Laboratory of Agricultural Ecotoxicology

Planned project results:

• We will collect fundamental data on the ecotoxic properties of all the types of pesticides used in Russia and imported from abroad.
• Data on the embryotoxic action of a mixture of pesticides from various manufacturers     in NOAEL doses.
• Data on the impact of a mixture of pesticides in NOAEL doses on each of the elements of the ecosystem of agricultural fields (soil, bacteria, worms, insects, plants).
• Discovered peculiarities of the accumulation and catabolism of pesticides in various agricultural plant cultures. Information on parts of a plant where accumulation predominantly occurs, where the products of catabolism are accumulated in cells, how it influences  the plant as a whole and what solutions can be implemented.
• An analysis of the results of the influence of mixtures of pesticides on each of the components of the ecosystem, on the process of soil remediation and on the catabolism of each individual pesticide. Established limits of risk for the ecosystem and control points for analysis to determine the general level of contamination of the ecosystem by pesticides. 
• Recommendations on the norms of the use of pesticides, which pesticides are not recommended for joint use and how many years it takes to change between various types of pesticides without significant damage to the ecosystem.
• At least 36 articles  in journals indexed by Web of Science, Scopus and Russian Science Citation Index will be published from 2022 to 2024, of which 27 will be in Q1 journals.