Senior Researcher
Dėlkus, M., Žižytė-Eidetienė, M., Ivanauskas, A., Valiūnas, D. 2024. First report of lingonberry stunted yellows disease of Vaccinium vitis-idaea associated with ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii’-related phytoplasma strain in Lithuania. Plant Disease, 108 (5): 1391. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-24-0284-PDN
Ivanauskas, A., Valiūnas, D., Rimšaitė, J., Danilov, J., Šneideris, D., Žižytė-Eidetienė, M., Wei, W. (2022) New genetically distinct phytoplasmas and insect carriers associated with pine tree disease revealed by a survey in the Curonian Spit, Lithuania. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 52 (2): 201–208. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2021-0152
Marcone, C., Valiūnas, D., Mondal, S., Sundararaj, R. (2021) On some significant Phytoplasma diseases of forest trees: an update. Forests, 12 (4): art. no. 408. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12040408
Šneideris, D., Ivanauskas, A., Žižytė, M., Valiūnas, D. (2021) secA gene suitability for fast and easy identification of Phytoplasmas by RFLP analysis. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 160 (3): 737–743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-021-02262-3
Valiūnas, D., Jomantienė, R., Ivanauskas, A., Šneideris, D., Žižytė-Eidetienė, M., Shao, J., Yan, Z., Costanzo, S., Davis, R.E. (2019) Rapid detection and identification of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pini’-related strains based on genomic markers present in 16S rRNA and tuf genes. Forest Pathology, 49 (6): art. no. e12553. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12553
Valiūnas, D., Ivanauskas, A., Urbanavičienė, L., Šneideris, D., Kričėnaitė, J., Jomantienė, R. (2017) First report of a new disease of cucumber in Lithuania: molecular genetic characterization of the associated phytoplasma and identification of a possible insect vector, Stenocranus minutus. Plant Disease. 101 (2): 379. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-16-1318-PDN
Ivanauskas A., Urbonaitė I., Jomantienė R., Valiūnas D., Davis R.E. (2016) First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ subgroup 16SrI-A associated with a disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum) in Lithuania. Plant Disease. 100 (1): 207. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-15-0575-PDN
Valiūnas, D., Jomantienė, R., Ivanauskas, A., Urbonaitė, I., Šneideris, D., Davis, R. E. (2015) Molecular identification of phytoplasmas infecting diseased pine trees in the UNESCO-protected Curonian Spit of Lithuania. Forests. 6 (7): 2469-2483. https://doi.org/10.3390/f6072469
Ivanauskas A., Valiūnas D., Ivinskis P., Rimšaitė J. 2014: Some data on Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera) of Lithuania. New and Rare for Lithuania Insect Species, 26: 26-30.
Ivanauskas, A., Valiūnas, D., Jomantienė, R., Picciau, L., Davis, R.E. (2014) Possible insect vectors of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ and ‘Ca. Phytoplasma pruni’-related strains in Lithuania. Žemdirbystė=Agriculture. 101 (3): 313-320. https://doi.org/10.13080/z-a.2014.101.040
Valiūnas, D., Jomantienė, R., Davis, R.E. (2013) Evaluation of the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase β-subunit gene (rpoB) for phytoplasma classification and phylogeny. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 63 (10): 3904–3914. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.051912-0
Ivanauskas, A., Valiūnas, D., Jomantienė, R., Staniulis, J., Alma, A., Picciau, L., Davis, R. E. (2011) First report of potential phytoplasma vectors Euscelis incisus and Macrosteles sexnotatus in Lithuania. Bulletin of insectology. Vol. 64, Supplement: S131-132.
Jomantienė, R., Valiūnas, D., Ivanauskas, A., Urbanavičienė, L., Staniulis, J., Davis, R. E. (2011) Larch is a new host for a group 16SrI, subgroup B, phytoplasma in Ukraine. Bulletin of insectology. Vol. 64, Supplement: S101-S102.
Jomantiene, R., Davis, R. E., Lee, I. M., Zhao Y., Bottner-Parker, K., Valiunas D., Petkauskaite, R. (2010) Onion is host for two phytoplasma lineages, subgroups 165ri-A and 16sri-(B/L)L, in Lithuania :a hinfi site revealed a SNP marking divergent branches of evolution. Journal of plant pathology. 92 (2): 461-470
Valiunas D., Jomantiene R., Davis R. E., 2009: Establishment of a new phytoplasma subgroup, 16SrI-Q, to accomodate a previously undescribed phytoplasma found in diseased cherry in Lithuania. – Journal of Plant Pathology, 91(1): 71-75. ISSN: 1125-4653. IF 0,974. Q3.
Valiūnas D., Jomantienė R., Davis R. E. 2007: Phytoplasmas detected in cultivated fruit plants in Lithuania. – Bulletin of Insectology, 60 (2): 139-140. ISSN 1721-8861. IF 0,381. Q4.