{"id":1674,"date":"2022-09-03T15:26:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T15:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2022site.ifc-pleven.org\/?page_id=1674"},"modified":"2026-03-20T05:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:37:56","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/s.idlr.bg\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1674\" class=\"elementor elementor-1674\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2786151 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2786151\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51c5e3b\" data-id=\"51c5e3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b215eb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b215eb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 The Institute of Ornamental and Medicinal Plants \u2013 Sofia<\/strong>\u00a0is a subdivision of the Agricultural Academy, the only scientific unit in the country whose object of research is ornamental plants. Since 2018, with the adoption of the new Organizational Regulations of the Agricultural Academy, a new direction \u201cMedicinal Plants\u201d has been included in the scientific research work of the institute.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0At the Institute of Plant Breeding and Breeding &#8211; Sofia, scientific, applied and fundamental research is focused on the selection of flower crops, the study of wild species of local flora with decorative and medicinal value, maintaining a gene pool of ornamental and medicinal plants in\u00a0<em>in vivo<\/em>,\u00a0<em>ex situ<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>in vitro<\/em>\u00a0collections, studying and preserving endangered wild species for the protection of biodiversity, developing technologies and technological elements for the cultivation and propagation of major flower crops &#8211; nutrition, disease and weed control, variety maintenance and seed production schemes, regulating plant growth and development, stress tolerance, schemes and protocols for\u00a0<em>in vitro<\/em>\u00a0propagation, etc.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The expert, consulting and design activities carried out at the Institute of Plant Protection and Design &#8211; Sofia are on projects and programs in the field of ornamental and medicinal plants of national, regional and international importance;<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 At the Institute of Ornamental Plants &#8211; Sofia, doctoral students are prepared to acquire the educational and scientific degree &#8220;Doctor&#8221; in the accredited scientific specialty &#8220;Ornamental Plants&#8221;, under the terms and conditions of the Law on Ornamental Plants of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Higher Education Act and the current regulatory acts;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78acdf6 elementor-section-boxed 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