Projects - Institute of Horticultural Science

Educational projects

Accreditation self-assessment of the BSc Horticultural Engineering program (2011)

Launch of the MSc Viticulture and Environment program (2012)

Joint training of the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne and the University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agriculture, Food Science and Environmental Management (MÉK)

Hungary-Romania Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013

2018-2021: EFOP-3.4.3-16-2016-00021 “Development of the University of Debrecen in order to jointly improve the quality and accessibility of higher education”


Research projects

1999-2000: FEFA - Development of the infrastructural background for improving the technical, IT and practical training of undergraduate and postgraduate agricultural engineering programs.

2000: FVM - An event, exhibition and forum promoting the market access of Hungarian apples within the framework of the Farmer Expo.

2000-2001: - FVM Investigation of environmentally friendly (integrated and ecological) production technologies, with special regard to the interaction of applied plant protection and phytotechnical elements on old and new resistant apple species.

2000: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of apple variety collection

2000: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of grape variety collection

2000: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of cherry variety collection

2000: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of pear variety collection

2001: AMC - Study on the diverse usability of apples.

2001: FVM - The situation and perspectives of integrated vegetable production in the light of the European Union accession.

2001: FVM - Opportunities and challenges in Hungarian fruit production.

2001: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of apple variety collection

2001: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of grape variety collection

2001: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of cherry variety collection

2002-2005: OTKA - Comparative study of the microclimate of apple orchards with different ages

2002: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of pear variety collection

2002: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of wild variety collection

2002: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of cherry variety collection

2002: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of apple variety collection

2002: FVM - Gene conservation and maintenance of grape variety collection

2002: OTKA - Purchase of an agrometeorological measuring system

2003: AMC - Apple cultivar presentation and tasting at universities

2003: FVM - Preservation and maintenance of wild rootstocks plantations

2003: FVM - Preservation and maintenance of apple gene plantations

2003: FVM - Preservation and maintenance of grape gene plantations

2003: FVM - Preservation and maintenance of pear gene plantations

2003: FVM - Preservation and maintenance of cherry - sour cherry - plum - apricot - peach gene plantations

2003-2004: FVM - Biological control against apple moth and aphids

2004-2007: NKFP - Development of stone fruit production, Debrecen

2004-2006: FVM - Investigation of Botrytis cinerea fungicide-resistant populations in grapes

2003-2006: OTKA - Forecasting fruit diseases development of targeted simulation systems

2004-2006: FP6 (Bactofruct) - Investigation of the biological effectiveness of Bacillus subtilis isolates against Erwinia amylovora

2006: OMFB-01529OMFB - Research and educational development of environmentally friendly plant protection against fruit diseases

OTKA, K78399 - Epidemiology, prediction and environmentally friendly control of Monilinia species

2008: NKFP, OM00227/2008 project - Development of plant protection technologies and monitoring services against powdery mildew

2008: 72519 project PUB-C OTKA - International publication of the results of the epidemiological dynamics of apple diseases

2010: FP7-KBBE-2010-4 - Pesticide use-and-risk reduction in European farming systems with Integrated Pest Management

2008-2010: EA NORVEGALAP AGROCELL, creation of a cellulose farming knowledge base, with special reference to the Hungarian Malvaceae breeding traditions and plant biotechnology potential.

2009-2013: NKTH – climate 09 - AP1.3 - Forecasting extreme weather effects threatening fruit production and developing economical control technologies.

2009-2013: NKTH – AP1.3 - Increasing the competitiveness of fruit production, improving yield averages and quality through varietal and technological innovation.

2009-2013: NKTH – AP1.3 - Development of plant protection technologies and monitoring services against powdery mildew.

2011-2015: FP7-KBBE-2010-4 - Development of an integrated plant protection system in Europe

2012-2014: TÁMOP-4.2.2.A-11/1/KONV-2012-0041 - Sustainable energy with optimized integration of renewable energy sources (DEnzero project), Cellulose farming working group

2013-2017: OTKA K – Micro-area spatio-temporal (MATI) epidemiological research and development of MATI models against fungal diseases of fruits.

2013-2017: OTKA – AP1.3 - Research on key epidemiological and complex control models on the fungal species Blumeriella jaapii and Monilinia, which infect stone fruit species, in environmentally friendly fruit protection.

2012-2013: FVM - State gene conservation tasks

2013-2014: FVM - Support for state gene conservation tasks

2014-2015: FVM - Support for state gene conservation tasks

2015-2021: GINOP-2.2.1-15-2017-00042 No. Genetic utilization of plants in the Pannonian region

2016-2022: GINOP-2.2.1-15-2017-00051 No. Proteomill – cultivation and processing technology for producing alfalfa-based protein products and other plant products, as well as the establishment of a pilot plant

2020-2024: OTKA_K_19 - Exploring epidemiological links between pre- and post-harvest fruit diseases and developing new prediction models based on this in mixed-species planting systems

2021: TKP2020-NKA-04 Automotive Industry, Insulin Resistance, Space Research (DE-SPACE)

2021-2022: EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00022 “Debrecen Venture Catapult Program”. Research program title: Recycling of agricultural organic waste, application of microbiological agents and development of biological plant protection products mini-project

2021-2022: EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00022 “Debrecen Venture Catapult Program”. Research program title: Use of conventional and by-product growing media in high-tech cultivation technologies, production of peppers and other horticultural crops mini-project

2023: Institute of Agricultural Economics - “Methodological development of a data collection system for vegetable and fruit production costs”

2024: Institute of Agricultural Economics - “Survey of vegetable and fruit production technology in the 2024 harvest season”

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