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Various research has been conducted at the Macoskey Center, concentrating on four main categories.

1. Philosophy

- ecospirituality    - permaculture    -sustainable development    -biospheric cycles

 

2. Ecology

- water system    - waste water cleaning    -effects of UV-C on cell division and elongation    - composting process (C:N ratio)    - plant soil relations

 

3. Biology    

- biotests and biological properties of root exudates    - leaves as sources of botanical herbicides

- chemotaxonomy    - sanitary properties of plants    - micro-bac evaluation of air, water and soil

 

4. Biochemistry

- phenolics in the plants    - phenolics in the soil    - methods of phenolics identification

 

Student Projects of the Macoskey Center Lab

1998    Physiology of the complex stress (general adaptation syndrome)

Student                             Project

A. Banko                          UV-C stress ion secretions

Niraja Kam                       Cold stress and UV-C action ionsecretions

Hemani Wijasarya             Botanical herbicides as stressors

1998-1999 Allelopathic properties of plants, plant and soil interactions

Student                               Project

A.Liguori                           Plant and soil interactions

C. Hill/ A. Owczarkzak      Macoskey Agrosol composition

P. Dimpl                            Properties of root exudates

D. Macgurik                      Allelopathic properties of leaves

2000-2001    The role of leaves in the composting process

Student                             Project

R. Snow                            Sanitary properties of the Papyrus plant

S. Welton                          Maple leaf phenolics in the composting process

M. Gauger                        Sanitary properties and detoxification activity of the soil

T. Rescue                         Coumarins detoxification

2002-2003    Primary stages of the humus formation in fabricated soil

Student                             Project

R. Funada                        Chromatography of phenolics and soda as detergent for flavonoids identification

H. Mikulas                       Willow phytochemistry

M. Pun                            Composting activity of fabricated soils

S. Basyal                         Poplar cuttings in the soil model system

 


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