National subsidies (Ministry of Agriculture)
Projects of the Ministry of Education and Science
Current projects
International
COST Action 873 „Bacterial diseases of stone fruits and nuts”
B.Duffy (head of project, Switzerland), E.Kaufmane, S.Ruisa,
I.Moročko-Bičevska (participants) - (2006 - 2011)
ES COST Action 863 “Euroberry research: from genomics to
sustainable production, quality and health” B.Mezzetti (head of
project, Italy), S.Strautiņa, I.Moročko-Bičevska, D. Segliņa (participants)
(2004 - 2008)
Project of bilateral cooperation with Iowa State University, USA
„Evaluation of North American apple rootstocks in Latvia”. Māra
Skrīvele (head of project) (1997 – continued)
RIBESCO - Core collection of Northern European gene pool of
Ribes – Grant under Council Regulation (EC) No 870/2004
AGRI GEN RES 071. Sarmīte Strautiņa (head of project in Latvia)
(2007-2011)
Projects with EU co-funding
ESF
National program "Support to applied research in state research
institutions " ERDF project Nr. VPD1/ERAF/CFLA/05/APK/2.5.1./ 000082 “
Development of a database of woody plants in Latvia” Edīte
Kaufmane (head of project) (2006 - 2008)
ESF project
Nr.VPD1/ESF/NVA/05/APK/3.1.2.2./0087/04 “Possibilities of
raising the qualification of unemployed young people in the work market
of fruit growing and related fields”. Dalija Segliņa (head of
project) (2007 - 2008)
EUREKA
project Nr. E!3490 „Functional food ingredients from plant
products”. (2006 - 2009)
Latvia
State research programs
State research program Nr.05.12.00 “New medicines and means of
biocorrection: concstructing, forms of transport and mechanisms of
action“ Project Nr. 12 “A model of plant viruses for the
construction of vaccines and identifying of viruses” (head of
SRP – Institute of Organic Synthesis). (2007 - 2008)
State research program Nr.9 since 0.06.06. „Innovative technologies for
the development of high-value, safe and healthy food products from
genetically, physiologically and biochemically various plant and animal
material” project Nr. 2 „High-value Latvian berries: from
cultivar to high-quality, healthy and safe product” (head of
SRP – Latvian University of Agriculture). (2006 - 2009)
National subsidies (Ministry of Agriculture)
Program for the preservation of genetic resources of cultivated plants “Preservation,
research, increasing of fruit plant genetic resources, performance of
DUS testing”. Edīte Kaufmane (head of project) (2008)
Specification of environment-friendly technologies in fruit and berry
plantations in different soil, and climatic conditions. M. Skrīvele (head
of project) (2007 – continued)
Documentation, collection, evaluation of plants used in agriculture and
food, and the economical investigation of their preservation.
(Nr.2007/32-IP). (head of project – Centre of Genetic resources,
Research Institute of Forestry “Silava”) (2007 - 2008)
Projects of the Latvian Council of Science
Breeding and technological research of fruit plants suitable for integrated production (LCS research project Nr.05.1607). (2007 - continued)