Lilija Dučkena Academic position Researcher assistant/PhD student Mg.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 lilija.duckena@lbtu.lv Telephone +37129590183 She has obtained a master’s degree in agriculture from the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies in 2023. Her research activities have mainly focused on tomato diseases caused by various fungal pathogens, including Alternaria spp., Stemphylium spp., and Botrytis spp. She is currently working on my doctoral thesis to explore greenhouse populations of Alternaria spp. affecting Solanaceae plants in the Baltic region. There are five publications in the SCOPUS The most important projects (2019-2025) Investigation of innovative solutions and new method development for efficiency and quality increase in Latvian greenhouse sector (IRIS), 2019 The most important publications (2019-2025) G. Bimšteine, L. Dučkena , (2023), Morphological characteristics and pathogenicity of Alternaria and Stemphylium isolates on tomato in vitro, Acta Horticulturae, ISSN 0567-7572, ISBN 9789462613768 G. Bimšteine, L. Dučkena , (2024), Haplotype diversity and phylogeny within Alternaria alternata and A. arborescens species complexes from tomatoes, Fungal Biology, ISSN 1878-6162 L. Dubova, I. Alsiņa , (2020), Experimental analysis of IoT based camera SI-NDVI values for tomato plant health monitoring application, Agronomy Research, ISSN 1406-894X 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
