Dr Tinatin Doolotkedlieva is the author of New Strains of Streptomyces as Producers of Biofungicides and Biological Stimulators for Protection of the Shoots and Seedlings of Tiang-Shang Spruce Fir (Picea Schrenkiana), which was recently published in Microbiology Insights.

The Editor in Chief of Microbiology Insights recently issued a call for papers.

In this interview Dr Doolotkedlieva discusses her research, recently published articles and her views on open access publishing.

What is the primary focus of your research?

The primary focus of my research is to develop and implement non-chemical protection using Streptomyces bacteria holding antibiotic and growth stimulating substances against pathogenic fungus of fir trees and for stimulation of growth of their shoots and seedling.

What are the most exciting developments arising from current research in your area?

We have detected 5 species of pathogenic fungi that damage seedlings and saplings of the Tiang—Shang spruce fir in Northern Kyrgyzstan and we have obtained the effective bio-control agents from tested Streptomyces strains to raise the germination of seeds and to protect of fir sprouts from fungus diseases in the mountain climatic conditions.

Who are your main collaborators? Please describe your work with them.

The main collaborators are the forestry agencies and forest industries of our republic.
We are working on joint projects for inspection and diagnostic aims to estimate a current situation of mountain forests and to develop a non-chemical protection and conservation of forests, increasing their natural biomass production.

We had a good collaboration with France forestry Institute for develop a forest politic conservation in Kyrgyzstan.

How did you come to be working in your research area?

This my research area is come from the need of forest protection and conservation.Due to unsatisfactory natural renewal it was necessary to arrange artificial plantings of the spruce fi r of Tiang—Shang and further care about them. Coniferous plants are more sensitive to fungicides than the majority of other agricultural and woody-shrubby breeds.The purpose of the present work was to increase ground germination, safety and growth stimulation of spruce fir sprouts using active metabolites of Streptomyces bacteria as an alternative means to chemical fungicides.

What do you think about the development of open access publishing? What motivated you to do so?

The main motive to use open access publishing is that the results of my research will be interesting to researchers who work in this area and that I can find like-minded parties or discussions. All of this is useful to me to develop further this area of research.

Please describe your experience publishing with Libertas Academica.

From the beginning of submission of my paper until up publication I have been given constant attention. I was continually informed of my paper's progress by Libertas Academica.

What articles and/or books have you published recently?

"Ecology and prevalence of actynomyces -antagonists in soils of Kyrgyzstan" in "Ecosystem Ecology Research Trends" Chapter 7, 241-274. Nova Science Publishers.

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