Funded research projects and industry partnerships of the lab, ongoing and completed.
Controlled-release fertilizer formulations made from lignocellulosic materials derived from agricultural waste, developed and tested in plants within the LignoNANO platform.
A portable probe that measures soil nitrate on site and in real time, within the LignoNANO platform.
Building mycorrhizal fungus and bacteria consortia from native isolates, developing solid and liquid formulations, and testing their efficacy as microbial fertilizers in plant trials.
A TÜBİTAK 2244 Industry PhD Programme project with GÜBRETAŞ that supports doctoral students working on biotechnological fertilizers and biostimulants.
Turning rice straw and lignocellulolytic bacteria into a biofertilizer for healthier paddy soils and higher rice yields.
The transporter UMAMIT28 and its roles in iron uptake, transport and accumulation in seeds of Arabidopsis.
An industrial excellence programme on the digitalization of agriculture, in which the lab takes part.
A sustainable substrate made from greenhouse tomato waste and perlite, as a domestic alternative to imported coconut coir.
A growth capsule prototype made from natural raw materials for different soilless systems and for seedling production.
Giving the superabsorbent polymer and cellulose mixture of diapers a second life in agriculture.
Extracts of the brown seaweed Cystoseira barbata as biostimulants for wheat growth and stress tolerance.
The potential of steel slag as a soil amendment and fertilizer in crop production, with Matil.
How the root endophyte Piriformospora indica (Serendipita indica) changes the response of wheat to boron toxicity.
Exosomes of the pink rock rose grown under different salt stress levels: bioactive content and effects on pancreatic cancer cell lines.
Plant nutrition recipes developed for the vertical farming system of Plant Factory, which also hosts an R&D unit on the GTÜ campus.
Optimization of the growing system and nutrient solution of the Vahaa smart home garden.
Biochar, a by-product of waste biomass gasification, tested as a soil amendment with GÜBRETAŞ.
Development of an internet-connected soilless growing unit and the mobile application that controls it, with the industry partner Vahaa.
A student technology start-up project on automating vertical farms with artificial intelligence, advised by the lab, which reached the finals of the TÜBİTAK 1512 programme.
Salinity and boron toxicity, alone and combined, and their physiological effects on wheat.
