Regīna Rancāne Academic position Researcher Dr.agr. 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 regina.rancane@lbtu.lv Telephone +37126361918 Obtained a Master's degree in agronomy with specialisation in horticulture at Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Her master's thesis was developed on an innovative topic in Latvia – turf grass diseases on the golf courses. Obtained doctoral degree in agronomy at the VMU Agriculture Academy in Lithuania in 2024. From 2003 to 2018, she worked at the Latvian Plant Protection Research Centre, conducting tests for the effectiveness of plant protection products, as well as managing and participating in various scientific studies on plant protection. Since 2019, she has focused on research activities in the LBTU Institute of Plant Protection Research “Agrihorts”. Regina has experience of studies about harmful organisms and control strategies in different crops, but the closest has always been fruit farming. She has particularly focused on exploring, forecasting and developing plant protection recommendations in cooperation with apple growers. She is active in leading courses for the farmers. She is the author or co-author of peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS, with an h-index of 3. The most important projects (2019-2025) Use and improvement of the decision support system for pest control in integrated fruit growing, 2019 , project leader Perspectives for commercial fruit crops - environmentally friendly cultivation of quince (Chaenomeles japonica) and residue-free processing technologies, 2019 Sustainable plant protection system - analysis of the current situation, challenges and future solutions, 2021 The most important publications (2019-2025) V. Zagorska, R. Rancāne , (2023), The overall environmental load and resistance risk caused by long-term fungicide use to control Venturia inaequalis in apple orchards in Latvia, Plants, ISSN 2223-7747 R. Rancāne , (2023), Primary inoculum of Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Wint. In its asexual form in apple – a review, Frontiers in Horticulture, ISSN 2813-3595 L. Ozoliņa-Pole, R. Rancāne, G. Bundzēna, M. Fiļipovičs , (2024), The effectiveness of synthetic and inorganic substances in different apple scab control strategies, Agriculture, ISSN 2077-0472 Membership Chairperson of NorBaRag (Nordic Baltic collaboration about pesticide resistance research and pesticide efficacy evaluation) 2018–2021 .
