P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Pamirian Biological Institute Named After Kh. Yusufbekov

The Institute was founded in 1969. It consists of 6 laboratories and the Pamirian

Botanical Garden Named After A. V. Gursky.

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  Experimental Plant Ecology

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  High Mountain Fruit-growing

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  Plant Genetics and Selection

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  Medicinal Herbs

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  Fodder Plants

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  Zoology

The major fields of investigation of the Institute include

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  Survey Pamir biological resources, explain approaches, and make

recommendations for industrial exploitation;

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  Investigate plant adaptation mechanisms in extremely high altitudes;

determination of the influence of the natural UV - irradiation and

temperature factors on the formation of plant productivity in high

mountains;

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  Study the natural resources and chemical composition in the main types of

medicinal plants in the Pamirs and the determination of  the technology of

their growing cycle;

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