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Department of Plant Biology and Food Sciences

The Department of Plant Biology and Food Sciences research fields and topics:

  1. The growing, quality, storage and processing of fruits’, berries’ and vegetables’;
  2. Organic vegetable raw materials, products and their quality;
  3. The modelling of flowers’ decorativeness;
  4. The assessment studies of field and meadow plant growth, yield formation, selection material and creation of varieties and their genetic potential;
  5. The use of growth regulators for increasing of field crop productivity and quality improving;
  6. The nutritional optimization and analysis of genetic resources in animal husbandry.

Head of department – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurgita Kulaitienė

Contacts:
Address: Studentų g. 11 (room 405), Akademija Kauno r.
Phone: +370 37 75 23 26
Email: jurgita.kulaitiene@vdu.lt
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Department of Agroecosystems and Soil Sciences

The Department of Agroecosystems and Soil Sciences research fields and topics:

  1. Sustainability of agroecosystems and ecological intensification;
  2. Soil resources and conservation;
  3. Optimisation of plant nutrition;
  4. Investigation of agrocenoses of rapeseed and other agricultural crops;
  5. Climate change and agroecosystems: impact, adaptation, and mitigation;
  6. Crop and weed ecology.

Head of department – Prof. Dr. Vaclovas Bogužas

Contacts:
Address: Studentų g. 11 (room 522), Akademija Kauno r.
Phone: +370 37 75 22 33 29
Email: vaclovas.boguzas@vdu.lt