobile phytotechcomplexes with original plant growing light equipment and resource-saving agricultural technologies for year-round continuous manufacture of plant production with specified functional and quality characteristics in the consumers immediate vicinity, regardless of natural and climatic conditions.
  • Research of the various agricultural crops production potential under controlled conditions of intensive lightculture and the integrated working out of highly efficient, productive systems cultivar (hybrid) - agrobiotechnology for implementation in protected ground and in phytotechcomplexes.
  • Working out of fundamental basis’s for the creation of highly efficient microbiological and plant-microbial fuel cells using new functional nanocomposite materials and microorganisms with high electrogenic activity for partial compensation of electricity costs in the manufacture of plant production under conditions of intensive light culture.
  • Working out of technologies for obtaining plant raw materials enriched with substances with cancer-protective properties to create functional food products on its basis in order to prevent various oncological diseases.
  • Research of the organic matter of plant origin decomposition by prokaryotic microorganisms to identify microorganisms with new types of cellulases of hydrolytic and oxygenase action.
  • Creation of biological products of complex action on plants based on the knowledge of the physiological characteristics of the release of microbial exometabolites and their influence on the production process of plants in favorable and stressful conditions.
• Output product
  • New knowledge about the mechanisms of the plants production process optimization under conditions of intensive light culture and stable programmable obtaining the high yields of quality plant production.
  • Methods for the formation, control and optimization of the light, air and root habitat conditions in relation to phytotechcomplexes of various types.
  • Automated plant growing light devices of various types with technological support for year-round plants intensive cultivation under artificial lighting.
  • Devices for plant illumination in controlled conditions, providing a significant increase in the efficiency of realizing the plants production potential while reducing costs per unit of their production.
  • New compositional consist of substrates or soil substitutes for plants intensive year-round cultivation and for obtaining plant production with the required quality characteristics under artificial lighting. Technological documentation for their manufacture, storage and use.
  • A new type of preparations for various functional purposes based on nanomaterials (stimulants, phytoprotectors, adaptogens, micronutrients), which provide vegetative plants and seeds with substances necessary for growth and development, adaptation to environmental conditions and significantly increase efficiency. Technological documentation for their manufacture, storage and use. The mechanisms of the preparations effect on plants.
  • Biological products of complex action on plants based on microbial exometabolites and recommendations for their use.
  • Highly efficient, productive systems - variety (hybrid) - agrobiotechnology - for implementation in protected ground and in phytotechcomplexes.
  • Methods for regulating the qualitative composition of vegetative plants to increase the quantitative yield of substances with useful properties from plant materials
  • Experimental samples of phytotechcomplexes for year-round intensive resource-saving waste-free manufacture of high-quality plant production under controlled conditions of artificial lighting. Technical and technological documentation for experimental samples of the various types phytotechcomplex.
  • Recommendations for year-round intensive resource-saving manufacture of plant production in experimental samples of various types phytotechcomplex.
• Services
  • Assessment for the mechanisms of the different compounds or preparations effect on plants in favorable conditions and under the stress factors action and preparation of recommendations for their use.
  • Research of the light devices influence on the plants production process and preparation for a conclusion on their effectiveness.
  • Working out of the spectral composition of the light flux to optimize the grown crops production process.
  • Assessment of the composition and properties of substrates influence on the plants production process and recommendations preparation for their use.
  • Assessment of the fertilizers effect on the plants production process and recommendations preparation for their use.
  • Development of a technology for various plants growing, which ensures the maximum yield and the formation of high quality plant production