On September 8, a webinar by first-year doctoral students Taskuzhina Aisha and Kenzhebekova Roza was held online on the Zoom platform, dedicated to eliminating hunger, ensuring food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agricultural development.

During the webinar, doctoral students presented reports and talked about the potential of their research to solve the above problems.

Kenzhebekova Roza is studying potato viruses and viroids, and Taskuzhina Aisha is studying the genetic potential and phytopathological status of wild apple trees.

Their work is of great practical value for modern agriculture; it will increase the yield of local potato varieties and create new varieties of apple trees that are resistant to unfavorable conditions.

Both doctoral students conduct their research under the guidance of the head of the laboratory of molecular biology of the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, PhD Dilyara Aleksandrovna Gritsenko.