Head of Laboratory, Senior Researcher
Būda, V., Apšegaitė, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Podėnas, S., Souza, J.P.D., Zarbin, P.H.G., Labanauskas, L., Paškevicius, T., Baužienė, V., Radžiutė, S. 2025. Pheromones in crane flies: Behaviorally active cuticular compounds in Tipula autumnalis Loew (Diptera: Tipulidae). Insects, 16 (1): art. no. 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16010024
Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Lukša-Žebelovič, J., Apšegaitė, V., Mozūraitis, R., Lisicinas, R., Stanevičienė, R., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Serva, S., Servienė, E. 2025. Profiles of killer systems and volatile organic compounds of rowanberry and rosehip-inhabiting yeasts substantiate implications for biocontrol. Foods, 14 (2): art. no. 288. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14020288
Būda, V., Radžiutė, S., Apšegaitė, V., Budrys, E., Budrienė, A., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L. 2024. Cuticular hydrocarbons as putative sex pheromones and mating peculiarity of Cuckoo wasps Chrysis Angustula, Chrysis fulgida and Chrysis Iris (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 117 (4): art. no. e70014. https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.70014
Radžiutė, S., Orlovskytė, S., Būdienė, J., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Bumbulytė, G., Būda, V. 2023. Stored product pest Nemapogon variatella (Clemens): Identification of sex pheromone, putative antagonist and mitotype characterization. Journal of Applied Entomology, 147 (9): 857–867. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13178
Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Virbickas, T., Lukša, J., Servienė, E., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Kesminas, V. 2022. Gut microbiome of wild Baltic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr. Microbial Ecology, 84 (4): 1294–1298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01910-9
Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Aleknavičius, D., Apšegaitė, V., Būda, V. 2022. Response of parasitic wasp Cotesia glomerata L. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to cabbage plants of two varieties: Olfactory spectra of males and females. Journal of Economic Entomology, 115 (5): 1464–1471. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac135
Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Būda, V., Apšegaitė, V., Radžiutė, S., Būdienė, J., Aleknavicius, D., Mozūraitis, R. 2022. Sea buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides and fruit flies Rhagoletis batava: Search for volatile semiochemicals involved in pest attraction. Horticulturae, 8 (2): art. no. 179. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8020179
Būda, V., Radžiutė, S., Apšegaitė, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Čepulytė, R., Bumbulytė, G., Mozūraitis, R. 2022. Electroantennographic and behavioural responses of European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi, to the volatile organic compounds from sour cherry, Prunus cerasus, fruit. Insects, 13(2): 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020114
Mozūraitis, R., Apšegaitė, V., Radžiutė, S., Aleknavičius, D., Budienė, J., Stanevičienė, R., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Servienė, E., Būda, V. (2022) Volatiles produced by yeasts related to Prunus avium and P. cerasus fruits and their potentials to modulate the behaviour of the pest Rhagoletis cerasi fruit flies. Journal of Fungi, 8 (2); art. no. 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8020095
Mozūraitis, R., Aleknavičius, D., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Stanevičienė, R., Emami, S.N., Apšegaitė, V., Radžiutė, S., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Servienė, E., Būda, V. (2020) Hippophae rhamnoides berry related Pichia kudriavzevii yeast volatiles modify behaviour of Rhagoletis batava flies. Journal of Advanced Research, 21: 71–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2019.08.001
Būda, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Radžiutė, S., Apšegaitė, V., Stamm, P., Schulz, S., Aleknavičius, D., Mozūraitis, R. (2020) Male-Produced (-)-delta-Heptalactone, Pheromone of Fruit Fly Rhagoletis batava (Diptera: Tephritidae), a Sea Buckthorn Berries Pest. Insects, 11 (2): art. no. 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11020138
Lukša, J., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Apšegaitė, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Stanevičienė, R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Ravoitytė, B., Aleknavičius, D., Būda, V., Mozūraitis, R., Servienė, E. (2020) Fungal microbiota of sea buckthorn berries at two ripening stages and volatile profiling of potential biocontrol yeasts. Microorganisms, 8 (3): art. no. 456. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030456
Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Budrienė, A., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Budrys, E. (2019) Illumina-based 16S metagenomic analysis of the indigenous gut microbiota of cavity-nesting bee Megachile centuncularis: a comparison with the cavity-nesting wasp Ancistrocerus antilope. Journal of Apicultural Research. 58 (4): 587-590. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2019.1614734
Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Apšegaitė, V., Būda, V. (2019) The choice between flowers of closely related plant species by generalist pollinator: identification of relevant VOCs. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 13 (5): 735-743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-019-09702-2
Fors, L., Mozūraitis, R., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Verschut, T.A., Hamback, PA. (2018) Selection by parasitoid females among closely related hosts based on volatiles: Identifying relevant chemical cues. Ecology and Evolution 8 (6): 3219-3228. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3877
Verschut, T.A., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Apšegaitė, V., Mozūraitis, R., Hamback, P.A. (2017) Natal origin affects host preference and larval performance relationships in a tritrophic system. Ecology and Evolution. 7 (7): 2079-2090. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2826
Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Apšegaitė V., Radžiutė S., Mozūraitis R., Būda V., Pečiulytė D. (2016) Electrophysiological and behavioural responses of Ips typographus (L.) to trans-4-thujanol-a host tree volatile compound. Annals of Forest Science. 73 (2): 247-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-015-0494-5
Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė V., Radžiutė S., Čepulytė-Rakauskienė R., Apšegaitė V., Būda V. (2016) A three-year survey of honey bee viruses in Lithuania. Journal of Apicultural Research. 55 (2): 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2016.1211389
Būda V., Apšegaitė V., Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Butkienė R., Nedveckytė I., Pečiulytė D. (2016) Response of moth Plodia interpunctella to volatiles of fungus-infected and uninfected wheat grain. Journal of Stored Products Research. 69: 152-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2016.08.001
Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė V., Radžiutė S., Nedveckytė I., Būda V. (2016) Honey bee infection caused by Nosema spp. in Lithuania. Journal of Apicultural Science. 60 (2): 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2016-0019
Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Būda, V. (2014) Microsporidian parasites of honey bees Nosema ceranae and N. apis in Lithuania : supplementary data on occurrence along Europe. Journal of Apicultural Research. 53 (3): 374-376. https://doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.1.53.3.04
Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Karalius, V. (2012) Habitat requirements of the endangered beetle Boros schneideri (Panzer, 1796) (Coleoptera: Boridae). Insect conservation and diversity. 5 (3): 186–191. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00149.x
Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Vaitkevičienė, G., Venskutonytė, S. and Būda, V. (2010) Honey bee foraging in spring oilseed rape crops under high ambient temperature conditions. Žemdirbystė 97 (1): 61–70
