UM Student Research and Internship Projects
UM students, faculty, curators and colleagues at the CBG-Minsk, NAS Belarus, with additional partners as needed, have an ongoing set of research projects. These outputs are listed in reverse chronological order – newest first.
2018
Amann N., Cortés-Ortiz L., Michener D. and Vlasava N. Chloroplast Diversity in Reference Collections of Herbaceous Peony, 2018. Conference: UROP Symposium, University of Michigan, 18 April, 2018. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
2014
Pearsall, C, Bryant, R, Vlasava N and Michener, D. The Ugly Ones Die. Beauty, Value and Extinction: a case study in ornamental peonies.2014 Conference: UROP Symposium, University of Michigan, April, 2014. Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Books and Book Chapters
2020
Michener, D. C., Grese, R. E. [Eds.], 2020 Passion for Peonies: Celebrating the Culture and Conservation of Nichols Arboretum’s Beloved Flower. University of Michigan Press.
2017
Grese, R. E. Nichols Arboretum: 1906–2017. 2017. In Barndt, K and Sinopoli, C. [Eds.] Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge. The University of Michigan Museums, Libraries, and Collections 1817–2017. Pg 267-275.
Michener, D. C., Adelman, C. A., 2017 Peony: The best varieties for your garden. Timber Press.
Peer-reviewed articles based on peonies in this peony garden
2022
Shaffer, C. M., Michener, D., Vlasava, N. B., Chotkowksi, H., and Tzanetakis I. E., 2022. Population genetics of cycas necrotic stunt virus and the development of multiplex RT-PCR diagnostics. Virus Research, 309, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198655
2021
Shaffer, C. M., Michener, D., Vlasava, N. B., Chotkowksi, H., Lamour, K., Stainton, D. and Tzanetakis I. E., 2021. The population structure of the secovirid lychnis mottle virus based on the RNA2 coding sequences. Virus Research, 303, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198468
Shaffer, C. M., Michener, D., Vlasava, N. B., Botermans, M., Starre, J. and Tzanetakis I. E., 2021. First report of Gentian Kobu-sho-associated virus infecting peony in the United States and the Netherlands. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-21-1316-PDN
2018
Shaffer, C. M., Michener, D., Vlasava, N. B., and Tzanetakis I. E., 2018 “Perennial ornamental enables virus spread across the United States.” Phytopathology, 108 (12) pp. 8-9
2017
Spiridovich, E. V., Fomenko, T. I., Vlasava, N. B., Kozlova, O. N.,Vaynovskaya, I. F., Yukhimuk, A. N., Kuzmenkova, S. M., Nosylovsky, O. A., Reshetnikov, V. N. Conservation of rare plants in the aseptic collection and DNA bank of the Central botanical garden of NAS of Belarus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Biological Series. No 3. – 2017. P. 117-128. [https://vestibio.belnauka.by/jour/article/view/314?locale=en_US]
2016
Spiridovich E., Vlasava N., Titok V., Reshetnikov V. Workshops with expedition trips organized by the Central Botanical Gardens of NAS of Belarus-an effective instrument of international cooperation between botanical gardens.” Hortus Botanicus (2016), V. 11 (1). – 2016. P. 244-259. ISSN 1994-3849. DOI: 10.15393/j4.art.2016.3722.
2015
Michener D. C., Vlasava N. B., 2015 Developing an international model for Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (Paeoniaceae) genetic resources conservation: integrating assessment of relative significance of historic cultivars for field genebanks with their genetic diversity// III International scientific-practical conference «Problems of biodiversity conservation and use of biological resources» 7–9 October 2015, Minsk, Belarus. — pp. 438–442.
2014
Vlasava N. B., Michener D. C., Yukhimuk A. N., Gaishun V. V., Bryant R., Agabalaeva E. D., Spiridovich E. V., 2014. Genetic differentiation of historic cultivars of herbaceous Paeonia based on SRAP markers: documentation and conservation of botanic collections. Works of the State Nikitski Botanical Garden, 139, pp. 187-199.
Professional and Research Symposia
2021
Rachel Gosch (1), Liliana Cortes-Ortiz (2), Andrea K. Thomer (1), Nastassia Vlasava (3,4), and David Michener (4) Preserving Peonies of the Past: Curating Digital Plant Data at the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum (Сохранение исторической коллекции пионов: сбор цифровых данных о растениях в Дендрарии Николс Мичиганского университета) (англ.). (1) University of Michigan School of Information; (2) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, (3) Minsk Botanical Gardens, (4) University of Michigan Botanical Gardens. | “Strategies and methods of botanical gardens for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity of natural flora-VIII”. 15 June 2021, Minsk, Belarus (zoom-facilitated international conference).
2018
Veranika Filipenia, Hanna Viarouchik, Valentina Gaishun, Nastassia Vlasava & David Michener. Influence of cultivation factors on the efficiency of in vitro propagation of rare taxa of herbaceous Paeonia: Development of an effective reproduction and conservation tool for the botanical / national reference collections in Belarus and USA | 2nd annual Green Life Science Symposium, 27th of September, 2018, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2017
Michener, N. Vlasava. Historic Collections and Field Banks as Research Tools: Peony viruses drive a research program in collection management. | 8th Annual Meeting of the Michigan Consortium of Botanists, Albion, MI (USA), 28 October 2017.
2016
Michener, N. Vlasava. Understanding and conserving genetic diversity of herbaceous peonies in public gardens | American Peony Society Convention. 2016, Green Bay, Wisconsin (USA), 4 June 2016.
2015
Vlasava. Global Collaborations between public gardens to Preserve Plant Biodiversity | American Public Garden Association Congress “Watering out roots to grow our community”, Minneapolis, St. Paul 2015, June. Panel: Botanic sessions Beyond the borders to conserve genetic diversity: Cross-gardens, cross-countries and cross-continents. Minneapolis, St. Paul, MN, USA. 26 June 2015.
2014
Michener, N. Vlasava. Conservation of historic Paeonia collections: documentation of genetic diversity and phylogeny resolution. | 5th Annual Meeting of Michigan consortium of botanists. – Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. October 25, 2014.
N. Vlasava, D. Michener. Genetic differentiation of Paeonia cultivars and species: certification and preservation of collections, prospects for the phylogenetic reconstruction of domestication. | “Strategies and methods of botanical gardens for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity of natural flora-II”. Minsk, Belarus. 7 July 2014
