Description of Agriculture Plants Genetic Resources Database

DESCRIPTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL FIELD PLANTS GENETIC RESOURCES DATABASE

Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture coordinates work with genetic resources of agricultural plants, collects, supplements, and studies value of those genetic resources and uses them in breeding and biotechnological studies.

Address of the Institute: Instituto al. 1, 58344 Akademija, Kėdainių District. Telephone: 8 347 37271, fax: 8 347 37096, e-mail: lzi@lzi.lt

Scientists, working with plant genetic resources:

Algė Leitrumaitė (barley)

Tel.: 347 37398, alge@lzi.lt

Vytautas Ruzgas (winter wheat)

Tel.: 347 37192 ruzgas@lzi.lt

Alfredas Kulikauskas (oat)

Tel.: 347 37179 alfredas@lzi.lt

Vida Plyčevaitienė (rye)

Tel.: 347 37398 vida@lzi.lt

Jūratė Sprainaitienė (peas)

Tel.: 347 37179 , sprainaitiene@lzi.lt

Nijolė Lemežienė (feed grasses)

Tel.: 347 37293, nijole@lzi.lt

Juozas Kanapeckas (lawn grasses)

Tel.: 347 37293, juozas@lzi.lt

Zofija Jankauskienė (linen)

Tel.: 45 555413, soja@upyte.lzi.lt

Zita Maknickienė (lupines)

Tel.: 52 645460, zita.maknickiene@voke.lzi.lt

Juozas Jundulas (potatoes)

Tel.: 52645439, sekretoriatas@voke.lzi.lt

Algirdas Sliesaravičius (pulse cereals)

Tel.: 37 752314 algis.sliesaravicius@lzuu.lt

Laima Balčiūnienė (barley mutations)

Tel.: (5) 2398200 Laimute.Balciuniene@gf.vu.lt,

   Formation of agricultural plants genetic resources and coordination of work is conducted by Agricultural (Field) Plants Coordination Center (Table 3).

Table 3. Agricultural (Field) Plants Coordination Center

Coordinator -
Deputy Director of the Plants Genes Bank
Aušra Bivilienė
Stoties st. 2, LT-58343 Akademija, Kėdainiu District
tel./fax.: 8-347-37289

e-mail: agb@agb.lt

Agricultural (Field) Plants Coordination Center is at the Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture, Akademija, Kėdainių District.

   Agricultural (Field) Plants Coordination Center coordinates collection, research, and preservation of genetic resources of spike and legume crops, spike and legume feed and lawn grasses, and technical plants (potatoes, linen, beetroot).