Dr. Akvilė Viršilė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0001-5981-7494
Tel.  +370 37 55476, +370 656 64818
E-mail: akvile.virsile@lammc.lt 
Kaunas str. 30, Babtai, Lithuania

Education

2005 Master degree in Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University.

2003 Bachelor degree in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University.

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

2012 Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Aleksandras Stulginskis University. Doctoral degree in Agricultural sciences (Agronomy 01A). Doctoral thesis “Photophysiological effects on metabolite dynamics in green vegetables and sprouts”.

Research fields

  • Plant photophysiology
  • Phytochemistry, metabolism
  • Physiology of plant productivity

Professional experience

Since 2016 Chief Researcher, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.

Since 2016 Project Manager at Energenas, LLC.

2012–2106 Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.

2010–2012 Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.

2006–2009 Assistant, Faculty of Agronomy, Lithuanian University of Agriculture.

2005–2006 Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture.

Memberships and affiliations with professional organizations

  • Lithuanian Society of Plant Physiologists.
  • ISHS (International Society for Horticultural Science).

In-service training

  • 2017–2018 Open Access to Science and Research (MITAP II) trainings in topics of research needed services identification and R&D commercialization.
  • December 11–17, 2016 Internship in Universitta Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, Piacenza, Italy
  • August 23 – September 5, 2015 Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Participation in „The Wageningen Summer School on Greenhouse Horticulture“
  • June 27 – July 14, 2015 Internship in Fudan University, Department of Light Sources and Illuminating Engineering, Institute of Light Sources. Shanghai, China.

Involvement in programmes and projects

  • 2017–2022 Research council of Lithuania, High level R&D project (SMART) “UV-A lighting strategies for controlled environment horticulture: upgrade to sustainable, high-value production”. Project leader.
  • 2017–2020 Research council of Lithuania, Project of Scientist groups “Dynamic light spectrum and intensity modeling and photoresponse in different vegetable morphogenesis stages” MODELIGHT. Participant.
  • 2016–2017 Horizon2020 SME Instrument „Market Opportunity Validation and Business Plan Development for horticulture research LED solution – Hortiled. Participant
  • 2015–2018 Research council of Lithuania, Project of Scientist groups “Control of Nitrate reduction in green vegetables: Metabolic effects of light and other environmental factors“ NIMETA. Project manager.
  • 2012–2013 Research council of Lithuania, Proof of concept Project „Photophysiological effects for the control of plant secondary metabolism“ METABOLED. Project manager.
  • 2012–2014 Research council of Lithuania, Project of National research program „Healthy and safe food“ „“The management of microgreens nutritional quality in light culture system“ MICROGREENS. Participant.
  • 2007–2009 Lithuanian State Science and Studies foundation, „High-technology program project “Solid-state Lighting Technology for Phytotrons and Greenhouses“. PHYTOLED. Participant.
  • 2005–2006 Lithuanian State Science and Studies foundation, „High-technology program Project “Solid – state lighting technology for manipulation of plant physiological processes” HORTILED. Participant.
  • 2006–2018 Outsourcing for economic entities: various applied research and experimental development projects.

Supervision and co-supervision of PhD projects

  • 2013–2017 Supervisor of PhD student Viktorija Vaštakaitė. Doctoral thesis “The photophysiological aspects for the management of metabolites and mineral elements in brassicaceae microgreens“ defended on 2018 02 22.

Awards

  • 2015–2016 Scholarship and prize of the Lithuanian Academy of Science.
  • 2015 Silver medal of Vytautas Magnus University.
  • 2014 Lithuanian Science Award together with prof. dr. Pavelas Duchovskis, dr. Aušra Brazaitytė, dr. Giedrė Samuolienė for cycle “Plant Physiology: Management of Development, Stress, Productivity and Quality (1999–2013)”.

