VIR and Leningrad Quarantine Laboratory: 90 years of cooperation
https://doi.org/10.30901/2227-8834-2022-4-251-261
Abstract
The history of Leningrad Quarantine Laboratory, a subdivision of the Soviet and Russian phytosanitary services, is discussed. Its interaction and cooperation with the All-Union Research Institute of Plant Industry (later: N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, VIR) are reviewed. The background of the need to organize such laboratory, its main activities, and the changes that followed are also explained.
Leningrad Quarantine Laboratory has always closely collaborated with VIR. It has been accommodated within the Institute’s premises for 75 years. Such proximity has facilitated and accelerated the access to the plant germplasm received by VIR for plant protection and quarantine experts. Thus, a unique combination of phytosanitary safety and research activities was achieved. At the same time, the laboratory turned out to be an important research institution, publishing scientific works and methodological guidelines in the field of plant protection.
In the course of its activities, the laboratory staff improved the existing methods and developed new ones for phytosanitary control of plant germplasm and its protection against pests, weeds, and pathogenic microorganisms. Manuals, directories, and identification guides written by the laboratory staff still remain the reference books for quarantine and plant protection experts. The laboratory was also very important as a qualification improvement facility for such experts. All these functions have become possible because of the work with plant germplasm that arrived to the VIR collection.
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Supporting agencies: The research was performed within the framework of the state task according to the theme plan of VIR, Project No. 0481-2022-0006 “Disclosing the scientific potential of the herbarium collection at VIR as an independent specific unit of worldwide agricultural biodiversity conservation for scientifically justified mobilization, effective studying and preservation of genetic diversity”.
About the Authors
E. V. Drugova
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Leading Specialist,
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000
T. M. Ozerskaya
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Researcher,
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000
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Drugova E.V., Ozerskaya T.M. VIR and Leningrad Quarantine Laboratory: 90 years of cooperation. Proceedings on applied botany, genetics and breeding. 2022;183(4):251-261. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30901/2227-8834-2022-4-251-261
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