Department of Forage Crop Production in Puławy (NUP)

Manager

Prof. dr hab. Mariola Staniak
tel. +48 81 4786 795
mobile: +48 601 360 265
e-mail: staniakm@iung.pulawy.pl

tel. +48 81 4786 790

Studies on the productivity of major forage crop species used for the production of protein and energy feed;
Assessment of the nutritional value of feed components;
The development and improvement of agri-technology of major domestic legume species and their mixtures with cereals and soya;
Development and improvement of agrotechnology for maize and sorghum in different cultivation systems, using preservation systems;
Improvement of the technology for the production of feeds from grasses and their mixtures with small-seeded legume plants;
Assessment of the physiological state of fodder plants depending on stress factors (abiotic stress) and agrotechnical treatments applied;
Searching for possibilities of increasing the effectiveness of biological binding of nitrogen by legume plants;
Development and improvement of agrotechnology of intensive and local forage crop species and varieties under conditions of organic farming;
Research on the efficiency of the use of fodder area depending on the size of the cow herd and the natural, organisational, and economic conditions.

Advisory service on the cultivation technology of the most important fodder plant species depending on the use direction.
Expertise and evaluation of pesticides applied in the cultivation of fodder crops.
Training on organic and integrated fodder crop technology and production of bulky and concentrated fodder.

CIRAS-2 Portable Photosynthesis System; a portable, fully integrated system for measuring the intensity of plant gas exchange processes (photosynthesis, transpiration, stomatal conductivity) and soil respiration.
LAI-2000 Plant Canopy Analyzer LI-COR, an apparatus for measuring the degree of soil surface leaf coverage.
LI-3000A Portable Area Meter LI-COR, an apparatus for measuring the plant leaf surface.
Chlorophyll fluorimeter Pocket PEA Hansatech; fluorescence tester for chlorophyll.
SPAD-502 Soil Plant Analysis Development MINOLTA; an apparatus for measuring the relative chlorophyll content in leaves.