Ilze Grāvīte
• Plum breeding material testing, winter-hardy and disease resistant cultivar selection.
• Plum, apricot, grape cultivar comparison.
• Plum and apricot rootstock, rootstock and cultivar interaction research.
• Cultivation technology research.
• Research on shaping tree crowns.
• Consultations for fruit-growers.
Scientific publications: ORCID
Juhnevica-Radenkova K., Krasnova I., Seglina D, Kaufmane E, Gravite I., Valdovska A, Radenkovs V. (2024) Biochemical Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Dried Fruit Produced from Apricot Cultivars Grown in Latvia. Horticulturae 2024, 10 (3), 205;
Grāvīte I. (2022) Cold Resistance of Flower Buds of Latvian Plum Cultivars. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Vol.76, No.4, pp.500-504.
Grāvīte I., Dēķena D., Kaufmane E. and Ikase L. (2021) Intensive type plum plantations in Latvia. Acta Horticulturae, No. 1322, p. 221-228.
Grāvīte I., Kaufmane E., Cirša E., Lanauskas J. (2020) Preliminary performance of six plum rootstocks on six European plum cultivars in Latvia. Acta Horticulturae, No.1281, p. 137-144.
Grāvīte I., Kaufmane E., Ikase L., Cirša E. (2019). The influence of different training systems on the beginning of domestic plum production and yield. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Vol.73, No.3 (720), pp.244-251.
Kaufmane E., Grāvīte I., Ikase L. (2019). Plum Research and Growing in Latvia. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Vol.73, No.3 (720), pp.195-206.
Cultivars that have been registered:
3 plum cultivars: 'Adelyn', 'Sonora', 'Ance', Lotte.
2 apricot cultivars ‘Boriss’, ‘Gundega’