Botanical Garden of Vilnius University
43 Kairėnų, LT-10239 Vilnius
Tel. /fax 219 3133 /231 7933
E-mail:
http://www.botanikos-sodas.vu.lt
Director – Dr. Audrius Skridaila
STAFF
Research fellows: Habil. Dr. I. Pašakinskienė, Dr. A. Aučina, Dr. S. Dapkūnienė, Dr. R. Juodkaitė, Dr. D. Naugžemys, Dr. A. Skridaila, Dr. G. Štukėnienė, Dr. S. Žilinskaitė.
Doctoral student: R. Šiukšta.
Departments of the Botanical Garden:
Department of Management and Coordination of Scientific Programs:
Group of Plant Biodiversity and Taxonomy;
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Genetics.
Department of Plant Collections:
Group of Lithuanian Flora;
Group of Dendrological Collections;
Group of Pomological Collections;
Group of Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Collections;
Group of Indoor Plant Collections;
Group of Natural and Induced Mutants Collections;
Department of Vingis, 110 M. K. Čiurlionio, LT-03100 Vilnius, tel. 233 0160
RESEARCH AREAS
Genomics, Biomolecules and Biotechnologies: Fundamental and Applied Research
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Introduction and investigation of ornamental and horticulture plants
Collection, assessment and conservation of plant genetic resources
Plant molecular taxonomy
Genetic polymorphism, genetic instability of plants
Biotechnology of cultivation and reproduction
Micropropagation in vitro
Phytopathology, mycorrhizal fungi diversity
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2014
Projects Supported by University Budget
Plant Genetic Resources, Biological, Molecular Studies and Biotechnology. Prof. I. Pašakinskienė. 2011–2015.
The genetic diversity of blue-berried honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L.) of 130 genotypes in 6 populations was analysed by using the ISSR method (14 primers). The ex vitro plantlets of lilacs (Syringa L.) cultivars were planted in the pots with peat and compost soil mixture substrate and transferred for acclimation in vivo conditions. The tulips (Tulipa L.) cultivars from 15 classification groups were assessed for degree of infection by viral diseases. The diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungal community structures in roots system of scots pine (Pinus silvestris L.) in abandoned agricultural land, poor sand soil, the site contaminated by chemical emissions and forest clear-cut was investigated.
Main publications:
Naugžemys, D., Žilinskaitė, S., Skridaila, A., Žvingila, D. 2014. Phylogenetic analysis of the polymorphic 4´ species complex Lonicera caerulea L. (Caprifoliaceae Juss.) using RAPD markers and noncoding chloroplast DNA sequences. Biologia (Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences), vol. 69, 585–593.
Aučina, A., Rudawska, M., Leski, T., Skridaila, A., Pašakinskienė, I., Riepšas, E. 2014. Forest litter as the mulch improving growth and ectomycorrhizal diversity of bare-root Scotspine (Pinus sylvestris) seedlings. iForest – Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2014, e1–e7, doi:10.3832/ifor1083-008.
Dapkūnienė, S. 2014. Raganių (Clematis L.) morfologinių ir dekoratyvių savybių apibūdinimo aprašas. Akademija, 19 p.
Juodkaitė, R., Dapkūnienė, S. 2014. Tulpių (Tulipa L.) veislių morfologinių ir dekoratyvių savybių apibūdinimo aprašas. Akademija, 35 p.
International Projects
Project: Ribes/Rubus European Central Data Base. Dr. D. Ryliškis.
Internet: www.ribes-rubus.gf.vu.lt
The Central Ribes/Rubus Europe Database was managed (the IPGRI and ECP/GR request).
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
BGCI – Botanical Garden Conservation International
LUBSA – Lithuanian Association of University Botanical Gardens (Lithuania)
IPGRI – International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Italy)
Institute of Dendrology, Kornik (Poland)
Lithuanian Plant Gene Bank (Lithuania)
OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Habil. Dr. I. Pašakinskienė –
- editorial board member of the journals Agriculture-Žemdirbystė (Lithuania) and Botanica Lithuanica (Lithuania).
Dr. A. Skridaila –
- editorial board member of the journals Rocznik Dendrologiczny (Poland) and Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Botanikos sodo raštai (Lithuania).