Director of the Federal State Funded Institution of Science "The Nikitsky Botanical Gardens - National Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Chairman of the Council of Botanical Gardens of Russia, Yuri Vladimirovich Plugatar

 

Deputy Director for Science: Doctor of Biological Sciences, Oksana Mikhailovna Shevchuk

 

Deputy Director for Science: Candidate of Biological Sciences, Alexander Konstantinovich Sharmagiy

 

Deputy Director for Scientific and Organizational Activities: Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Sergey Yurievich Khokhlov

 

Advisor to the Director for Science: Doctor of Medical Sciences, Alexander Mikhailovich Yarosh

 

Advisor to the Director for Science: Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Fedor Fedorovich Adamen

 

Academic Secretary: Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Tatyana Sergeevna Naumenko

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF DENDROLOGY, FLORICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

 

Head of the Department - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Vladimir Vladimirovich Papelbu

 

Laboratory of Dendrology, Park Science and Landscape Architecture

Head of the Laboratory, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Vladimir Nikolaevich Gerasimchuk

 

Research areas: introduction studies of ornamental arboreal and shrubby plants.

Study of the form diversity and ornamental features of introduced species of arboreal and shrubby plants.

Study of the development rhythms and adaptive features of arboreal and shrubby plants during introduction on the Southern Coast of Crimea.

 

Arboretum

Head of the Arboretum: Valentina Fedorovna Lobanovskaya

 

Upper and Lower Park Sector

Head of the Sector - Dmitry Petrovich Kashuba

 

Primorsky Park Sector

Head of the Sector - Pavel Pavlovich Tsymbal

 

The sector of Montedor Park and Succulent Collections

Head of the Sector - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Natalia Nikolaevna Sharmagiy

 

Floriculture Laboratory

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Irina Vladimirovna Ulanovskaya

 

Research areas: development of theoretical principles and methods of breeding and introduction of floral and ornamental plants (Rosa L., Chrysanthemum x hortorum Bailey, Tulipa L., Hemerocallis x hybrida hort., Canna x hibrida hort., Iris hybrida hort., Clematis L., Syringa L.), development and testing of an effective system for the integrated assessment of floral-ornamental crops. The study of ecological and biological features of floral and ornamental plants.

 

The flower cultivation sector

Head of the Sector - Ekaterina Leonidovna Abramova

 

Greenhouse complex sector

Head of the Sector - Ekaterina Grigorievna Yurkovskaya

 

Sector "Rosary"

Head of the Sector - Irina Nikolaevna Kravchenko

 

Laboratory of Entomology and Phytopathology

Head of the laboratory, Doctor of Biological Sciences - Elena Borisovna Balykina

The main area of work:

Development of theoretical foundations for ensuring sustainable development and epidemic safety of horticultural and fruit plantations by regulating the number of pests and the harmfulness of pathogens in long-term agrocenoses.

Topics:

1. Study of the patterns of formation and functioning of a complex of pests and pathogens of fruit and horticultural agrocenoses.
2. Development of management methods for fruit and horticultural agrocenoses.
3. Creation of a phytosanitary monitoring system in the fruit and park plantations of Crimea.

Laboratory of Landscape Architecture and Ethnobotanical Research

Head of the Laboratory - Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Elena Vladimirovna Golosova

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS

 

 

Laboratory of Natural Ecosystems, “Cape Martyan” State Nature Reserve

Head of the Laboratory - Zoya Dmitrievna Bondarenko

 

Research directions:

Comprehensive studies to assess the current state and dynamics of biological resources of territories and water areas of natural and transformed landscapes to substantiate proposals for the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in Crimea and adjacent territories. Identification of factors and patterns of population and community dynamics.

Compilation and addition of biota lists, preparation of materials on the program of the State Cadastre of flora and fauna of the region.

The study of rare species, the structure of their populations; justification for the inclusion of representatives of biota in the regional and federal Red Books.

Development of scientific foundations for monitoring, conservation and restoration of rare and endangered species and communities.

Development of recommendations for the formation of a representative network of protected areas.

Classification and mapping of vegetation cover.

Assessment of the degree of synanthropization and adventization of ecosystems, the study of alien species.

 

State Environmental Inspectorate of “Cape Martyan” State Nature Reserve

Head of the Inspectorate - Oleg Nikolaevich Reznikov

 

Laboratory of Forest Science

Head of the Laboratory - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Vladimir Petrovich Koba

 

Phytomonitoring Laboratory

Head of the Laboratory - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Svetlana Pavlovna Korsakova

 

Research areas: organization of continuous monitoring of weather and climatic conditions and reaction characteristics of various plant life processes using modern equipment.

