Cooperation with business

Offer of research topics / expert opinions:

• Research on the effectiveness of herbicides in arable crops
• Research on phytotoxicity of herbicides used in crops
• Study of the biological effectiveness of growth regulators in crops
• Influence of applied plant protection products on successive plants

In 2005, the Team of Biology and Weed Control of the Department of Agronomy obtained authorization to conduct research on the effectiveness of plant protection products from the group of herbicides, growth regulators and adjuvants in field crops: cereals, maize, rape, potatoes, sugar beet, grasses and fallow land and fallow land – decision No. 22/2005 issued by the Chief Inspector of the Plant Health and Seed Inspection, on the basis of an audit carried out on October 16-17, 2005. checking the fulfillment of organizational and technical conditions for testing the effectiveness of plant protection products.

Responsible persons:

Dr. Ind. Anna Wysmułek
e-mail: anna_wysmulek@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 684

Dr. Ind. Agnieszka Ciesielska
e-mail: agnieszka_ciesielska@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 685

Currently conducted research:
Study of the effectiveness of herbicides in winter oilseed rape

Research and expert opinions performed:
Study of phytotoxicity and biological effectiveness of various products in winter and spring cereals, maize, winter rape, peas, potatoes, sugar beets.
Study of the biological effectiveness of growth regulators in winter and spring crops.

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Łęgowiak Z., Wysmułek A. 2000: Application of growth regulators in cereals. Progress in Plant Protection / Postępy w Ochrony Roślin Vol. 40 (2), pp. 932-934.

Wysmułek A., Łęgowiak Z., Ciesielska A. 2007: Ethyl carfentrazone in the protection of cereals against weeds. Fragmenta Agronomica 2 (94), pp. 408-411.

Ciesielska A., Wysmułek A., Łęgowiak Z., Piskorz B. 2009: New possibilities of pre-emergence and post-emergence control of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous weeds in winter oilseed rape. Threshold. Plant Protection / Post. Protection Plant 49 (4), pp. 1783-1786

Wysmułek A., Ciesielska A., Łęgowiak Z., Piskorz B. 2009: Herbicidal effectiveness of mixtures of diflufenican with chlorotoluron and diflufenican with isoproturon in winter crops. Threshold. Plant Protection / Post. Protection Plant 49 (2), pp. 844-848

Piskorz B., Wysmułek A., Łęgowiak Z, Ciesielska A. 2009: Herbicidal effectiveness of metsulfuron-methyl in cereals. Threshold. Plant Protection / Post. Protection Plant 49 (4), pp. 1822-1826

Ciesielska A., Wysmułek A. 2012: Herbicidal effectiveness of the herbicide mixture Sencor 600 SC + Titus 25 WG in potatoes. Threshold. Plant Protection / Post. Protection Plant 52 (4), pp. 885-888

Wysmułek A., Ciesielska A. 2012: Herbicidal effectiveness of the new herbicide BAS 812 00 H (tritosulfuron + florasulam) in winter crops. Threshold. Plant Protection / Post. Protection Plant 52 (4), pp. 933-938

Ciesielska A., Wysmułek A. 2015: Sencor Liquid 600 SC – friendly formulation and higher effectiveness. Polish Potato No.2, pp. 16-18

Technical facilities, research equipment, software:

Departmental Experimental Station in Skierniewice

Agricultural Experimental Works of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Phytotron, greenhouses

A specialized ARM program for the analysis of plot data from the experience of the effectiveness of plant protection products

Cooperation with economic units:

BASF Polska Sp. z o. o www.agro.basf.pl
DuPont Poland Sp. z o. o www.dupont.pl
Nufarm Polska Sp. z o. o www.nufarm.pl
Bayer Sp. z o. o www.bayer.com.pl

Previous participation in implementation projects:

Conducting research on the effectiveness of plant protection products used by companies as part of the registration of new products.

Offer of research topics / expert opinions:

• Agrotechnical methods of improving the yield and quality characteristics of cereals and vegetables in field cultivation in an ecological farming system
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of fertilizers, fertilizers, biological preparations approved or applying for approval for use in organic farming

Responsible person:
Dr. Ind. Katarzyna Kucińska
e-mail: katarzyna_kucinska@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 702

Conducted research:
The impact of innovative agrotechnical techniques on the yield and its quality of selected species of cucurbits and onion vegetables from organic and conventional production

Research facilities:
Experimental field in Skierniewice – Miedniewice (Faculty Experimental Station of the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology in Skierniewice) with the cultivation of cereals, field brews and sugar beet in three management systems (conventional, sustainable and ecological)

Certified ecological field (4 ha) since 2013, with crop and vegetable crop rotation.

