A collection of medicinal plants (chamomile, St. John’s wort, Echinacea purpurea, common thyme, lemon balm, caraway seeds, coriander, marigold, flax, lovage) was introduced as part of the Laboratory for Monitoring the Carbon Absorption Capacity of Phytocoenoses at the Educational and Research Institute of Innovation, Nature Management and Infrastructure of the Western Ukrainian National University. With the active participation of students and teachers of the Department of Agbiotechnology, the research plots were planned and individual crops were sown. In the future, this collection will be supplemented with new less common valuable crops and varieties. The laboratory will be used to conduct research and development activities to address pressing issues in agricultural production.
Within the framework of the research and development project 2021.01/0416 “Implementation of climate-neutral innovations in agrarian environmental management in the context of environmental and energy security of Ukraine” at the expense of grant support from the National Research Foundation of Ukraine.