Dr. Gražina Statkevičiūtė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0003-4727-9662
E-mail: grazina.statkeviciute@lammc.lt
Stoties St. 2, Akademija, LT-58343 Kėdainiai distr., Lithuania

Education           

2003–2005 Master degree in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University.

1999–2003 Bachelor degree in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University.

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

2011 doctoral degree in Agronomy, doctoral thesis “Pyrenophora teres population structure and spring barley resistance to net blotch”.

Research fields

• Plant abiotic stress resistance
• Development of molecular markers for perennial grass breeding
• Polyploid induction in grasses

Professional experience

Since May 2021 Senior Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

October 2020 – April 2021 Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2015 – September 2020 Senior Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2014–2015 Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2005–2014 Junior Researcher, Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture (since 2010 Institute of Agriculture LAMMC).

2003–2005 Technician, Institute of Biotechnology.

Memberships and affiliations with professional organizations

• Member of European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA).

Other activities

• 2017 member of organizing  and scientific 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”.
• 2017 member of organizing committee of the international scientific conference “Plant breeding: science for agricultural development”.

In-service training

• 2013 training “Fundamentals of Programming and Applied Statistics with R Program for Agriculture” (4 d.).
• 2008 NOVA PhD courses “Understanding plant-pathogen interactions in the post-genomics era”.
• 2007 short scientific visit to MTT Agrifood Research Finland (7 d.).

Involvement in programmes and projects

• 2017–2020 “Genome-wide functional analysis of perennial ryegrass for improved growth under water limiting conditions (GrowGene)”, Lithuanian Council of Science.
• 2015–2018 “Development of molecular markers for genomic selection of adaptation in perennial ryegrass (ADAPTGENAS)”, Research Council of Lithuania.
• 2012–2014 “Development of functional markers for plant architecture genes (FUMAG)”, Research Council of Lithuania.
• 2012–2013 „Consolidation of capability to impart academic intelligence and technologies (UniGeb)”, EU Structural Funds.
• 2008–2010 „Population structure of economically important insects, tics and fungi in the Baltic region (GENŪKIS)”, Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation.

Supervision and co-supervision of PhD projects

• 2015 supervisor, PhD student Olakunle Kelvin Akinroluyo. Topic of the PhD project “Effect of ploidy level on plant abiotic stress response”.
• 2016 co-supervisor, PhD student Giedrius Petrauskas. Topic of the PhD project “Genetic diversity of the autochthonous red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) populiations”.

Plant varieties developed

• Spring barley varieties: Noja DS (2012); Ema DS (2013); Kirsna DS (2013); Rusnė DS (2016).

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

1. Cesevičienė J., Gorash A., Liatukas Ž., Armonienė R., Ruzgas V., Statkevičiūtė G., Jaškūnė K., Brazauskas G. 2022. Grain yield performance and quality characteristics of waxy and non-waxy winter wheat cultivars under high and low-input farming systems. Plants, 11 (7): 882. IF – 4,658
2. Jaškūnė K., Kemešytė V., Aleliūnas A., Statkevičiūtė G. 2022. Genome-wide markers forseed yield and disease resistance in perennial ryegrass. The Crop Journal, 10 (2): 508–514. IF – 4,647
3. Statkevičiūtė G., Liatukas Ž., Cesevičienė J., Jaškūnė K., Armonienė R., Kuktaite R., Brazauskas G. 2022. Impact of combined drought and heat stress and nitrogen on winter wheat productivity and end-use quality. Agronomy, 12 (6): 1452. IF – 3,949

4. Jaškūnė K., Armonienė R., Liatukas Ž., Statkevičiūtė G., Cesevičienė J., Brazauskas G. 2022. Relationship between freezing tolerance and leaf growth during acclimation in winter wheat. Agronomy, 12 (4): 859. IF – 3,949

