research projects - Kouman S. Koumanov

Coordinator
  1. “Improving Crop Water Productivity and Nutritional Quality of Orchards”, Project BUL5018, International Atomic Energy Agency, 2022-2023 (национален координатор).
  2. “Specifying the irrigation management with walnut, hazelnut, raspberry and cherry under microirrigation”. Agricultural Academy, 2021-2024.
  3. „Spatiotemporal distribution of the water in the root zone of fruit plants. Agricultural Academy, 2017-2020.
  4. "Fertigation for improved crop production and environmental protection". Technical Co-operation Project RER/5/011, International Atomic Energy Agency, 2001-2004 (национален координатор).
  5. “Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation of almonds. Application Efficiency and Water Dynamics in the Root Zone”, (ръководител на задача) като част от проекта "Drip Irrigation Management by TDR Monitoring of Soil Water and Solute Distribution". U.S.A. – Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD), Grant IS-2131-92RC. Hydrologic Science Program, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California – Davis, USA, 1995-1996.
  6. "Migration and Localization of Fertilizers in the Soil under Fertigation" (funded by the National Research Fund at the Bulgarian Ministry of Education), 1994-1996.
  7. "Effective and Environment-Friendly Management of Water and Agrochemicals under Microirrigation and Fertigation" (funded by the National Research Fund at the Bulgarian Ministry of Education), 2004-2007.
  8. Developing of microirrigation as an integrator of cultural practices, for improved crop production, water saving and environmental protection”, Agricultural Academy, 2013-2016.
  9. “Biological, technological, ecological and economical aspects of microirrigation and chemigation in fruitgrowing”, Agricultural Academy, 2009-2012.
  10. “Effective and environmentally friendly technologies for growing of fruit crops under microirrigation and chemigation”, National Center for Agraricultural Sciences, 2007-2008.
  11. "Application of agro-chemicals with the irrigation water under microirrigation". National Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2006-2007.
  12. "Developing of Integrated Approaches for Raspberry Production under Microirrigation and fertigation" National Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2005-2007.
  13. "Phenologically based regimes of regulated water deficit under micro-irrigation of raspberry", National Center for Agricultural Sciences, 1999-2004.
  14. “Using of microsprinklers for irrigation of peach and maintaining of perennial sod mulch in the interros”, Agricultural Academy, 1991-1996.
  15. “Optimizing the pre-irrigation soil water storage and determining the parameters of the “water-yield” relationship with been”, Agricultural University, Plovdiv, 2010-2012.

Participant
  1. „Premature death of the trees of fruit crops: etiology, factors and possibilities for control”, Agricultural Academy, 2016-2019.
  2. „Developing of new technological approaches and evaluation of breeding material with apple”, Agricultural Academy, 2014-2017.
  3. “Optimizing the development regime of apple clonal rootstocks of various origins, grown in a mother plantation with various content of water-absorbing polymer. Agricultural University – Plovdiv, 2015-2017.
  4. “Sustainable Production of High-Quality Cherries for the European Market”. COST Action FA1104 (2012-2016) (национален координатор).
  5. "Walnut Improvement", Technical Co-operation Project BUL/0166, Food and Agriculture Organization at the UN, 2002-2004.
  6. "ECOTRA - Bulgaria. Ecological fruit production”, Bilatteral project with Belgium, 2007-2008.
  7. “Agro-biological and economical studies on the intensive cherry production, Agricultural Academy, 2011-2013.
  8. "Architecture of the cherry tree on different cultivar/rootstock combinations in high-density plantations” Agricultural Academy, 2007-2010.
  9. "Intensive growing of cherries", National Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2004-2007.
  10. „Study on the apple tree architecture under different orchard management approaches and with disease-resistant elites and candidate-cultivars”, Agricultural Academy, 2011-2013.
  11. “Ecological approaches to apple production” Agricultural Academy, 2008-2011.
  12. "Investigations on the impact of variety/rootstock combinations on the growth and yield of the apple trees under various training systems, National Centre for Agricultural Sciences, 2004-2007.
  13. "Agrobiological, technological and economical investigations on walnut production”, Agricultural Academy, 2012-2014.
  14. “Modern concepts for walnut propagation and growing”, Agricultural Academy, 2008-2011.
  15. "Improvment of walnut production", National Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2004-2007.
  16. “Technologies and technological improvements in the grapevine management system for biological production of grapes, Agricultural Academy, 2011-2013.
  17. “Optimizing the technologies for effective production of vineyard planting material”, Agricultural Academy, 2011-2013.
  18. “Improving the technologies for effective and competitive production of vineyard planting material”, Agricultural Academy, 2007-2010.
  19. "Strategy for developing of fruit and vegetable production in Bulgaria for the period 2008-2012", Ministry of Agriculture and Food; National Centre for Agricultural Sciences, 2008.
  20. "Exploration of the possibilities for improving the employment in the regions of Eastern Rodopi and North-West Bulgaria by establishing of pilot plantations of perennial crops", Ministry of Agriculture and Food; National Centre for Agricultural Sciences, 2006-2007.
  21. "Developing and transfer of GAPs, elaboration of handbooks and systems for education and innovation", Ministry of Agriculture and Food; National Center for Agricultural Sciences), 2008.

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