Completed programs

Completed programs

PhD student:

Assen Nikolov Nikolov

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Veselin Kutev, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Agrochemistry

Title of dissertation:

Changes in some parameters of soil fertility in fertigation of vegetable crops

Year of enrollment and completion:

07.12.2016 – 07.02.2021

Remark:

Thesis defense 2021

PhD student:

Marko Todorov Mihaylov

Supervisor:

Prof. Kiril Popov, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Vine Growing

Title of dissertation:

Influence of different rootstocks onto grafting and development on Mavrud variety in the nursery

Year of enrollment and completion:

19.06.2018 – 19.06.2020

Remark:

Thesis defense 2020

PhD student:

Zeina Assaad El Sabaaly

Supervisor:

Prof. Nidal Shaban, DSc;
Prof. Youssef Sassine, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Vegetable growing

Title of dissertation:

Study on the potential agricultural wastes in the production of Button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach) in Lebanon

Year of enrollment and completion:

19.10.2017 – 19.10.2019

Remark:

Thesis defense 2020

PhD student:

Yonko Zdravkov Stamenov

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Margarita Nikolova, PhD;
Assoc. Prof. S. Kostadinov, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Agrochemistry

Title of dissertation:

Sustainable management of crop nutrition with phosphorus and potassium

Year of enrollment and completion:

10.01.2013 – 10.01.2017

Remark:

Thesis defense 2017

PhD student:

Nelly Koleva Valeva

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Margarita Nikolova, PhD;
Assoc. Prof. S. Kostadinov, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Agrochemistry

Title of dissertation:

Sustainable management of crop nutrition with nitrogen

Year of enrollment and completion:

10.01.2013 – 10.01.2017

Remark:

Thesis defense 2017

PhD student:

Gergana Ivanova Ilcheva

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Zhivko Zhivkov, PhD;
Prof. Alexander Matev, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Melioration

Title of dissertation:

Productivity and evapotranspiration of field beans grown under regulated water regime

Year of enrollment and completion:

07.01.2014 – 28.07.2017

Remark:

Thesis defense 2017

PhD student:

Nora Lozanova Lozanova

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Zhivko Zhivkov, PhD;
Prof. Alexander Matev, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Melioration

Title of dissertation:

Irrigation regime and evapotranspiration of grass mixtures in urban areas

Year of enrollment and completion:

19.06.2013 – 17.09.2014

Remark:

Thesis defense
2014

PhD student:

Natalia Hristova Koleva

Supervisor:

Prof. Ivan Trankov, DSc

Scientific specialty (SS):

General agriculture

Title of dissertation:

Biological features and possibilities of weed control in the weed species Xanthium Strumarium

Year of enrollment and completion:

19.02.2009 – 27.02.2012

Remark:

Thesis defense 2013

PhD student:

Milena Hristova Yordanova

Supervisor:

Prof. Nidal Shaban, DSc;
Assoc. Prof. Margarita Nikolova, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Vegetable growing

Title of dissertation:

Biological studies of effects of using mulches in growing of broccoli – Brassica oleracea var. italica Plenck

Year of enrollment and completion:

14.03.2003 – 14.03.2007

Remark:

Thesis defense 2008

PhD student:

Anelia Hristova Etropolska

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Georgi Trentchev, PhD;
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barbara Jarausch (Germany)

Scientific specialty (SS):

Plant Protection (Entomology)

Title of dissertation:

Molecular characterization of fruit tree phytoplasmas and their vectors in Bulgaria

Year of enrollment and completion:

26.10.2010-22.10.2014

Remark:

Thesis defense 2015

PhD student:

Katya Trencheva

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Georgi Trentchev, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Plant Protection (Entomology)

Title of dissertation:

Bioecology of white peach scale Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Hemiptera, Diaspididae) and chemical control

Year of enrollment and completion:

01.01.2001 – 06.01.2003

Remark:

Thesis defense 2013

PhD student:

