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Petka Yurukova

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Assoc. prof. PhD Petka Dimitrova Yurukova-Grancharova
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Department of Fungal and Plant Diversity and Resources
1113 Sofia , Acad Georgi Bonchev Street, Blok 23, Bulgaria
E-mail: y_grancharova@abv.bg; y_grancharova@mail.bg

Curriculum vitae

Date and place of birth: 14th March 1947; Panagyurishte, Bulgaria

Education:
1970: MSc, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Okhridski”
1979: PhD, Institute of Botany, BAS; Thesis title: “Comparative embryological-taxonomic investigation on Bulgarian representatives of the subfamily Cichorioideae Kitam. of family Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Giseke)”
Employment:
1980-1981: Biologist, Institute of Botany, BAS;
1981-2003: Research Fellow, Institute of Botany, BAS;
02.12.2003 – 30.06.2010: Assoc. prof., Institute of Botany, BAS;
01.07.2010 – present: Assoc.prof., Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BAS

Membership in Scientific and/or Professional Institutions, Bodies, and Organizations:
Bulgarian Botanical Society
Committee of Genetically modified organisms to the Ministry of Environment and Water, Bulgaria
Association for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Southeast European Countries (AMAPSEEC)
Editorial board of the International Journal of Natural and Engineering Sciences

Research interests

Studies on the higher plants: morphology and anatomy, comparative, evolutionary, ecological and experimental embryology, mode of reproduction; reproductive capacity, evolution, apomixis, biotechnology, somatic embryogenesis, embryo cultures

Recent Projects:
2009-2011: “Conservation on biodiversity in hot-spots of glacial relict plants in Bulgaria” – BG EEA Grants/Norway Grants 2009-2011, Project coordinator Prof. Dimitar Peev, DSc, Bulgarian-Norwegian project, Norwey partner – University of Bergen;
2009-2012: “Biology, ecology and control of invasive alien plants in the Bulgarian flora”, Project leader: Assoc. prof., Dr Ana Petrova, Project to the National Found of Science to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgaria;
2010-2013: “Complex study of protected, endemic and rare high-mountain medicinal plants from the Bulgarian flora – preservation and sustainable use”, Project leader: Assoc.prof., Dr Antonina Vitkova, Project to the National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgaria;
2011-present: “Investigaton of the flora and vegetation: Variety, distribution, biosystematics, dynamics and significance of conservation significance”, Project coordinators: Assoc. prof., Dr Svetlana Bancheva and Assoc. prof., Dr Iva Apostolova, Project with budgetary finances.

Publications

Selected publications:

Zayova, E., Petrova, M., Vitkova, A. & Yurukova, P. 2010. Effect of auxins on in vitro rhizogenesis and subsequent ex vitro acclimatization of Arnica montana. – In: Biotechnology, Series F- Suplementary Volume, Proc. Intern. Symposium New “Researches in biotechnology” Simp. BTH2010, pp. 258-264, Bucharest 2010.
Yankova, E., Baldzhiev, G., Petrova, M., Zayova, E. & Yurukova, P. 2010. Analysis on pollen and seed productivity and effectiveness in Gentiana lutea L. – Biotech. & Biotech. Equipment, 24(2): 45-48. Special edition (On line).
Yurukova-Grancharova, P., Yankova-Tsvetkova, E., Baldjiev, G. & Barragan, M. 2011. Reproductive biology of Atropa belladonna: embryological features, pollen and seed viability. – Phytol. Balcan., 17(1): 101-112.
Yankova-Tsvetkova, E., Semerdjieva, I., Baldjiev, G., Yurukova-Grancharova, P. 2011. On the reproductive biology of Tribulus terrestris L. (Zygophyllaceae): embryological features; pollen and seed viability. – Biotech. & Biotech. Equip.,25(2): 2383-2387.
Gorgorov, R., Yankova, E., Baldjiev, G., Apostolova, I., Yurukova-Grancharova, P., Stanilova, M. 2011. Reproductive capacity and in vitro cultivation of the glacial relict Papaver degenii (Papaveraceae). – Phytol. Balcan., 17(3): 333-339.
Terziiski D. & Yurukova-Grancharova P. 2011. Феноменът апомиксис при растенията (The Phenomenon Apomixis in Plants). Ecoprogress, Sofia., 493 p. (in Bulgarian with English summary).
Yankova-Tsvetkova, E., Baldjiev, G., Yurukova-Grancharova, P. 2011. Reproductive biology of Swertia punctata (Gentianaceae) - a glacial relict in the Bulgarian flora. – Compt. Rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci., 64(7): 973-978.
Yurukova-Grancharova, P., Yankova-Tsvetkova, E. Baldjiev, G., Vladimirov, V. 2012. On reproductive biology of invasive alien species Erigeron annuus (Asteraceae). – Compt. Rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci., 65(7) 933-938.
Yankova-Tsvetkova, E. & Yurukova-Grancharova, P. 2013. Reproductive biology of the Balkan endemic Sideritis scardica (Lamiaceae). – Botanica Serbica, 37(1): 83-87.
Yurukova-Grancharova P., Yankova-Tsvetkova E. & Vladimirov, V. 2013. Reproductive features on three invasive alien species of Erigeron (Asteraceae) in Bulgaria. – Compt. Rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci., 66(2): 203-210.
Ančev, M., Yurukova-Grancharova, P., Ignatova, P., Goranova, V., Stoyanov, S., Yankova-Tsvetkova E. & Neykov, N. 2013. Cardamine × rhodopaea sp. nova (Brassicaceae), a triploid hybrid from the West Rhodope Mts: Morphology, distribution, relationships and supposed origin – Phytol. Balcan., 19(3): 323-338.

Affiliation

Department
Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources
Division
Flora and Vegetation
Research group
Anatomy and Embryology of Plants

History

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