 

Laboratory of Agroecology

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Maxim Leonidovich Novitsky

 

The main tasks are to develop methods for assessing soil and climatic conditions in order to determine the potential area of cultivation of ornamental arboreal and floral plants and optimal zones for fruit, subtropical, nut, medicinal and essential oil crops.

The main activities of the laboratory are:

• Assessment of the soil and climatic resources of the territory for the rational placement of perennial plantations of fruit and ornamental crops./li>
• Development and implementation of technologies for reclamation of skeletal, sandy, saline, brackish, high-carbonate soils for gardens.
• Development and implementation of technologies for the reclamation of sulfide-containing mine dumps for the purpose of their landscaping and agricultural use.
• Study of the soils of the Mountainous Crimea.
• Study of the influence of soil properties on the content of macro- and microelements in fruits of subtropical fruit, medicinal and essential oil crops.
• Assessment of soil fertility of farms and private homesteads for fruit crops, grapes and ornamental woody and shrubby plants.

Flora and Vegetation Laboratory

Head of the Laboratory - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Vladislav Vyacheslavovich Korzhenevsky

 

Geobotany Laboratory

Head of the Laboratory - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Nikolay Borisovich Ermakov

 

DEPARTMENT OF FRUIT CROPS

 

Head of the Department, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Vadim Valeryevich Korzin

 

The main areas of scientific activity are:

1. Introduction of cultivars and forms of fruit crops from various natural regions and study of the collection gene pool in order to identify sources and donors of economically valuable traits.
2. Breeding of new cultivars of stone-, pome-, nut-bearing and subtropical fruit crops for intensive gardening.
3. Improvement of existing and creation of new environmentally safe technologies for growing high-quality fruits of pome and stone crops.
4. Creation of new technological developments for the cultivation of high-quality planting material.
5. Improvement of long-term fruit storage technologies.
6. Development of projects for laying modern high-intensity perennial plantings.

 

Laboratory of Southern fruit and nut crops

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Vladimir Anatolyevich Melnikov

 

The sector for the maintenance of collections of fruit, subtropical and nut crops

Head of the Sector - Valery Alexandrovich Chelombit

 

The sector for processing plant raw materials of southern fruit and subtropical crops

Head of the Sector - Maria Nikolaevna Antipova

 

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES

 

Head of the Department - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Oksana Mikhailovna Shevchuk

 

Laboratory of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants

Head of the Laboratory - Andrey Pavlovich Divakov

 

The laboratory staff conducts scientific research on the introduction and breeding of aromatic and medicinal plants, as well as the development of agrotechnical recommendations for their cultivation in the conditions of the Southern Coast of Crimea and southern Russia. The features of development, morphological parameters, basic economic indicators (yield, mass fraction of essential oil) and the component composition of essential oils and aromatic plants are studied; as well as the features of development, content and spectrum of biologically active substances in herbal raw materials of medicinal plants.

 

The sector for the maintenance of collections of aromatic and medicinal plants

Head of the Sector - Andrey Pavlovich Divakov

 

Laboratory of human phytorehabilitation

Head of the Laboratory - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Alexander Mikhailovich Yarosh

 

The laboratory conducts research in two main areas (the third one is perspective):

1. Aromatherapy
   • To study the effect of essential oils of plants growing and cultivated in Russia, and in particular in Crimea, on the psychoemotional state of a person and the possibility of its targeted correction through the use of natural essential oils and their compositions.
   • The research is conducted on the basis of the Service Centers for Elderly and Disabled People in Simferopol and Yalta, and other institutions in Crimea. An agreement on scientific cooperation was signed with the Crimean Medical Academy named after S.A. Georgievsky.
2. Herbal medicine
   • Development of formulations of teas, food, biologically active additives, cosmetic and preventive products from plant raw materials, wild and grown in Russia and, in particular, in Crimea.
   • Search for new promising plants-sources of essential oils and other biologically active substances, their introduction and culture (together with the laboratory of essential oil and medicinal crops.
   • Testing and development of regulatory and technical documentation for plant raw materials, teas, food and biologically active additives, cosmetics and preventive products. Agreement on scientific cooperation with Volgograd State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and its branch, Pyatigorsk Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute.
3. Production (promising)
   • Development of proposals for small-scale and industrial production of food, therapeutic and preventive, general health products of plant origin.
   • Establishing their small-scale production.

