Department of Crop Production, Selection and Seed Production

Teaching Staff

Khоmіna Veronika - Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Associate Professor, Head of the Department

Gorash Oleksandr - Doctor of agricultural sciences, professor, honored worked of sciense and technology of Ukraine

Khmelianchyshyn Yurii - Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor

Klymyshena Rita - Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor, assistant

Ivanyshyn Oleksandr - doctor of philosophy (Agriculture), Associate Professor

Nebaba Katerina -  Candidate of Agricultural Sciences assistant

Stroianovskyi Vasyl - Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor

Sheiko Irina - assistant

Vitrovchak Linda - assistant

Staff

Puzdymir Lyudmila – senior laboratory assistant

Address of the Department of Horticulture and Viticulture:

Khmelnytskyi region, Kamianets-Podilskyi,

Higher Educational Institution "Podillia State University"

13, Shevchenko Str.

Phone: (096) 3637049

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Department of Crop Production, Breeding and Seed Production

The Department of Crop Production, Breeding and Seed Production is one of the leading structural units of the Faculty of Agrotechnologies and Environmental Management. It was reorganized in 2021 with the aim of modernizing the educational and research processes.

The department provides training for specialists at the educational levels of Bachelor, Master, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Its activities include developing and updating educational programs and curricula, organizing and supervising thesis and dissertation work, managing industrial internships, and coordinating the work of examination boards.

The department focuses on improving the quality of education, introducing modern agricultural technologies into the educational process, and training competitive professionals for the agrarian sector.

The department is the graduating unit for the specialty 201, H1 “Agronomy.”

Historical background

In 1920 (August 9), upon the initiative of Professor M. I. Herashchenko, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture of Kamianets-Podilskyi State University, a Department (Section) of General and Private Crop Production was established, where Associate Professor V. P. Khranevych began teaching a course on cultivated plants and grassland management.

• 1921–1924 – Head of the Department: Professor S. I. Horodetskyi.
• 1924–1934 – Head of the Department: Professor V. P. Shyvan.
• In January 1927, four departments of the Agronomy Faculty were merged into the Department of Nature, Agriculture, and Crops of Podillia, which included 29 staff members and 24 postgraduate students.
• From October 26, 1954, after the restoration of Kamianets-Podilskyi Agricultural Institute, the Agronomy Faculty resumed its work.
• 1954–1958 – Head of the Department of Crop Production and Dean of the Faculty: Associate Professor N. S. Babchenko.
• 1958–1963 – Head of the Department of Crop Production and Agronomy: Associate Professor B. Y. Khmelov.
• 1963–1970 – Head of the Department: Associate Professor V. S. Kochetkov (later Professor, Rector of Luhansk Agricultural Institute).
• 1970–1973 – Head of the Department: Professor M. P. Perepichko.
• 1973–2005 – Head of the Department of Crop Production, Breeding and Seed Production: Professor O. S. Alekseeva.
• 2005–2008 – Head of the Department of Crop Production, Breeding, Seed Production and Genetics: Professor I. M. Kovtunik.
• 2003–2015 – The Department of Fodder Production (since 1983) was reorganized into the Department of Crop Production and Fodder Production, headed by Professor M. I. Bakhmat.
• 2008–2015 – The Department of Breeding, Seed Production and Genetics was reorganized into the Department of Breeding, Seed Production and General Biological Disciplines, headed by Professor O. S. Horash.
• 2015–2019 – Two departments were merged into one – the Department of Crop Production, Breeding and Seed Production, headed by Professor O. S. Horash.
• 2019 – The department was reorganized into the Department of Crop Production and Fodder Production, headed by Professor M. I. Bakhmat.
• 2021 – The department was reorganized into the Department of Crop Production, Breeding and Seed Production, headed by Professor Veronika Khomina.

The department has five lecture rooms equipped with stands, instruments, and teaching materials for laboratory and practical classes. Four multimedia projectors and a widescreen multimedia monitor are installed in the classrooms. A modern computer lab with ten Internet-connected computers supports courses on research methodology.

