Current Projects

PROJECTS

Department of Plant Physiology

Current

(2006 - 2008) - The role of toxins in pathogenesis of producents
(2004 - 2006) - Effects of cadmium on structure and function of plants
(2004 - 2006) - Contribition to the life strategy of species of Colchicum autumnale L.
(2004 - 2006) - Metabolic and anatomical responses of the plants to water deficit

Finished

(2003 - 2005) - Fungi Fusarium spp, their toxicity and relationship to host plant.
(2002 - 2004) - Involvement of MAP kinases, cytoskeleton proteins and cell wall in root hair development
(2001 - 2003) - Effect of Al on protein content and composition in Al-tolerant and Al-sensitive barley cultivars
(2001 - 2003) - Plant responses to water stress
(2000 - 2002) - Diversity of agriculturally important fungi
(1999 - 2001) - Cytoskeleton and cellular membranous structures in the process of morphogenesis

Department of Geobotany

Current

(2006 - 2008) - The non-forest vegetation of the mountain and subalpine belts of the Krivánska Malá Fatra Mts.
(2005 - 2007) - Diversity of macrophytes along ecological gradients of watercourses and alluvial wetlands in Slovakia
(2005 - 2007) - Classification and ecological differenciation of the mesophilous and xerophilous grassland communities in the Slovak part of Western Carpathians
(2005 - 2007) - Formalized classification system for identification of grassland vegetation
(2004 - 2006) - Scrub and thickets formations

Finished

(2002 - 2004) - Diversity of herbaceous vegetation in synanthropic habitats of the Borská nížina lowland
(1999 - 2004) - Mapping of macrophytes in the Danube catchment area
(2000 - 2002) - Plant communities of Slovakia IV
(2000 - 2001) - Diversity of the xerotherm vegetation along Pannonic and Carpathian phytogeographic boundary
(1999 - 2001) - Dynamics and Ecology of Vegetation at the Morava River Floodplain

Department of Non-vascular Plants

Finished

(2001 - 2003) - Biodiversity of bryophytes of Slovakia with an emphasis on selected landscape areas
(2001 - 2003) - Biosystematics and biodiversity of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota
(2001 - 2003) - Flora of phototrophic microorganisms of Slovakia
(2001 - 2003) - Diversity of lichens in biosphere reserves of Slovakia: Poloniny National Park, Tatry National Park, Protected Landscape Area Poľana
(2000 - 2002) - Analysis of biodiversity components in National Park Muránska Planina

Department of Vascular Plant Taxonomy

Current

(1999 - present) - Flora of Slovakia
(2004 - 2006) - Infraspecific variation of the polymorphic species Picris hieracioides in central and southern Europe
(2002 - 2006) - Identification key of ferns and flowering plants of the Slovak Republic

Finished