PhD (Soil Science) Head
Competence Centre JSC Apatit, PhosAgro Group
Competence Centre JSC Apatit, PhosAgro Group
Education
1989-1994 - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Soil Science1994-1997 - Postgraduate study at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Soil Science. PhD (Soil Science)
Research interests
Soil fertility, the behavior of macro-, meso- and microelements in soil and plants, the role of silicon in increasing plant resistance to biotic and abiotic factors, the intake of heavy metals into soils and plants.Speaker's lectures
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Lecture: Field trials how can they improve crop production efficacy?
- Why should we conduct field trials?
- Planning field trials
- “Strip” trials: systematic arrangement of options
- The meaning of randomization
- Determining the cost-effectiveness of new agricultural technology
- A real-world example of a field trial
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Field trials how can they improve crop production efficacy?
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Lecture: Role of sulphur in plant development and sulphur-containing fertilizers
- Discovery of sulphur supply from soils, soil sulphur availability and sulphur cycle in agroecosystems
- Functions of sulphur in plants and its removal by major crops
- Dynamics of uptake of sulphur in various crops and sulphur transformation in plants
- Sulphur containing fertilizers and soil ameliorants
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Role of sulphur in plant development and sulphur-containing fertilizers
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Lecture: Results of field trials with sulphur-containing fertilizers
- Rapeseed response to sulphur application: seed yield and oil content of seeds
- Improved sunflower seed filling due to sulphur fertilization
- Wheat response to sulphur nutrition: grain yield, grain protein content and baking quality of flour
- Enhancing phosphorus availability in calcareous soils with sulphur containing fertilizers
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Results of field trials with sulphur-containing fertilizers
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Lecture: Sulphur deficiency symptoms in plants
- Typical sulphur deficiency symptoms in plants
- How to distinguish between sulphur and nitrogen deficiencies and how to use nitrogen and sulphur ratio in plants
- Sulphur deficiency symptoms in field and specialty crops
- Sulfur sufficiency ranges for major crops
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Sulphur deficiency symptoms in plants
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Lecture: Field studies on heavy metals inputs with phosphate fertilizers
- Field experiments with eco-efficient phosphate fertilizers used to study the behaviour of most common and toxic heavy metals in soil-plant system
- Results of filed experiments conducted in cereals: monitoring of heavy metal content in soils and grain
- Eco-efficient phosphate fertilizers as the only option to obtain safe cabbage production on soils with elevated levels of cadmium
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Field studies on heavy metals inputs with phosphate fertilizers
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Lecture: Uranium in phosphate fertilizers
- Three naturally occurring uranium isotopes, uranium and human health, uranium in animal feed
- Uranium behaviour in soils and accumulation by plants, leaching of fertilizer-derived uranium to ground waters
- Uranium transfer from phosphate rock to fertilizers and its content in phosphate rock of various origin: sedimentary versus igneous
- Uranium inputs from mineral and organic fertilizers
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Uranium in phosphate fertilizers
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Lecture: Calcium deficiency symptoms in plants
- Role of calcium in plant nutrition and its importance for soil fertility
- Typical calcium deficiency symptoms in plants
- Calcium deficiency symptoms in field and specialty crops
- Calcium sufficiency ranges for major crops
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Calcium deficiency symptoms in plants
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Lecture: Phosphorus discovery and behaviour in soils
- Discovery of phosphorus uptake by plants from the soil
- Production of phosphate fertilizers: from the past to the present processing schemes
- Phosphorus cycling in agroecosystems and its behaviour in soils
- Approaches to decrease phosphorus fixation by soils and to increase its availability to plants
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Phosphorus discovery and behaviour in soils