History of Biology in the Moldovan SSR (1947-1991): Chronological Dimension

Institutionalization of academic and university biological sciences in the Moldovan SSR had started 75 years ago. They have been evolving within the Botany Section and the Zoology Section of the Moldovan Base of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1947), as well as the Faculty of Biology of Chişinau State University (1947). Following the Base was transformation into the Moldovan Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, biological sciences were developing in the Institute of Biology, the Microbiology Section and the Botanical Gardens Institute. With the establishing of the Academy of Sciences of Moldovan SSR (1961), new academic institutions have been created: Institute of Zoology, Institute of Plants Physiology and Biochemistry, Section of Plant Genetics. Scientific schools were founded in the field of genetics and melioration (academician A. Kovarski), parasitology (academician A. Spassky), hydrobiology (academician M. Iaroshenko), ornithology (academician I. Ganea), mycology and phytopathology (academician I. Popushoi), fodder plants biology (academician M. Lupashcu), cytoembryology (academician A. Ciubotaru), stress physiology (academician T. Furdui), cellular and vegetal tissue biology (academic. B. Matienco), etc.