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Educational activities

The department provides instruction in the following disciplines:

• Introduction to the Profession
• Genetics
• Biotechnology
• Breeding of Agricultural Crops
• Medicinal Plants
• Industrial Crops
• Fundamentals of Scientific Research
• Crop Production
• Niche Crops
• Breeding and Seed Production of Agricultural Crops
• Biotechnology in Crop Production
• Phytoncidal and Medicinal Plants
• Seed Science
• Agrobiological Justification of Crop Production Technologies
• Forecasting and Programming of Crop Yields
• Energy Plant Resources
• Bioenergy Crops
• Methods of Scientific Research
• Agronomy
• Organic Crop Production Technologies
• Genetic Basis of Biotechnology
• Varietal Certification of Plants
• Bioenergy Analysis of Intensive Crop Technologies
• Conceptual Principles of Scientific Research in Agronomy
• Theoretical Justification of Crop Production Processes
• Global Intensive Crop Production Technologies

Research methodology and organization of dissertation work

At the department, there is a crop science laboratory that focuses on the study of field agricultural crops. Collections of cereal, groat, industrial, and bioenergy plants have been established. This enables the department to conduct practical classes in related disciplines and to deepen the study of the biological and morphological characteristics of field crops.

Educational field practices are carried out by the department’s leading lecturers in accordance with the academic workload. For each discipline that includes practical training, a working program for field practice has been developed. Before the start of practice, all students undergo safety training and sign the safety instruction logbook at the department.

Methodological work

Each year, the department’s staff updates the necessary educational and methodological materials, develops curricula, and creates comprehensive teaching packages for all disciplines.

Distance learning and knowledge assessment through the Moodle online system are actively implemented.

In recent years, the department has produced numerous teaching materials, including textbooks and manuals such as:

• Technological Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture and Crop Production (M. I. Bakhmat, Yu. V. Khmelyanchyshyn, O. M. Bakhmat)
• Cereal Crops: A Textbook (O. V. Kvashchuk, M. M. Suchek, V. Ya. Khomina, O. D. Pastukh)
• Agroecological and Theoretical Basis of Medicinal and Essential Oil Crop Cultivation in the Western Forest-Steppe (V. Ya. Khomina)
• Improvement of Calendula Cultivation Technology in the Western Forest-Steppe (V. Ya. Khomina, S. V. Sukhar)
• Atlas of Medicinal Plants (V. Ya. Khomina, R. I. Klymyshena, I. M. Sheiko)
• Management of the Productive Process of Brewing Barley (O. S. Horash)
• Winter Malting Barley and Spring Barley (O. S. Horash, R. I. Klymyshena)
• Diseases of Medicinal Plants (V. K. Shevchuk, L. A. Vilchynska)
• Barley: Management of Brewing Quality (O. S. Horash, R. I. Klymyshena)

Additionally, more than 80 methodological guides for laboratory, practical, and graduate work have been developed.

Research Work

The academic staff of the department actively conducts scientific research aimed at improving technologies for cultivating agricultural crops, particularly under different natural and climatic conditions. The results of these studies are regularly presented at conferences and seminars and are published in professional scientific journals.

An important area of the department’s work is the involvement of students in research activities. Under the supervision of their academic advisors, students carry out individual research projects, participate in scientific competitions, and present their findings at student conferences.

Each year, the department organizes the All-Ukrainian Online Conference “Innovative Technologies in Crop Production”, the proceedings of which reflect current trends and achievements in agricultural science.

Scientific student groups of the department:

• “Roslynnyk” – supervised by Ovcharuk O.V., Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor of the Department
• “Ahrarii” – supervised by Nebaba K.S., PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor
• “Vavilovets” – supervised by Vilchynska L.A., PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor
• “Medicinal Plants” – supervised by Sheiko I.M., Assistant of the Department

The department also carries out research aimed at developing and improving high-yielding buckwheat varieties adapted to the growing conditions of various regions of Ukraine.

Educational and upbringing work

The main directions of the department’s educational work are aimed at:

• forming a well-rounded and conscious personality, educated in the spirit of Ukrainian patriotism, civic responsibility, and respect for the Constitution of Ukraine;
• raising the spiritual, cultural, and educational level of the student youth;
• promoting compliance with the law, academic integrity, and ethical principles of conduct within and beyond the university environment, as well as encouraging careful treatment of university property;
• carrying out career guidance activities among school students to popularize the department’s and faculty’s specialties and to attract potential applicants to the university;
• participating in the formation of proposals for the appointment of academic group curators and the improvement of the student mentoring system.

The curators of academic groups — Vilchynska L.A., Klymyshena R.I., Nebaba K.S., and Sheiko I.M. — work actively with students, organizing educational and cultural events, thematic meetings, excursions, and interactions with veterans, leading specialists, and managers of agricultural enterprises.

Such initiatives contribute to the formation of professional competencies, the development of civic awareness, and the strengthening of the connection between theoretical knowledge and practical experience.