Dr. Monika Toleikienė

Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry,
Institute of Agriculture


E-mail: monika.toleikiene@lammc.lt
Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kėdainiai distr., Lithuania

Education 

2013–2014 Lund University, Sweden. Master courses Physical Geography. Studies on Erasmus exchange programme.

2012–2014 Vilnius University. Environmental Research and Management master studies.

2008–2012 Klaipėda University. Ecology and Environmental Research bachelor studies.

2008 “Veiviržėnai gymnasium” graduate studies. 

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

2019 Doctor in Agronomy Science. 2015–2019 LAMMC PhD of Agronomy. Theme of dissertation “Efficiency of legume nitrogen use in organic plant-based agroecosystem”.

Research fields

  • Investigation of legume’s productivity, usage, cultivar potential and introduction of new species
  • Management of organic manure in organic farming ecosystems
  • Research on biological diversity in organic agroecosystems

Professional experience

Since 2020 until now Researcher in Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2015–2020 Junior Researcher in Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

In-service training

  • October 4 – November 9, 2017 International scientific internship in Aarhus University in Denmark. Scientific supervisor: prof. Jim Rasmussen. Theme “Investigation of legume nitrogen fixation and utilisation using labelled isotope method”.
  • October 5 – November 21, 2017 International PhD course in Aarhus University “SOM and organically bounded nutrients”.

Involvement in programmes and projects

  • February 19 – June 30, 2018 National high level R&D project (SMART) funded by the Lithuanian Research Council “Enhancement of the multifunctional properties of legumes in feed and food value chains” (SmartLegume). Period: 2017–2021. Position: Junior Researcher.
  • January 2, 2018 – December 31, 2019 International “Horizon 2020” project “Fostering sustainable legume-based farming systems and agri-feed and food chains in the EU” (LEGVALUE, 727672 — LEGVALUE — H2020-SFS-2016-2017/H2020-SFS-2016-2). Period 2017–2021. Position: Junior Researcher.
  • 2015–2017 National programme “Soyabean management technology”, supported by Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture.
  • 2015–2017 International project FP7 ERA-NET Plus: CORE Organic FertilCrop “Managing fertility building in organic cropping systems”.

Awards

  • November 16, 2017 Award from Lithuanian Academy of Science for best report in international conference “Young scientist for advance of agriculture”. Toleikienė M., Kadžiulienė Ž., Šlepetys J., Šarūnaitė L. 2017. Investigating cultivars and inoculum for soybean production in Lithuania. Vilnius, Lithuania.

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

  1. Šidlauskaitė G., Toleikienė M., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2021. Productivity potential of three tetraploid ryegrass cultivars and their mixture in new swards with clovers. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 108 (3): 241–246. IF – 1,083
  2. Arlauskienė A., Gecaitė V., Toleikienė M., Šarūnaitė L., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2021. Soil nitrate nitrogen content and grain yields of organically grown cereals as affected by a strip tillage and forage legume intercropping. Plants, 10 (7): 1453. IF – 3,935

  3. Arlauskienė A., Jablonskytė-Raščė D., Šarūnaitė L., Toleikienė M., Masilionytė L., Gecaitė V., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2021. Perennial forage legume cultivation and their above-ground mass management methods for weed suppression in arable organic cropping systems. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, 8: 34. IF – 2,792

  4. Zeshan M., Hyder S., Rahman M. H., Ahmad S., Aslam M. U., Haider I., Toleikiene M., Ayaz M., Mustafa F., Ahmed M. Z., Hyder S., Rahman M. H., Ahmad S., Aslam M. U., Haider I. 2021. Partial root zone drying irrigation improves water use efficiency but compromise the yield and quality of cotton crop. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 52 (13): 2474–2490. IF – 1,327

  5. Toleikiene M., Zvirdauskiene R., Suproniene S., Arlauskiene A., Brophy C., Kadziuliene Z. 2021. Soil microbial functional diversity responds to plant-based organic fertlisers depending on the group of carbon sources. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 30 (3): 2755–2768. IF – 1,699

  6. Suproniene S., Decorosi F., Pini F., Bellabarba A., Calamai L., Giovannetti L., Bussotti F., Kadziuliene Z., Razbadauskiene K., Toleikiene M., Viti C. 2021. Selection of Rhizobium strains for inoculation of Lithuanian Pisum sativum breeding lines. Symbiosis, 83: 193–208. IF – 2,268

  7. Toleikiene M., Slepetys J., Sarunaite L., Lazauskas S., Deveikyte I., Kadziuliene Z. 2021. Soybean development and productivity in response to organic management above the Northern boundary of soybean distribution in Europe. Agronomy, 11 (2): 214. IF – 3,417

  8. Toleikienė M., Arlauskienė A., Šarūnaitė L., Šidlauskaitė G., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2020. The effect of plant-based organic fertilisers on the yield and nitrogen G. utilization of spring cereals in the organic cropping system. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 107 (1): 17–24. IF – 1,083
  9. Toleikiene M., Arlauskiene A., Fliesbach A., Iqbal R., Sarunaite L., Kadziuliene Z. 2020. The decomposition of standardised organic materials in loam and clay loam arable soils during a non-vegetation period. Soil and Water Research, 15: 181–190. IF – 2,056
  10. Toleikienė M., Brophy C., Arlauskienė A., Rasmussen J., Gecaitė V., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2019. The introduction of soybean in an organic crop rotation in the Nemoral zone: the impact on subsequent spring wheat productivity. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 106 (4): 321–328. IF – 0,833
  11. Ignatavičius G., Toleikienė M. 2017. Optimisation of the conservation of rare and vulnerable plant species in the perspective of climate change in Lithuanian nature reserves. Archives of Environmental Protection, 43 (3): 61–73. IF – 0,708

Other peer-reviewed publications

  1. Iqbal R., Raza M. A. S., Valipour M., Saleem M. F., Zaheer M. S., Ahmad S., Toleikiene M., Haider I., Aslam M. U., Nazar M. A. 2020. Potential agricultural and environmental benefits of mulches – a review. Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 44: 75.
  2. Arlauskiene A., Jablonskyte-Rasce D., Velykis A., Toleikiene M. Energetic evaluation of green manure preparation for organic farms. Engineering for rural development, p. 667–672.