Cultivated species:

1. Common wheat
2. Spelled wheat
3. Einkorn wheat
4. Triticale
5. Courgette
6. Onion
7. Spinach
8. White beet

Cooperation with economic units:
NaturalCrop Poland Sp. z o. o www.naturalcrop.com
Sunvita Sp. z o. o http://sklephildegarda.pl
The Polish Society of the Friends of St. Hildegard www.hildegarda.edu.pl

Offer of research topics / expert opinions:

• Assessment of the suitability of oat varieties for the production of micronized dietary fiber
• Influence of the environment and cultivation technology on the content and characteristics of dietary fiber and beta glucan.
• Investigation of the influence of genotype (G) x environment (E) x cultivation technology (M) on grain yield and oat dietary fiber characteristics.

Responsible person:
Prof. dr hab. Jan Rozbicki
e-mail: jan_rozbicki@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 697

Research and expert opinions performed:
Duration of the project BIOPRODUKTY, POIG.01.03.01-14-041 / 12 – publishing research results, implementation of project result indicators. http://www.bioprodukty.sggw.pl

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Piwińska M., Wyrwisz J., Wierzbicka A. 2016. Effect of micronization of high-fiber oat powder and vacuum-drying on pasta quality. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19476337.2015.1123775

http://www.bioprodukty.sggw.pl/SitePages/Wydarzenia.aspx

Research facilities:
Stations and Experimental Plants of the Central Research Center for Cultivar Testing with headquarters in Słupia Wielka, Laboratory of the Department of Agronomy, Laboratory of the Department of Food Technology and Design, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Cooperation with economic units:

• Microstructure sp. z o. about. http://microstructure.com.pl/

Previous participation in implementation projects:

• BIOPRODUKTY development project, POIG.01.03.01-14-041 / 12 in the years 2013-2015

Website addresses documenting the previous experience in cooperation with the economy:

http://www.bioprodukty.sggw.pl

Scope of research: Precision agriculture

Offer of research topics / expert opinions:

• the use of active optical sensors for the application of a variable nitrogen dose within arable fields,
• assessment of spatial variability of arable fields in order to distinguish production zones and improved soil sampling,
• the use of yield data recorded by combine harvesters in agricultural practice,
• evaluation of the effectiveness of applying precision farming solutions on farms.

Ability to conduct the above-mentioned research in the experimental fields of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, as well as in the arable fields of farmers, using the equipment of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences and the precision farming tools available on farms.

Responsible person:

Dr hab. Stanislaw Samborski

e-mail: stanislaw_samborski@sggw.pl

Telephone: (22) 59 32 699

Research and expert opinions performed:

Gozdowski D., Stępień M., Samborski S., 2016-2019 – FERTISAT – Satellite-based Service for Variable Rate Nitrogen Application in Cereal Production. Funded by the European Space Agency, No. 4000118613/16 / NL / EM – development of the agronomic part of the algorithm for fertilizing cereals with a variable dose of nitrogen using satellite images.

Samborski S., Gozdowski D., Stępień M., Bodecka E., 2015. Report on implementation studies on soil properties assessment using the MSP-3 mobile platform (Veris Technologies, Inc.) on three farmlands. Farm Frites Poland SA pp. 42.

Dissemination publications related to the topic:

Samborski S. (Ed.). 2018. Team of authors: Dobers ES, Elliot S., Gnatowski T., Gozdowski D., Kozyra J., Nieróbca A., Pudełko R., Samborski S., Stępień M., Szatyłowicz J. Precision agriculture. Scientific Publisher PWN SA, Warsaw, pp. 522.

Samborski S., Gozdowski D., Stępień M., Bodecka E., 2016. The use of selected tools of precision farming in the cultivation of winter wheat. Publishing House Oficyna Drukarska – Jacek Chmielewski. pp. 32.

Scientific publications related to the topic:

Rahmana MM, Lamb DW, Samborski SM 2019. Reducing the influence of solar illumination angle when using active optical sensor derived NDVIAOS to infer fAPAR for spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 156, 1-9.

Stępień M., Bodecka E., Gozdowski D., Wijata M., Groszyk J., Studnicki M., Sobczyński G., Rozbicki J., Samborski S. 2018. Compatibility between the particle size groups according to the BN-78 / 9180-11 standard and the particle size groups according to PTG 2008 and the USDA particle size classes. Soil Science Annual. 69, 4, 223-233.

Stępień M., Gozdowski D., Bodecka E., Groszyk J., Rozbicki J., Samborski S. 2017. Topsoil texture maps based on calibration of soil electrical conductivity with soil datasets varying in size. Polish Journal of Soil Science. 50, 2, 265-278.