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

  1. Brazaitytė A., Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Sutulienė R., Rasiukevičiūtė N., Viršilė A., Miliauskienė J., Laužikė K., Valiuškaitė A., Dėnė L., Chrapačienė S., Kupčinskienė A., Samuolienė G. 2022. Phenolic compounds content evaluation of lettuce grown under short-term preharvest daytime or nighttime supplemental LEDs. Plants, 11 (9): 1123. IF – 4,658

  2. Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Brazaitytė A., Miliauskienė J., Sutulienė R., Laužikė K., Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Runkle E. S. 2022. Photon distribution of sole-source lighting affects the mineral nutrient content of microgreens. Agriculture, 12 (8): 1086. IF – 3,408
  3. Samuolienė G., Viršilė A., Miliauskienė J., Haimi P. J., Laužikė K., Brazaitytė A., Duchovskis P. 2021. The physiological response of lettuce to red and blue light dynamics over different photoperiods. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11: 2294. IF – 6,627
  4. Samuolienė G., Miliauskienė J., Kazlauskas A., Viršilė A. 2021. Growth stage specific lighting spectra affect photosynthetic performance, growth and mineral element contents in tomato. Agronomy, 11 (5): 901. IF – 3,949
  5. Viršilė A., Miliauskienė J., Haimi P. J., Laužikė K., Samuolienė G. 2020. The comparison of constant and dynamic red and blue light irradiation effects on red and green leaf lettuce. Agronomy, 10: 1802. IF – 3,417
  6. Samuolienė G., Viršilė A., Miliauskienė J., Haimi P., Laužikė K., Jankauskienė J., Novičkovas A., Kupčinskienė A., Brazaitytė A. 2020. The photosynthetic performance of red leaf lettuce under UV-A irradiation. Agronomy, 10 (6): 761. IF – 3,417
  7. Dikšaitytė A., Viršilė A., Žaltauskaitė J., Januškaitienė I., Praspaliauskas M., Pedišius N. 2020. Do plants respond and recover from a combination of drought and heatwave in the same manner under adequate and deprived soil nutrient conditions? Plant Science, 291: 110333. IF – 5,753
  8. Samuolienė G., Viršilė A., Haimi P., Miliauskienė J. 2020. Photoresponse to different lighting strategies during red leaf lettuce growth. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology: Biology, 202: 111726. IF – 6,252
  9. Viršilė A., Brazaitytė A., Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Miliauskienė J., Jankauskienė J., Novičkovas A., Laužikė K., Samuolienė G. 2020. The distinct impact of multi-color LED light on nitrate, amino acid, soluble sugar and organic acid contents in red and green leaf lettuce cultivated in controlled environment. Food Chemistry, 310: 125799. IF – 7,514
  10. Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Viršilė A., Miliauskienė J., Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Duchovskis P. 2019. Nutrient levels in Brassicaceae microgreens increase under tailored light-emitting diode spectra. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 1475. IF – 4,402
  11. Viršilė A., Brazaitytė A., Vaštakaitė‐Kairienė V., Miliauskienė J., Jankauskienė J., Novičkovas A., Samuolienė G. 2019. Lighting intensity and photoperiod serves tailoring nitrate assimilation indices in red and green baby leaf lettuce. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 99 (14): 6608–6619. IF – 2,614
  12. Viršilė A., Brazaitytė A., Vaštakaitė-Kairienė A., Jankauskienė J., Miliauskienė J., Samuolienė G., Novičkovas A., Duchovskis P. 2019. Nitrate, nitrite, protein, amino acid contents, and photosynthetic and growth characteristics of tatsoi cultivated under various photon flux densities and spectral light compositions. Scientia Horticulturae, 258: 108781. IF – 2,769
  13. Brazaitytė A., Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Jankauskienė J., Miliauskienė J., Novičkovas A., Duchovskis P. 2019. Response of mustard microgreens to different wavelengths and durations of UV-A LEDs. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 1153. IF – 4,402
  14. Tarasevičienė Ž., Viršilė A., Danilčenko H., Duchovskis P., Paulauskienė A., Gajewski M. 2019. Effects of germination time on the antioxidant properties of edible seeds. CyTA – Journal of Food, 17: 447–454. IF – 1,653
  15. Dikšaitytė A., Viršilė A., Žaltauskaitė A., Januškaitienė I., Juozapaitienė G. 2019. Growth and photosynthetic responses in Brassica napus differ during stress and recovery periods when exposed to combined heat, drought and elevated CO2. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 142: 59–72.  IF – 3,720
