Inta Krasnova

• Development new processing products of fruits, berries and vegetables, and improvement of production technologies.
• Work with entrepreneurs on new product development (formulation of processed products, technology development and nutritional assessment).
• Evaluation of biochemical composition of fruit and vegetable crops and their processed products.
• Development and validation of biochemical methods.
   

Major scientific publications:

• Radenkovs, V.; Krasnova, I.; Cinkmanis, I.; Juhnevica-Radenkova, K.; Rubauskis, E.; Seglina, D. Comparative Analysis of Japanese Quince Juice Concentrate as a Substitute for Lemon Juice Concentrate: Functional Applications as a Sweetener, Acidifier, Stabilizer, and Flavoring Agent. Horticulturae 2024, 10, 1362. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10121362
• Juhnevica-Radenkova, K.; Krasnova, I.; Seglina, D.; Kaufmane, E.; Gravite, I.; Valdovska, A.; Radenkovs, V. Biochemical Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Dried Fruit Produced from Apricot Cultivars Grown in Latvia. Horticulturae 2024, 10, 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10030205
• Krasnova, Inta & Seglina, Dalija & Lacis, Gunars & Āboltiņš, Aivars & Viškelis, Jonas. (2023). The impact of additives on the quality indices of different black chokeberry products, developed using waste-free processing technology. Brazilian Journal of Food Technology. 26. 1-17.10.1590/1981-6723.04723. https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-6723.04723
• Balciunaitiene, A.; Puzeryte, V.; Radenkovs, V.; Krasnova, I.; Memvanga, P.B.; Viskelis, P.; Streimikyte, P.; Viskelis, J. (2022) Sustainable–Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Hyssopus officinalis and Calendula officinalis Extracts and Their Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities. Molecules27, 7700. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27227700
• D. Segliņa,I., Krasnova,A., Grygier,E., Radziejewska-Kubzdela,M., Rudzińska,P., Górnaś (2021) Unique bioactive molecule composition of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) oils obtained from the peel, pulp, and seeds via physical “solvent-free” approaches. JAOCS, Societyvthis link is disabled. 98 (10), pp. 1009–1020 https://aocs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aocs.12524

Participation in projects over the last 5 years:

• Project Nr. 10.9.1-11/25/1191-e Horticultural plant breeding program for the development of breeding material to promote the introduction of conventional, integrated and organic growing technologies, 2025 (Investigator).
• ERDF project Nr. EE-LV00145 Knowledge-driven Baltic Cider Production and Branding for Growth and Competitiveness of SMEs (2024–2027) (Investigator).
• Project Nr. LZP-2022/1-0395 Influence of agroecological conditions on the quality of vegetables in urban horticulture (2023–2025) (Investigator).
• ELFLA project 19-00-A01620-000098“The introduction of innovative, competitive growing technologies for Japanese quince and the extension of the range of fruit-processed products” (2020–2023) (Investigator).
• Innovative, economically substantiated solutions to improve the efficiency of apple and raspberry production and fruit quality, No. 18-00-A01620-000025 (2018 - 2023) (Investigator).
• EAFRD project No.19-00-A01612-000004 “Production of biodegradable polymers from renewable resources for the development of edible coatings and packaging materials for fruits” (2019-2022) (Investigator).
• EAFRD project Nr. l7-00-401620-000004 “Development of new vegetable - edamame growing technology in organic production” (2018-2021) (Investigator).
• ERDF project Nr. 1.1.1.1/16/A/094 Environment-friendly cultivation of emerging commercial fruit crop – Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica) and waste-free methods of its processing (2017–2020) (Investigator).