Gozdowski D., Leszczyńska E., Stępień M., Rozbicki R., and S. Samborski. 2017. Within-Field Variability of Winter Wheat Yield and Grain Quality versus Soil Properties . Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 48, 9, 1029-1041.

Samborski S., Gozdowski D., Walsh OS, Kyveryga P., and M. Stępień. 2017. Sensitivity of sensor based nitrogen rates to selection of within-field calibration strips in winter wheat . Crop and Pasture Science. 68, 101-114.

Stępień M., Gozdowski D., Samborski S., Dobers ES, Szatyłowicz J., and J. Chormański. 2016. Validation of topsoil texture derived from agricultural soil maps by current dense soil sampling . Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science . 179, 618-629.

Samborski S. , Gozdowski D., Stępień M., Walsh OS, and E. Leszczyńska. 2016. On-farm evaluation of an active optical sensor performance for variable nitrogen application in winter wheat . European Journal of Agronomy . 74, 56-67.

Samborski S. , Gozdowski D., Walsh O. S, Lamb D., Stępień M., Gacek., E., and T. Drzazga. 2015. Winter wheat genotype effect on canopy reflectance: implications for using NDVI for in-season nitrogen topdressing recommendations . Agronomy Journal . 107, 2097-2106.

Gozdowski D., Stępień M., Samborski S., Dobers ES, Szatyłowicz J. and J. Chormański. 2015. Prediction accuracy of selected spatial interpolation methods for soil texture at farm field scale. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition . 15 (3), 639-650.

Stępień M., Samborski S., Gozdowski D., Dobers ES, Chormański J. and J. Szatyłowicz. 2015. Assessment of soil texture class on agricultural fields using ECa, Amber NDVI and topographic properties . Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 178, 523-536.

Gozdowski D., Stępień M., Samborski S., Dobers ES, Szatyłowicz J. and J. Chormański. 2014. Determination of the most relevant soil properties for the delineation of management zones in production fields . Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 45 (17): 2289-2304.

Stępień, M., Gozdowski D., and S. Samborski. 2013. A case study on the estimation accuracy of soil properties and fertilizer rates for different soil sampling grids . Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 176, 57-68.

Samborski S., Tremblay N., Fallon E., 2009. Strategies to Make Use of Plant Sensors-Based Diagnostic Information for Nitrogen Recommendations . Agronomy Journal . 101:800-816.

Technical facilities, research equipment, software:

• MSP-3 mobile platform (Veris Technologies, Salina, USA), for continuous registration of soil properties: electrical conductivity, pH and organic matter
• a set of two active optical sensors OptRx (AgLeader, Ames, USA) to assess the nutritional status of plants with nitrogen and sowing a variable nitrogen dose in real time,
• yield mapping system (AgLeader, Ames, USA),
• AccuHarvest system (Zeltex, Hagerstown, USA) for mapping protein and fat content in seeds,
• automatic tractor steering system – Geosteer (AgLeader, Ames, USA),
• software: SMS Advanced, ArcGIS.

Cooperation with economic units:

• years 2009-… .. cooperation with the farm: Rolniczy Zakład Doświadczalny – Wilanów-Obory, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, as part of the projects: Ministry of Science and Higher Education No.N N310 089036 (2009-2012), and POIG.01.03.01-14-041 / 12 (2013-2015) , and research without projects, years 2006-2019 – cooperation with the farm Farm Frites Poland Dwa Sp. z o. o. as part of research in arable fields, projects: Ministry of Science and Higher Education No.N N310 089036 (2009-2012), POIG.01.03.01-14-041 / 12 (2013-2015), FERTISAT – (2019) and previous studies without project,

years 2013-2015 – cooperation with the farms of AGRO-POLEN Sp. z o. o. as part of research on arable fields, project: POIG.01.03.01-14-041 / 12. Scientific internships in the field of precision agriculture:

02/02/2016 – June 28, 2016 – University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Cooperation with Precision Agriculture Research Group , under the leadership of Prof. David W. Lamb.

Previous participation in implementation projects:

• FERTISAT – Satellite-based Service for Variable Rate Nitrogen Application in Cereal Production,
  in the years 2016-2019,
• BIOPRODUCTS, POIG.01.03.01-14-041 / 12, in the years 2013-2015.

Offer of research topics / expert opinions:

• The influence of seed material quality on the spatial features of a sugar beet field
• Sugar beet harvesting techniques, storage and the technological value of the roots

Responsible persons:
Dr. Beata Michalska-Klimczak
e-mail: beata_michalska@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 704

Prof. dr hab. Zdzisław Wyszynski
e-mail: zdzislaw_wyszynski@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 704

Research facilities:
Experimental field in Skierniewice – Miedniewice (Faculty Experimental Station of the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology in Skierniewice) with the cultivation of cereals, field brews and sugar beet in three management systems (conventional, sustainable and ecological).

