Research Profile
- Monitoring of diseases of cereals (wheat, barley and maize), subtropical (citrus, tea) and other economically significant crops in different agro-ecological zones of Georgia
- Determining the incidence and severity of diseases and collecting samples of key diseases
- Identifying the causal agents of diseases by using traditional techniques
- Diagnosis of plant diseases by using molecular biology methods, notable polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods
- Study of biology, morphology, pathogenicity and cultural properties of pathogens
- Study etiology and principles of development of the most harmful crop diseases
- Study of intra-specific diversity of pathogens by using DNA-based methods
- Maintaining and development of the Georgian national collection of plant pathogens
- Developing control measures for plant diseases in Georgia.
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