Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Biological potential
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Field of study
Phytochemical, genetic, and agro-biological studies of native and introduced plants. Selection of new cultivars, taking into account the changing climatic conditions.
Studies on the regularities of the accumulation of biologically active substances in plants. Fruit quality and post-harvest storage time.
Development of innovative products for the food, pharmaceutical/medical, plant protection, and cosmetic industries.
Studies on the extraction of functional components of fruit processing waste using sustainable methods.
Head of the laboratory
Principal Scientists
Senior Researchers
Scientists
Junior Scientists
Defended dissertaions (over the last 5 years)
2024
Viktorija Januškevičė. Modeling and optimizacion of fermentation process for plant raw metrials. Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy – A001. Scientific supervisor dr. Dalia Urbonavičienė. Scientific consultant dr. Laima Česonienė.
2022
Paulina Martusevičė (Štreimikytė). Enzymes-assistance extraction of buckwheat and oats grains for developing plant-based products and functionality. Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy – A001. Scientific supervisors: dr. Ramunė Bobinaitė (2018-2019); dr. Jonas Viškelis (2019-2022)
Projects
2021-2023. Inovatyvių auginimo terpių kūrimas, naudojant alternatyvius ingredientus. Nr. 01.2.1-LVPA-K-856-01-0086. ES struktūriniai fondai, priemonė – Eksperimentas. VDU dalies vadovė dr. Laima Česonienė.
2020-2022. Išeksploatuotų durpynų renatūralizacija ir augalų bendrijų atsistatymo technologijų vystymas. UAB „Durpeta“ , MTEP. Vadovas prof. dr. Remigijus Daubaras.
2015-2018. Plynųjų kirtimų poveikio miško ekosistemų biologinės įvairovės dinamikai tyrimai. Lietuvos mokslo taryba; SIT-1/2015. Vadovas prof. dr. Remigijus Daubaras.
Publications
2025
Raudone L., Zymone K., Marksa M, Cesoniene L. Phenolic diversity in Viburnum L. Inflorescences: A comparative study of V. opulus, V. trilobum, and V. sargentii. Scientia Horticulturae, 2025, (350), 114327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2025.114327
Januškevičė V., Saunoriūtė S., Ondrášek I., Petrikaitė V., Štreimikytė P., Liaudanskas M., Žvikas M., Daubaras R., Viškelis P., Viškelis J., Zych M., Petruškevičius A., Česonienė L. Biochemical diversity and anticancer potential of phenolic compounds in Sambucus nigra L. cultivar. Applied Food Research, 2025, 5 (2), 101404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afres.2025.101404
Saunoriūtė S., Sukackas J., Raudonė L. Amelanchier Medik. Species: An Underutilized Source of Bioactive Compounds with Potential for Pharmacological and Nutraceutical Applications. Molecules, 2025, 30, 3562. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30173562
Saunoriūtė S., Zymonė K., Marksa M., Raudonė L. Comparative Analysis of Phenolic Profiles and Antioxidant Activity in the Leaves of Invasive Amelanchier × spicata (Lam.) K. Koch in Lithuania. Plants, 2025, 14, 221. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14020221
Balciunaitiene A., Zehra S.H., Liaudanskas M., Viskelis J., Trumbeckaite S., Kubiliene L., Saunoriute S., Patrick B. Memvanga P.B., Ive D.K., Kyana J., Viskelis P. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Antimicrobial Silver Nanoparticles Using Propolis Extracts. Processes, 202,13(9), 2861. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13092861
2024
Česonienė L., Januškevičė V., Saunoriūtė S., Liaudanskas M., Žvikas V., Krikštolaitis R., Viškelis P., Zych M., Martusevičė P., Urbonavičienė D., Daubaras R., Balčiūnaitienė A., Viškelis J. Phenolic compounds in berries of winter-resistant Actinidia arguta Miq. and Actinidia kolomikta Maxim.: evidence of antioxidative activity. Antioxidants, 2024, 13 (3), p. 1 – 15. https://doi:10.3390/antiox13030372
Januškevičė V., Gomes A.M., Sousa S., Barbosa J.C., Vedor R., Martusevičė P., Liaudanskas M., Zvikas, V., Viškelis P., Česonienė L., Balčiūnaitienė A., Viškelis J., Szonn S., Urbonavičienė D. Phytochemical and functional diversity of enzyme-assisted extracts from Hippophae rhamnoides L., Aralia cordata Thunb., and Cannabis sativa L. Antioxidants, 2024, 13 (8) p. 1 – 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox13080950
