Staff of the “Dendrology Garden” Public Legal Entity (PLE) became the winners of the Azerbaijan Science Foundation 2025 Main Grant Competition

The project “Development of an economically and environmentally efficient technology for the restoration of saline soils in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan using amaranth plants” led by Murad Musayev, PhD in Biology, Associate Professor, Chief Agronomist of the “Plant Protection and Ensuring Development” Department of the “Dendrology Garden” Public Legal Entity (PLE) under the authority of the head of the Executive Power of Baku City, has become the winner of the Azerbaijan Science Foundation 2025 Main Grant Competition.
The submitted project envisages the use and research of selected species of amaranth plants as a phyto-ameliorative tool in a modern and efficient way without spending large amounts of money.
The following consequences are expected to be achieved within the framework of the project:
-progress and proposal of restoration technology using amaranth plants to eliminate the issue of salinization existing in the lands of the republic; 
-formation of new technologies, feed base, processing plants and production areas based on the determination of the stimulating effect of natural biopreparations on plant productivity;
-preparation of proposals taking into account the possibilities of obtaining new therapeutic preparations, extracts and drinks from various parts of the plant;
-preparation of methodological instructions on the possibility of applying the developed new biological restoration technology to various saline soils;
-development of a proposal to create appropriate agroparks to help solve the problem of unemployment.
The presented project is intended to be implemented mainly in the Aran region of the Republic in areas of land subject to salinization.