Inga Moročko-Bičevska
Structural unit
Unit of Plant Pathology and Entomology
Position
Leading researcher
Degree
Ph.D.
Scientific interests and expertise
Mycology; plant pathology, biology, diversity and phylogeny of fungi pathogenic to plants; interaction between plants and pathogenic fungus.
Activity directions
• Research leader and coordination in plant pathology.
• Study of fruit crop diseases and their causing agents.
• Diagnostics of fungi and bacteria pathogenic to plants.
• Development of a system for nuclear stock and pre-basic material testing and cultivation.
Major accomplishments
5 major scientific publications:
- Stalažs A. and Moročko-Bičevska I. (2016) Species identification, host range and diversity of Cecidophyopsis mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) infesting Ribes in Latvia. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 69(2): 129-153.
- Moročko-Bičevska I. and Fatehi J. (2011) Infection and colonization of strawberry by Gnomonia fragariae strain expressing green fluorescent protein. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 129 (4): 567-577.
- Pūpola N., Moročko-Bičevska I., Kāle A. and Zeltiņš A. (2011) Occurrence and diversity of pome fruit viruses in apple and pear orchards in Latvia. Journal of Phytopathology, 159 (9): 597-605.
- Moročko I. and Fatehi J. (2007) Molecular characterization of strawberry pathogen Gnomonia fragariae and its genetic relatedness to other Gnomonia species and members of Diaporthales. Mycological Research, Vol. 111: 603- 614.
- Morocko I., Fatehi J. & Gerhardson B. (2006) Gnomonia fragariae, a cause of strawberry root rot and petiole blight. European Journal of Plant Pathology, Vol. 114: 235-244.
5 major popular science publications and patents:
- Moročko-Bičevska I., Lācis G., Lepse L. (2015) Metodes augļaugu stādmateriāla atveseļošanai un ģenētisko izmaiņu noteikšanai pēc pavairošanas audu kultūrās. Agrotops.
- Inga Moročko-Bičevska, Līga Lepse, Alina Gospodaryk, Neda Pūpola “Upeņu reversijas vīrusa eliminācijas paņēmiens ar ozonēšanu meristēmu kultūrās”, LR Patents Nr. 14834 (LR Patentu Valdes oficiālais izdevums, 11/2014: 1652).
- Gunārs Lācis, Inga Moročko-Bičevska, Irita Kota-Dombrovska, Līga Lepse, Ineta Samsone “Ābeļu un bumbieru somaklonālās mainības agrīnas diagnostikas paņēmiens”, LR Patents Nr. 14835 (LR Patentu Valdes oficiālais izdevums, 8/2014: 1125).
- Andris Zeltiņš, Ina Baļķe, Jeļena Šaripo, Inga Moročko-Bičevska, Dace Skrastiņa “Upeņu reversijas vīrusa antigēnu iegūšana” (Nr.P-13-207) Iesniedzējs: Latvijas Biomedicīnas pētījumu un studiju centrs.
- Moročko–Bičevska I. (2008) Jauna zemeņu slimība - sakņu un stublāju pamatnes puve. Agrotops 5 (129): 36- 37.