Mingaila J., Vilimas V., Viškelis P., Marozas V., Bobinas Č., Viškelis J. Qualitative Changes in Birch Sap after Freezing and Thawing. Forests, 2024, 15, 809. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15050809
Balciunaitiene A., Januskevice V., Saunoriute S., Raubyte U., Viskelis J., Memvanga, P.B., Viskelis P. Antimicrobial Antioxidant Polymer Films with Green Silver Nanoparticles from Symphyti radix. Polymers 2024, 16, 317. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16030317
2023
Sinkevičienė J., Sinkevičiūtė A., Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Fungi present in the clones and cultivars of European cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) grown in Lithuania. Plants, 2023, 12 (12), p. 1 – 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12122360
Urbonavičienė D., Bobinaitė R., Viškelis P., Viškelis J., Petruškevičius A. Puzerytė V., Česonienė L., Klavins L., Daubaras R., Bobinas Č. Nutritional and physicochemical properties of wild lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) – effects of geographic origin. Molecules, 2023, 28 (12), p. 1 – 17. https://doi:10.3390/molecules28124589
Česonienė L., Krikštolaitis R., Daubaras R., Mažeika R. Effects of mixes of peat with different rates of spruce, pine fibers, or perlite on the growth of blueberry saplings. Horticulturae, 2023, 9 (2), p. 1 – 12. https://doi:10.3390/horticulturae9020151
Puzerytė V., Martusevičė P., Sousa S., Balčiūnaitienė A., Viskelis J., Gomes A.M., Viškelis P., Česonienė L., Urbonaviciene D. Optimization of enzyme-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds from sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) leaves: evaluation of mixed-culture fermentation. Microorganisms, 2023, 11 (9), p. 1 – 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11092180
2022
Česonienė L., Štreimikytė P., Liaudanskas M., Žvikas V., Viškelis P., Viškelis J., Daubaras R. Berries and leaves of Actinidia kolomikta (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim.: a source of phenolic compounds. Plants, 2022, 11(2), p. 1 – 13. https://doi:10.3390/plants11020147
2021
Česonienė L., Labokas J., Jasutienė I., Šarkinas A., Kaškonienė V., Kaškonas P., Kazernavičiūtė R., Pažereckaitė A., Daubaras R. Bioactive compounds, antioxidant, and antibacterial properties of Lonicera caerulea berries: evaluation of 11 cultivars. Plants, 2021, 10(4). https://doi:10.3390/plants11020147
2020
Česonienė L., Daubaras R., Bogačiovienė S., Maruška A.S., Stankevičius M., Valatavičius A., Zych M., Ercisli S., Ilhan G. Investigations of volatile organic compounds in berries of different Actinidia kolomikta (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. Accessions. Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences. 2020, 70 (3), p. 291-300. https://doi:10.31883/pjfns/124029
Kaškonienė V., Bimbiraitė-Survilienė K., Kaškonas P., Tiso N., Česonienė L., Daubaras R., Maruška A.S. Changes in the biochemical compounds of Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, and forest litter collected from various forest types. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry. 2020, 44 (6), p. 557-566. https://doi:10.3906/tar-1912-41
2019
Česonienė L., Daubaras R., Tamutis V., Kaškonienė V., Kaškonas P., Stakėnas V., Zych M. Effect of clear-cutting on the understory vegetation, soil and diversity of litter beetles in scots pine-dominated forest. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 2019, 38 (8), p. 791-808. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2019.1607755
Bogačiovienė S., Česonienė L., Ercisli S., Valatavičius A., Jakštys B., Šatkauskas S., Paulauskas A. Ploidy levels and genetic diversity of Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq., A. kolomikta (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim., A. callosa Lindl., and A. melanandra Franch. accessions. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 2019, 66 (5), p. 1107-1118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-019-00775-9
2018
Česonienė L., Daubaras R., Kaškonas P., Kaškonienė V., Maruška A., Tiso N., Zych M. Initial impact of clear-cut logging on dynamics of understory vascular plants and pollinators in Scots pine-dominated forests in Lithuania. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry. 2018, 42 (6), p. 433-443. https://doi.org/10.3906/tar-1804-71
