Gunita Bimšteine Academic position Professor Dr. agr. Field of research 1. Implementation of the "One Health" concept and species interaction studies in the context of climate change 4. Development and adaptation of technologies for obtaining high-value agricultural and forest products, as well as in veterinary medicine E-mail Gunita.Bimsteine@lbtu.lv Telephone +37129431430 Obtained doctoral degree in agronomy at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technology. She has gained experience in field plant pathology area and worked as a leading researcher in several projects on fungal diseases in winter wheat, field beans, potatoes, legumes and vegetables. She is the author or co-author of 28 peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS, with an h-index of 8. One doctoral thesis have been defended under her supervision. The most important projects (2019-2025) Evaluation of cereals diseases incidence depending on cultivars under Latvia’s agro-climatic conditions for assessing cultivar traits, 2019 , project leader Pathogenicity and diversity of Botrytis spp. – important causal agents of legume diseases”, 2022 The development of the decision-making support system for restriction of the diseases, affecting leaves and ears of winter wheat, 2018 The most important publications (2019-2025) G. Bimšteine, L. Dučkena , (2024), Haplotype diversity and phylogeny within Alternaria alternata and A. arborescens species complexes from tomatoes, Fungal Biology, ISSN 1878-6162 B. Bankina, L. Dučkena, G. Bimšteine , (2024), Morphological diversity and mycelial compatibility of Botrytis pseudocinerea and Botrytis cinerea isolated in Latvia, Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact and Applied Sciences, ISSN 2255-890X G. Bimšteine, J. Kaņeps, B. Bankina , (2023), Evaluation of pathogenicity of Botrytis species isolated from different legumes, Frontiers in Plant Science, ISSN 1664-462X Z. Gaile, G. Bimšteine, L. Paura, B. Bankina, J. Kaņeps , (2021), Discrimination of leaf diseases affecting faba bean (Vicia faba), Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B - Plant & Soil Science, ISSN 1651-1913 Z. Gaile, B. Bankina, G. Bimšteine, J. Kaņeps, A. Švarta , (2023), Performance of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) depending on fungicide application and nitrogen top-dressing rate, Agronomy, ISSN 2073-4395
