COUNTRY: Hungary

Name: Ákos Máthé, DSc., PhD., University Professor and Head of the Department of Botany
E-mail: amathe@mtk.nyme.hu or mathe@axelero.hu
Website: http://www.mtk.nyme.hu/~amathe/
Postal address: West Hungarian University, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, Department of Botany, H-9201 Mosonmagyaróvár, Vár 2., Hungary
Tel: +36-96-566-683
Fax: +36-96-566-610 or +36-566-683

INTEREST AND EXPERTISE:
In view of the EU accession of Hungary, the Department is focusing on the non-food utilization of plant raw materials, the diversification of agricultural production, also in view of regional development. Strong points of the research activities, as well as expertise, are:

  • Ecophysiology of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs)
  • Chemical, botanical and ecological study of MAPs
  • Plant domestication/introduction with a special emphasis on MAPs
  • Diversification of agricultural/horticultural production (New Crops and New Uses)
  • Veterinary (feed additives and medical) uses of biologically active substances of plant origin
  • Weed science

EXPERTISE OF COLLABORATING PARTNERS:

  • Plant analytics and extraction (essential oils/anti-oxidants, etc.)
  • In vitro micro-propagation
  • Primary processing of plants (incl. health care products)
  • Quality analysis of food-produce of plant origin
  • Experimental farms and animal husbandry facilities (nutrition)
  • Good Agricultural Practice of MAPs

The newly established botanic garden of the Department is a thematic garden of alternative plants. An Index Seminum can be obtained at request by writing to: botany@mtk.nyme.hu