The results of the III stage of the All–Russian competition for the best scientific work among students, postgraduates and young scientists of educational institutions of higher education of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia were summed up on the basis of the Russian State Agricultural University named after K.A. Timiryazev.

Stavropol State Agrarian University was represented at the competition by Tatiana Bondarenko, a graduate student at the Institute of Agrobiology and Natural Resources. Under the guidance of Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Elena Stepanenko, she prepared and presented a scientific paper on the topic «Application of biotesting methods to assess the state of urbanized territories.» Following the results of the competition, Tatiana Bondarenko adequately defended her work, answered the questions of the jury members and took the honorable second place.