Cooperation with economic units:

• The Kutno Sugar Beet Farm
• National Association of Sugar Beet Growers

Scope of research:

Selection of species and varieties for mixtures for grassland for various purposes (meadows and permanent pastures, alternating lands) and special surfaces (lawns, sports fields)

Responsible persons:

dr hab. Barbara Borawska

e-mail: barbara_borawska_jarmulowicz@sggw.pl

Telephone: (022) 59 32 708

Dr. Ind. Grażyna Mastalerczuk

e-mail: grazyna_mastalerczuk@sggw.pl ,

Telephone: (022) 59 32 710

dr hab. Maria Janicka

e-mail: maria_janicka@sggw.pl

Telephone: (022) 59 32 709

Research and expert opinions performed:

• Assessment of morphological and biological characteristics and yielding of selected breeding cultivars for fodder and lawn grasses.
• Structure of the above-ground and underground biomass of grasses depending on the sowing date and habitat moisture

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B. 2018. Relationships between different morphological traits of panicles and seeds of Dactylis glomerata L. varieties under seed utilization. Agricultural and Food Science, 27, pp. 179-189

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G., Strzelczyk R. 2018. Seed yielding of Italian ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum Lam.) In the conditions of central Poland. Excerpt from Agronomica, 35 (3) 28-36.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk, M. Janicka G., 2016. Assessment of biological characteristics and yielding of selected varieties Dactylis glomerata , Festuca pratensis and Phleum pratense in pure sowing and in mixtures. Grassland in Poland, 19, 35-50.

Janicka M., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G., 2016. Development of biomass and yielding of selected varieties of low grasses in pure sowing and in mixtures. Grassland in Poland, 19, 121-139.

Mastalerczuk G., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Janicka M., 2016. Variability of the utility value of selected species and varieties of grasses used for recreational lawns. Grassland in Poland, 19, 205-218.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Janicka M., Mastalerczuk G. 2012. Yielding of grass varieties in pure stands and phenologically different meadow mixtures in the first year of utilization. Grassland Science in Europe, vol. 17, 88-90.

Janicka M., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B. and Mastalerczuk G. 2012. Development and growth of grass cultivars in pure stands and in meadow mixtures. Grassland Science in Europe, vol. 17, 130-132.

Mastalerczuk G., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Janicka M. 2012. Evaluation of development and turf characters of lawn grass varieties in the year of sowing. Grassland Science in Europe, vol. 17, 523-525.

Janicka M. 2005 : The aboveground biomass structure of several grass species depending on the sowing date and soil moisture. Agronomijas Vestis. Latvian Journal of Agronomy, vol. 8: 264-269.

Janicka M. 2004 . Distribution of biomass of several grass species depending on the sowing date and habitat moisture in the third year after sowing. Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin – Polonia. Sectio E, 59, 4, 1705-1713.

Rutkowska B., Janicka M. 2001. Grasses adaptability to changed moisture conditions. In: Studies on grasses in Poland. Ed. by L. Frey, Szafer Institute of Botany Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, pp. 353-364.

Research facilities:

A collection of selected varieties of fodder and lawn grasses at the Variety Collection of Cultivated Plants of the Department of Agronomy, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw – Ursynów

Cooperation with economic and scientific units:

Hodowla Roślin Bartążek Sp. z o. o. IHAR Group http://www.ihar.edu.pl/hodowla_roslin_bartazek_spz_oo__grupa_ihar.php

Małopolska Hodowla Roślin Spółka z oo www.hbp.pl

Poznańska Hodowla Roślin Sp. o.o. http://phr.pl

Responsible persons:

dr hab. Maria Janicka
e-mail: maria_janicka@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 709

Dr. Ind. Barbara Borawska
e-mail: barbara_borawska_jarmulowicz@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 708

Dr. Ind. Grażyna Mastalerczuk
e-mail: grazyna_mastalerczuk@sggw.pl ,
Telephone: (022) 59 32 710

Currently conducted research:
Assessment of the development and yielding of sward of bean and grass mixtures and underground biomass in mowing use, depending on differentiated silicon fertilization

Research facilities:
Experimental field in Skierniewice – Miedniewice (Departmental Experimental Station of the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology in Skierniewice)

Cooperation with economic and scientific units:

• Hodowla Roślin Bartążek Sp. z o. o. IHAR Group http://www.ihar.edu.pl/hodowla_roslin_bartazek_spz_oo__grupa_ihar.php
• Poznańska Hodowla Roślin Sp. z o. o http://phr.pl

Responsible person:
Dr. Ind. Barbara Borawska
e-mail: barbara_borawska_jarmulowicz@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 708

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B. 2011. Varieties’ reproductive capacity Dactylis glomerata depending on the row spacing over the period of four years of use. Grassland Science in Poland, 14, 9-21.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B. 2011. Differentiation of morphological and biological features of varieties Dactylis glomerata in cultivation for seeds against the background of weather conditions. Grassland Science in Poland, 14, 23-41.

