LABORATORY “PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS”

Leader

Associate Professor Maria Geneva, PhD

Building 21, Office 210
Phone: +359 2 979 26 16
Mobile: +359 887 268 150
Е-mail: boykova2@yahoo.com

FIELD OF RESEARCH

Genetic resources, the efficiency of mineral nutrition and stress tolerance of cereals.
Development of protocols for micropropagation of endangered traditional and non-traditional for Bulgaria medicinal plants.
Microorganism-plant symbiotic interactions. Influence of various environmental stress factors in separate and combined inoculation with microorganisms on productivity and quality of yield in plants.

SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS

Project КП-06-Н76/5 “Biotechnological approaches for targeted accumulation of secondary metabolites in the medicinal plant Arnica montana L. and study of the biosynthetic pathway of sesquiterpene lactones”. (2023-2026) Project leader: Assist. Prof. Maria Petkova

Project КП-06-Н56/8 “Influence of newly synthesized amino acid nanofibers carriers of biologically active agents on in vitro propagation and accumulation of secondary metabolites in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni”. (2021-2025) Project leader: Assist. Prof. Maria Geneva

Project KP-06 N31/17 “Genome wide association study of grain yield, grain protein content and grain nitrogen concentration in Bulgarian bread wheat germplasm”. (2019-2025) Project leader: prof. Svetlana Misheva. Participants: associate prof. Konstantina Kocheva, assistant prof. Tania Kartseva.

Scientific Achievements

Scientific Publications

Research Team

	Maria Geneva – Associate Professor, PhD Office 210, Lab. 120 Phone.: +359 2 979 26 16; +359 887 268 150 Е-mail: boykova2@yahoo.com Professional interests: Nitrogen fixation, mycorrhiza, symbiotic systems, carbon and nitrogen metabolism, phytoremediation, antioxidant activity, medicinal and aromatic plants.
	Svetlana Misheva – Professor, PhD Office 319, Lab. 320 Phone: +359 2 979 36 77; +359 979 36 74 e-mail: s_landjeva@mail.bg Professional interests: Wheat genetics and cytogenetics, genetic control of abiotic stress tolerance, water deficiency, nitrogen use efficiency, plant genetic resources.
	Kalina Ananieva – Associate Professor, PhD Office #208 Phone: (+359 2) 979 36 50 E-mail: kalivanova@yahoo.com Professional interests: leaf senescence, hormonal regulation of senescence, abiotic stress, photosynthesis, cytokinins, proteins.
	Konstantina Kocheva – Associate Professor, PhD Office 321, Lab. 320 Phone: +359 2 979 36 76; +359 979 36 74 Е-mail: konstvk@abv.bg Professional interests: Mineral nutrition, water stress, photosynthesis, biochemical analyzes, cytogenetic, histochemistry.
	Grigor Zehirov – Associate Professor, PhD Office 320, Lab. 322a Phone: +359 2 979 63 60 Е-mail: grigorz@gmail.com Professional interests: Legume- nodule bacteria symbiosis. Mineral nutrition and abiotic plant stresses. Eco physiological aspects of Crocus sativus growth.
	Petar Petrov – Assistant Professor, PhD Office 321, Lab. 320 Phone: +359 2 979 36 76, Е-mail: pivanovp@abv.bg Professional interests: Light microscopy, leaf morphology, transpiration, drought tolerance, membrane stability, cell division, cell enlargement, plant hormones, meristems.
	Elisaveta Kirova – Assistant Professor, PhD Office 301, Lab. 123 Phone: +359 (2) 979 2635; Tel: +359 (2) 979 2692 e-mail: elisab@abv.bg Professional interests: Abiotic stress (drought and salinity), mechanisms of plant adaptation, biological nitrogen fixation, ROS and antioxidant defense system (enzymatic and nonenzymatic mechanisms), stress markers, electrophoretic detection of antioxidant enzymes, regulation of plant membrane permeability.
	Tanya Kartseva – Assistant Professor, PhD Office 321, Lab. 320 Phone: +359 2 979 36 76, +359 979 36 74 e-mail: tania_karceva@abv.bg Professional interests: Plant genetics, genetic diversity in wheat, mutant genes, Triticum aestivum, Solanum lycopersicum, osmotic stress, biochemical markers, nitrogen use efficiency.
	Kamelia Miladinova-Georgieva – Assistant Professor, PhD Office 210, Lab. 120 Phone: +359 2 979 26 16 Е-mail: kameca@abv.bg Professional interests: Phytoremediation, plant in vitro culture, medicinal and aromatic plants, secondary metabolites, antioxidant defense system.
	Angelinka Petrova – MSc Lab. 320 Phone: +359 2 979 36 74 Е-mail: dendiani@abv.bg Professional interests: Field and laboratory experiments.
	Janet Mincheva – MSc Lab. 120 Phone: +359 2 979 26 75 Е-mail:jeni_36@abv.bg Professional interests: Field and laboratory experiments.
	Mariyana Sichanova – MSc Lab. 120 Phone: +359 2 979 26 75 Е-mail: m.sichanova@abv.bg Professional interests: Field and laboratory experiments.
	Katelina Prokopova – MSc Lab. 327 Phone: +359 885220092 Professional interests: Laboratory experiments.
	Trendafil Nedev – Biologist, MSc Lab. 123 Phone: +359 2 979 26 92 Professional interests: Laboratory experiments.