Name of the laboratory:

Plant Biotechnology

Phone:

(+994 12) 538 11 64

Fax:

(+994 12) 510 24 33 

E-mail:

pbiotechnologylab@imbb.science.az

Head of the laboratory:

Doctor of Philosophy in biology Mahira Haybat Mammadova

Staff:

Ph.D., assoc.professor, leading researcher Sadagat Shirmammad Asadova

researcher Gunay Ilman Ismayilova

researcher Aygün Aghaverdi Sadigova

junior researcher Elnara Etibar Sadigova

junior researcher Hajar Kamil Hasanova

Research directions of the laboratory:

• Studying the fundamentals of in vitro embryogenesis and morphogenesis induction in grain plants;
• Development of technology for reproduction of rare and endangered plant species;
• Obtaining highly adaptive and resistant plant forms against abiotic stresses using in vitro methods.

Main scientific achievements:

• Using the cell engineering method, somaclonal variable forms were obtained from mature and immature germ cells to be used in the selection process of the wheat plant.
• The regulation of callusogenesis and morphogenesis processes of different alfalfa cultivars and clones by hormones was studied.
• Ginseng (Panax ginseng) tissues were transferred to culture and a cell culture with high pharmacological activity was obtained.
• An in vitro method was developed that ensures high reproduction of the saffron (Crocus sativa L.) plant (10-25 microbulbs per test tube).
• Clonal propagation technology was developed for 15 valuable table grape varieties. The technology of rapid reproduction of grapevines with single-eye cuttings was developed and put into practice.
• The technology for preserving the genefund, population recovery and biotechnological reproduction of the aboriginal Shirvan-Shahi grape variety was developed.
• An agaraponic cultivation system was developed, which allows the detection of the degree of resistance and adaptability in plants under an increasing stress gradient.