The aim of the study was to determine the annual transpiration amount of pine (Pinus sylvatica L.), spruce (Picea abies Karst.) and birch (Betula pendula L.) trees prevailing in Lithuanian forests, their seasonal variation during vegetation, key meteorological factors contributing to them, and main ...

In forest genetics and breeding of coniferous cones, a huge attention is paid to structure, size, colour of cones because those morphological traits are among the most constant and reliable traits which do not change with tree age or environmental conditions changes. Scots pine has a high diversity ...

Research on the quality of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) berry processing products was done at Vy - tautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy in 2019. For the studies, the juice was squeezed from the defrosted sea buckthorn berries, and was stored in the refrigerator un - til separated ...

Natural hybrids between the alders (genus Alnus) were observed in the broad leaved forests of Lithuania. In order to find out the distribution of hybrids in Lithuania and phenological differences between species, a phenological and taxonomic evaluation was carried our in naturally regenerated wands ...

Putative natural hybrids between the native elms (genus Ulmus) were observed in the mixed forests of Lithuania. Nine research sites of elms have been chosen to grasp their coexistence at natural habitats, mostly moist particularly fertile sites, preferably where the taxa are occupying the same or...

The exchange of the country's economic situation and development of the forestry sector has become important for the spruce seedlings irrigation regime, and hence its influence on seedling quality indicators. During its investigation in 2003 spruce seedlings were assessed quality indicators:...

The invasions of insect pests and diseases are periodic in oak stands in Lithuania. The mass dieback of oak trees during the 2004-2005 was a matter of concern for the forest managers and scientists. Explosive and complicate to identify dieback of trees has been absent in Lithuania for a long time....

In previous studies, the author found that the objects of cultural heritage and ethnic architecture valued ignoring they contain greenery and is not included in the object of evaluation composite sharpness, exposition power of local uniqueness, functional and compositional relationship with the...

Usage of molecular markers in perennial orchard plant breeding is discussed in this review. The main results obtained identifying protein and DNA molecular markers in currants, strawberries, apples, sweet cherries, peonies at the Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology of Lithuanian Institute of...

Six F. vesca × F. nipponica F2 and F3 interspecific hybrids, four F. vesca (alpine, cultivated) × F. vesca (wood) F3 hybrids, eleven selected lines of unknown origin and standard alpine strawberry cultivars 'Rügen', 'Rojan' 'Regina' and 'Jelow Wonder' were evaluated at the Institute of...