Olga Voronova

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Academic degree, academic title: Ph.D.

Position: Senior Researcher

E-mail: o_voronova@binran.ru

Phone number: +7 (812) 372-54-41

Research interests:

Cytoembryological study of the male and female reproductive structures development of perennial and annual sunflowers (species of the genus Helianthus L. and cultivars).
Investigation of correlations in the reproductive structures development and head flowering phases of perennial and annual sunflowers (species of the genus Helianthus L. and cultivars).
Analysis of pollen fertility of different Helianthus L. species, lines, varieties and hybrids of cultivated sunflower.
Study of the features of the reproductive system morphogenesis in some cultivars of tuberous sunflower Helianthus tuberosus L. (Asteraceae).
Study of structural mechanisms, responsible for the signs of "semi-fertile pollen" in the F1 and F2 generations of Helianthus annuus VIR 116 x VIR 195 hybrids and in other combinations of crosses.
Study of the development of the male reproductive system in tetraploid maize Zea mays L.
Study of various aspects of sunflower morphogenesis in vitro.

Keywords: Plant embryology, apomixis, correlations in reproductive structure development, macrosporogenesis, microsporogenesis, CMS, pollen fertility, in vitro tissue culture, Zea mays, Helianthus

Education and work experience:

1989–1994 — St. Petersburg State University, student. Diploma work «Experimental morphogenesis in tissue culture of peony (Paeonia anomala L.) in vitro»
1994–1999 — Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, postgraduate student. Ph.D. thesis «Morphogenetic potencies of the ovule Zea mays L.».

1999–2014 — Research assistant, then Research scientist at Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.
2014 — up to now — Senior researcher at Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.

Grants and research projects:

Project Leader:

2012. Grant of the Russian Science Foundation № 12-04-06826-mob_g 2012 «Preparation and holding of the II (X) International Botanical Conference of young scientists in St. Petersburg on November 11–16, 2012».
2012. Target Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences «Support for Young Scientists». Section 2 «Conducting scientific schools for young scientists»: organization of the II(X) International Botanical Conference of Young Scientists in St. Petersburg on November 11–16, 2012.

Member of working group:

2012–2017. Fundamental research program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences «Wildlife: the current state and the problem of development». Subprogram «Biodiversity: state and dynamics». Section «Inventory of the biological diversity of Russia». Project: «Creation of an integrated base of inventoried knowledge about developmental biology».
2014–2015. Grant of the President of the Russian Federation for the support of the leading scientific schools of Russia No. NSh-5282.2014.4 «Development of the theory of plant reproduction from the standpoint of the problem of integrity and reliability of biosystems. Polyvariance of morphogenetic programs of development, natural and artificial models of their implementation».
2011–2013. RFBR №11-04-01466. «Morphoprocesses in different methods of reproduction from the standpoint of non-traditional approaches and ideas».

Other projects:

2012. Support for events in the field of congress activities in St. Petersburg: organization of the II (X) International Botanical Conference of Young Scientists in St. Petersburg on November 11-16, 2012. Grant of the Committee for Science and Higher Education of the Administration of St. Petersburg.
2006–2010. Interdepartmental coordination program of fundamental and priority applied research on scientific support of the agro-industrial complex for 2006–2010. on problem IV «Develop resource-saving, environmentally friendly technologies for the cultivation of crops based on the mobilization of genetic resources, the use of the latest methods of selection and management of the production process», tasks 01 and 02. The head institution is the All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Industry. N.I. Vavilov. Co-executing Institute - Botanical Institute. V.L. Komarov RAS.

