Silava - Scientific staff

Scientific staff

Mārtiņš Zeps
Position: Senior Researcher
Grade: Dr.silv.
Phone number: 26588069
E-mail:
Activity:

Forest tree breeding and climate change

Active projects:

Development of a new food smoking technology to reduce concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzpyrene) in smoked meat products – "Blue smoke"

Finished projects:

Development of specially adapted LED luminaires for efficient and energy-efficient tree propagation and rootstock process
Stump utilization for energy wood and plantation cultivation of energy crops: technologies and job engineering
Potential of the Latvian forestry to react to expected climate changes in Europe and increase the value of wood as the raw material for industry
Description and inventory of forest tree genetic resources in protected areas
Tree breeding research for major commercially valuable tree species for regenerating highly productive and genetically diverse stands
Methods and technologies for increasing the value of forest capital
The technologies for cultivating deciduous in forest and non-forest lands to meet the demand for forest raw materials
FUTUREforest – Woodlands for Climate Change
Forest tree breeding to select genetically high value forest reproductive material
Short Rotation Woody Crops (SRC) plantations for local supply chains and heat use (SRCplus)
Developing the methods of plantation cultivation of fast-growing forest crops and evaluating the suitability of their wood for pelletizing
Importance of genetic factors on formation of forest stands with high adaptability and qualitative wood properties
Methods for efficient practical application tree breeding results and adaptation tests for deciduous trees

ORCID id: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-9156

Latest publications

Kondratovičs T., Zeps M. 2022. Effect of different spectral composition LED lighting on silver birch in vitro plantlet morphology. In: Proceedings of 28th Annual International Scientific Conference "Research for Rural Development 2022", 18-20 May, 2022. Jelgava: LULST, Vol. 37, p. 63-69; https://doi.org/10.22616/rrd.28.2022.009
Kondratovičs T., Zeps M., Rupeika D., Zeltiņš P., Gailis A., Matisons R. 2022. Morphological and Physiological Responses of Hybrid Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx. × Populus tremula L.) Clones to Light In Vitro. Plants, 11(20), 2692; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11202692
Čakšs R., Zeltiņš P., Čakša L., Zeps M., Jansons Ā. 2022. The Effects of Frost Cracks and Large Poplar Borer Damage on Stem Rot in Hybrid Aspen (Populus tremula L. × Populus tremuloides Michx.) Clones. Forests, 13(4), 593; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13040593
Zeps M., Kondratovičs T., Grigžde E., Jansons Ā., Zeltiņš P., Samsone I., Matisons R. 2022. Plantlet Anatomy of Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth.) and Hybrid Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx. × Populus tremula L.) Shows Intraspecific Reactions to Illumination In Vitro. Plants, 11(8), 1097; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11081097
Šēnhofa S., Lazdiņa D., Zeps M. 2021. Winter frost damage and its link to early growth and survival in a poplar clone collection. In: Proceedings of 27th International Scientific Conference "Research for Rural Development 2021", Jelgava, 12-14 May 2021. Jelgava: LUA, Vol. 36, p. 70-76; https://doi.org/10.22616/rrd.27.2021.010

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