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Dr. Žilvinas Liatukas

ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-5462-9619
Mob. +370 615 37 683  
E-mail: zilvinas.liatukas@lammc.lt
Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kėdainiai dist., Lithuania

 

Education    

2000–2004 PhD student, Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture.

1998–2000 Master Science in Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Lithuanian Agricultural University (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy). 

1994–1998 Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Lithuanian Agricultural University.

Academic degree

2005 PhD of Science in Biomedicine, Agronomy, PhD thesis “Blumeria graminis DS. f. sp. tritici Marshal and Puccinia recondita Rob. ex. Desm. f. sp. tritici populations genetic structure and winter wheat breeding material resistance”.

Research fields

  • Breeding and seed production of winter and spring wheat for diverse purposes
  • Breeding of Poaceae cereals to fungal disease resistance

Position

Since 2007 Senior Researcher, Department of Cereal Breeding, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC

Involvement in programmes and projects

  • 2016–2018 “Research of winter wheat cultivars reaction to abiotic stresses” (“Centre of Grains”, Lithuania), participant.
  • 2014–2015 “The research of advantages/disadvantages of the quality of certified seeds and development of the recommendations for the recently acceptable methods in organic production” NPS project No. MT-14-6 (Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania), leader.
  • 2013–2015 “Cereals and other plant sources for sustainable agricultural system” (No. 1PM-PV-12-1-012045-PR001), participant.
  • 2013 “Analysis of possibility of organic seed production development in Lithuania” (Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania), leader.
  • 2012–2014 “The complex research of switchgrass, the multifunctional C4 energy plant”. Science Council project (No. MIM-12251), participant.
  • 2011–2013 “The selection of cereal varieties with improved nutritional value for whole-grain food” (Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania), participant.
  • 2010–2011 “Collection, description and research of genetic resources of agricultural plants”, (Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania), participant.
  • 2008–2009 “Evaluation of possibility of ecological wheat grain processing”, (Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania), participant.
  • 2007–2011 “Biotical adaptation of cereals lines and its agronomical traits” (“Nord Seed”, Denmark), participant.
  • 2007–2009 “Wheat with special target for bio-polymers”, participant.
  • 2007–2009 “Development and introduction of plant cultivars”, Development of cereals and pulses cultivars for feed (Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania), participant.
  • 2006–2010 “Development of the new winter wheat lines and populations, evaluation of yield structure elements and agronomic value and selection of the new promising cultivars”, (Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania), participant.
  • 2006–2008 “Selection of the most suitable for organic agriculture cereal cultivars and lines” (COST 860:SUSVAR), participant.
  • 2006–2007 “Cereals and perennial grasses cultivars and breeding lines quality improvement and evaluation researches according to EU standards” (Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania), participant.
  • 2005 “Evaluation of optimal certified seeds need in Lithuania and its economical basis”.  (Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania), participant.
  • 2004–2008 “Plant genetic resources investigations” (“Gene-fond”, Ministry of Education and Science, Lithuania), participant.
  • 2001–2017 “Winter hardiness and disease resistance research of winter wheat” Lithuania-Denmark, participant.
  • 2001–2017 “Winter wheat breeding, variety testing and marketing in Estonia”, Lithuania-Estonia, participant.
  • 2001–2017 “Facultative and winter wheat researches”, co-operators - CIMMYT, ICARDA, USA, Turkey, South and Central Europe and Central Asia, participant.
  • 2001–2016 “European plant genetic program of resource conservation” co-operation with European scientific organizations, participant.

Plant varieties developed (co-author)

  • 2016 Winter wheat variety ‘Herkus DS’
  • 2016 Spring barley variety ‘Rusnė DS’
  • 2015 Winter wheat varieties ‘Gaja DS’ and ‘Sedula DS’
  • 2015 Oat variety ‘Viva DS’
  • 2014 Winter wheat variety ‘Kena DS’
  • 2013 Spring barley varieties ‘Ema DS’ and ‘Kirsna DS’
  • 2012 Spring barley variety ‘Noja DS’
  • 2011 Winter wheat varieties ‘Kaskada DS’ and ‘Vikaras DS’
  • 2011 Spring barley varieties ‘Alisa DS’ and ‘Arka DS’
  • 2010 Winter wheat varieties ‘Kovas DS’ and ‘Zunda DS’

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)

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