Dr. Giedrius Petrauskas

ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-2277-9145
Tel. +370 347 37 293
E-mail: giedrius.petrauskas@lammc.lt
Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kėdainiai distr., Lithuania

Education    

2016–2020 PhD student, Department of Grass Breeding, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2014–2016 Master of Science in Biotechnology, Faculty of Agronomy, Aleksandras Stulginskis University (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).

2009–2013 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University.

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

2021 Doctor in Agronomy Science. Topic “Genetic diversity of the autochthonous red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) populations”.

Research fields

• Breeding of clovers

• Investigations of genetic resources of clovers in situ, ex situ, and in vitro

• Development and application of molecular markers in genetic diversity research

Professional experience

Since 2016 Junior Researcher, Department of Grass Breeding, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC. 

Memberships and affiliations with professional organizations

• Member of Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers (LJMS).
• Member of Gesellschaft für Pflanzenzüchtung (GPZ).

Other activities

• 2017 member of organizing committee of the joint meeting of Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section and Protein Crops Working Group of EUCARPIA-Oil and Protein Crops Section “Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics”.

In-service training

• September 14–16 and 29–30, 2022 Formation of entrepreneurial skills. Knowledge, technology transfer and strengthening of entrepreneurial skills for researchers.
• January 24–28, 2022 Training of academic writing “Academic Writing in English”. Kaunas, Lithuania.
• November 25–29, 2019 Statistical training courses “Statistical Data Analysis Using SAS. Statistical Methods in Agriculture and Eperimental Biology”. Lecturer: Dr Wim Van den Berg (Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands). Trakai, Lithuania.

• June 21, 2019 Seminar “Innovative Design in Scientific Research”. Lecturer: Prof. Alan R. Hevner (University of South Florida, USA). Kaunas, Lithuania.

• June 13, 2019 Training of the project “Improvement of economic results in crop farms by applying integrated plant protection methods”, 4 acad. hours. Dotnuva, Lithuania.

• November 26–27, 2017 Training for professional users of plant protection products (296162003), 16 acad. hours. Jurbarkas, Lithuania.

• September 28, 2017 Training: 1. “Scopus – a tool for evaluating research output”; 2. “How to write a good paper?” Lecturer: Dr Katarzyna Gaca (“Elsevier”). Kaunas, Lithuania.

• September 20, 2016 “Workshop on Academic Publishing”. Lecturer: Duncan Nicholas (“Enago Academy”). Kaunas, Lithuania.

Involvement in programmes and project

• Since 2017 Programme of LR Ministry of Environment “Investigation of the plant genetic resources, renewal of genetic collections and preparation of plant genetic material for storage at Plant Gene Bank”, executor.

Awards

• November 15, 2018 The International Conference “Young Scientists For Advance Of Agriculture”. Awarded for the best presentation “Phenotypic Variability in Autochthonous Red Clover Populations Based on Bio-agronomical Parameters”. Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. 
• April 14, 2016 Scientific conference of students. “Young Scientist 2016”. Awarded for best presentation in the section of biology and plant biotechnology “Effect of cytokinins BAP and TDZ on blue honeysuckl regeneration in vitro”. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Lithuania.

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

1. Skuodienė R., Liatukienė A., Petrauskas G. Comparison of productivity and agro-biological traits of alfalfa populations resistant to mobile al grown on acidic and neutral soils. Agronomy, 13 (1): 156. IF – 3,949
2. Petrauskas G., Norkevičienė E., Stukonis V., Kemešytė V. 2020. Phenotypic traits for wild red clover seed yield under drought conditions. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 56 (4): 140–149. IF – 0,865
   

Other peer-reviewed publications

1. Petrauskas G., Stukonis V., Norkevičienė E. 2020. Defining a phenotypic variability and productivity in wild type red clover germplasm. Journal of Agricultural Science, 12 (9): 52–61.