Conferences and workshops:

Organizing committee:

V International School for Young Scientists dedicated to the memory of Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Tatyana B. Batygina «Embryology, Genetics and Biotechnology». St. Petersburg, October 9–14, 2016. Member of the Organizing Committee. Organizer of the round table «Apomixis in the reproduction system of flowering plants; molecular genetic regulation» (together with Bryukhin V.B.).
III(XI) International Botanical Conference of Young Scientists in St. Petersburg, October 4–9, 2015. Member of the organizing committee.
XIII Congress of the Russian Botanical Society and the Conference «Scientific Basis for the Protection and Rational Use of Vegetation in the Volga Basin». Tolyatti, September 16–22, 2013. Member of the working organizing committee.
XII Delegate Congress of the Russian Botanical Society and the All-Russian Conference «Fundamental and Applied Problems of Botany at the Beginning of the 21st Century». Petrozavodsk, September 22-27, 2008. Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee.
I (IX) International Conference of young botanists in St. Petersburg. May 21–26, 2006. Secretary of the Organizing Committee.
VIII Youth Conference of Botanists in St. Petersburg. May 17–21, 2004. Secretary of the Organizing Committee.
VII Youth Conference of Botanists in St. Petersburg. May 15–19, 2000. Member of the Organizing Committee.

Attendee:

XIII International Agriculture Symposium «AGROSYM 2022». Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 6–9, 2022. Online communication.
II International Agricultural, Biological & Life Science Conference. Edirne, Turkey, September 1-3, 2020. Online message.
International symposium dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Professor Lyudmila Ivanovna Lotova «Plant Anatomy: Traditions and Perspectives». Moscow, September 16–22, 2019. Poster presentation.
Biodiversity: approaches to study and conservation. International scientific conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Department of Botany of Tver State University. Tver, November 8–11, 2017. Oral presentation.
II International conference «Gene pool and plant breeding dedicated to the 80th anniversary of SIBNIIRS». Novosibirsk, March 29–31, 2016. Poster message.
19th International Sunflower Conference. Edirne, Turkey, 29 May — 3 June 2016. Poster posts.
XIII Congress of the Russian Botanical Society and the Conference «Scientific Basis for the Protection and Rational Use of Vegetation in the Volga Basin». Togliatti, September 16–22, 2013. Oral presentation.
II(X) International Botanical Conference of young scientists in St. Petersburg. November 11-16, 2012. Sectional lecture.
International scientific conference dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Department of Botany of Tver State University. Tver, November 21–24, 2012. Oral presentation.

Professional memberships:

Editorial activity:

Materials of the I (IX) International Conference of Young Botanists in St. Petersburg (May 21–26, 2006). St. Petersburg. Publishing house of SETU, 2006. 376 p. Responsible editor.
Materials of the VIII Youth Conference of Botanists in St. Petersburg. (May 17–21, 2004). St. Petersburg. RIC SPGUTD, 2004. 147 p. Editorial board member.

Selected publications:

Anisimova I.N., Alpatieva N.V., Voronova O.N. et al. A Recombination Suppressed Region of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Linkage Group 13 Covers Restoration of Fertility (Rf1) and Downy Mildew Resistance (Pl) Gene Clusters. Russian Journal of Genetics. 2023. 59(5): 453–465.

Voronova O.N., Babro A.A., Lyubchenko A.V. Comparative embryological study of some Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) accessions with different seed-setting ability from the VIR collection. Proceedings on applied botany, genetics and breeding. 2023. 184(2): 190–203. [In Russian]

Voronova O.N., Ryazanova M.K. Embryology of Helianthus maximiliani (Asteraceae) [Embriologiya Helianthus maximiliani (Asteraceae)]. Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2022. 107(11): 1083–1099. [In Russian]

Voronova O.N., Babro A.A., Shatskaya O.A. Some features of anther wall formation and microsporogenesis in tetraploid maize. The International Journal of Plant Reproductive Biology. 2021. 13(2): 95–102.

Voronova O.N., Babro A.A. Formation of the embryo sac, development of the ovule and seed in Helianthus ciliaris and H. tuberosus (Asteraceae) [Formirovaniye zarodyshevogo meshka, razvitiye semyazachatka i semeni u Helianthus ciliaris i H. tuberosus (Asteraceae)]. Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2021. 106(3): 239–254. [In Russian]

Voronova O.N. Callus formation and plant regeneration in some wild and cultivated species of sunflower. The International Journal of Plant Reproduction Biology. 2020. 12(2): 100–104.

