Natural resources and agroecosystems
- Soils, natural resources and space (pedology, soil quality and use, ecosystem services of soil, soil degradation, land evaluation, agricultural landscape, land use).
- Water in agroecosystems (soil water, irrigation, water retention, groundwater quality).
- Circulation of matter in an agricultural environment (matter circulation, carbon, soil-water-air pollutants, greenhouse gases).
- Ecology of the agricultural area (ecology and quality of the agricultural environment, sources, effect and pathways of xenobiotics in the environment).
- Biodiversity of agricultural land (pedosphere biota, biodiversity of agricultural and natural habitats).
- Informatics of environment and agricultural space (GIS, databases, web systems).
Fertility, plant nutrition and plant physiology
- Plant nutrition and plant physiology (nutrients, plant physiology).
- Soil fertility control (nutrients, sustainable use of fertilizers, groundwater).
- Food production in contaminated environments (food production in urban areas, nutrient and pollutant physiology, safety and crop pollution).
Herbology and agricultural production systems
- Herbology and agrotechnical measures (weeds, non-native and invasive species, mechanical control and treatment; research into agricultural technologies and agrotechnical measures).
- Plant protection (use and effect of PPPs, pathways and fate of PPPs in biota and environment).
The ecology of agricultural ecosystems
- Ecosystem services in the agricultural landscape (soil ecosystem services).
- Impact of management of agricultural ecosystems on biodiversity (aboveground and underground biota).
- Ecological connectivity of agricultural ecosystems and green infrastructure in the agricultural landscape.
- Spatial and temporal dynamics of populations in agricultural ecosystems and monitoring.
Project work
- Project associates (substantive professional and research)
Administration of technical and organizational area
- Administration (secretarial work, archives, administrative management of professional tasks and projects, technical completion of reports and submissions, entry and basic data processing).
- Technical work (sampling, preparation of field activities, field measurements and research, field equipment and tools, technical assistance, input and basic data processing).