Annotation of the doctoral dissertation

Insect pests destroy about 11% of agricultural crops worldwide, and millions of tons of insecticides are used each year to control them. Unfortunately, such massive use of these chemical agents pollutes water and soil, causes ecosystem imbalance, harms the health of humans and animals, and reduces biodiversity across the globe. One of the main goals of the European Union is to reduce the amount of pesticides used; therefore, alternative control methods are being sought. In biological control, entomopathogenic fungi are used to regulate the abundance of insect pests. The aim of this doctoral research is to determine the distribution of entomopathogenic fungi in Lithuania and to select fungal strains that could be applied against pests.

  1. Sokė I., Jaseliūnaitė S., Čepukoit D., Burokienė D. Diversity and ligninolytic activity of saprotrophic fungi associated with Ips typographus and Picea abies. 6th Congress of Baltic Microbiologists „CBM 2025“, 2025 October 1–3, Riga, Latvia. Book of abstracts, p. 63.
  2. Čepukoit D., Koreivienė J., Sokė I., Jaseliūnaitė S., Burokienė D. From toxic cyanobacterial blooms to bioactive antifungal agents. 6th Congress of Baltic Microbiologists „CBM 2025“, 2025 October 1–3, Riga, Latvia. Book of abstracts, p. 62.
  3. Jaseliūnaitė S., Sokė I., Čepukoit D., Petlinskas D., Bucius M., Burokienė D. Phenoloxidase activity of fungi colonizing Norway spruce (Picea abies) and its pest, the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus). “Human and Nature Safety 2025”, May 7–9, 2025, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  4. Čepukoit D., Sokė I., Jaseliūnaitė S., Burokienė D. A study of population genetics in fungi of the genus Diaporthe. “17th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG17)”, 2025 March 2–5, Dublin, Ireland. Book of abstracts, p: 264.
  5. Burokienė D., Čepukoit D., Koreivienė J., Sokė I., Jaseliūnaitė S. Biocontrol of phytopathogenic fungi using wild cyanobacteria biomass. “17th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG17)”, 2025 March 2–5, Dublin, Ireland. Book of abstracts, p. 216.
  6. Čepukoit D., Mizerienė G., Sokė I., Jaseliūnaitė S., Gedminas A., Burokienė D. Microbial research on Ips typographus, a beetle of concern in Lithuania. Lithuanian Young Scientists Lithuania. Conference “Bioateitis: Perspectives in Natural and Life Sciences”, November 21, 2024, Vilnius, Book of abstracts, p. 11.
  7. Sokė I., Lygis V., Jaseliūnaitė S., Čepukoit D., Burokienė D. Wood-inhabiting fungi isolated from four tree species growing in protected old-growth forest stands. “The COINS 2024”, 2024 April 15–18, Vilnius, Lithuania. Book of abstracts, p. 120.
  8. Jaseliūnaitė S., Čepukoit D., Burokienė D. Disinfection of microorganisms with FAR-UVC 222 nm irradiation. “Open Readings 2024”. 2024 April 23–26, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  9. Jaseliūnaitė S., Čepukoit D., Burokienė D. Diaporthe spp. growth inhibition by endophytic bacteria. “The COINS 2023”, 2023 April 24–27, Vilnius, Lithuania. Book of abstracts, p. 79.
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