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Tel. +370 37 555 253
E-mail: rytis.rugienius@lammc.lt
Kauno St. 30, Babtai, LT-54333 Kaunas distr., Lithuania
Education
1993–1997 Doctoral studies, Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture.
1984–1991 Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University.
Academic degrees and pedagogical titles
1998 PhD Biomedical Sciences, Agronomy, dissertation topic “Investigation of strawberry cold hardiness in vitro”.
Research fields
Position
Since 2003 Senior Researcher, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.
Since 2006 Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University.
Memberships and affiliations with professional organizations
Involvement in programmes and projects
2021–2022 ECPGR project “Collaborative action for updating the documentation about berries genetic resources in Europe” (EUROPE.BERRIES), head of Fragaria working group.
Supervision and co-supervision of PhD projects
Plant varieties developed
Strawberry cultivar ‘Mera’, author.
Strawberry cultivar ‘Neda’, author.
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