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Fields of interest:

• Stress physiology of plant mineral nutrition
• Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes
• Plant water relations under stress conditions
• Drought resistance

Recent publications:

G. Tsvetkova and G. Georgiev:
Effect of phosphorus nutrition on the nodulation, nitrogen fixation and nutrient - use efficiency of Bradyrhizobium japonicum-soybean (Glycine max L. Merr) symbiosis,
Bulg. J. Plant Physiol., special Issue, (2003), pp. 331-335.

K. Kocheva, G. Georgiev, V. Goltsev and P. Lambrev:
Evaluation of chlorophyll fluorescence and membrane injury in the leaves of barley cultivars under osmotic stress,
Bioelecrochemistry, Vol. 63, (2004), pp. 121-124.

Atanasova L. Pissarska, M.G. Popov and G.I. Georgiev:
Growth and endogenous cytokinins of juniper shoots as affected by high metal concentrations,
Biol. Plantarum, Vol. 48(1), (2004), pp. 157-159.

K. Kocheva, G.I. Georgiev and V. Kochev:
A diffusion approach to the electrolyte leakage from plant tissues,
Physiol. Plantarum, Vol. 125, (2005), pp. 1-9.

K. Kocheva, M. Busheva, G.I. Georgiev, P. Lambrev and V. Goltsev:
Influence of short-term osmotic stress on the photosynthetic activity of barley seedlings,
Biol. Plantarum, Vol. 49(1), (2005), pp. 145-148.

M. Geneva, G. Zehirov, E. Djonova, N. Kaloyanova, G. Georgiev and I. Stancheva:
The effect of inoculation of pea plants with mycorrhizal fungi and Rhizobium on N and P assimilation,
Plant, Soil and Environment, Vol. 52(10), (2006), pp. 435-440.

G. Zehirov and G.I. Georgiev:
Relationships between cell membrane stability, exudate content and infectivity of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain 639 to boron starved soybean plants,
Acta Physiol. Plantarum, Vol. 28(2), (2006), pp. 171-179.

M. Hristozkova, M. Geneva, I. Stancheva and G. Georgiev:
Response of inoculated foliar fed pea plants (Pisum sativum L.) to reduced Mo supply,
Acta Biologica Hungarica, Vol. 58(1), (2007), pp. 87-92.

M. Hristozkova, M. Geneva, I. Stancheva and G. Georgiev:
Nitrogen assimilatory enzymes and amino acid content in inoculated foliar fertilized pea plants grown at reduced molybdenum concentration,
Journal of Plant Nutrition, Vol. 30, (2007), pp. 1409-1419.

K. Kocheva and G.I. Georgiev:
Contribution of mineral nutrition to the response of barley seedlings to PEG –induced mild water stress,
J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., Vol. 170, (2007), pp. 392-397.