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Ilze Grāvīte

Ilze Grāvīte
Structural unit
Scientific council
Unit of Agronomic Research and Variety Testing
Position
Leading researcher
Degree
Dr. agr.
Activity directions

•    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.

Major accomplishments

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 LatviaHorticulturae 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 LatviaActa 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 yieldProceedings 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’

Publications
Scopus (All translations)
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