Agricultural Institute
ABOUT US
The profile of the Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research involves complex, interdependent, basic, methodological and applied research projects culminating in practical applications.
The basic aim is to use the internationally renowned germplasm accumulated in Martonvásár over the past nearly seventy years, combined with up-to-date methods from the fields of genetics, physiology, cell and reproduction biology, functional genomics, biotechnology, plant breeding and crop production, in order to develop new, generic plant genotypes satisfying the future demands of society, and to carry out research on production technologies and the environment.
Ongoing projects include an analysis of the agroecological equilibrium, the preservation and expansion of genetic variability, the production of raw materials for healthy nutrition, the development of durable stress resistance, and improvements in seed safety in order to meet the requirements of sustainable development.
In addition to these complex research programmes, institute staff play an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate education, in international scientific cooperation, and in the dissemination of scientific results and practical agricultural knowledge.
The research aims and projects of the institute
- Plant genetics
- Cereal chemistry
- Plant cell and reproduction biology Plant stress resistance
- Plant physiology
- Maize breeding
- Cereal gene bank
- Cereal breeding
- Molecular breeding
- Crop production
- Agroecology
ORGANIZATION AND CONTACTS
Ottó Veisz, director
Phone: +36 22 569 570;+36 22 569 590
E-mail: veisz.otto@atk.hu
SECRETARIAT
Phone: +36 22 569 570; +36 22 569 590
E-mail: mgi@atk.hu
Website: www.atk.hu
SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLOMICS
Tibor Janda Dr., head of department
Phone: +36 22 569 509
E-mail: janda.tibor@atk.hu
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
Gábor Kocsy Dr, head of department
Phone: +36 22 569 501
E-mail: kocsy.gabor@atk.hu
Groups of department:
- Genetic Variability
László Sági Dr., group leader - Genomics and Translational Biology
Vilmos Soós Dr., group leader - Gene Conservation
István Molnár Dr., group leader - Plant Molecular Biology
Gábor Ottó Galiba Dr, group leader - Proteomics
Gyöngyvér Mónika Gell Dr., group leader - Redox Biology
Gábor Kocsy Dr., group leader - Cell and Reproduction Biology
Katalin Jäger Dr., group leader
DEPARTMENT OF CEREAL BREEDING
Péter Mikó Dr, head of department
Phone: +36 22 569 550
E-mail: miko.peter@atk.hu
DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BREEDING
Ildikó Karsai Dr, head of department
Phone: +36 22 569 551
E-mail: karsai.ildiko@atk.hu
DEPARTMENT OF MAIZE BREEDING
Tamás Spitkó Dr, head of department
Phone: +36 22 569 500
E-mail: spitko.tamas@atk.hu
DEPARTMENT OF CROP PRODUCTION
Nándor Fodor Dr, head of department
Phone: +36 22 569 554
E-mail: fodor.nandor@atk.hu
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