NRC scientists’ presentations at International Nordic-Baltic NJF Conference REACH

Nature Research Centre scientists participated in the 1st International Nordic-Baltic NJF Conference REACH

On 8–9 October, the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences hosted the 1st International Nordic-Baltic NJF Conference “Resolving Environmental and Climate Change Issues in Agriculture” (REACH).

Organisers: Nordic Association of Agricultural Science (NJF), Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Young Academy of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, The Research Financing Organisation of the Nordic Council of Ministers, and the Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research (NKJ).

Conference presentations focused on solutions to environmental and climate change problems in agriculture.

Scientists from the Nature Research Centre’s Laboratory of Mammalian Ecology and Laboratory of Plant Physiology delivered oral presentations on the following topics:

Linas Balčiauskas “Small mammal diversity and body condition in agricultural environments”.

Jurga Jankauskienė “Sustainable farming practise: harnessing biostimulants for enhanced crop and weed management”.

Liudmyla Kozeko “Response of psammophytes Secale sylvestre Host and Alyssum desertorum Stapf to soil flooding”.

Liudmyla Kozeko “Foliar application of proline and GABA modulates chaperone system response to drought in Arabidopsis thaliana”.

Elžbieta Jankovska-Bortkevič “The effect of proline, putrescine and DFMA on the response to the increasing low temperature stress in Brassica napus”.

Mariam Zareyan “Physiological and genetic reactions of winter wheat to drought under the influence of probiotic microorganisms and calcium”.

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