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Acknowledgments
The NATO-supported Multiyear Research Project of the Science for
Peace and Security Program entitled Phytotechnology for Cleaning
Contaminated Military Sites has supported research in the Czech Republic,
Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland, Croatia, and the United States with matching funds provided by the participating universities and research organizations, i.e., Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Kansas State University,
National University of Life and the Environmental Science, National
University “Lvivska Polytechnilka”, Institute of Plant Biology and
Biotechnology. Thank you for the financial support and the related efforts
to provide research laboratory space and equipment, and administrative
support. Many individuals have worked on research projects, helped with
supporting tasks, and assisted with efforts to make newly published literature available, first of all young researchers and PhD students from NATO
teams: Artem Medkow, Bulat Kenessov, Ethan Duong, Hana Malinská,
Iwona Gruss, Kamilya Abit, Kumar Pranaw, Lyudmila Kava, Maria
Ovruch, Martyn Sozanskyi, Svitlana Yaschuk, Vitaliy Stadnik, Volodimir
Kvak, and Zafer Alasmary who have been involved in the Lab and Field
NATO project research in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the United States,
analysis and evaluation of the numerous data. KSU students have worked
on design projects related to potential uses of Miscanthus in building applications and energy. Thank you to all who have helped.
Many authors have helped with chapters in order to include important
content. Thank you to all authors, to Danita Deters and Aigerim Mamirova
for helping with the manuscripts, figures, and tables.
We thank Zafer Alasmary, Marek Bury, Lawrence Davis, John Dolman,
and Mark Janzen for permission to use their photos of plants.
We thank Fort Riley and the U.S. Department of Army for use of military
land for a field research site, Dolyna regional council and personally
Volodymyr Garazd † , Mayor of Dolyna, Ukraine for use of the postmilitary site, Tokarivka regional farmers, Ukraine for assistance with the field
research and active participation in the project’s events. We specifically thank
Oleksandr Mazurchak, First Vice-President of “Mayor’s Club”, Ukraine, for
the constant professional support during the NATO-supported Multiyear
Research Project’s life.
† Mr. Garazd passed away on January 6, 2021.
Acknowledgments
The NATO-supported Multiyear Research Project of the Science for
Peace and Security Program entitled Phytotechnology for Cleaning
Contaminated Military Sites has supported research in the Czech Republic,
Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland, Croatia, and the United States with matching funds provided by the participating universities and research organizations, i.e., Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Kansas State University,
National University of Life and the Environmental Science, National
University “Lvivska Polytechnilka”, Institute of Plant Biology and
Biotechnology. Thank you for the financial support and the related efforts
to provide research laboratory space and equipment, and administrative
support. Many individuals have worked on research projects, helped with
supporting tasks, and assisted with efforts to make newly published literature available, first of all young researchers and PhD students from NATO
teams: Artem Medkow, Bulat Kenessov, Ethan Duong, Hana Malinská,
Iwona Gruss, Kamilya Abit, Kumar Pranaw, Lyudmila Kava, Maria
Ovruch, Martyn Sozanskyi, Svitlana Yaschuk, Vitaliy Stadnik, Volodimir
Kvak, and Zafer Alasmary who have been involved in the Lab and Field
NATO project research in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the United States,
analysis and evaluation of the numerous data. KSU students have worked
on design projects related to potential uses of Miscanthus in building applications and energy. Thank you to all who have helped.
Many authors have helped with chapters in order to include important
content. Thank you to all authors, to Danita Deters and Aigerim Mamirova
for helping with the manuscripts, figures, and tables.
We thank Zafer Alasmary, Marek Bury, Lawrence Davis, John Dolman,
and Mark Janzen for permission to use their photos of plants.
We thank Fort Riley and the U.S. Department of Army for use of military
land for a field research site, Dolyna regional council and personally
Volodymyr Garazd † , Mayor of Dolyna, Ukraine for use of the postmilitary site, Tokarivka regional farmers, Ukraine for assistance with the field
research and active participation in the project’s events. We specifically thank
Oleksandr Mazurchak, First Vice-President of “Mayor’s Club”, Ukraine, for
the constant professional support during the NATO-supported Multiyear
Research Project’s life.
† Mr. Garazd passed away on January 6, 2021.