Botanical Garden of Vilnius University

Botanical Garden of Vilnius University

Sukurta: 09 April 2024

Kairėnų str. 43, LT-10239 Vilnius
Tel. +370 5 219 3133
E-mail:
http://www.botanikos-sodas.vu.lt

Director – Dr Audrius Skridaila

 

SCIENTIFIC STAFF
Department of Scientific Programs: Habil. Dr I. Pašakinskienė, Dr A. Aučina, Dr D. Naugžemys, Dr A. Skridaila, Dr S. Žilinskaitė, PhD stud. V. Stakelienė; Dr D. Ryliškis, Head of the Plant Collections Department; Dr G. Štukėnienė, Head of the Group of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants.

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;
  • Phytopatology, mycorrhizal fungi diversity.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2023

Seminar "Biological diversity in Lithuania: history, research, current status and protection" Botanical Garden of Vilnius University, 2023-04-27.

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023

Projects Supported by the University Budget
Biological, molecular research and in vitro technologies of plant genetic resources and natural ecosystems. Habil. Dr I. Pašakinskienė, 2021-2025.
The long-term dynamics of the ectomycorrhizal community of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in the pine forest were investigated and evaluated using traditional and molecular methods. Investigation on size and structure of genomes of plants of the genus Festuca L., Lolium L. and their hibrids and mutants was continued. Plants of the genus Syringa L., Rhododendron L., Lilium Tourn. ex L. and Taxus L. were multiplied microvegetatively and maintained in vitro.

Main publications:
1. V. Stakelienė, I. Pašakinskienė, K. Ložienė, D. Ryliškis, A. Skridaila. Vertical Columns with Sustainable Green Cover: Meadow Plants in Urban Design // Plants 2023, 12, 636. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030636
2. R. Šedbarė, I. Pašakinskienė, V. Janulis. Changes in the Composition of Biologically Active Compounds during the Ripering Period in Fruit of Different Latge Cranberr (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) Cultivars Grown in the Lithuanian Collection // Plants, 2023, 12, 202.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12010202
3. K. Ložienė, J. Būdienė, U. Vaitiekūnaitė, I. Pašakinskienė. Variations in Yield, Essential OIL, and Salicylates of Filipendula ulmaria Inflorescentes at Different Blooming Stages // Plants, 2023, 12, 300. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020300
4. I.Pašakinskienė. Festuca pratensis-like Subgenome Reassembly from a “Chromosomal Cocktail” in the Intergeneric Festulolium (Poaceae) Hybrid: A Rare Chromoanagenesis Event in Grasses // Plants, 2023, 12, 984. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12050984
5. J. Patamsytė, C. Lambertini, J. Butkuvienė, D. Naugžemys, D. Žvingila. 2023. Assessment of Anthropogenic Impacts on the Genetic Diversity of Phragmites australis in Small-River Habitats. Diversity, 15(11), 1116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d15111116
6. J. Prakofjewa, M. Sartori, P. Šarka, R. Kalle, A. Pieroni, R. Sõukand. Boundaries Are Blurred: Wild Food Plant Knowledge Circulation across the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian Borderland" // Biology, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12040571.

National Research Projects
Summer barley as a model to study the effects of endophytic fungal inoculum: changes in plant growth and distribution of secondary metabolites. Lithuanian Science Council, program "Student research during semester".Habil. Dr I. Pašakinskienė, student S. Matijošiūtė. VU Life Sciences Center, VU Botanical Garden. 2023.
During the project it was studied how endophytic fungal inoculum stimulates the growth of barley roots.

International Research Projects
Ribes/Rubus European Central Data Base. Dr D. Ryliškis.
Internet: http://projektai.vu.lt/ribes-rubus.
The Central Ribes/Rubus Europe Database is 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;
IPGRI – International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Italy);
Institute of Dendrology, Kornik (Poland);
Lithuanian State Forest Service.

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Dr A. Skridaila

Habil. Dr I. Pašakinskienė

  • member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal Botanica Lithuanica

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

D. Ryliškis. Collections investigation and management // Workshop „Strategies of plant collections ex situ”. Latvia, University of Latvia, 2023-June-14-16.
G. Štukėnienė. Herbaceous Ornamental Plants: investigation and management at the Botanical Garden of Vilnius University // Seminar „Collections of Ornamental Plants“, Praha-Pruhonice (Czech Republic)-Wroclaw (Poland), 2023-September-18-22.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Dr A. Skridaila, Habil. Dr I. Pašakinskienė. Member of the Standing Commission on National Genetic Resources for Plants by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania.
Dr A. Skridaila. Member of the First Council for the Evaluation of the Real Cultural Heritage (Greenery Expert) by the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture.
Dr A. Skridaila. Member of the working group for the preparation of the Greenery Law of the Republic of Lithuania.
Habil. Dr I. Pašakinskienė. Expert of Lithuanian Science Council Project Evaluation Commission.
Habil. Dr I. Pašakinskienė. Member of the National Science Program Implementation Group, "Sustainability of Agro-, Forest and Water Ecosystems", at Lithuanian Science Council.
Habil. Dr I. Pašakinskienė. Member of the Commission on Horticulture, Gardening and Biotechnology at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
Habil. Dr I. Pašakinskienė. Representative of VU BG at three international consortiums: Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL); European Consortium for the Barcode of Life (ECBOL); Global Genome Initiative for Gardens (GGI-Gardens).
Dr G. Štukėnienė, Dr D. Ryliškis. Expert of the Commission at the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania for National Heritage Products, Certification of Non-formal Education Programs of Traditional Crafts and Attestation of Traditional Crafts Masters.
Dr D. Ryliškis. Member of the Council of Control of Invasive Species by the Ministry of Environment.https://am.lrv.lt/lt/veiklos-sritys-1/gamtos-apsauga/invazines-rusys/invaziniu-rusiu-kontroles-taryba

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
12 articles in magazines and portals, 14 TV interviews, 1 radio interview.