Responsible persons:

Dr. Ind. Barbara Borawska
e-mail: barbara_borawska_jarmulowicz@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 708

Dr. Ind. Grażyna Mastalerczuk
e-mail: grazyna_mastalerczuk@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 710

Currently conducted research:
Seed germination and morphology of seedlings of varieties Dactylis glomerata in conditions of water scarcity.

Research and expert opinions performed:

• Assessment of seed germination of selected cocksfoot cultivars depending on their storage period
• Assessment of lawn seeds germination of meadow grassland varieties in various lighting conditions

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G., Gozdowski D., Małuszyńska E., Szydłowska A. 2017. The sensitivity of Lolium perenne and Poa pratensis to salinity and drought during the seed germination and under different photoperiod conditions. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, vol. 104, No. 1.71–78.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G. 2010. Influence of different lighting time on the initial development of lawn varieties Poa pratensis in the first and fourth years after harvesting the seeds. Grassland Science in Poland, 13, 9-17.

Cooperation with economic and scientific units:

Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National Research Institute www.ihar.edu.pl

Responsible person:
dr hab. Maria Janicka
e-mail: maria_janicka@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 709

Research and expert opinions performed:
Assessment of the effects of renovation performed with four undersowing technologies (differing in the way of limiting the competitiveness of the old turf before sowing) in two dates.

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Janicka M. 2017. The effectiveness of different over drilling technologies of the dry meadows in central Poland. VIII International Scientific Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2017”, 8, Jahorina, October 05-08, 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Book of Proceedings, ed. in chief Dušan Kovačević, East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, (ISBN 978-99976-718-1-3), 402-409.

Janicka M., 2012: Conditions for the growth and development of economically important species of fodder grass and Trifolium pratense L. after renovation of oak-hornbeam meadows using the sowing method. SGGW Publishing House, Warsaw, Scientific Papers and Monographs 394, 204 pp. https://www.epnp.pl/ebook/A05219_uwarunkowania_wzrostu

Janicka M., 2007: Renovation of meadow swards dominated by short grasses by overdrilling. Grassland Science in Europe, vol. 12: 98-101.

Janicka M., Łukoszyk J., 2006: Improving the species composition of the meadow sward with a different proportion Deschampsia caespitosa by direct sowing. Grassland Science in Poland, 9: 67-78. http://www.ar.poznan.pl/ptl/!pdf/Lakarstwo%20w%20Polsce%20nr%209.pdf#page=65

Janicka M. 2005: Re-growth of original sward following meadow renovation by over drilling – central Poland. Grassland Science in Europe, vol. 10: 625-629.

Janicka M. 2004: Seedling growth, development and their survival ability after meadow renovation by overdrilling. Grassland Science in Europe, vol. 9, 547-549.

Responsible persons:
dr hab. Maria Janicka
e-mail: maria_janicka@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 709

Dr. Ind. Dorota Sienkiewicz-Paderewska
e-mail: dorota_sienkiewicz_paderewska@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 704

Dr. Ind. Anna Chodkiewicz
E‑mail: anna_chodkiewicz@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 704

Currently conducted research:
Valorization of non-forest communities in the central basin of the Biebrza river, diversified in terms of use (grazing, mowing, ceasing mowing)

Research and expert opinions performed:
The state and changes in phytocoenoses of grassy ecosystems in the context of their threats and protection

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Janicka M., Janicka-Turyk M. 2017. Flowering of selected plant species of xerothermic grasslands in the floristic reserve “vineyard”. Grassland in Poland, 20, 55-72.

Janicka M., Pawluśkiewicz B. 2017. Floristic diversity and the value in use of grass communities in the historic sentimental and romantic garden in the arcadia. Grassland in Poland, 20, 73-91.

Pawluśkiewicz B., Janicka M., Piekut K. 2017. Restoration of Cnidion dubii meadows on Warsaw cross-section of the Middle Vistula Valley. Annals Of Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW Land Reclamation, 49 (4), 277-287.

