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Department of Developmental Biology

leader: Dr Magdalena Ryś
address: Niezapominajek 21, 30-239 Kraków
telephone: (+48) 12 4251833 (wew./ext. 108)
faks: (+48) 12 4251844
a.janeczko@ifr-pan.edu.pl
Contact with Department Leader anna.janeczko@poczta.fm

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Description

MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS:

I. PLANTS IN CHANGING CLIMATE
 
Physiological basis of the disturbances in frost tolerance of winter oilseed rape as a result of dehardening processes 
 
 
Insight into the high temperature-induced susceptibility of barley to powdery mildew in the light of climate changes
 
 
Studies based on bilateral cooperation with Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Project (2020–2023): “The role of brassinosteroid hormones in the resistance of barley against powdery mildew infection and abiotic stress effects”. (coordinator prof. dr hab. A. Janeczko)
Continuation of studies in project  (2024-2026) "The role of silicon in the resistance of winter oilseed rape against pathogen infections during deacclimation" (coordinator dr M. Ryś)
 
II. PLANT HORMONS AND REGULATORS
 
Physiological activity of steroid hormones - brassinosteroids and other steroid regulators (progesterone, ecdysteroids) in plant growth, development and stress response. 
 
Improvement of the nutritional and health-promoting values of microalgae biomass by applying abiotic stress induced by, for example, ionizing radiation, UVC, manipulating the spectral composition of light, and the action of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles. Detailed characterization of changes in the photosynthetic apparatus of microalgae and photosynthetic efficiency under the influence of the factors mentioned earlier.
 
 
In preparation two patents with methods of improvement of the nutritional and health-promoting values of microalgae biomass
 
Reducing the content of allergens in wheat grain - the use of allelopathics and traditional breeding.
 
Polish patent application  P.442889, 2022-11-21
Polish patent application  P.443698 [WIPO ST 10/C PL443698; 2023-02-06]
 
IV. LED LIGHT - FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
 
Plant growth under LED light - application research, cooperation with companies producing greenhouse lighting.
 

 

We offer the following expertise for research projects and cooperation:

1. Measurements of plant chemical composition:
- plant hormones: ethylene, salicylic acid, cytokinins, auxins, poliamines, jasmonic acid
- vitamins: C, E, provitamin A
- other substances: caffeine, melatonin, sugars, proteins, fatty acids, total lipids, photosynthetic pigments, etc.
2. Measurements of oxidative stress enzymes activity (SOD, catalase, peroxidase).
3. Measurements of electrolyte leakage and osmotic potential.
4. Isolation of cell membranes (including isolation of chloroplasts) from plant material.
5. Measurements of plant tissue metabolic activity via calorimetric methods.
6. The algae cultivation under controlled light and temperature conditions.

Publications

    • Ryś M.
    • Saja-Garbarz D.
    • Fodor J.
    • Oliwa J.
    • Gullner G.
    • Juhász C.
    • Kornaś A.
    • Skoczowski A.
    • Chrapek B.
    • Gruszka D.
    • Barna B.
    • Janeczko A.
    • Effect of powdery mildew infection on some physiological and molecular markers of wild type and hormone mutant barley plants.
    • 2025.
    • Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica, 60: 107–125.
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    • Dickinson G.
    • Stutts L.R.
    • Latimer S.
    • Smith N.
    • Batyrshina Z.
    • Kula-Maximenko M.
    • Ślesak I.
    • Block A.K.
    • Wilson M.A.
    • Basset G.J.
    • Quinol C-methyltransferases from extant species of early cyanobacterial lineages shed light on the emergence of plastoquinone in oxygenic phototrophs.
    • 2025.
    • Photosynthesis Research, 163: 59.
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    • Sobańska K.
    • Głowacka K.
    • Krajewski P.
    • Wojtkowiak E.
    • Nuc M.
    • Basińska-Barczak A.
    • Czyż KB.
    • Waligórski P.
    • et al.
    • From stress to recovery: divergent chilling responses in contrasting Miscanthus sinensis genotypes.
    • 2025.
    • GCB Bioenergy: Bioproducts for a Sustainable Bioeconomy, 17: e70087.
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    • Stachurska  J.
    • Maksymowicz A.
    • Strategies for protecting cereals and other utility plants against cold and freezing conditions—a mini-review.
    • 2025.
    • Agriculture, 15: 2407.
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    • Stachurska  J.
    • Sadura-Berg I.
    • Ryś M.
    • When warm breaks cold: Understanding deacclimations and reacclimations cycles as a key to winter crop resilience.
    • 2025.
    • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26: 11080.
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