ASOIU Students Visit the Vegetable Research Institute

Students of the 4th year of the Food Engineering specialty of the “Technology of Organic Substances and High-Molecular Compounds” chair of the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, accompanied by department lecturer Nargiz Sultanova, paid an academic visit to the Vegetable Research Institute.

Within the framework of the visit, the students were provided with detailed information about the modern research activities carried out in the institute’s various laboratories. Head of the Agrobiotechnology Laboratory Zerbayim Babajanova informed the students about obtaining virus-free, healthy planting material from local and introduced plants using biotechnological methods, especially through apical meristem culture, as well as the detection of viruses in economically important crops using the ELISA method.

Head of the Functional Analysis Laboratory Khadija Hasanli explained the preparation of samples for liquid and gas chromatography and the procedures for determining pesticide residues in food products. Senior researchers Nazrin Rahmanova and Zaynab Guliyeva provided extensive information on the analysis of soil samples.

Head of the Processing, Storage and Quality Laboratory Sevda Adigozalova presented the technologies of fruit drying and storage in detail. In addition, senior researcher of the Seed Production Department Majid Adigozalov and leading researcher of the Greenhouse Vegetable Growing Department Zenfira Aliyeva highlighted key aspects of seed expertise and evaluation to the students.

The main purpose of the visit was to familiarize students with modern biotechnological and chemical methods applied in food engineering, to increase their scientific interest, and to encourage them to engage in research activities.