Dace Siliņa Academic position Associate Professor / Leading researcher Dr. agr. Field of research 3.Studies of the basic resources of the bioeconomy – land, soil, water – to ensure sustainable use and reduce pollution 4. Development and adaptation of technologies for obtaining high-value agricultural and forest products, as well as in veterinary medicine E-mail dace.silina@lbtu.lv Telephone +37129821882 Obtained a doctoral degree in agriculture at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Since 2020, she has been serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Technology. Her research expertise includes the influence of air temperature on the winter hardiness, phenological development, yield, and its quality of highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) varieties, possibilities of weed control in the highbush blueberries plantation, the effect of pruning on the growth and development of them; propagation of highbush and lowbush blueberries; pollination; investigating risk-reducing technologies for highbush blueberry cultivation. Her recent studies relate to other plant growing, irigation, the use of fertilizers. She has authored or co-authored peer-reviewed 12 publications indexed in SCOPUS, with an h-index of 4. Under her supervision, two doctoral theses are in development. The most important projects (2019-2025) Development of an insecticide application plan in accordance with the principles of organic farming Rhagoletis sea buckthorn is ready for containment in sea buckthorn plantations in order to increase the quality of organically grown sea buckthorn crops, 2020 Innovative organic fertilizer containing microorganisms, 2022 , project leader Risk-reducing cultivation technologies for blueberry and/or cranberry in bog and mineral soils, 2018 , project leader Testing of promising berry varieties for integrated cultivation in various regions of Latvia and development and improvement of their cultivation technologies (blueberries), 2015 , project leader The most important publications (2019-2025) D. Siliņa , (2022), Evaluation of the phytochemical composition of phenolic and triterpene compounds in fruit of large cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) grown in Latvia, Plants, ISSN 2223-7747 D. Siliņa , (2020), Variability in yield of the lowbush blueberry clones growing in modified soil, Agronomy Research, ISSN 1406-894X D. Siliņa , (2019), Strawberry yield and quality in intercrop with legumes, Acta Horticulturae, ISSN 0567-7572, ISBN 9789462612396
