Biruta Bankina Academic position Professor Dr.biol. Field of research 1. Implementation of the "One Health" concept and species interaction studies in the context of climate change E-mail Biruta.Bankina@lbtu.lv Telephone +37126391893 Obtained doctoral degree in biology at the University of Latvia. She has extensive experience in research management since 2004. During this period, she is an expert in the fungal diseases of different plants. Lately, she has conducted studies of the biological traits of pathogens. Her recent research focuses on the diversity of plant pathogens, including those affecting wheat and legumes. She is the author or co-author of 43 peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS, with an h-index of 8. Four doctoral theses have been defended under her supervision. The most important projects (2019-2025) Pathogenicity and diversity of Botrytis spp. – important causal agents of legume diseases”, 2022 , project leader Influence of minimal soil tillage on its fertility maintenance, development and distribution of pests as well as crops’ yield and quality in resowings, 2018 , project leader 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, J. Kaņeps, B. Bankina , (2023), Evaluation of pathogenicity of Botrytis species isolated from different legumes, Frontiers in Plant Science, ISSN 1664-462X B. Bankina, I. Jakobija , (2020), Morphological variability of Botrytis cinerea – causal agent of Japanese quince grey mould, Agronomy Research, ISSN 1406-894X B. Bankina, J. Kaņeps, G. Bimšteine , (2021), Botrytis four species are associated with chocolate spot disease of faba bean in Latvia = Pupų rudąją dėmėtligę Latvijoje sukelia keturios grybo Botrytis rūšys, Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, ISSN ISSN 1392-3196 B. Bankina, G. Bimšteine, J. Kaņeps, L. Paura , (2019), Effects of soil tillage and crop rotation on the development of wheat stem base diseases, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, ISSN 0706-0661 B. Bankina, J. Kaņeps , (2024), Sensitivity analysis of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis to quinone-outside inhibitor and 14α-demethylase inhibitor fungicides in Latvia, Pathogens, ISSN 2076-0817 Membership Member of Editorial Board of the journals “Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science” and “Agronomy Research”
