A5058033419- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Forest ecology and management
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Forest Management and Policy
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava"
2016-2025
Research for Action
2025
State Forest Research Institute
2010-2024
University of Latvia
2020
ORCID
2020
Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR”
2020
Genetic Resources Center
2015
Forestry Research Institute
2013
Institute for Environmental Solutions
2012
University of British Columbia
2004-2007
Abstract Genetic monitoring of populations currently attracts interest in the context Convention on Biological Diversity but needs long-term planning and investments. However, genetic diversity has been largely neglected biodiversity monitoring, when addressed, it is treated separately, detached from other conservation issues, such as habitat alteration due to climate change. We report an accounting efforts monitor population Europe (genetic effort, GME), evaluation which can help guide...
Abstract Partner specificity is a well‐documented phenomenon in biotic interactions, yet the factors that determine plant‐fungal associations remain largely unknown. By utilizing composite soil samples, we identified predictors drive partner both plants and fungi, with particular focus on ectomycorrhizal associations. Fungal guilds exhibited significant differences overall preference avoidance, richness, to specific tree genera. The highest level of was observed root endophytic associations,...
Understanding local adaptation has become a key research area given the ongoing climate challenge and concomitant requirement to conserve genetic resources. Perennial plants, such as forest trees, are good models study their wide geographic distribution, largely outcrossing mating systems, demographic histories. We evaluated signatures of in European aspen (Populus tremula) across Europe by means whole-genome resequencing collection 411 individual trees. dissected admixture patterns between...
Since their discovery in the 1980s microsatellite or simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers have been widely used many species to generate relatively dense genetic maps framework on which anchor more abundant, but anonymous, such as amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs). They are typically highly polymorphic, robust, and often portable, particularly among different mapping populations crosses related species. useful where low levels of diversity limit use other markers. Cultivated...
European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) has a wide distribution range through Central and Western Europe, is tolerant to of environmental factors shade. Due the high wood quality growth rate, there increasing interest in cultivation this species Northern appropriate for closer-to-nature forestry management practices, where shade-tolerant are essential. Latvia located north natural beech, but stands have been successfully established 19th century, using reproductive material unknown origin. This...
Fungal communities can be used as indicators of various environmental processes in forest ecosystems. The diversity these is linked to aboveground plants and soil properties. We assessed fungal at four Norway spruce sampling sites that were growing on fertile mineral soils (Oxalidosa) northwestern Latvia. Three managed—a three-year-old clear-cut fifty- eighty-five-year-old stands; one site was unmanaged—a naturally regenerated after wind damage 1969. For metabarcoding, we a internal...
Plant genetic resources (PGR) serve as the cornerstone for global varietal enhancement and food security. However, these face significant threats, including diversity erosion extinction, are often inadequately conserved, frequently remain inaccessible practical use. Traditionally, PGR have been primarily conserved through population seed samples stored ex situ in genebanks. In contrast, complementary techniques – whether involving crop wild relatives reserves or landraces on-farm largely...
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The decline of oak stands is a phenomenon that has been observed since the beginning 20th century in many European countries. It can be caused both with abiotic factors such as drought and fluctuations groundwater levels, well biotic infestations by insects, fungi bacteria. Acute Oak Decline (AOD) an dangerous disease trees which was first XX century. From moment symptoms were noticed, able to kill up 6 years. Two species bacteria, Brebberia goodwinii Gibsiella quercinecand, are considered...
Mycorrhizal fungi contribute to crop growth, yields, and stress tolerance. In forests, common mycorrhizal networks are suggested function as carbon storage transfer substances signals between trees, thus likely contributing their resilience. Such properties crucial under increasing environmental stresses, particularly for clonal forestry. However, communities in relation tree field performances have been scarcely studied. this study, on the roots of clones silver birch hybrid aspen growing...
Transcriptomes from stem-inoculated Scots pine saplings were analyzed to identify unique and enriched
Avena fatua is an economically detrimental weed found in cereal growing areas worldwide. Knowledge about the variation of dormancy and germination characteristics, as well genetic diversity structure can provide additional information different populations within a region. Identification development potential indicators or markers seed behavior, would be useful for modelling emergence bank dynamics. This study aimed to describe initial germination, dormancy, morphological characteristics...
Nowadays, genetic research methods play an important role in animal population studies. Since 2009, material from Latvian wolf specimens obtained through hunting has been systematically gathered. This study, spanning until 2021, scrutinizes the consequences of regulated on metrics, kinship dynamics, and social organization. We employed 16 autosomal microsatellites to investigate relationships between full siblings parent-offspring pairs. Our analysis encompassed expected observed...