Katedra Łąkarstwa - Department of Grassland

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Katedra Łąkarstwa - Department of Grassland
10-718 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Pl.Łódzki 1,
tel. (089) 523-34-93; fax (089) 523-43-81

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DIDACTICS
Department of Grassland drives didactics on daily and extramural studies on AGRONOMY, ZOOTECHNY, ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION and LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURY directions. In 54-years activity of College in the Department of Grassland were emploied 30 scientific-didactic workers. Under direction of academical Department teachers 760 students executed master's thesis of grassland scope.
Subjects realized in Department:
- Grassland - M.Sc. course on AGRONOMY specialization
- Management on grasslands - B.A. course on AGRONOMY specialization
- Grassland expertness - B.A. course on ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION specialization
- Meadows and pastures cultivation - studies on ZOOTECHNY specialization
- Lawns and decorated grasses - B.A. course on LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE specialization
- Grassy assemblages and management technics - speciality Production Management on AGRONOMY direction
- Diploma seminar - speciality Production Management on AGRONOMY specialization
- Speciality education - speciality Production Management on AGRONOMY specialization
- Lawns - on AGRONOMY and LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE specializations
- Grass cultivation for seeds - on AGRONOMY specialization

Realized in Department of Grassland scientific researches include problems connected to grassland expertness and pratotechnic.
Main direction of researches:
- Selection of components (grasses, papilionaceous, herbs) to mixtures on permanent and alternate grasslands
- Natural-agricultural evaluation of meadow-pasture communities
- Determination of habitation factors on choosen plant species staying in meadow-pasture green growth
- Biology of meadow plants development (grasses, papilionaceous, herbs)
- Course of photosynthesis process in grasses in water and mineral stress conditions
- Estimation of usefulness of gazon grasses (species and varieties) to instalation different type of lawns
- Utilization of sewage sediments and "Dano" compost to fertilization of soil base during lawns instalation

Department of Grassland historic outline
In February 1952 Institute of Meadows and Pastures Cultivation established in High School of Agriculture in Olsztyn on the ground of minister of higher schools order from 23-rd November 1951. Head of Institute became assistant professor Dr Henryk Kern. In period of creation of new unit great part played M.Sc. eng. Antoni Poczobut, M.Sc. eng. Roman Komorowski, M.Sc. eng. Kazimierz Odo-Ruppert, and Teresa Trabszo. In first period all efforts were directed on Institute organization, on preparation basic conditions to normal didactic and scientific research work. Laboratory technical equipment flowed gradually (low financial limits), begin from simply apparatus, as eg. laboratory dryers, analitic scales, etc. In 1957 Institute become Department of Meadows and Pastures Cultivation. In late sixties in Department worked following laboratories: botanical-grasslands, chemical and microbiological. In 1965 assistant professor Dr Henryk Kern moved to WSR in Lublin. Head function of Department between 1965 and 1974 (to retire) fulfiled Prof. Dr Habil. Antoni Poczobut. In this time in the Department become emploied following persons: M.Sc. eng. Jerzy Sawicki, M.Sc. eng. Stanisława Mikłosz, M.Sc. eng. Longin Olesiński, M.Sc. eng. Mieczysław Olkowski, M.Sc. eng. Teresa Dobrzycka and M.Sc. eng. Stanisław Benedycki. As a result of Collage reorganization in 1971 Department become included to Institute of Soil and Plant Cultivation as meadows and pastures cultivation scientific-didactic team. Since October 1973 this team regained rank as Division of Meadows and Pastures Cultivation. 1-st October 1974 the head of Division became professor assistent Dr Habil. Mieczysław Olkowski. Division in this time emploied M.Sc. eng. Stefan Grzegorczyk, M.Sc. eng. Maciej Klicki, M.Sc. eng. Kazimierz Polkowski, M.Sc. eng. Kazimierz Grabowski and M.Sc. eng. Krzysztof Młynarczyk. In October 1983 following reorganization on College formed Department of Grassland, and head became assistant professor Dr Habil. Mieczysław Olkowski. Since 1986 to 1-st February 1988 function of Department performed assistant professor Dr Habil. Jerzy Czapla. 1-st February following Rector instructions formed Department of Soil and Grasslands Cultivation. The head of this unit became assistant professor Dr Habil. Janusz Nowicki. In Department formed 3 scientific-didactic teams: grassland, soil cultivation and field production of fodders and student's practices of Agricultural Department. In 1994 after following reorganization separated independent unit - Division of Grassland, and remaining two teams joined to Department of Soil and Plants Cultivation. Head of Division of Grassland became Dr Habil. Stefan Grzegorczyk, university professor. In 1997 from Division of Grassland separated Division of Lanscape Architecture and Green Areas Management, to witch left Dr Habil. Krzysztof Młynarczyk, university professor and Dr eng. Emilia Marks.