Arturs Stalažs
Structural unit
Unit of Plant Pathology and Entomology
Position
Researcher
Degree
Dr. agr.
Scientific interests and expertise
• Fruit crop pest diagnostics;
• Organism naming terminology.
Activity directions
- Research on the spreading of pests, pest species in Latvian gardens, pest development dynamics.
- Research on natural pest repellents.
- Fruit crop pest diagnostics.
- New and alien species.
- Organism naming terminology.
Major accomplishments
5 major scientific publications:
- Stalažs A., Turka I., 2019. Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) of Latvia: an annotated checklist. Zootaxa 4629, 211–236.
- Stalažs A., Moročko-Bičevska I., 2016. Species identification, host range and diversity of Cecidophyopsis mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) infesting Ribes in Latvia. Experimental and Applied Acarology 69, 129–153
- Stalažs A., Dreimanis J., 2016. Composition of anthophilous insects in Prunus cerasus and Prunus domestica (Rosaceae) orchards in Latvia: preliminary notes on insect diversity. Zoology and Ecology 26(2), 118–126
- Stalažs A., 2014. New records of Tephritoidea (Diptera: Brachycera) for the fauna of Latvia. Zoology and Ecology 24, 347–351
- Stalažs A., 2014. Short history of scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) research in Latvia with notes on historical records of Parthenolecanium pomeranicum (Kawecki, 1954) and species described by Biruta Rasiņa. Zoology and Ecology 24, 256–260
Major popular science publications:
- Stalažs A., 2020. Spānijas kailgliemeži un to ierobežošana. Agro Tops (10), 68–70
- Stalažs A., 2020. Spānijas kailgliemeži un to ierobežošana. Agro Tops (9), 66–69
- Dreijers E., Stalažs A., Pilāte D., Jakubāne I., 2016. Latvijā strauji izplatās Spānijas kailgliemezis. Agro Tops (9), 70–73
- Stalažs A., 2016. Smiltsērkšķi jālaista un jāiežogo. Agro Tops (8), 66–69
- Stalažs A., 2015. Raibspārnmušu un augļmušu monitorings. Augļudārzu kaitēkļi un to ierobežošana. Lauksaimniecības žurnāla Agro Tops bibliotēka 2015, 53–56
- Stalažs A., 2015. Nozīmīgākie smiltsērkšķu kaitēkļi. Augļudārzu kaitēkļi un to ierobežošana. Lauksaimniecības žurnāla Agro Tops bibliotēka 2015, 47–49
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