Department of Plant Breeding and Variety Maintenance

Dr. habil Zsigrai György, senior research fellow
 

Personal data:
Name: Dr. habil Zsigrai György
Title / position:     senior research fellow
Academic degree and year of acquisition: PhD, 1999; habilitation, 2007
Phone number: +36 59 500-150
E-mail address: Zsigrai.Gyorgy@uni-mate.hu​​​​​​​

Organizational unit, institute: Department of Plant Breeding and Variety Maintenance, Research Institute of Karcag

Professional experience:
University of Debrecen Karcag Research Institute
1986–1992: assistant research fellow
1992–1999: research fellow
1999–2012: senior research fellow
2002–2012: scientific deputy director

Tokaj Wine Region's Research Institute of Viticulture and Wine
2012-2021: senior research fellow

Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences
2022- : senior research fellow

Education, qualification:
•    Agricultural University of Debrecen, 1986, certified agricultural engineer
•    Agricultural University of Debrecen, 1991, agricultural computer specialist engineering
•    University of Debrecen, 2002, agricultural informatics-spatial informatics specialist
•    Szent István University, 2016, soil specialist engineer

Research and activity area:
Breeding of region-specific varieties and development of their agrotechnology adapted to the environmental conditions

Honors and recognitions:
•    National Conference of Scientific Students' Associations Crop Production Section, I. prize, 1985
•    Scholarship of „A Magyar Tudományért” Foundation, 1993
•    Hungarian Academy of Sciences János Bolyai Scholarship, 1998-2000
•    Certificate of Recognition from the Rector of the University of Debrecen, 2002
•    Excellent Hungarian Greyhound specialist book and Higher Education Textbook Level Award - Farming and land use (co-author), 2007
•    Memorial Medal for Agricultural Research in Debrecen, 2009
•    Our Environment Award by the Minister of Rural Development, 2012
•    Excellent Hungarian Greyhound specialist book and Higher Education Textbook Level Award - Nature Conservation Habitat Management (co-author), 2012
•    University of Debrecen titular university professor title, 2014

Doctoral training information: https://doktori.hu/index.php?menuid=192&lang=HU&sz_ID=1279&show=1

Publication data: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10000093

Optional thesis topics:
•    Examining the effects of different conventional and ecological nutrient replenishment methods on plant yields, crop quality and the environment
•    Investigating the agrotechnical possibilities of protection against various physical and chemical degradation processes of soils