Laboratory of Anatomy and Morphology

Determination of the anatomical subtype (light and electron microscopy, immunolocalization of the main photosynthetic enzymes). Determination of the biochemical subtype of C4 photosynthesis (Western blotting for basic decarboxylases). Features of gas exchange and transpiration. Ecology of habitats. Reactions to environmental factors. Phylogeny to identify the features of evolution.

The formation of salt production in this. Poaceae. Salt resistance of photosynthetic function. Phylogeny to identify the features of evolution. Variability of the salt-removing system. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of excretion.

Seasonal photoprotective reactions of mesophyll cells: gas exchange, photosynthetic enzymes, structure. Strategies of adaptation of the vegetative system of winter-green plants to the seasonality of the climate in different phylogenetic lines (seed and spore). Generative strategies of temperate zone plants (microsporogenesis).

The taxonomic diversity of the bark structure. Features of formation depending on climatic factors. Preparation of the monograph: “Medically important tree barks of South Africa".

Variability of secretory structures depending on taxon, organ, function. Typification of trichomes according to morphology, ultrastructure, composition of the secret, as well as the mechanism of its excretion. Mechanisms of secretion and excretion of secretions. Features of the synthesis and secretion of volatile compounds.

Identification of taxonomically significant features. Assessment of the formation and evolution of traits in individual phylogenetic lines. Identification of the functional role for reproduction and dissemination. Adaptive reactions of reproductive structures.