5. Liatukas Ž., Ruzgas V., Gorash A., Cecevičienė J., Armonienė R., Statkevičiūtė G., Jaškūnė K., Brazauskas G. 2021. Development of the new waxy winter wheat cultivars Eldija and Sarta. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 57: 149−157. IF – 1,304
6. Akinroluyo O. K., Kemešytė V., Jaškūnė K., Statkevičiūtė G. 2021. Candidate-gene expression patterns in diploid and tetraploid Lolium multiflorum spp. multiflorum cultivars under water deficit. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 108 (4): 363–370. IF – 1,281
7. Kemešytė V., Jaškūnė K., Statkevičiūtė G. 2020. Festulolium field performance under fluctuating growing conditions in Lithuania. Biologia Plantarum, 64: 821–827. IF – 1,747
8. Jaškūnė K., Aleliūnas A., Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Studer B., Yates S. A. 2020. Genome-wide association study to identify candidate loci for biomass formation under water deficit in perennial ryegrass. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11: 570204. IF – 5,753
9. Akinroluyo O. K., Jaškūnė K., Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G. 2020. Drought stress response of Westerwolds ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum spp. multiflorum) cultivars differing in their ploidy level. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 107 (2): 161–170. IF – 1,083
10. Aleliūnas A., Jaškūnė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Vaitkevičiūtė G., Brazauskas G., Armonienė R. 2020. Transcriptome changes triggered by a short-term low temperature stress in winter wheat. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 107 (4): 329–336. IF – 1,083
11. Akinroluyo O. K., Urbanavičiūtė I., Jaškūnė K., Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G. 2019. Differences in salt tolerance between diploid and autotetraploid lines of Lolium multiflorumat the germination and vegetative stages. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 106 (4): 329–336. IF – 0,833
12. Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Aleliūnas A., Jonavičienė K., Brazauskas G. 2018. LpBRI1 polymorphism association with flag leaf architecture in perennial ryegrass. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 105 (1): 33–38. IF – 1,020

13. Dabkevičienė G., Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G., Lemežienė N., Brazauskas G. 2017. Autopolyploids in fodder grass breeding: induction and field performance. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 15 (4): e0706. IF – 0,811

14. Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G., Brazauskas A. 2017. Perennial ryegrass yield performance under abiotic stress. Crop Science, 57 (4): 1935–1940. IF –1,635
15. Dabkevičienė G., Statkevičiūtė G., Mikaliūnienė J., Norkevičienė E., Kemešytė V. 2016. Production of Trifolium pratense L. and T. hybridum L. tetraploid populations and assessment of their agrobiological characteristics. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 103(4): 377–384. IF – 0,644
16. Statkevičiūtė G., Aleliūnas A., Kemešytė V., Pašakinskienė I., Lübberstedt T., Brazauskas G. 2015. Association analysis of five candidate genes with plant height and dry matter yield in perennial ryegrass. Plant Breeding, 134 (4): 454–460. IF – 1,598
17. Aleliūnas A., Jonavičienė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Vaitiekūnaitė D., Kemešytė V., Lübberstedt T., Brazauskas G. 2015. Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in LpIRI1 gene with freezing tolerance traits in perennial ryegrass. Euphytica, 204: 523–534. IF – 1,385
18. Piliponytė-Dzikienė A., Andriūnaitė E., Petraitienė E., Brazauskienė I., Statkevičiūtė G., Brazauskas G. 2015. Genetic diversity and occurrence of Leptosphaeria spp. on Brassica oleracea and B. napus in Lithuania. Journal of Plant Pathology, 97 (2): 265–271. IF – 1,038
19. Stukonis V., Armonienė R., Lemežienė L., Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G. 2015. Identification of fine-leaved species of genus Festuca by molecular methods. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 47 (3): 1137–1142. IF – 0,82
20. Kokina I., Statkeviciute G., Leistrumaite A., Rashal I. 2014. The pecularities of genetic structure of the Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei population in Lithuania. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 101 (4): 419–424. IF – 0,422
21. Jonavičienė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Brazauskas G. 2014. Genetic and phenotypic diversity for drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 101 (4): 411−418. IF – 0,422
22. Statkevičiūtė G., Jonavičienė K., Semaškienė R., Leistrumaitė A., Dabkevičius Z., Brazauskas G. 2012. Population structure of the barley pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. teres Lithuania. Journal of Plant Pathology, 94 (3): 601–608. IF – 0,688
23. Statkevičiūtė G., Brazauskas G., Semaškienė R., Leistrumaitė A., Dabkevičius Z. 2010. Pyrenophora teres genetic diversity as detected by ISSR analysis. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 97: 91–98. IF – 0,232

Other peer-reviewed publications

1. Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Aleliūnas A., Jaškūnė K. 2021. A tool to select the best parental genotypes by combining lab and field tests. Grassland Science in Europe, 26: 83–85.
2. Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Lemežienė N., Konik G. S., Chomiak M. 2012. Genetic diversity of perennial ryegrass wild ecotypes based on agro-biological traits. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Section B, 66 (4/5): 168–171.
3. Statkevičiūtė G., Leistrumaitė A. 2010. Modern varieties of spring barley as a genetic resource for disease resistance breeding. Agronomy Research 8: 721–728.

