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Dainis Edgars Ruņģis
Position:
Senior researcher
Grade:
Dr.biol.
Phone number:
28344201
E-mail:
Activity:
Genetic Resource Centre
Active projects:
Investigation of Vaccinium genetic resources in Latvia
Support to the LSFRI Silava for international collaboration projects in research and innovation
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
Supplementing of the brown bear population status monitoring with genetic methodology
Finished projects:
Investigation of molecular defence mechanisms in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)
Support for the Latvian plant genebank, central database and molecular laboratory
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
Potential for maintaining and improving the productivity, resistance, and genetic diversity of conifers under global climatic changes
Consolidating research capacity in fruit gardening and forestry by using IT support in search for environment-friendly cultivation and product development methods
The technologies for cultivating deciduous in forest and non-forest lands to meet the demand for forest raw materials
Methods and technologies for increasing the value of forest capital
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 innovative forest cultivation technologies for strengthening the efficiency and competitiveness of forestry production
Developing a system for genetic monitoring of wildlife species
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 (2016)
Variations in the population of big carnivores depending on hunting pressure (2017)