Leader: Mārtiņš Zeps
Start date: 01.07.2019
End date: 30.06.2022

European Regional Development Fund Operational Program "Growth and Employment" Specific Objective 1.1.1 "Improve research and innovation capacity and the ability of Latvian research institutions to attract external funding, by investing in human capital and infrastructure" Activity 1.1.1.1. "Support for applied research" agreement No. 1.1.1.1/18/A/138

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Project partners are Vizulo Ltd. (leading partner, contact person Sergejs Burtovojs) and LSFRI "Silava" (contact person Mārtiņš Zeps)
Total budget is 627,452.78 EUR

The aim of study is o obtain intellectual property rights and economic advantages arising out of performed research regarding woody plants propagation in vitro and improvement of efficiency of rooting of their micro cuttings in multilevel systems by elaborating LED lighting systems with especially adjusted light spectrum that would ensure more efficient and energy efficient process of propagation and rooting.

Project staff

Toms Kondratovičs
Ineta Samsone
Mārtiņš Zeps

Publications

Kondratovičs T., Zeps M., Rupeika D., Zeltiņš P., Gailis A., Matisons R. 2022. Plants, 11(20), 2692
Morphological and Physiological Responses of Hybrid Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx. × Populus tremula L.) Clones to Light In Vitro
DOI: 10.3390/plants11202692
Kondratovičs T., Zeps M. 2022. Proceedings of 28th Annual International Scientific Conference "Research for Rural Development 2022", 37, 63-69
Effect of different spectral composition LED lighting on silver birch in vitro plantlet morphology
DOI: 10.22616/rrd.28.2022.009
Zeps M., Kondratovičs T., Grigžde E., Jansons Ā., Zeltiņš P., Samsone I., Matisons R. 2022. Plants, 11(8), 1097
Plantlet anatomy of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) and hybrid aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx. × Populus tremula L.) shows intraspecific reactions to illumination in vitro
DOI: 10.3390/plants11081097