Agrita Švarta Academic position Assistant Professor / Researcher PhD Field of research 4. Development and adaptation of technologies for obtaining high-value agricultural and forest products, as well as in veterinary medicine E-mail agrita.svarta@lbtu.lv Telephone +37128353634 Obtained Doctor of Phylosophy (Ph.D) degree in Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Sciences at the Latvia University of Life sciences and technologies. She has extensive experience in research management since 2018. During this period, she is an expert in the growing technologies of cereals, oilseed rape and legumes. Lately, she has conducted studies of cereal production and research methodology in agronomy. The doctoral thesis research investigated the impact of leaf diseases on winter wheat yield and yield quality. The latest researches focus on the growing technologies of cereals. She is the author or co-author of 17 peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS, with an h-index of 4. The most important projects (2019-2025) Sustainable soil management to unleash soil biodiversity potential and increase environmental, economic, and social well-being , 2021 Wasteless application of residual logging biomass for obtaining of environmentally friendly plant protection products and soil additives , 2023 , project leader The most important publications (2019-2025) 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 G. Bimšteine, J. Kaņeps, Z. Gaile, A. Švarta , (2022), Winter wheat leaf blotches development depending on fungicide treatment and nitrogen level in two contrasting years, Agronomy Research, ISSN 1406-894X