Other publications

1. Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G. 2017. Alanta – a new variety of meadow fescue. New goals for grass and legume breeding in Lithuania. Plant breeding: science for agricultural development, p. 39.
2. Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G. 2017. Veja DS – a new variety of perennial ryegrass. Plant breeding: science for agricultural development, p. 41.
3. Akinroluyo O. K., Jerutytė M., Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G. 2017. Approaches to polyploidization in annual and perennial ryegrass. Plant breeding: science for agricultural development, p. 45.

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

1. Kemešytė V., Jaškūnė K., Statkevičiūtė G. 2020. Festulolium field performance under fluctuating growing conditions in Lithuania. Kopecký D., Kosmala A. (eds.): Festulolium from the Nature to Modern Breeding. Palacký University, p. 77–88.
2. Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics / Eds. Gintaras Brazauskas, Gražina Statkevičiūtė, Kristina Jonavičienė. Springer, 2018, 267 p. ISBN 978-3-319-89577-2
3. Akinroluyo O., Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V. 2018. Tetraploid induction in Lolium multiflorum. G. Brazauskas et al. (eds.): Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics. Springer, p. 73–77.
4. Jonavičienė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Aleliūnas A. 2018. Genome-Wide and Functional Gene Analysis of Perennial Ryegrass for Improved Growth Under Water Limiting Conditions (GrowGene). G. Brazauskas et al. (eds.): Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics. Springer, 254–258.
5. Petrauskas G., Mikaliūnienė J., Norkevičienė E., Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V. 2018. Breeding for improved seed yield of red clover. G. Brazauskas et al. (eds.): Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics. Springer, p. 96–100.
6. Kemesyte V., Statkeviciute G., Brazauskas G. 2017. Perennial ryegrass yield performance under abiotic stress. Crop Science, 57 (4): 1935–1940. IF – 1,635
7. Dabkevičienė G., Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G., Lemežienė N., Brazauskas G. 2017. Autopolyploids in fodder grass breeding: induction and field performance. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 15 (4): e0706. IF – 0,811
8. Statkevičiūtė G., Aleliūnas A., Kemešytė V., Brazauskas G. 2016. Association analysis of candidate genes with tillering in perennial ryegrass. In: Breeding in a World of Scarcity. Eds. Roldán-Ruiz I., Baert J., Reheul D., Springer Springer International Publishing, 117–120.
9. Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G., Aleliūnas A., Brazauskas G. 2016. Variation for plant architecture traits within a perennial ryegrass association mapping population. In: Breeding in a World of Scarcity. Eds. Roldán-Ruiz I., Baert J., Reheul D., Springer Springer International Publishing, 41–45.
10. Aleliūnas A., Statkevičiūtė G., Jonavičienė K., Kemešytė V., Brazauskas G. 2015. Evaluation of perennial ryegrass association mapping population for freezing tolerance traits. In: Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf. Eds. Budak H., Spangenberg G., Springer Springer-Verlag New York, p. 9–18.
11. Statkevičiūtė G., Aleliūnas A., Kemešytė V., Pašakinskienė I., Brazauskas G. 2014. AFLP analysis of genetic diversity in an association mapping panel of Lolium perenne In: Quantitative traits breeding for multifunctional grasslands and turf. Eds. Sokolović D., Christian H., Radović J., Springer Netherlands, p. 285–289.
12. Kemešytė V., Statkevičiūtė G., Lemežienė N., Brazauskas G., Ivanciv R. 2014. Morphological variation between perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) wild ecotypes. In: Quantitative traits breeding for multifunctional grasslands and turf. Eds. Sokolović D., Christian H., Radović J., Springer Netherlands, p. 81–84.

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

1. Statkevičiūtė G., Jonavičienė K., Brazauskas G. 2013. Dvigubų haploidų indukcija kviečiuose ir miežiuose. Mokslinės metodikos inovatyviems žemės ir miškų mokslų tyrimams. Sudarytojai: Sasnauskas A., Tilvikienė V., Mašalaitė R. Lututė, Kaunas, p. 383–395.
2. Jonavičienė K., Statkevičiūtė G., Brazauskas G. 2013. Diferenciškai ekspresuojamų genų identifikavimas. Mokslinės metodikos inovatyviems žemės ir miškų mokslų tyrimams. Sudarytojai: Sasnauskas A., Tilvikienė V., Mašalaitė R. Lututė, Kaunas, p. 372–382.