Major areas of research (old version)

Agronomy  and plant biology

Agronomy; processing and storage of plant products; grassland science; production and quality of  forage; growth and developmental biology of grassland plants, productivity and management of grasslands; agricultural systems; organic plant cultivation; bioenergy crops; plant stress biology; stress adaptation, biogenic emissions

Horticulture

Fruit, berry and vegetable cultivation, frame yard cultures, frame yard horticulture, landscape gardening, quality, processing and storage of horticultural products, breeding of horticultural plants, biochemistry of horticultural plants

Plant health

Chemical, integrated and conservation plant protection; phytosanitation; applied entomology-  ecology, physiology, ethology and  morphology of insects; ecochemical communication; nematology; phytopathology – plant diseases (fungal, microbial and viral) and their prevention

Soil science and agrochemistry

Soil ecology, chemistry and physics; soil functions; humus status of soils; nutrient cycling in the system soil-plant- environment;  plant nutrition and optimal fertilization; soil genesis and classification;  soil cartography  and databases; rational land use 

Landscape and environmental management

Environmental protection and management, environmental economics, environmental auditing and assessment of environmental impacts, analysis of environmental risks, abiotic and biotic markers of environment; quality of habitat, landscape ecology and management, relations between landscape structure and organisms, values and functions of landscape, changes and scenarios in/for land use, spatial planning, landscape maintenance (grounds keeping), recultivation/recovery of technogenic landscapes,  nature preservation

Landscape architecture

Historical and contemporary cultural landscapes and settlement environment, landscape design and esthetics, history of architecture and landscape architecture, design of public open areas, outdoor recreation areas, technogenic and healing landscapes; universal design of outdoor rooms, landscape and visual impact assesment, spatial planning, landscape planning and maintenance

Biological diversity

Evolution, protection and monitoring of biological diversity, agro ecosystems and their ecology, botany, zoology and mycology, floristics, faunistics and fungistics, biosystematics, population and production biology, nature tourism

Applied hydrobiology

Ecology of inland water bodies; hydrochemistry and –physics; limnology; planktology; water microbiology;  biota, protection of water resources; ecotoxicology of water bodies, fishery, assessment and management of fish stock of inland water bodies, protection of endangered species of fish, limnological modelling, healing of inland water bodies, forming of  biota of inland water bodies

Animal genetics and breeding

Animal genetics, breeding and biotechnology

Animal nutrition

Nutrition, nutritional physiology, incl. metabolism, feeds and  feeding technology, animal and poultry husbandry and products quality

Aquaculture

Farming technology of fish and crayfish, genetics, selective breeding and biotechnology of fish, restocking of fish, protection of genetic resources of endangered fish , ichthyopathology and fish health management

Morphology and physiology

Anatomy, histology, cytology and embryology of domestic animals; developmental biology and physiology of animals; pathological anatomy, - histology and - physiology; forensic veterinary science

Environment, animal welfare and herd health

Animal husbandry, pasturing, housing, emission of pollutants, animal behaviour and welfare, animal protection, animal and herd health

Veterinary microbiology and parasitology

Microbiology, virology, parasitology, immunology epidemiology, infectious diseases, veterinary public health

Clinical veterinary medicine

Diagnostics, treatment and prophylaxis of diseases; biotechnology of reproduction

Food science and food hygiene

Biotechnology, processing and storage, and quality and quality control of foodstuffs; functional food; biochemistry and microbiology of foodstuffs; food hygiene and safety

Silviculture and forest ecology

Silviculture and functioning of forest ecosystems,  forest regeneration, cutting systems, biodiversity and typology of forests, forest production, indirect use of forest, forest selection, forest improvement, dendrology and park study, forest protection and phytopathology, hunting and game management, ecophysiology, biochemistry and anatomy of trees

Forest management

Planning of forest management and protection, dendrometrics, forest inventory, modelling of forest structure, growth and interference, forest (silvicultural) info and management systems, dendrochronology,  forest economics, wood trading, innovation in silviculture, forest policy forest sertification,remote sensing of nature

Forest and wood processing technology

Wood science; technology of logging and forest machinery; wood processing; technology of wooden products; wood chemistry and technology; resources, properties and production technology of wood(en) fuel; forest logistics

Geomatics

Geodesy, gravimetrics and physical geodesy, land use planning, land management, land cataster, real estate planning and evaluating,  photogrammetry

Rural building

Construction mechanics and design, sustainable and environmentally-friendly construction, building structures, construction technology and materials, construction management and economics, agricultural buildings, sustainable reconstruction

Water management

Water management, water protection, design of hydraulic and water pollution control structures, land improvement,  hydraulics, hydrometrics, waste management,  soil physical
properties, soil remediation.

Biosystems engineering

Agricultural engineering and processing of agricultural products, farm engineering, biofuels, ergonomics

Energetics

Renewable energy, use of energetic resources, planning of electricity supply (grid?)

Production engineering

Agricultural engineering industry, production development, technical measuring, diagnostics and maintenance of machinery

Agrarian (rural) economics

Agrarian economics  and marketing, accounting and economic analysis, business informatics and econometrics, management of rural economics and rural sociology, planning of the development of rural society