Dr. Andrius Aleliūnas

ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-0358-0181
Mob. +370 607 25 027
E-mail: andrius.aleliunas@lammc.lt
Stoties St. 2, Akademija, LT-58343 Kėdainiai distr., Lithuania

Education

2012–2016 PhD studies (Agronomy), Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.

2010–2012 M. Sc in Genetics, Vilnius University.

2009 B. Sc. in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Vilnius University.

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

2017 PhD in Agronomy, Identification of functional markers for freezing tolerance in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). 

Research fields

• Plant response to abiotic stresses
• Functional markers
• Plant genetics
• Plant biotechnology

Professional experience

Since 2017 Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2012–2017 Junior Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2011–2012 Specialist, Vilnius University Botanical Garden.

In-service training

• 2016 July 3–9 Summer School “Crop Innovation – from Genes to Seeds”, Københavns Universitet (Denmark).
• 2015 November 15–22, Aarhus University (Denmark), short-term scientific visit.
• 2013 June 30–July 6, Summer School “EPPN Summer School on Plant Phenotyping”, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary).

Involvement in programmes and projects

• 2017–2020 Genome-wide functional analysis of perennial ryegrass for improved growth under water limiting conditions, Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation.
• 2015–2018 Development of molecular markers for genomic selection of adaptation in perennial ryegrass, Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation.
• 2015–2017 PPP for pre-breeding in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) – Phase II, The Nordic Council of Ministers.

Awards

• 2017–2018 Young Scientist Scholarship (The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

1. Vaitkevičiūtė G., Aleliūnas A., Gibon Y., Armonienė R. 2022. The effect of cold acclimation, deacclimation and reacclimation on metabolite profiles and freezing tolerance in winter wheat. Frontiers in  Plant Science, 13: 959118. IF – 6,627

2. Vaitkevičiūtė G., Aleliūnas A., Gibon Y., Armonienė R. 2022. Comparative analysis of antioxidant accumulation under cold acclimation, deacclimation and reacclimation in winter wheat. Plants, 11 (21): 2818. IF – 4,658
3. 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
4. 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, 2020 Dec 8; 11: 570204. IF – 5,753
5. 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
6. Helgadóttir Á., Aavola R., Isolahti M., Marum P., Persson C., Aleliūnas A., Brazauskas G., Krisjánsdóttir T. A., Asp T., Rognli O. A. 2018.  Adaptability and phenotypic stability of Lolium perenne cultivars of diverse origin grown at the margin of the species distribution. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 204 (5): 493–504. IF – 2,960
7. Statkevičiūtė G., Kemešytė V., Aleliūnas A., Jonavičienė K., Brazauskas G. 2018. LpBRI1polymorphism association with flag leaf architecture in perennial ryegrass. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 105 (1): 33–38. IF – 1,020
8. 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
9. 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: 454–460. IF – 1,598

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.

Other publications

1. Aleliūnas A., Brazauskas G. 2016. Identification of Genetic Markers for Freezing Tolerance in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Tarptautinė jaunųjų mokslininkų konferencijos “Young Scientists for Advance in Agriculture” pranešimų tezės, Vilnius, p. 12.
2. Aleliūnas A., Brazauskas G. 2013. Daugiametės svidrės (Lolium perenne L.) šalčiui atsparių genotipų atranka kontroliuojamos aplinkos sąlygomis. Antrosios jaunųjų mokslininkų konferencijos „Jaunieji mokslininkai – žemės ūkio pažangai“ pranešimų tezės, Vilnius, p. 89–90.

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

1. Aleliūnas A., Brazauskas G. 2018. Testing for freezing tolerance in perennial ryegrass. G. Brazauskas et al. (eds.): Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics. Springer, p. 231–236.
2. 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.
3. Rongli O. A., Aavola R., Aleliūnas A., Asp T., Brazauskas G., Gylstrøm K. H., Helgadottir A., Isolahti M., Kovi M. R., Kristjánsdóttir A., Larsen A.S., Marum P., Paina C., Persson C., Rancãne S. 2018. Utilization of genebank accessions to improve northern adaptation of perennial ryegrass. G. Brazauskas et al. (eds.): Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics. Springer, p. 3–8.
4. Aleliūnas A., Brazauskas G. 2016. Breeding Idea: Population-Wise Evaluation for Freezing Tolerance in Perennial Ryegrass Under Controlled-Environment Conditions. In: Breeding in a world of scarcity: Proceedings of the 2015 meeting of the section 'Forage Crops and Amenity Grasses' of Eucarpia. Eds.: Roldàn-Ruiz I., Baert J., Reheul D. Springer, Switzerland, p. 322–328.
5. 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, Dordrecht, p. 9–18.
6. Statkevičiūtė G., Aleliūnas A., Kemešytė V., Pašakinskienė I., Brazauskas G. AFLP analysis of genetic diversity in an association mapping panel of Lolium perenne L. In: Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf. Eds.: Sokolovic D., Huyghe C., Radovic J. Springer, Dordrecht, p. 285–289.