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Sarmīte Strautiņa

DI
Structural unit
Unit of Genetics and Breeding
Position
Leading researcher
Degree
Dr. biol.
Scientific interests and expertise

Small fruit breeding and growing

Activity directions

•    Raspberry and black currant breeding.

•    Raspberry and berry cultivar testing.

•    Research on raspberry and berry cultivation technologies.

•    The genetic resource assessment and description of berry cultures, collection creation and maintenance.

•    Lilac cultivar testing.

Major accomplishments

Seven raspberry, one blackcurrant, two gooseberries and six lilac cultivars have been registered.

In registration process: three raspberry, one blackcurrant and six lilac cultivars of raspberries.

 

Publications 

ORCID 0000-0001-5668-2205, Scopus Author ID:35305898300, SciProfiles 3405615

Total number of publications: 167

Scientific papers: 85

Scopus / WoS indexed publications: 44

H-index: 8

Major scientific work:

  • Kaufmane E., Edelmers E., Sudars K., Namatēvs I., Nikulins A., Strautiņa S., Kalniņa I., Peter A. 2023. Three-Dimensional Imaging in Agriculture: Challenges and Advancements in the Phenotyping of Japanese Quinces in Latvia. Horticulturae, 9, 1347. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9121347  (Q1)
  • Strautiņa S., Kalniņa I., Kaufmane E., Sudars K., Namatēvs I., Nikulins A., Edelmers E. 2023. RaspberrySet: Dataset of Annotated Raspberry Images for Object Detection Data, 8(5), 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/data8050086 (Q2)
  • Strautiņa S., Kalniņa I., Kaufmane E., Sudars K., Namatēvs I., Judvaitis J., Balašs R., Ņikuļins, A. 2023. Initial results of the development of intelligent non-invasive phenotyping of raspberries using machine learning and 3D imaging. Acta Hortic. 1381, 101-108, DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1381.14
  • Moročko-Bičevska I., Stalažs A., Lācis G., Laugale V., Baļķe I., Zuļģe N., Strautiņa S. 2022. Cecidophyopsis mites and blackcurrant reversion virus on Ribes hosts: Current scientific progress and knowledge gaps. Annals of Applied Biology, 180(1), 26–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12720 (Q1)
  • Lācis G., Kārkliņa K., BartulsonsT., Stalažs A., Jundzis M., Baļķe I., Ruņģis D., 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111285 (Q1)
  • 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. DOI: 10.3233/JBR-210743 (Q2)
  • Sproge L., Strautina S. 2020. Influence of Raspberry bushy dwarf virus on pollination of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) cultivars. Agronomy Research, 18, special issue 4, 2776-2784. https://doi.org/10.15159/AR.20.227 (Q2)
Publications
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Participation in projects
Integrated system for interactive public garden development in Baltic Sea Region (Interactive Gardens)
Suitability of currantand gooseberry cultivars to different growing technologies
Development of Non-Technological and Technological Innovation in Fruit Growing and Processing in the Countries of the Baltic Sea Region "(InnoFruit)
Pētnieciskie un tehnoloģiskie risinājumi ilgtspējīgai smiltserksku audzēšanai un pilnvērtīgai izmantošanai
Innovative, economically substantiated solutions to improve the efficiency of apple and raspberry production and fruit quality
Evaluation of apple and raspberry breeding material for the introduction of integrated growing technologies of agricultural crops
Horticultural plant breeding program for the development of breeding material to promote the introduction of conventional, integrated and organic growing technologies, 2025
Examination of perspective berry cultivars for integrated cultivation in different climatic regions of Latvia, as well as development and improvement of cultivation technologies
Agricultural Interoperability and Analysis System (ATLAS)
Smart non-invasive phenotyping of raspberries and Japanese quinces using machine learning, hyperspectral and 3D imaging
Horticultural plant breeding program for the development of breeding material to promote the introduction of conventional, integrated and organic growing technologies, 2024
Production of biodegradable polymers from renewable resources for the development of edible coatings and packaging materials for fruits