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.

Departments of the Botanical Garden:

Department of Management and Coordination of Scientific Programs: 1) Group of Plant Biodiversity and Taxonomy; 2) Laboratory of Biotechnology and Genetics.

Department of Plant Collections: 1) Group of Lithuanian Flora; 2) Group of Dendrological  Collections; 3) Group of Pomological  Collections; 4) Group of Herbaceous Ornamental Plant  Collections; 5) Group of  Indoor Plant  Collections; 6) 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

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2015 

R. Šiukšta. Inherited phenotypic instability of barley homeotic single and double mutants and its possible causes.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2015 

Creative Natural Science Education: DiversitytowardsHarmony.

Lithuanian Botanical Gardens’ Collections and Their Influence on Lithuanian Farmsteads and Suburban Greenery.

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015 

Projects Supported by University Budget

Plant Genetic Resources, Biological, Molecular Studies and Biotechnology. Prof. Habil. Dr. I. Pašakinskienė. 2011–2015.

The genetic diversity of blue-berried honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L.) genotypes of 3 populations was analysed by using the ISSR method. The recovering of morphological features of eight lilacs (Syringa L.) cultivars after cultivation in ex vitro condition was investigated. The tulips (Tulipa L.) cultivars from 15 classification groups were assessed for the beginning of vegetation and flowering. The evaluation of temporal dynamics of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal community associated with pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) seedlings during first growing season in bare-root forest nursery was analysed.

Main publications:

Vyšniauskienė, R., Naugžemys, D., Patamsytė, J., Rančelienė, V., Čėsnienė, T., Žvingila. D. 2015. ISSR and chloroplast DNA analyses indicate frequent hybridization of alien Medicago sativa subsp. sativa and native M. sativa subsp. Falcate. Plant Systematics and Evolution, vol. 301, p. 2241–2350.

Šiukšta, R., Vaitkūnienė, V., Kaselytė, G., Okockytė, V., Žukauskaitė, J., Žvingila, D., Rančelis, V. 2015. Inherited phenotype instability of inflorescence and floral organ development in homeotic barley double mutants and its specific modification by auxin inhibitors and 2,4-D. Annals of Botany,  vol. 115, p. 651–663.

Statkevičiūtė, G., Aleliūnas, A., Kemešytė, V., Pašakinskienė, I., Lubberstedt, T., Brazauskas G. 2015. Association analysis of five candidate genes with plant height and dry matter yield in perennial ryegrass. Plant Breeding, vol. 134, iss. 4, p. 454–460.

International Projects

Project: Ribes/Rubus European Central Data Base. Dr. D. Ryliškis.

Internet: http://projektai.vu.lt/ribes-rubus.

The Central Ribes/Rubus Europe Database was managed (the IPGRI and ECP/GR request).

COST program, activity FP1305: Linking Belowground Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in European Forests, http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/fps/Actions/FP1305?management.

Contractual Research

Klaipėda seaport. Protected plants preservation program in the Smeltė Botanical Reserve. Transfer and experimental restoration program of three protected plants species (Aster trifolium, Glaux maritima, Juncus gerardii).  The competitionwonin 2015.

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 Žemdirbystė (Agriculture) and Botanica Lithuanica.

Dr. A. Skridaila –

• editorial board member of the journals  Rocznik Dendrologiczny (Poland) and Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Botanikos sodo raštai (Lithuania).