Наукові читання, присвячені 120–річчю відкриття подвійного запліднення у покритонасінних рослин професором Університету святого Володимира С. Г. Навашиним

Abstract

On February 6-7, 2019, the Department of Botany and Zoology of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biology of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University hosted “Scientific readings” dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the discovery of double fertilization in angiosperms made by S. Navashyn, the professor of Saint Volodymyr University. The conference was attended by 7 doctors of sciences, professors, 12 candidates of sciences, associate professors, teaching staff and assistants of the Department of Botany and Zoology, Department of General Biology and Methods of teaching of sciences of TNPU, research fellows of the Ternopil branch of the “Institute of Soil Protection of Ukraine”, undergraduate and postgraduate students of the chemical and biological faculty. The conference program included both plenary and section meetings, discussions. Questions highlighted covered such key areas: 1. Actual problems of embryology, cytomebrology and reproductive biology of flowering plants (Magnoliophyta). 2. Current trends in development of modern biology, ecology and pedagogy of higher education. At the plenary meeting (chairman S.V. Pyda, doctor of agricultural sciences, professor, head of the Department of Botany and Zoology), the reports were delivered by M. M. Barna, doctor of biology, professor of the Department of Botany and Zoology, L.S. Barna, candidate of Pedagogy, Associate Professor of the Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Sciences, N.V. Herts and O.B. Matsiuk, Associate Professors of the Department of Botany and Zoology (N.V. Hertz presented a speech entitled “Serhii Navashyn, the professor of Saint Volodymyr University, 1857- 1930, dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the discovery of double fertilization in angiosperms”); M. M. Barna, doctor of biology, professor of the Department of Botany and Zoology, and L.S. Barna, Associate Professor of the Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Sciences made a keynote statement under the title ‘“Historical Account and Controversial Nature of Discovery of Double Fertilization in Angiosperms by by S. Navashyn”; H.Ya. Zhyrska, Associate Professor of the Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Sciences, and Professor A.V. Stepaniuk made a report on the “Consistency crucial to the mental representation of “double fertilization” in the minds of high school students; V.V Hrubinko, Doctor of Biology, Professor, Head of the Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Sciences made a report on “Adaptation Strategies of Waterside Plants to Pollution of Hydroecosystem with Hard Metals”. All the reports were assisted with multimedia devices. The closing meeting chaired by S.V Pyda, Doctor of Agriculture, Professor, Head of the Department of Botany and Zoology of TNPU summed up the presentations and passed the resolution of “Science Readings”.