Māra Skrīvele, Dr. agr., leading researcher
Directions of work:
Leading and coordination of research
Research of fruit growing technologies
Research of rootstock, rootstock and cultivar interaction of fruit trees
Tree canopy training – form and methods
Irrigation in fruit and berries orchards
Collaboration with fruit growers, farmers
Extension
Publications:
Total amount of scientific and popular science publications are over 240.
Scientific publications (1998 – 2007), int. al. significant:
Rubauskis E., Skrivele M. 2007. Evaluation of some dwarf rootstocks in Latvia // Proceedings of the VIIIth International Symposium on “Canopy, Rootstocks and Environmental Physiology in Orchard Systems”. Acta Horticulturae Nr. 732. – Leuven: ISHS, 135 – 140 p.
Rubauskis E., Skrivele M., Dimza I., Berlands V. 2004. The influence of rootstock B 9 on apple growing and yields, as influenced by mulching and fertigation // Proceedings of the First International Symposium on ROOTSTOCKS FOR DECIDUOUS FRUIT TREE SPECIES. Acta Horticulturae Nr. 658., Volume 1. – Leuven: ISHS, 251 – 256 p.
Rubauskis E., Skrivele M., Dimza I., Berlands V. 2002. Effect of fertigation on growth and precocity of plums depending on rootstock // Horticulture and Vegetable Growing: Scientific works of the Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture and Lithuanian University of Agriculture. Nr. 21 (4). – Babtai: Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture, 50 – 57 p.