Leading research activities

• Creative breeding of fruit trees and bushes, especially apple rootstocks, apple cultivars, blackcurrants and strawberries.
• Obtaining and maintaining virus-free cultivars and rootstocks, propagation and distribution of virus-free nuclear stocks.
• Protection of genetic resources of fruit trees, bushes and ornamental plants.
• Evaluation of biological and productive values of new cultivars.
• Improvement of fruit quality by regulation of tree growth and fruiting.
• Development of integrated production of apples, strawberries and currants.
• Evaluation of fruit processing quality, improvement of processing and storage technologies.
• Control of pests and diseases in orchards with minimum usage of pesticides.
• Improvement of technical implements for fruit production.
• Fruit crop management and nutrition as enhanced on proecological fertilization as well as rhizosphere properties
• Studies on economical conditions of adaptation of Polish fruit and ornamental plant production to European Community.
• Application of biotechnology techniques to fruit tree research.
• Integrated production of ornamental plants under covers.
• Improving proecological ornamental plant production in the open field.
• Seed production and storage. Theoretical and practical aspects.
• Bee breeding.
• Improvement of bee products collection, conservation and storage.
• Introduction of bumblebee and wild bees for plant pollination.
• Extension of research results among growers and horticultural societies.