Nina Todorova Gerasimova

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Zarya Rankova, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Plant Protection (Herbology)

Title of dissertation:

Influence of soil herbicides on growing and productive capacity in apple orchards

Year of enrollment and completion:

27.10.2011 – 12.11.2012

Remark:

Thesis defense 2013

PhD student:

Raina Antonova

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Maria Todorova, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Plant Protection (Phytopathology)

Title of dissertation:

Study on the pathogenesis and specificity of relationships in the wheat system (Drechslera tritici – repentis)

Year of enrollment and completion:

04.09.2009

Remark:

Thesis defense 2009

PhD student:

Margarita Tsvetanova Petkova

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Ts. Vachev, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Plant Protection (Phytopathology)

Title of dissertation:

Study on the combined action of leaf fertilizers and fungicides as a means of controlling barley disease

Year of enrollment and completion:

20.1.2015- 20.1.2019

Remark:

Eligible for defense

PhD student:

Marin Hristov Hristov

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Slavcho Slavov, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Plant Protection (Phytopathology)

Title of dissertation:

Study of diseases on french tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.) and therapeutic shingles (Angelica archangelica L.) in Bulgaria

Year of enrollment and completion:

11.11.2014

Remark:

Eligible for defense

PhD student:

Dimitar Rumenov Semerdzhiev

Supervisor:

Prof. Rumen Tomov, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Plant Protection (Entomology)

Title of dissertation:

Studies on the bioecological characteristics of the multicolored Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773)

Year of enrollment and completion:

21.10.2010

Remark:

Eligible for defense

PhD student:

Alexander Dimitrov Popov

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Georgi Trentchev, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Plant Protection (Entomology)

Title of dissertation:

Trophic relationships and economic importance of Thysanoptera species in Southwestern Bulgaria

Year of enrollment and completion:

28.06.2007 – 28.06.2011

Remark:

Eligible for defense

PhD student:

Boyan Hristov

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Rumen Tomov, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Plant Protection (Entomology)

Title of dissertation:

Year of enrollment and completion:

12.02.2002 – 12.02.2005

Remark:

Studies interrupted

PhD student:

Denis Valentinov Virjansky

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Atanaska Teneva

Scientific specialty (SS):

Genetics

Title of dissertation:

Application of molecular genetic markers for characterization of genetic resources of different breeds in cattle breeding

Year of enrollment and completion:

07.12.2016 – 07.02.2021

Remark:

Thesis defense 2021

PhD student:

Milena Bozhilova-Sakova

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Yvona Dimitrova, PhD;
Prof. S. Georgieva

Scientific specialty (SS):

Genetics

Title of dissertation:

Study on the diversity of genes related to productive traits in sheep breeded in Bulgaria

Year of enrollment and completion:

07.01.2014 – 07.01.2017

Remark:

Thesis defense 2017

PhD student:

Tsvetelina Alipieva Nikolova

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Krasimira Malinova, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Special industries (Silkworm)

Title of dissertation:

Changes in biological characteristics of Mulbery Silkworm under the influence of feed collected from areas with a high content of heavy metals in the soil

Year of enrollment and completion:

24.02.2014 – 28.09.2016

Remark:

Thesis defense 2017

PhD student:

Saad Darkazanli (Syria)

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Krasimira Malinova, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Special industries (Bees)

Title of dissertation:

Investigation of the hygienic behavior of the honeybee and its relation to some factor diseases

Year of enrollment and completion:

Remark:

Thesis defense 2008

PhD student:

Auni Hamdan (Iraq)

Supervisor:

Assoc. Prof. Violeta Todorova, PhD

Scientific specialty (SS):

Grain processing technology, grain products and blends

Title of dissertation:

Study and investigate the feasibility of implementing a system for monitoring and control of safety and quality in the production of flour from wheat to Iraq

Year of enrollment and completion:

Completion 03.07.2007

Remark:

Thesis defense 2008