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Dr. Violeta Apšegaitė

Researcher

Publications

  • 2025 m.

    Čepulytė, R., Osinska, E., Apšegaitė, V., Tiškevičiūtė, D., Būda, V. 2025. Scent of death: Emission and behavioral role of 1-nonene in entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema kraussei. PLOS One, 20 (7): art. no. e0328628. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328628

  • 2025 m.

    Mozūraitis, R., Cirksena, K., Raftari, M., Hajkazemian, M., Abiodun, M.M., Brahimi, J., Radžiutė, S., Apšegaitė, V., Bernotienė, R., Ignatowicz, L., Hick, T., Kirschning, A., Lenman, A., Gerold, G., Emami, S.N. 2025. Zika virus modulates human fibroblasts to enhance transmission success in a controlled lab-setting. Communications Biology, 8 (1): art. no. 139. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07543-9

  • 2025 m.

    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

  • 2025 m.

    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

  • 2024 m.

    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

  • 2023 m.

    Enge, S., Mérot, C., Mozūraitis, R., Apšegaitė, V., Bernatchez, L., Martens, G.A., Radžiutė, S., Pavia, H., Berdan, E.L. 2023. A supergene in seaweed flies modulates male traits and female perception. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 290 (2008): art. no. 20231494. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1494

  • 2022 m.

    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

  • 2022 m.

    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

  • 2022 m.

    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

  • 2022 m.

    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

  • 2020 m.

    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

  • 2020 m.

    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

  • 2020 m.

    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

  • 2020 m.

    Ložienė, K., Labokas, J., Vaičiulytė, V., Švedienė, J., Raudonienė, V., Paškevičius, A., Šveistytė, L., Apšegaitė, V. (2020) Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of fruit essential oils of Myrica gale, a neglected non-wood forest product. Baltic Forestry, 26 (1): art. no. 423. https://doi.org/10.46490/BF423

  • 2019 m.

    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

  • 2017 m.

    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

  • 2016 m.

    Mozūraitis R., Radžiutė S., Apšegaitė V., Cravcenco A., Būda V., Nylin S. (2016) Volatiles released from foliar extract of host plant enhance landing rates of gravid Polygonia c-album females, but do not stimulate oviposition. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 158 (3): 275-283. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12405

  • 2016 m.

    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

  • 2016 m.

    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

  • 2016 m.

    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

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