prof. Mgr. Martin Lysák, Ph.D., DSc.
head of the Section of Experimental Plant Biology
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Section of Experimental Plant Biology
At the Section of Experimental Plant Biology, we teach and research physiological processes from the cellular level to entire plant populations. Small work teams organized into several laboratories mainly investigate the problematics of plant reactions to adverse environmental conditions. We are primarily interested in the efficiency of the use of external sources of substances and energy in metabolic processes, changes in plant growth and development, as well as the mechanisms of regulation of all these processes. We use a wide range of methods for our work, from purely physiological and physical ones to the molecular biology methods. Our ongoing research is primarily focused on:
- Stress Physiology of Photosynthesis in Extremophilic Organisms,
- Specialized Biophysical Methods in Research on Plant Cold and Freeze Tolerance
- Manifestations of Oxidative Stress in the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Chloroplasts
- Limiting Factors of Xylem Transport and Water Flow in Plants
- Nitrogen Metabolism
- Study of the Impact of Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Study of the Effects of Growth Regulators in In Vitro Plant Cultivation
- Influence of Arbuscular and Orchid Mycorrhizae on the Uptake of Mineral Nutrients by Host Plants
Laboratories
- Laboratory of Photosynthetic processes (Miloš Barták)
- Photosynthesis of extremophile organisms work group (EEL)
- Ecophysiology and experimental algology work group
- Laboratory of Mineral Nutrition and Water Operation (Vít Gloser)
- Laboratory of Persistant Organic Pollutants (Marie Kummerová)
- Laboratory of Plant Tissue Cultures (Hana Cempírková)
- Laboratory of Mycorrhisa Symbiosis (Milan Baláž)
