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Department of Seed Science and Technology

Lech Boros, Ph.D.
phone (+48 22) 725 44 69
e-mail: l.boros@ihar.edu.pl


Laboratory of Seed Quality and Seed Science
Elżbieta Małuszyńska, Ph.D.
phone: (+48 22) 725 36 11 ext. 337
e-mail: e.maluszynska@ihar.edu.pl


Objectives:

  • investigation of sowing value parameters of seeds from conventional and organic farming,
  • seed science of crop plants, wild species and weeds, morphological and anatomical characteristics of seeds,
  • standardization activity within the Polish Committee for Standardization,
  • membership of the International Seed Testing Association - ISTA cooperation with ISTA Technical Committees, proficiency tests, translation ISTA Regulations into Polish,
  • laboratory, sampling and field inspection activities are accredited to State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service,
  • training courses for personnel of seed testing laboratories and seed service,
  • analysis of seed sowing value and chemical composition - service for breeders and seed industry.

 

Seed vigour evaluation
- seedling growth tests.

Workshop on seed quality testing.



Laboratory of Cereal and Pulses Seed Health and Identity
Lech Boros, Ph.D.
phone: (+48 22) 725 36 11 ext. 357
e-mail: l.boros@ihar.edu.pl

Objectives:

  • studies on seed-borne microorganisms in cereals, grasses and grain legumes,
  • pathogenicity analysis in populations of pathogens (e.g. Mycosphaerella pinodes), development of screening methodology and search for resistance sources in pea,
  • stability and uniformity evaluation of winter triticale cultivars,
  • genetic similarity assessment of different taxons of crop plants with electrophoretic markers of storage proteins,
  • testing of distinctness and uniformity of lines and cultivars of cereals with method of seed storage proteins electrophoresis - service for plant breeding.


Fungal colonies on infected seeds
- agar medium test.

Ergot on Lolium multiflorum.




Laboratory of Seed Production and Plant Breeding Economics

Tadeusz Oleksiak, Ph.D.
phone: (+48 22) 796 24 50
e-mail: t.oleksiak@ihar.edu.pl

Objectives:

  • studies on domestic seed market,
  • estimation of plant breeding and seed production effectiveness,
  • survey of farmers concerning introduction of newly developed cultivars into commercial production,
  • estimation of influence of different factors on yield and its quality with special regard to seed and varietal factors,
  • statistical analysis in plant breeding, seed science and seed production.