Department of Plant Pathology and Protection
Head Dr. Roma Semaškienė, roma@lzi.lt, +370 347 37 038, +370 610 49 326
Research topics
- Epidemiology and biology of arable crops’ diseases and pests, the distribution of pathogen and pest populations,evaluation of the crop loss
- Efficacy of new chemical and biological pesticides
- Development of human and environment friendly, effective, and profitable disease and pest management strategies
- Occurrence of soil micro-organisms and soil biological activity
- Mould fungi and mycotoxin contamination in agricultural produce
- Pesticide resistance of disease causing pathogens and pests
Department of Plant Nutrition and Agroecology
Head Dr. Sigitas Lazauskas, sigislaz@lzi.lt, +370 347 37 193, +370 698 80 905
Research topics
- Diagnostics of plant nutrition and crop yield modelling
- Effects of long-term fertilizer application on the productivity of agricultural crops, migration of chemical elements, and nutrient balance
- Investigation of biodiversity formation and variation in grassland and field swards in agrolandscapes differing in genesis and sustainability
- Cereal and grass yield formation, sustainable use of resources of fertile soils in organic agriculture
- Energy plant potential and search of new plants for biofuel production
- Soil chemical and biophysical quality in different agroecosystems
Department of Soil and Crop Management
Head Dr. Virginijus Feiza, virginijus.feiza@lzi.lt, +370 347 37 275, +370 688 87 249
Research topics
- Selection of crop management systems, crop rotations and their sequences
- Effects of soil tillage on the variation of soil physical properties under changing climatic conditions
- Development of minimal soil tillage system and identification of the feasibility to reduce soil tillagefor individual zones of the country
- Weed and crop competition; optimization of weed control in a crop stand
- Weed flora and seed bank changes under different soil acidity and productivit
Department of Cereal Breeding
Head Dr. Algė Leistrumaitė, alge@lzi.lt, +370 347 37 398, +370 614 79 378
Research topics
- Development of new lines and populations of winter cereals, research into their adaptive qualities, yield structural elements and agronomic value, breeding of novel, promising varieties
- Development of genotypes of spring cereals, research into adaptive and agronomic characteristics,identification of promising lines for the registration of new varieties
- Development of new genotypes of legumes, investigation of their adaptive and agronomically valuable characteristics, breeding of new homogeneous varieties with different earliness
- Investigation and selection of cereal and grain legume crops’ genetic recourses, their evaluation and selection according to adaptability to biotic and abiotic factors
- Selection of cereal crop varieties and breeding lines most suitable for organic farming
- Maintenance breeding and seed production
Department of Grass Breeding
Head Dr. Vilma Kemešytė, vilma@lzi.lt, +370 347 37 293, +370 622 11 103
Research topics
- Performance of forage and turf grass breeding programmes; forage grasses: Trifolium pratense L., Trifolium repens L., Medicago sativa L., Phleum pratense L., Lolium perenne L., Festulolium, Festuca pratensis Huds., Dactylis glomerata L., Poa pratensis L., turf grasses: Poa pratensis L., Festuca rubra L., Festuca ovina L., Agrostis capillaris L., Lolium perenne L.
- Maintenance breeding and seed production
- Genetic resources of forage and turf grasses
- Search for promising species of perennial grasses and legumes and non-traditional plants, investigation and breeding (Panicum virgatum L., Dactylis polygama Horv. Arrhenatherum elatius P. Blauv, Melilotus spp., Poa nemoralis L., Koeleria gracilis Pers., Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina, Festuca psammophila Fritsch, Festuca sabulosa H. Lindb., and etc.)
Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology
Head Dr. Kristina Jonavičienė, kristinaja@lzi.lt, +370 347 37 149, +370 614 72 766
Research topics
- Research on genetics, biotechnology and physiology of cereals and perennial grasses and development of initial breeding material
- Plant adaptivity, gene identification and expression
- DNA markers development and application in cereals and perennial grasses
- Interspecific hybridization and poliploidy in clovers
- Wheat doubled haploid production via wheat × maize crossing
- Molecular identification and genetic diversity analysis of pathogenic fungi
Chemical Research Laboratory
Head Dr. Alvyra Šlepetienė, alvyra@lzi.lt, +370 347 37 664, +370 612 43 141
Research topics
- Grass/legume, rapeseed, maize and grass silage quality as affected by genotypic diversity, agrotechnological peculiarities and climate change
- Physical, chemical, and technological tests on grain, flour and dough quality, assessment of quality variation causality, interrelationships and suitability for industrial processing
- Regularities of variation of soil chemical properties (contents of nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, potassium, amount of organic matter, its composition and characteristics) as influenced by soil and crop management practices; variation of carbon in pastures, grasslands, and cultivated soil; assessment of the effects of land use conversion on carbon sequestration. Introduction of new research methods for quality determination of phyto-raw materials
- Quality and safety of food, forage, renewable energy sources and alternative fibre phyto-raw materials as influenced by plant genetic origin, climate peculiarities, palnt nutrient supply
- Feasibility of multifunctional use of agricultural traditional and alternative herbaceous plants for the development of technologies for the production of phyto raw materials and bioproducts their and environmental impacts
Agrobiology Laboratory
Head Prof. Dr. habil. Gediminas Staugaitis, staugaitis@agrolab.lt, +370 698 16 024
Research topics
- Soil agrochemical properties and pollution research
- Application of plant nutrition diagnostics - lack of macro- and micro elements and optimization of their quantity
- Plant and food quality
- Development and use of new mineral and organic fertilizers, liming materials
- Quality of soil improvers, their potential pollution and use
- Environmental pollution prevention
Microbiology Laboratory
Head dr. Skaidrė Supronienė, skaidre@lzi.lt, +370 615 49 346
Research topics
- Identification and control of plant pathogens
- Research on the population structure of mycotoxin producers
- Isolation and identification of plant endophytic microorganisms and determination of their effect on plant growth
- Microbiological contamination and control of plant production
- Maintenance, research and cultivation of symbiotic bacteria collection of Fabaceae crops
- Research on the structure of soil microorganism population as influenced by different soil and crop management systems
