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Department of technical and forage plants
Phone

(+994 12) 5628525 (118)

(+994 12) 4499221   
Fax  
E-mail ruhangiz.mammadova@fulbrightmail.org
Chief  Ruhangiz Bakhtiyar gizi Mammadova

PhD in biology, associate professor

Total number of employees 12
Basic activity directions   Creation of new genotypes of technical and forage crops. Studying of inheritance traits, identification of genetic potential of received hybrids by generations. Conservation and sustainable utilization of materials collected by scientists of the laboratory. 
Main scientific achievements 

By applying of various genetic-selection methods, particularly, experimental mutagenesis and hybridizations, the new forms of forage, medicinal crops and cotton possessed positive peculiarities had been created and these forms can be used as source for the improvement of traits and properties of plants.


As a result of expedient and repeated selection works implemented by scientific researches and biomorphological, agricultural and qualitative traits, the new perspective lines and varieties combined high qualitative and agricultural traits had been created.

At present 5 perspective varieties of cotton and a variety of 

Lucerne are being tested by the State Committee of Azerbaijan Republic.

Cotton grades Kharabakh-11, Zafar, Barakat and Alakbari created by breders of department were certified by State Sort Testing Comission.