Project: Citology and electron microscopy
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Main objective:
To study the ultrastructure of foliar surface
(trichomas, waxes and stomas) of plants in dry land areas adaptating to
salinity, drought, and infections by phytoplasm.
Trichomas in foliar surface of papaya.
Specific problem to be solved
To search important markers for plant survival in specific adverse conditions in our
region by studying foliar ultrastructure of plants
(stomas, waxes, trichomas) grown under salinity and drought stress.
To know water and soil pollution by heavy metals and
radionucleids and their appearance in plants by applying the basic analysis
of energy dispersion technique coupled with the one made by scanning electron
microscope (X-ray microanalysis), a very precise technique.
to clarify some ways of
phytoplasm pathogenicity
by performing comparative studies of foliar ultrastructure in plants infected by
phytoplasm in the case of chile, tomato, and other vegetables, where the
pathogen causes severe effects, and in some ornamental and wild plants in which
phytoplasm acts without a mortal effect.
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Written by Dr. Vladimir Lebsky Konstantinovich
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Last Updated on Thursday, 06 October 2011 12:08 |
Agriculture in Dry Land Areas 
