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Dr. Danguolė Juškevičienė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0001-9337-3516
Tel. +370 37 555 416, +370 654 86 658
E-mail: danguole.juskeviciene@lammc.lt 
Kauno St. 30, Babtai, LT-54333, Kaunas dist., Lithuania

Education

2000–2005 PhD student, Lithuanian Instyitute of Horticulture.

Scientific agronomist degree (1996) and master degree (1999), Lithuanian University of Agriculture (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

2006 Doctor, Biomedical Sciences, Agronomy. Topic of doctoral dissertation “Gynogenesis of edible onion (Allium cepa L.) and creation of homozygous lines”.

Research fields

  • Breeding of vegetable
  • Genetic and genetic resources
  • Vegetable seed growing
  • Vegetable growing

Position

Since 2023 Senior Reseacher, Department of Vegetable Breeding and Technology, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.

Memberships and affiliations with professional organizations

  • EUVRIN (European vegetable Research Institute network) “Varieties of vegetables testing” member.
  • ISHS (International society of horticultural sciences) member.
  • ECPGR (Allium group of plants) member.
  • Since 2013 EUCARPIA (European Association for Research on Plant Breeding) member.

Involvement in programmes and projects

  • 2017–2019 INTERREG project Revival of old traditional fruit, vegetable and ornamental plants and their products: Heritage Gardens Tour (Heritage Gardens)
  • 2010–2017 Ministry of the Environment project “Maintains and improvement of national plant genetic resources field collections”

Plant varieties developed

  • Co-author of cultivars: red beet ‘Giliai’ (2022); onion ‘Joriai’ (2021); garlic ‘Dangiai’ (2015), ‘Vasariai’ (2006) and ‘Žiemiai’ (2004).

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)

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