M. Janicka, MA Janicka, 2015. Xerothermic communities of the “Vineyard” floristic reserve – state, threats and protection. Grassland in Poland, 18, 113-127. http://www.au.poznan.pl/ptl/rocznik%20nr%2018/09.pdf

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Paderewski J. 2015. Habitat preferences of plant communities: New approach based on the GGE biplot analysis. Half. J. Ecol. (2015) 63: 387–399 (2015) 63: 387–399. Doi 10.3161 / 15052249PJE2015.63.3.009

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Paderewski J. 2012. Habitat preferences of plant associations from Molinio-Arrhenatheretea class described in the ‘The Bug Ravine Landscape Park’ by GGE biplot analysis. Grassland Science in Europe, 15, 723-725.

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Paderewski J. 2011. Application of the GGE biplot method to assess the condition and identify threats to the Alopecuretum pratensis syndrome (Regel 1925) Steffen 1931 described in the “Podlaski Przełom Bugu” Landscape Park. Water-Environment-Rural Areas, 11, 3 (35), 237-252.

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D. 2010. Plant communities of the class Koelerio glaucae-Corynephoretea canescentis Klika in Klika et Novak 1941 occurring on permanent grasslands in the “Podlaski Przełom Bugu” Landscape Park. Meadow in Poland, 13,

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D. Chachulski Ł. 2004. Plant communities of subalpine pastures of the meadows of the Pokutty -Marmaroskie Mountains. Grassland in Poland, 7, 67-86.

Research facilities:
Research in this field is carried out in the following areas: the Bug valley, the Biebrza valley, including, among others, in the “Podlaski Przełom Bugu” Landscape Park, Biebrza National Park; in nature reserves, incl. “Winnica”, Skarpa Ursynowska, and in Ukraine – in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve.

Cooperation with economic and scientific units:

• Biebrza National Park
• Department of Experimental and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Responsible persons:
Dr. Ind. Dorota Sienkiewicz-Paderewska
e-mail: dorota_sienkiewicz_paderewska@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 704

Dr. Ind. Anna Chodkiewicz
e-mail: anna_chodkiewicz@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 704

dr hab. Maria Janicka
e-mail: maria_janicka@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 709

Research and expert opinions performed:

• Assessment of the condition and threats as well as proposals for the protection of grassy ecosystems occurring within landscape parks, detailed research in the area of the “Podlaski Przełom Bugu” Landscape Park.
• Natural and forage value of plant communities grazed by Polish ponies in the Biebrza National Park.
• Explaining the reasons for the selectivity and taste preferences of grazing animals.

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Paderewski J., Chodkiewicz A., Kwasowski W., Suwara I. 2019. Effect of different land-use on occurrence and morphological traits of Carex buxbaumii (study from Biebrza National Park, Poland). Global Ecology and Conservation. e00802

Janicka M., Pawluśkiewicz B., Dąbrowski P. 2016. Valorisation of meadow communities with the participation of Arrhenatherum elatius and Bromus inermis formed as a result of abandonment of use in the “Skarpa Ursynowska” reserve. Polish Journal of Agronomy, 27, 71-80.

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Paderewski J., Chodkiewicz A., Suwara I., Kwasowski W. 2016. The influence of the way of use on the occurrence and morphology of the Buxbaum sedge in the Biebrza National Park. Conference materials of the National Scientific Conference on Grass ecosystems in shaping and protecting the environment (Poleski National Park, Urszulin 1-3 June 2016).

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Paderewski J., Klarzyńska A., Wolański P. 2016. Biodiversity and the value in use of selected Polish grasslands. Conference materials of the National Scientific Conference on Grass ecosystems in shaping and protecting the environment (Poleski National Park, Urszulin 1-3 June 2016).

Chodkiewicz A., Stypiński P., 2014. Changes in Koniks’ diet due to vegetative season, years and social behavior. Grassland Science in Europe, vol.19 p. 364-366.

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G., Chodkiewicz A., Stypiński P. 2012. Impact of the cessation of mowing on the vegetation of the Trzęsica meadow ( Molinietum caerulae ). Water-Environment-Rural Areas, 167–179.

Chodkiewicz A., Stypiński P. 2011 Food preferences of Polish ponies grazed in the Biebrza National Park. Water, Environment, Rural, Vol. 11 of 2 (34), pp. 33-42

Paderewski J., Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D. 2010. Multidimensional scaling for describing the risks for grasslands ecosystems located in the Polish Landscape Parks. Grassland Science in Europe, 15, 723-725.

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Stypiński P. 2009. Permanent grasslands in Polish landscape parks. Protection. Grassland in Poland, 12, 177-187.

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Stypiński P. 2009. Permanent grasslands in Polish landscape parks. Status and threats. Grassland in Poland, 12, 165-176.

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D., Stypiński P. 2007 The protection and conservation of grasslands in the Polish Landscape Parks. Grassland Science in Europe, 12, 520-523.

Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D. 2006. Threats to grassy ecosystems in legally protected areas. In: Myka-Raduj A., Szymański J. (ed.) Agri-environmental programs – assumptions, implementation, prospects. Ed. Poleski National Park, Lublin, 53-67.

Research facilities:
Research in this field was conducted in the following areas: the Bug valley, the Biebrza valley, incl. in the Landscape Park “Podlaski Przełom Bugu”, Biebrza National Park ;

Cooperation with economic and scientific units:

• Biebrza National Park
• Department of Experimental and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
• Department of Agroecology, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszów
• Department of Grassland and Natural Landscape, Faculty of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences

Responsible persons:

dr hab. Maria Janicka
e-mail: maria_janicka@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 709

Currently conducted research:
Research on meadow communities in the “Skarpa Ursynowska” nature reserve is carried out systematically every few years.

Research and expert opinions performed:

• Assessment of the state of meadow communities in the “Skarpa Ursynowska” reserve.
• Assessment of changes in the botanical composition and yielding of permanent meadow communities after the discontinuation of use and fertilization
• Assessment of the seed material of wild-growing dicotyledonous species, naturally valuable meadow habitats

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Bogumiła Pawluśkiewicz, Maria Janicka, Kazimierz Piekut. 2019. Effects of different introduction methods on plant species establishment success in wet grassland restoration. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol. 28, no.3, pp. 1-11.

Janicka M., Pawluśkiewicz B., Małuszyńska E. 2019. The analysis of the traits determining the development of some plant species typical for the meadow habitats of the Natura 2000 network. Scientific Review – Engineering and Environmental Sciences 28 (1), 82-94. http://iks.pn.sggw.pl, DOI 10.22630 / PNIKS.2019.28.1.8

Pawluśkiewicz B., Janicka M., Piekut K. 2017. Restoration of Cnidion dubii meadows on Warsaw cross-section of the Middle Vistula Valley. Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW Land Reclamation, 49 (4), 277-287.

Janicka M., Pawluśkiewicz B. 2017. Species restitution – a way to improve floristic diversity of meadow communities in “Skarpa Ursynowska” nature reserve (Poland). VIII International Scientific Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2017”, 8, Jahorina, October 05-08, 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Book of Proceedings, ed. in chief Dušan Kovačević, East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, (ISBN 978-99976-718-1-3), 1800-1807.

Janicka M., Pawluśkiewicz B., Dąbrowski P. 2016. Valorization of meadow communities with the participation Arrhenatherum elatius and Bromus inermis shaped as a result of abandonment of use in the “Skarpa Ursynowska” reserve. Polish Journal of Agronomy, 27, 71-80.

Mastalerczuk G. 2008. Effect of stopping fertilization and limiting the frequency of mowing permanent meadow on the species composition of sward, yield and root mass of plants. Grassland Science in Poland, 11, 95-104.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B. 2008. Changes in the floristic composition of the meadow sward five years after stopping fertilization with single mowing. Grassland Science in Poland, 11, 33-42.

Janicka M., April 2004 : Changes in the species composition of the meadow sward after five years from the end of use. Grassland Science in Poland, 7, 101-111.

Rutkowska B., Janicka M., Szymczak R., Ślusarek A. 1999. The impact of habitat conditions and neglect of pratotechnics on floristic changes in meadow sward. Folia Universitatis Agriculturae Stetinensis 197, Agricultura, 75: 271-278.

Cooperation with economic and scientific units:
Department of Environmental Development, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Department of Seed and Seed Science, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National Research Institute in Radzików

Responsible person:
dr hab. Maria Janicka
e-mail: maria_janicka@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32709

Currently conducted research:
Assessment of the seed material of wild-growing dicotyledonous species, naturally valuable meadow habitats

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

M. Janicka, Pawluśkiewicz B., Małuszyńska E., Szydłowska A. 2016. The estimation of some wild flowers seed material from the natural-valuable meadow habitats. Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW – Land Reclamation, 48 (4), 329-340. http://ann_landreclam.sggw.pl/z484/art4.pdf

M. Janicka, 2015. Chapter VII. Possibilities of recreating floristically rich semi-natural meadows. In: Management in river valleys in Natura 2000 areas – problems of investment activity. SGGW Publishing House, Warsaw, 97-112.

Cooperation with economic and scientific units:

• Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
• Department of Seed and Seed Science, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National Research Institute in Radzików

Responsible person:
dr hab. Maria Janicka
e-mail: maria_janicka@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32709

Research and expert opinions performed:

• Assessment of the size of the supply of diasporas (seeds and fruit) in the top (0-20 cm) soil layer and their distribution in four levels, depending on the humidity of the habitat.
• Assessment of floristic similarity between the supply of diasporas in soil and vegetation.