Voronova O.N. Chapter 3. Stages of Sunflower Development: Correlations in Male and Female Reproductive Structures Formation. Sunflowers: Cultivation, Uses and Ecological Significance. Ed. Érico de Sá Petit Lobão. New York: NOVA Science Publishers. 2020. 33–52.

Voronova O.N., Gavrilova V.A. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of sunflower pollen (Helianthus L.) and its use in breeding work [Kolichestvennyy i kachestvennyy analiz pyl'tsy podsolnechnika (Helianthus L.) i yego ispol'zovaniye v selektsionnoy rabote]. Trudy po prikladnoy botanike, genetike i selektsii. 2019. 180(1): 95–104. [In Russian]

Voronova O.N., Babro A.A. Apospory in Helianthus ciliaris DC. (Asteraceae). The International Journal of Plant Reproductive Biology. 2019. 11(1): 66–69.

Babro A.A., Voronova O.N. Development of male reproductive structures in Helianthus ciliaris and H. tuberosus (Asteraceae). [Razvitiye muzhskikh reproduktivnykh struktur u Helianthus ciliaris i H. tuberosus (Asteraceae)]. Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2018. 103(9): 1093–1108. [In Russian]

Voronova O.N., Babro A.A. Early stages of female reproductive structures formation in Helianthus ciliaris and H. tuberosus (Asteraceae). [Ranniye etapy formirovaniya zhenskikh reproduktivnykh struktur u Helianthus ciliaris i H. tuberosus (Asteraceae)]. Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2018. 103(4): 488–504. [In Russian]

Voronova O.N. Chapter 3. Development of female reproductive structures and apomixis in sunflower. Sunflowers: Growth and Development, Environmental Influences and Pests/Diseases. Ed. J.I. Arribas. Nova Publishers. 2014. 43–60.

Voronova O.N. Development of female reproduction structures and apomixis in some CMS lines of sunflower. Helia. 2013. 36(58): 47–60.

Voronova O.N., Tolstaya T.T., Rozhkova V.T., Gavrilova V.A. Determination of pollen fertility in a number of wild perennial sunflower species and accessions from the collection growing at the VIR Kuban station. [Opredeleniye fertil'nosti pyl'tsy u ryada dikikh mnogoletnikh vidov i obraztsov podsolnechnika iz kollektsii, proizrastayushchey na Kubanskoy stantsii VIR]. Trudy po prikladnoy botanike, genetike i selektsii. 2011. 167: 145–158. [In Russian]

Voronova O.N. Integumentary embryony in CMS sunflower line. Russ. J. Dev. Biol. 2010. 41(6): 394–399.

Voronova O.N. Express analysis by the enlightenment method and its use in embryology. [Ekspress-analiz metodom prosvetleniya i yego ispol'zovaniye v embriologii]. Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2008. 93(10): 1620–1625. [In Russian]

Voronova O.N., Gavrilova V.A. Aposporia in the sunflower [Aposporiya u podsolnechnika]. Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2007. 92(10): 1535–1544. [In Russian]

Voronova O.N., Shamrov I.I., Batygina T.B. Ovule morphogenesis in normal and mutant Zea mays. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia. Series Botanika. 2003. 45(1): 155–160.

Voronova O.N., Shamrov I.I., Batygina T.B. Morphogenesis of the Zea mays (Poaceae) ovule. [Morfogenez semyazachatka Zea mays (Poaceae)]. Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2002. 87(9): 10–26. [In Russian]

Zhinkina N.A., Voronova O.N. On the method of staining embryological preparations. [K metodike okraski embriologicheskikh preparatov]. Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2000. 85(6): 168–171. [In Russian]