Department of the Basis of Agriculture and Waste Management

Head of the Department

dr hab. Mariola Garczyńska, prof. UR

phone: 17 872 16 49

e-mail: mgar@ur.edu.pl

room: 3.34, D3

ul. Ćwiklińskiej 1a, 35-601 Rzeszów

The environmentally friendly decomposition of organic waste by use of vermiculture. The influence of environmental factors on the populations of Lumbricidae. Physico-chemical properties of vermicompost which has been produced (including digestate). Selected aspects of earthworm ecotoxicology.

prof. dr hab. Joanna Kostecka

phone:  17 872 17 33

e-mail: jkostecka@ur.edu.pl

room: 337, D3,

ul. Ćwiklińskiej 2, 35-601 Rzeszów

The research focuses on the benefits of sustainable development introducing, in particular, integrated waste management. An important aspect of researching the problems of waste management is based on increasing the knowledge of estimate vermicomposting methods (including vermicomposting of post-fermentation sludge). In other research, soil organisms are used to estimate and measure the human pressure on ecosystems.

dr hab. Grzegorz Pączka, prof. UR

phone: 17 872 16 65

e-mail: gpaczka@ur.edu.pl

room: 3.11, D3

ul. Ćwiklińskiej 1a, 35-601 Rzeszów

The research concerns the processing of selected plant waste in vermiculture. Influence of vermireactor’s construction on the qualitative and quantitative structure of Lumbricidae and the physicochemical characteristics of the vermicomposts produced. Influence of abiotic and biotic environmental factors on selected features of Lumbricidae. The welfare of Lumbricidae in vermiculture. The use of vermicomposts in the production of substrates for growing plants.

dr Anna Mazur-Pączka

phone: 17 872 16 49

e-mail: anamazur@ur.edu.pl

room: 3.34, D3

ul. Ćwiklińskiej 1a, 35-601 Rzeszów

Characteristics of Lumbricidae communities in selected areas. The use of earthworms in the biomonitoring of the soil environment. The extraction technique that induces earthworms to leave the soil. Selected aspects of earthworm toxicology. The economic importance of earthworms.

dr inż. Anita Zapałowska

GSM +48 784 702 111

e-mail: azapalowska@ur.edu.pl

room: 215, D3

ul. Ćwiklińskiej 2, 35-601 Rzeszów

Research of nematode communities, their population density, dominance and trophic structure as a bio-indicator of progress in landfill remediation. Nematodes recovered from the rhizosphere are extracted by the Baermann method and identificated by microscopic analysis

Research and technical worker

mgr inż. Renata Szura

phone: 17 872 17 28

e-mail: sekzppr@ur.edu.pl

room: 306, budynek D3

ul. Ćwiklińskiej 1a, 35-601 Rzeszów

Breeding laboratory animals (different species of Lumbricidae), which are used for research and didactic purposes, as well as for educational activities outside the university.