RastogiLab
Plant stress physiology and fluorescence
Projects

Projects and facilities

Projects led by A. Rastogi (PI)

NCN 2020/37/B/ST10/01213 · 2021-2027 · ongoing · Funding: 1,898,870 PLN

OPUS-19

How warming and drier conditions affect photosynthetic efficiency, productivity, spectral properties and morphology of peatland vegetation in an in-situ climate manipulation experiment (Rzecin peatland).

NCN 2021/43/I/NZ9/01356 · 2022-2027 · ongoing · Funding: 1,350,015 PLN

OPUS-22 LAP

Effect of silicon on the spectral and physiological properties of buckwheat varieties under water-limited conditions.

NAWA PPN/BEK/2019/1/00090 · 2020-2022 · completed · Funding: 301,000 PLN

NAWA Bekker

Radiative transfer models (RTMs) for interpreting remote sensing signals from peatlands under climate manipulation; research stay at the University of Twente.

Horizon 2020, European Plant Phenotyping Network, no. 479 · 2021 · completed · Funding: 12,692 EUR

EPPN2020

High-throughput phenotyping of buckwheat to identify drought-resistant varieties.

National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic, no. 18528 · 2017 · completed · Funding: 8,500 EUR

SAIA

Impact of industrial pollutants, including metal nanoparticles, on plant physiology and biochemistry.

Collaborations and networks

NCN OPUS-30 · 2026-

HEATRISE

FeRTN nanozymes as stress training for heatwave-resilient soybean. PI: Dr Shadma Afzal; A. Rastogi as co-investigator.

NAWA

NAWA Ulam

Two NAWA Ulam fellowships hosted in the lab (Dr Shadma Afzal, Dr Bedabrata Saha), with A. Rastogi as host supervisor.

COST Action CA22136 · 2023-2027

PANGEOS

European network linking plant phenotyping with Earth observation. A. Rastogi leads WG1 (field phenotyping) and represents Poland on the Management Committee.

Instruments and field sites

Field measurements in the buckwheat trial
Piccolo DoppioTop-of-canopy SIF
Walz GFS-3000FLGas exchange and fluorescence
FluorPen FP 100OJIP, NPQ
PolyPenLeaf spectral reflectance
MultispeQ (PhotosynQ)Field photosynthesis
RzecinPeatland site with climate manipulation experiment