Research
Joint research with the National Institute of Horticultural Research, Poland
Presentation results at the University of Lodz, Poland On December 8-14,2024, Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, NPD, UJEP and Dr. Tatyana Stefanovska, Co-Director, NULES visited Poland with NATO SPS MYP G6094 mission. They attended the National Institute of Horticultural Research (InHort) in Skierniewice with a number of planned meetings and research. Consequently, they met with Prof. Magdalena…
Monitoring research plantation in Dolyna, Ukraine
On December 04, 2024, Dr. Vitalii Stadnik, Dr. Martyn Sozanskyi, and Dr. Yurii Hrynchuk (LPNU) attended a Miscanthus plantation located in Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine. The trip aimed to: – maintaining the experimental sites; – collect soil samples for C and N content in soil; – plants biomass obtaining.
Monitoring of the Miscanthus plantations in Vorzel, Ukraine, state as for November 2024
On November 12, 2024, Dr. Vitalii Stadnik and Dr. Martyn Sozanskyi (LPNU, Ukraine) attended two research Miscanthus plantations established in 2023 and 2024 years at the post-military land in Vorzel, Kyiv region, Ukraine. At plantation 2023, industrially produced biochar Ideale as element of Advanced Miscanthus phytotechnology has been tested. At plantation 2024 biochar derived from…
Joint research with Polish colleagues on elements of advanced M×g phytotechnology
On September 28 – October 5, 2024 Prof. Pidlisnyuk visited Poland with the NATO SPS MYP G6094 mission. She had a goal to meet with the colleagues from University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (WMU) to participate in the joint study on ash as an element of advanced phytotechnology and overview the research on…
Research on testing PGPR-immobilised sorbents in phytoremediation
From June to August 2024, a lab experiment on the impact of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) immobilized on various sorbents, including biochars, was conducted at UJEP in collaboration with Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan, and the Crop Research Institute’s branch in Chomutov, the Czech Republic. The microbial strains, isolated from agricultural soil and screened for…
Monitoring of Miscanthus plantation in Vorzel, Kyiv region, Ukraine
On July 23, 2024, Dr. Vitalii Stadnik and Dr. Martyn Sozanskyi (LPNU) attended a research Miscanthus plantation located in Vorzel, Kyiv region, Ukraine. At the first Miscanthus plantation, established in 2023, the impact of industrial biochar Ideale on the Miscanthus phytotechnology was tested. In the second field, established in 2024, the impact of biochar received…
May 2024: Ash vegetative experiment (TVHNPU)
As part of working package 1 of the project, the team at TVHNPU, Ukraine established a vegetative experiment to study the impact of ash as a soil amendment to Miscanthus development. Ash for the experiment was received from the power station in which Miscanthus biomass produced at the TEs contaminated soil was under the physical-chemical…
May 2024: Pot experiments with ash (UJEP)
In accordance with the working plan, the experiment on testing ash as it influences the Miscanthus growth process was established by UJEP team with the assistance of the Crop Research Institute in Chomutov. The contaminated ash was delivered from the Olsztyn power station being produced from the wood waste (special thanks to prof. Zolnowski, WMU,…
April 26, 2024: Extension of the research field in Vorzel, Ukraine
On April 26, 2024, the joint team from NULES and NULP, Ukraine, led by Dr. Tatyana Stefanovska, Co-Director from NULES, extended research M×g plantation in Vorzel, Bucha Rajon, Kyiv region, established in 2023 at the military site in the vicinity of Vorzel town, Bucha rajon, Kyiv region, Ukraine. In the extended field, the cooperative growth…
On-going research at VHTNPU, Ukraine
The team from the Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University (VHTNPU), Ukraine led by NATO SPS G6094 PPD Dr. Andriy Hertz continues to study the impact of biochar on the plant growing process. The lab results with Zea mays L. were evaluated and analyzed, and the optimal dose of industrial biochar for growing corn was…
November 2023: Testing biochars at the Lab experiment, VHTNPU, Ukraine
The team from the Volodymyr Hnatyuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University (VHTNPU), Ukraine led by NATO G6094 PPD Dr. Andryi Hetrz started the research on impact of biochar to the growing process of plants and soil properties.
November 10, 2023: Preparation the new Miscanthus plantation for intercropping research in Vorzel, Ukraine
On November 10, 2023 the preparation for establishing a new Miscanthus plantation at the military site in Vorzel, Kyiv region, Ukraine has been started. NULES team initiated the establishment in accordance with activities included in WP2. The work is provided in cooperation with the volunteers from the local Vorzel community. The plantation will be used…
October 31, 2023: Research at the Miscanthus plantation in Dolyna, Ukraine
On October 31, 2023 Dr. Vitalii Stadnik, Dr. Martyn Sozanskyi and Dr. Yurii Hrynchuk (LPNU team) attended an experimental plantation in Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk region, where Miscanthus x giganteus has been long term grown on the territory of the former military site (tank polygon).
October 15-19, 2023: Cooperation in soil health research with the Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute, Skierniewice, Poland
On October 15-19, 2023 NDP prof.Valentina Pidlisnyuk,UJEP and Co-Director assoc.prof. Tatyana Stefanovska, NULES visited the Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute, Skierniewice, Poland.
September 30, 2023: Research at the Miscanthus plantation in Vorzel, Ukraine
On September 30, 2023 Dr. Vitalii Stadnik and Dr. Martyn Sozanskyi (LPNU team, Ukraine), along with Assoc. Prof. Tatyana Stefanovska (NULES team, Ukraine) visited a research Miscanthus plantation in Vorzel urban settlement, Kyiv region.