Laboratory of Biochemistry, Physiology and Reproductive Biology of Plants

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Anfisa Evgenievna Paliy

 

Research directions:

To solve the problem of preserving and increasing biological diversity, including phytodiversity, the following studies are being conducted in the laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Plant Physiology:

1. Study of the biology of development, reproduction and reproduction of rare and endangered species of Crimean flora and valuable introduced species.
2. Identification of features and patterns of formation of reproduction and reproduction systems of rare and endangered species of flora of the Crimea and development of ways to optimize their natural renewal; repatriation of the obtained plants.
3. Development of methods for optimizing and preserving the biodiversity of resource-based, rare and endangered species of Crimean flora and valuable introduced plants.
4. Study of the physiological and morphometric parameters of southern fruit and ornamental introducers in connection with the need to uncover protective mechanisms of low-temperature resistance and identify species, varieties and forms promising for the development of horticulture and green construction in the southern regions of the Russian Federation.
5. Assessment of the drought and frost resistance of the studied varieties and species, both at the level of the initial parent plants and at the level of cell cultures; identification of the main mechanisms and markers of resistance to abiotic and biotic factors.

The Center for collective use "Physiological and biochemical studies of plant objects"

Supervisor - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Anfisa Evgenievna Paliy

 

Laboratory of Cell Biology and Anatomy

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Ilya Vladimirovich Bulavin

Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems and Processes

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Technical Sciences, Valery Anatolyevich Shishkin

 

DEPARTMENT OF GENOMIC AND POSTGENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES IN CROP PRODUCTION

 

Head of the Department - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Sergey Vladimirovich Dolgov

 

Laboratory of morphogenesis and deposition of plants in vitro

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Natalia Vasilyevna Korzina

 

Kurchatov Genomic Center of the NBG-NSC

Head of the Center - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Ekaterina Alexandrovna Vodiasova

 

Scientific Center for Biotechnology, Genomics and Plant Deposition (UNU "PHYTOBIOGEN")

Supervisor - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Pavel Alekseevich Khvatkov

 

Laboratory of Plant Bioengineering

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Pavel Alekseevich Khvatkov

 

The main direction is the creation of breeding forms resistant to abiotic and biotic factors and obtaining the genetic diversity of garden crops using bioengineering methods.

 

Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology and Clone Plant Breeding

Head of the laboratory - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Goncharenko

 

SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY

 

Head of the Library - Lyudmila Vladimirovna Duganova

 

INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE OF CRIMEA 

Head of the Institute - Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Alexander Ivanovich Sotnik

 

 Laboratory of breeding and variety research

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Edem Fakhrievich Chelebiev

 

Laboratory of technology for growing fruit crops

Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Nina Alexandrovna Babintseva

 

Nursery Breeding Laboratory

Head of the Laboratory - Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Alexander Ivanovich Sotnik

 

Laboratory of steppe gardening

Head of the laboratory - Candidate of Biological Sciences, Lyubov Alekseevna Lukicheva

 

DEPARTMENT "CRIMEAN EXPERIMENTAL HORTICULTURE STATION"

 

Head of Department- Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Zera Ilmievna Arifova

Priority areas of scientific activity:

• study of collection funds of fruit and nut crops;
• creation of new and study of domestic and introduced cultivars of fruit and berry crops;
• improvement of existing and creation of new environmentally friendly technologies for growing high-quality fruits of pome and stone crops;
• creation of new technological developments for the cultivation of high-quality planting material;
• creation of new technological developments for the cultivation of high-quality planting material;
• development of projects for laying modern high-intensity perennial plantings.

Sector for the maintenance of steppe horticulture crops

Head of the Sector - Leonid Alexandrovich Chernenky

Collection Care Sector

Head of the Sector - Evgeny Vitalievich Denisov

 

 

CRIMEAN POMOLOGICAL STATION BRANCH

Head of the Department - German Mikhailovich Romanov

 

Laboratory of foothill gardening

 

Collection Care Sector

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND NURSERY MANAGEMENT "DZHANKOYSKY INTRODUCTION AND QUARANTINE NURSERY"

Head of the Department - Dmitry Alekseevich Chelombit

 

Collection Care Sector

 

Floriculture sector

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND NURSERY OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS "PRIMORSKOYE"

 

Head of the Department - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Goncharenko

 

Laboratory of nursery breeding of ornamental and subtropical crops

 

Technical support sector

Head of the Sector - Sergey Alexandrovich Viktorov

 

The sector for the maintenance of collections and nurseries of ornamental, subtropical fruit and nut crops

 

REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE OF FSFIS "NBG-NSC" IN MOSCOW

Head of the Department - Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Elena Vladimirovna Golosova

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF “CAPE MARTYAN” STATE NATURE RESERVE

Head of the Department - Lyudmila Vladimirovna Duganova