Česonienė L., Daubaras R., Bimbiraitė-Survilienė K., Kaškonienė V., Maruška A., Tiso N., Kaškonas P., Zych M., Effects of clear-cuts in Scots Pine-dominated forests on Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium vitis-idaea vegetative characteristics, and accumulation of phenolic compounds. Baltic Forestry. 2018, 24 (2), p. 278-286. https://balticforestryojs.lammc.lt/ojs/index.php/BF/article/view/224
2017
Drevinskas T., Naujokaitytė G., Maruška A., Kaya M., Sargin I., Daubaras R., Česonienė L. Effect of molecular weight of chitosan on the shelf life and other quality parameters of three different cultivars of Actinidia kolomikta (kiwifruit). Carbohydrate polymers. 2017, 173, p. 269-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.06.002
Daubaras R., Česonienė L., Zych M., Tamutis V., Stakėnas V. Effect of forest clear cuts on plant–pollinator interactions: the case of three ericaceous subshrubs in Lithuanian pine forests. Acta Agrobotanica. 2017, 70 (1), p. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5586/aa.1707
2016
Kaya M., Česonienė L., Daubaras R., Leskauskaitė D., Zabulionė D. Chitosan coating of red kiwifruit (Actinidia melanandra) for extending of the shelf life // International journal of biological macromolecules. 2016, 85, p. 355-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.01.012
Česonienė L., Daubaras R., Kraujalytė V., Venskutonis P.R. Selection of new half-highbush blueberry cultivars with higher contents of biologically active compounds. Acta Horticulturae. 2016, 1139, p. 665-670. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1139.114
2015
Kraujalytė V., Venskutonis P.R., Pukalskas A., Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Antioxidant properties, phenolic composition and potentiometric sensor array evaluation of commercial and new blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) and bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) genotypes. Food Chemistry. 2015, Vol. 186, p. 583-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.05.031
Knygų skyriai
Januskevice V., Dene L., Urbonaviciene D., Balciunaitiene A., Viskelis P., Viskelis J., Streimikyte et al. (2025). Multistep Extraction of Plant By-Products Phytochemicals Using Enzyme-Assistance and Microbial Fermentation Technologies. In: Aguilar-Zárate, P., Haghi, A.K., Gómez-García, R. (eds) Reducing Food Loss and Waste. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-91693-9_20
Česonienė, Laima; Daubaras, Remigijus. Phytochemical composition of the large cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) and the small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) Monique Simmonds and Victor Preedy (eds). Nutritional composition of fruit cultivars. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-408117-8.00008-8
Europos specializuotuose centruose tarptautinę ekspertizę praėjusios augalų veislės (išskyrus dekoratyvinius augalus)
2022
Česonienė L., Daubaras R., Actinidia kolomikta ‘Milema’. CPVO final report on technical examination ACJ 8036.
2016
Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Vaccinium oxycoccos L. ‘Amalva‘. CPVO final report on technical examination ZUJ 8001.
Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Vaccinium oxycoccos L. ‘Reda‘ . CPVO final report on technical examination ZUJ 8003.
Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Vaccinium oxycoccos L. ‘Vaiva‘. CPVO final report on technical examination ZUJ 8002.
Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Vaccinium oxycoccos L. ‘Vita‘. CPVO final report on technical examination ZUJ 8004.
Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Vaccinium oxycoccos L. ‘Žuvinta‘. CPVO final report on technical examination ZUJ 8000.
2011
Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton ‘Danutė’. CPVO final report on technical examination Nr. 00013.
Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton ‘Freda’. CPVO final report on technical examination Nr. 00014.
Europos specializuotuose centruose tarptautinę ekspertizę praėjusios dekoratyvinių augalų veislės
2021
Daubaras R., Česonienė L. Viburnum opulus L. ‘Dievind‘. CPVO final report on technical examination KNAK 8002.
2020
Česonienė L., Daubaras R. Viburnum opulus L. ‘Perlas‘. CPVO final report on technical examination KNAK 8000.
Česonienė L., Daubaras R. ‘Aras‘ CPVO final report on technical examination KNAK 8001.