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Laboratory of plants in greenhouses
Phone  
Fax (+994 12) 5024172
E-mail gshakir@mail.ru 
Chief  Shakir Nabi oglu Gasimov

Doctor of biological sciences, associate professor

Total number of employees
Basic activity directions   With the purpose for the practical use and  enriching of cultural flora the investigating and introduction of industrial and decorative plants from the tropical and subtropical zones of the world. Based on the recommendation of the program adopted by the World Botanical Gardens council on the protection of plants  (The Botanic Gardens Conservation Strategy, 1994)   among these plants  are preferred endem, rare and endangered species growing in tropical and subtropical areas 
Main scientific achievements   As a result of introduction investigations carried out during the laboratory activity ( since 2000 )  were studied and  applied  200 new plant species. And simultaneously were found  an  adaptation nature of  structure signs of studied species in evolution and were prepared and recommended an ecological bases of these plants cultivation in introduced dry subtropical condition.