Department of Crops and Yield Quality (NUR)

Manager:

dr Marta Wyzińska
tel. 81 4786 814
e-mail: Marta.Wyzinska@iung.pulawy.pl

tel. 81 4786 810
tel. 81 4786 790

research on the growth, development, biology of crop yields in various habitat and agrotechnical conditions
development and improvement of crop production technology
research on the technological value of plant raw materials used for consumption, feed and industrial purposes and the health safety of the raw material
research on the influence of biotic and abiotic stresses and applied agrotechnical treatments on the physiological state and productivity of crops
research on the efficiency of nutrient use by crops with particular emphasis on biologically bound nitrogen
development and improvement of agrotechnics of extensive and local species and varieties of crops in organic farming conditions
improvement of conventional and unconventional methods of reducing the negative effects of climate change on the productivity of crops
improvement of conventional and unconventional methods of pest control in field crops
assessment of the usefulness of new plant protection products in crop production technologies
assessment of the production, economic and environmental effects of farms with different production directions
conducting field, pot and microplot experiments
maintaining the vegetation hall in technical working order

Accreditation for conducting research in the field of application of: herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, retardants, seed dressings.
Grain quality assessment: hectoliter weight, 1000 kernel weight, flour extraction rates, moisture, gluten quality and quantity, sedimentation value, falling number, quality and quantity of mycotoxins in cereal grains.
Farinographical evaluation of flour: water absorption, dough development time, dough constancy time, quality number.
Student internships and scientific internships.

Hydro (N-tester).
LAI 2000 Plant Canopy Analyzer.
Equipment for determination of technological cereal value parameters: Fartorius MA 35, Glutomatic, Falling number 1500, Farinograph – Brabender, Veratox microplate reader for quantitative and qualitative determination of mycotoxins on the basis of ELISA tests.
Laboratory mill: Perten 3010, Sedimat Junior.