One of our goals is to carry out basic and applied scientific research in the fields of plant science and technology (plant genetics and breeding, plant molecular biology and genetics, plant genetic engineering, plant biochemistry and metabolomics, plant proteomics, plant physiology, production of plant chemicals of economic and pharmaceutical importance). Moreover, we have aimed to contribute to the development of new varieties of vegetables, fruits and field crops. These varieties have high yield and quality characteristics, resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, and economic and strategic importance for our country. Our aims also include the development of plant varieties that synthesize high amounts of economically important nutritional and health-related chemicals, performing DNA profiling of parents and varieties of fruit and field crops species.
As a center, our goals are (I) selection of materials with high yield and quality characteristics in vegetables, fruits, cereals, legumes, industrial plants, ornamental plants, medicinal plants, aromatic plants, and forestry plants that are necessary for protection of the ecological balance; (II) determination of phenotypic characteristics, genetic diversity and population structure; (III) identification and isolation of different plant-derived bioactive molecules, (IV) characterization of the biological activities of these bioactive molecules, and (IV) development of topical drug formulations.