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Dainis Edgars Ruņģis
Position:
Senior Researcher
Grade:
Dr.biol.
Phone number:
28344201
E-mail:
Activity:
Genetic Resource Centre
Active projects:
Development of molecular markers for assessment of juvenility during micropropagation of Silver birch (Betula pendula Roth)
Bryophyte and lichen successional and spatial patterns in deciduous forests (molecular genetic analyses)
Sustainable use of soil resources in the changing climate (SUCC)
Brown bear monitoring 2020–2022
Support to the LSFRI Silava for international collaboration projects in research and innovation
Improvement of silviculture practices in birch
Finished projects:
Investigation of molecular defence mechanisms in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)
Consolidating research capacity in fruit gardening and forestry by using IT support in search for environment-friendly cultivation and product development methods
Development of an action plan for the inhibition of Acute Oak Decline at the Forest Research station territory Talsu pauguraine, and possible expansion to other regions in Latvia
Support for the Latvian plant genebank, central database and molecular laboratory
Identification, characterization and conservation of Latvian in situ plant genetic resources
Identification, characterization and conservation of Latvian in situ plant genetic resources
The course of growth and structuring of purposefully established forest stands
Use of molecular markers to study the genetic diversity, origin, and silviculturally valuable traits of forest stands (populations), the seed orchard stock, and the reproductive material of the Latvia’s major forest tree species (recommendations for forest regeneration and tree breeding)
Tree breeding research for major commercially valuable tree species for regenerating highly productive and genetically diverse stands
Training of the responsible surveyors for carnivore species identification in the cases of livestock depredation, including both sign identification skills in nature and sampling for DNA analyses
Potential for maintaining and improving the productivity, resistance, and genetic diversity of conifers under global climatic changes
Methods and technologies for increasing the value of forest capital
Investigation of Vaccinium genetic resources in Latvia
The technologies for cultivating deciduous in forest and non-forest lands to meet the demand for forest raw materials
Support to international cooperation, recognition and competitiveness of LSFRI Silava
Keeping up and enhancing the resistance, genetic diversity, and propagation ability of coniferous against the background of global climate change
Developing a system for genetic monitoring of wildlife species
Impact of hunting on the grey wolf (Canis lupus) population status in Latvia
Developing innovative forest cultivation technologies for strengthening the efficiency and competitiveness of forestry production
Variations in the population of big carnivores depending on hunting pressure (2018)
Development of fingerprinting techniques for fast rotation clonal plantation tree species
Variations in the population of big carnivores depending on hunting pressure (2016)
Variations in the population of big carnivores depending on hunting pressure (2017)
Interaction of microbial diversity with methane turnover and mercury methylation in organic soils
Supplementing of the brown bear population status monitoring with genetic methodology
Pilot study on the use of non-invasive DNA samples for monitoring the status of the lynx population
Developing the methods of plantation cultivation of fast-growing forest crops and evaluating the suitability of their wood for pelletizing
Variations in the population of big carnivores depending on hunting pressure (2015)
Variations in the population of big carnivores depending on hunting pressure (2019)
Changes in large carnivore populations and impact of hunting (2020)
Analysis of transposable element derived polymorphism in Pinus sylvestris gene regions
ORCID id
:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5173-2912
Latest publications
Bitenieks K., Bārdule A., Eklöf K., Espenberg M., Ruņģis D.E., Kļaviņa Z., Kļaviņš I., Hu H., Lībiete Z. 2022. The Influence of the Degree of Forest Management on Methylmercury and the Composition of Microbial Communities in the Sediments of Boreal Drainage Ditches. Microorganisms, 10(10), 1981;
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10101981
Lācis G., Kārkliņa K., Bartulsons T., 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
Šķipars V., Ruņģis D., Ločmele I., Seile S., Mežaka I., Legzdiņa L. 2021. Evaluation of morphological traits, genetic diversity and major resistance genes in barley subpopulations cultivated under organic and conventional farming systems. Agronomy Research, 19(4), 1981-1998;
https://doi.org/10.15159/AR.21.134
Rendón-Anaya M., Wilson J., Sveinsson A., Fedorkov A., Cottrell J., Bailey M.E.S., Ruņģis D., Lexer C., Jansson S., Robinson K.M., Street N.R., Ingvarsson P.K. 2021. Adaptive Introgression Facilitates Adaptation to High Latitudes in European Aspen (Populus tremula L.). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(11), 5034-5050,
https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab229
Ruņģis D.E., Krivmane B. 2021. Genetic Diversity and Structure of Latvian Tilia cordata Populations. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences, 75(4), 261-267;
https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2021-0039
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