History

The Department of Genetics, Selection and Plant Protection of Lviv National Agrarian University was established in 1901. The first Head of the Department from 1901-1918 was European scientist and geneticist – Kazymir Michynskyy (senior).

Staff

Zaviryukha P.D. – Candidate of Agriculture (PhD), professor, Dean of the Faculty of Agro technologies and Ecology, Head of the Department

Tymoshenko I.I. – Doctor of Agriculture (PhD), professor

Kosylovych H.O. – Candidate of Biology (PhD), assistant professor

Kokhanets O.M. – Candidate of Agriculture (PhD), assistant professor

Andrushko O.M. – Candidate of Agriculture (PhD), acting assistant professor

Nezhyvyy Z.P. – senior teacher

Dudar O.O. – senior teacher

Holyachuk Yu.S. – senior teacher

Bochkaryova T.Ye. – senior laboratory assistant

Derpak Z.V. – laboratory assistant

Zabolitna O.I. – laboratory assistant

Onyshchak L.T. – laboratory assistant

Educational process

Subjects that are trained at the Department:

-         for the students EQL – Bachelor, specialities “Agronomy” and “Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Horticulture”

1.     Phytopathology

2.     Physiology of Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology

3.     Genetics

4.     Fundamentals of Scientific Researches

5.     Agricultural Entomology

6.     Agro Pharmacology

7.     Selection and Crop Seed Farming

-         for students EQL – Bachelor, speciality “Ecology and Environmental Protection”

1.     Plants Physiology

2.     General Genetics

-         for students EQL – Specialist, speciality “Agronomy”

1.     Integrated Protection of Plants

2.     Phytosanitary Monitoring

3.     Seed Farming and Seed Science

4.     Selection and Species Science of Separate Plants

5.     Methodology of Selection Process and Progeny Testing

-         for students EQL – specialist, specialities “Agronomy” and “Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Horticulture”

1.     Integrated Protection in Horticulture

2.     Applied Genetics with the Fundamentals of Cytology

3.     Biotechnology

-         For students EQL – Master, specialities  “Agronomy” and “Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Horticulture”

1.     Methods and Management of Scientific Researches in Agronomy

2.     Special Genetics

3.     Biotechnology in Crop Growing

4.     Integrated Protection of Plants

5.     Integrated Protection in Horticulture

6.     Phytosanitary Monitoring

7.     Applied Genetics with the Fundamentals of Cytology

8.     Biotechnology

Scientific and research work

For the last years the scientific staff of the Department selected many species such as Halychanka, Student, Zakhidna, Volya, Lishchyna, Dublyanska Yuvileyna.