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

M. Janicka, 2016 The evaluation of soil seed bank in two Arrhenatherion meadow habitats in central Poland. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum, Agricultura, 15 (4), 25-38. http://www.agricultura.acta.utp.edu.pl/uploads/pliki/15(4)2016_Janicka.pdf

M. Janicka, 2006. Species composition of the soil seed bank in comparison with the floristic composition of meadow sward. Grassland Science in Europe, vol. 11: 200-202.

Responsible persons:
Dr. Ind. Barbara Borawska
e-mail: barbara_borawska_jarmulowicz@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 708

Dr. Ind. Grażyna Mastalerczuk
e-mail: grazyna_mastalerczuk@sggw.pl
Telephone: (022) 59 32 710

Currently conducted research:

• Morphological and physiological reaction of varieties of fodder and lawn grasses in conditions of salinity and water deficiency in soil.
• Assessment of growth, development and structure of the root system of fodder and lawn grasses in conditions of salinity and water deficiency in soil.
• Morphological and anatomical reaction of the root system of lawn grasses to drought stress in various conditions of silicon fertilization

Research and expert opinions performed:

• Morphological and physiological reaction of fodder and lawn grass varieties under stress conditions: low temperatures, drought and salinity.
• Morphological reaction of underground biomass of fodder and lawn grasses under stress conditions: low temperatures, drought and salinity.
• The efficiency of the photosynthetic apparatus and the distribution of grass biomass under the conditions of differentiated nitrogen fertilization

Scientific and disseminating publications related to the topic:

Mastalerczuk G., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Kalaji HM 2019. How Kentucky bluegrass tolerate stress caused by sodium chloride used for road deicing? Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26: 913-922. doi 10.1007 / s11356-018-3640-4

Mastalerczuk G., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Kalaji HM 2017. Response of Kentucky bluegrass lawn plants to drought stress at early growth stages. Pak J Agr Sci, 54 (4) 811 – 817. doi: 0.21162 / PAKJAS / 17.5232

Mastalerczuk G., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Kalaji HM, Dąbrowski P., Gozdowski D. 2017. Some physiological parameters, biomass distribution and carbon allocation in roots of forage grasses growing under different nitrogen dosages. Chiang Mai J Sci, 44 (4) 1295-1303.

Mastalerczuk G., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Kalaji HM, Dąbrowski P., Paderewski J. 2017. Gas-exchange parameters and morphological features of festulolium (Festulolium braannie K. Richert A. Camus) in response to nitrogen dosage. Photosynthetica 55 (1): 20-30, 2017

Dąbrowski P., Kalaji MH, Baczewska AH, Pawluśkiewicz B., Mastalerczuk G., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Paunov M., Goltsev V. 2017. Delayed chlorophyll a fluorescence, MR 820, and gas exchange changes in perennial ryegrass under salt stress. Journal Of Luminescence, 183: 322–333.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G., Gozdowski D., Małuszyńska E., Szydłowska A. 2017. The sensitivity of Lolium perenne and Poa pratensis to salinity and drought during the seed germination and under different photoperiod conditions. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 104, 1, 71–78.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G., Kalaji HM, Carpentier R., Pietkiewicz S., Allakhverdiev SI 2014. Photosynthetic efficiency and survival of Dactylis glomerata and Lolium perenne following low temperature stress. Russ. J. Plant Physiol., 61, 3: 281–288.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G., Pietkiewicz S., Kalaji MH 2014. Low temperature and hardening effects on photosynthetic apparatus efficiency and survival of forage grass varieties. Plant Soil Environ. 60, 4: 177-183.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G., Kalaji MH 2010. Response of Dactylis glomerata to low temperature stress. Grassland Science in Europe, 15, 359-361.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G. 2010. Influence of different lighting time on the initial development of lawn varieties of Poa pratensis in the first and fourth year after seed harvest. Grassland in Poland, 13, 9-17.

Mastalerczuk G., Borawska-Jarmułowicz B. 2009. The response of lawn varieties of Poa pratensis to drought stress. Grassland Science in Europe, 14, 414-416.

Borawska-Jarmułowicz B., Mastalerczuk G. 2009. Influence of the thermal stress on some physiological features and survival of plants of Lolium perenne varieties Diament and Gagat. Grassland Science in Europe, 14, 516-519.

Research facilities:
Phytotron of the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

Cooperation with economic and scientific units:

• Hodowla Roślin Bartążek Sp. z o. o. IHAR Group http://www.ihar.edu.pl/hodowla_roslin_bartazek_spz_oo__grupa_ihar.php
• Department of Plant Physiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences http://agrobiol.sggw.pl/fizjologia/pages/strona-glowna.php
• Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SGGW in Warsaw.