Other publications

1. Petrauskas G., Liatukienė A., Mikaliūnienė J. 2021. Pašarinių pupinių šeimos žolių selekcija. Agrariniai ir miškininkystės mokslai: naujausi tyrimų rezultatai ir inovatyvūs sprendimai: 2021 m. baigtų mokslo darbų santraukos. Lietuvos agrarinių ir miškų mokslų centras, p. 43.
2. Petrauskas G. 2021. Vietinių raudonojo dobilo (Trifolium pratense L.) populiacijų genetinė struktūra ir įvairovė. Jaunieji mokslininkai – žemės ūkio pažangai: 10-oji jaunųjų mokslininkų konferencija: pranešimų tezės. Lietuvos mokslų akademija, p. 14.
3. Petrauskas G., Statkevičiūtė G., Brazauskas G., Jaškūnė K. 2020. Red clover: breeding strategy based on plant phenotyping and cpDNA genotyping. International Symposium of the Society for Plant Breeding (GPZ) “Digital Breeding”. Book of Abstracts, p. 85.
4. Petrauskas G., Norkevičienė E., Jaškūnė K. 2019. Breeding of red clover for ingredient in functional food. Abstract Book – 18th Alps-Adria Scientific Workshop. Cattolica, Italy, p. 128–129.
5. Petrauskas G., Jaškūnė K., Norkevičienė E. 2018. Phenotypic variability in autochthonous red clover populations based on bio-agronomical parameters. Jaunieji mokslininkai – žemės ūkio pažangai: VII Jaunųjų mokslininkų konferencijos pranešimų tezių rinkinys. Lietuvos mokslų akademija, p. 24.
6. Petrauskas G., Statkevičiūtė S., Jaškūnė K., Brazauskas G. 2018. SSR markers for cpDNA on exploring germplasm diversity to understand the gene flow process in red clover. Abstracts of the 7^th Baltic Genetic Congress. Environmental and Experimental Biology, vol. 16, p. 191.
7. Petrauskas G., Mikaliūnienė J. 2017. Importance of biodiversity in a Red Clover Breeding Program. Abstracts of the 1st international conference „Smart Bio“. Biologija, vol. 63, No. 1.
8. Kemešytė V., Lemežienė N., Liatukienė A., Stukonis V., Mikoliūnienė J., Norkevičienė E., Petrauskas G. 2017. New goals for grass and legume breeding in Lithuania. Plant Breeding: Science for Agricultural Development, p. 38.
9. Petrauskas G., Kemešytė V. 2017. Importance of genetic diversity in a red clover breeding program. Plant Breeding: Science for Agricultural Development, p. 46.

Sections of monographs and books published by international publishers

1. Norkevičienė E., Balsevičius A., Kemešytė V., Butkutė B., Petrauskas G. 2018. Ecological and agronomic evaluation of Dactylis glomerata supsp. lobata. Brazauskas G. et al. (eds.). Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics. Springer, p. 56–61.
2. Petrauskas G., Mikaliūnienė J., Norkevičienė E., Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V. 2018. Breeding for improved seed yield of red clover. Brazauskas G. et al. (eds.). Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics. Springer, p. 96–100.

Monographs, books, textbooks and their sections published by national publishers

1. Petrauskas G., Mikaliūnienė J. 2022. Pupinių augalų selekcija. Raudonieji dobilai. Augalų selekcija Lietuvoje amžių sandūroje. Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, p. 105–111.
2. Mikaliūnienė J. Petrauskas G. 2022. Pupinių augalų selekcija. Baltieji dobilai. Augalų selekcija Lietuvoje amžių sandūroje. Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, p. 112–119.
3. Liatukienė A., Mikaliūnienė J., Norkevičienė E., Petrauskas G. 2022. Pupinių augalų selekcija. Kitos pupinės žolės. Augalų selekcija Lietuvoje amžių sandūroje. Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, p. 126–132.

Popular press articles

1. Petrauskas G. 2022. Vietinių raudonųjų dobilų biologinė įvairovė. Mano ūkis, 6: 42–44.
2. Norkevičienė E., Petrauskas G., Stukonis V. 2021. Raudonųjų dobilų kilmės paieškos ir naujų veislių kūrimas. Mano ūkis, 8: 32–35.
3. Norkevičienė E., Petrauskas G. 2021. Trumpai apie ankstyvųjų ir vėlyvųjų dobilų skirtumus. Mano ūkis, 7: 32.