Katrīna Kārkliņa

Horticultural plant genetics and molecular biology

• European-pear rust defense mechanisms in pears
• Study of fruit crop genetic resources using molecular methods
• Research of fruit crop disease resistance
• Characterization of important fruit crop traits using molecular methods

Publications:

Lācis, G., Kārkliņa, K., Bartulsons, T., & Kaufmane, E. 2024. Intergeneric Transfer of Simple Sequence Repeat Molecular Markers for the Study of Chaenomeles as Fruit Crop Breeding Material. Horticulturae, 10 (11): 1233. 

Lācis, G., Kārkliņa, K., & Ikase, L. 2023, September. Marker-based identification of potential scab resistance donors in Latvia apple collection. In XVI EUCARPIA Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics 1412 (pp. 41-48). 

Lāce, B., Drevinska, K., Kārkliņa, K., Jundzis, M., & Moročko-Bičevska, I. 2023. Gymnosporangium species occurring on Juniperus and Pyrus in Latvia and evidence for Gymnosporangium clavariiforme infecting European pear (Pyrus communis). European Journal of Plant Pathology, 166 (1): 123-146. 

Lācis, G., Kārkliņa, K., Bartulsons, T., Stalažs, A., Jundzis, M., Baļķe, I., ... & Strautiņa, S. 2022. Genetic structure of a Ribes genetic resource collection: inter-and intra-specific diversity revealed by chloroplast DNA simple sequence repeats (cpSSRs). Scientia Horticulturae, 304: 111285. 

Lāce, B., Kārkliņa, K., & Deņisova, I. 2022. Gymnosporangium sabinae development cycle—Peculiarities and influencing factors. Journal of Phytopathology, 170 (10): 675-682. 

Zelmene, K., Kārkliņa, K., Ikase, L., & Lācis, G. 2022. Inheritance of apple (Malus× domestica (L.) Borkh) resistance against apple scab (Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Wint.) in hybrid breeding material obtained by gene pyramiding. Horticulturae, 8 (9): 772. 

Lācis, G., Kota-Dombrovska, I., Kārkliņa, K., & Lāce, B. 2022, July. Genetic diversity and relatedness of Latvian Pyrus germplasm assessed by a set of SSR markers. In Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (Vol. 76, No. 4, pp. 438-447). De Gruyter Poland. 

Kaufmane, E., Ruisa, S., & Kārkliņa, K. 2022, July. Results of Propagation of Three Cultivars of Japanese Quince (Chaenomeles Japonica). In Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (Vol. 76, No. 4, pp. 477-481). De Gruyter Poland. 

Sokolova, O., Sivicka, I., Krivmane, B., & Kārkliņa, K. 2022. First report of Truncatella angustata causing leaf spot on oregano (Origanum vulgare) in Latvia. Journal of Phytopathology, 170 (3): 167-175. 

Lācis, G., Kārkliņa, K., Kota-Dombrovska, I., & Strautiņa, S. 2021. Evaluation of blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) germplasm structure by microsatellite-based fingerprinting for the diversification of the breeding material. Journal of Berry Research, 11 (3): 497-510. 

Kārkliņa K., Lācis G., Lāce B. 2021. Differences in Leaf Morphological Parameters of Pear (Pyrus communis L.) Based on Their Susceptibility to European Pear Rust Caused by Gymnosporangium sabinae (Dicks.) Oerst. Plants, 10 (5):1024.