  16. Viršilė A., Brazaitytė A., Jankauskienė J., Miliauskienė J., Vaštakaitė V., Odminytė I., Novičkovas A., Samuolienė G. 2018. Pre-harvest LED lighting strategies for reduced nitrate contents in leafy vegetables. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 105 (3): 249–256. IF – 1,020
  17. Samuolienė G., Viršilė A., Brazaitytė A., Jankauskienė J., Sakalauskienė S., Vaštakaitė V., Novičkovas A., Viškelienė A., Sasnauskas A., Duchovskis P. 2017. Blue light dosage affects carotenoids and tocopherols in microgreens. Food Chemistry, 228: 50–56. IF – 4,946
  18. Vaštakaitė V., Viršilė A., Brazaitytė A., Samuolienė G., Jankauskienė J., Novičkovas A., Duchovskis P. 2017. Pulsed light-emitting diodes for higher phytochemical level in microgreens. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 65 (31): 6529–6534. IF – 3,412
  19. Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Viršilė A., Jankauskienė J., Sakalauskienė S., Duchovskis P. 2016. Red light-dose or wavelength-dependent photoresponse of antioxidants in herb microgreens. PLoS One, 11 (9): e0163405. IF – 2,806
  20. Brazaitytė A., Sakalauskienė S., Samuolienė G., Jankauskienė J., Viršilė A., Novičkovas A., Sirtautas R., Miliauskienė J., Vaštakaitė V., Dabašinskas L., Duchovskis P. 2015. The effects of LED illumination spectra and intensity on carotenoid content in Brassicaceae microgreens. Food Chemistry, 173: 600–606. IF – 4,052
  21. Brazaitytė A., Viršilė A., Jankauskienė J., Sakalauskienė S., Samuolienė G., Sirtautas R., Novičkovas A., Dabašinskas L., Miliauskienė J., Vaštakaitė V., Bagdonavičienė A., Duchovskis P. 2015. Effect of supplemental UV-A irradiation in solid-state lighting on the growth and phytochemical content of microgreens. International Agrophysics, 29 (1): 13–22. IF – 1,067
  22. Bagdonavičienė A., Brazaitytė A., Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Jankauskienė J., Sirtautas R., Sakalauskienė S., Miliauskienė J., Maročkienė N., Duchovskis P. 2015. Cultivation of sweet pepper (Capsicum annum) transplants under high pressure sodium lamps supplemented by light-emitting diodes of variuos wavelengths. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Hortorum Cultus, 14 (16): 3–14. IF – 0,583
  23. Sirtautas R., Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Sakalauskaitė J., Sakalauskienė S., Viršilė A., Jankauskienė J., Vaštakaitė V., Duchovskis P. 2014. Impact of CO2 on quality of baby lettuce grown under optimizing light spectrum. Acta Scientarum Polonorum, Hortorum Cultus, 13 (2): 109–118. IF – 0,522
  24. Sirtautas R., Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Miliauskienė J., Sakalauskienė S., Duchovskis P. 2014. Growing of leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) under high-pressure sodium lamps with supplemental blue, cyan and green LEDs. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 101 (1): 75–78. IF – 0,420
  25. Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Sirtautas R., Viršilė A., Sakalauskaitė J., Sakalauskienė S., Duchovskis P. 2013. LED illumination affects bioactive compounds in romaine baby leaf lettuce. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 93 (13): 3286–3291. IF – 1,879
  26. Olle M., Viršilė A. 2013. The effects of light-emitting diode lighting on greenhouse plant growth and quality. Agricultural and Food Sciences, 22 (2): 223–234. IF – 1,000
  27. Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Jankauskienė J., Viršilė A., Sirtautas R., Novičkovas A., Sakalauskienė S., Sakalauskaitė J., Duchovskis P. 2013. LED irradiance level affects growth and nutritional quality of Brassicamicrogreens. Central European Journal of Biology, 8 (12): 1241–1249. IF – 0,633
  28. Samuolienė G., Sirtautas R., Brazaitytė A, Viršilė A., Duchovskis P. 2012. Supplementary red-LED lighting and the changes in phytochemical content of two baby leaf lettuce varieties during three seasons. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, 10 (3–4): 701–706. IF – 0,517
  29. Samuoliene G., Urbonavičiūtė A., Brazaitytė A., Šabajevienė G., Sakalauskaitė J., Duchovskis P. 2011. The impact of LED illumination on antioxidant properties of sprouted seeds. Central European Journal of Biology, 6 (1): 68–74. IF – 1,00
  30. Sakalauskaitė J., Brazaitytė A., Urbonavičiūtė A., Samuolienė G., Šabajevienė G., Sakalauskienė S., Duchovskis P. 2010. Radish plant behaviour under short-term elevated ozone fumigation. Central European journal of biology, 5 (5): 674–681. IF – 0,685
  31. Brazaitytė A., Duchovskis P., Urbonavičiūtė A., Samuolienė G., Jankauskienė J., Sakalauskaitė J., Šabajevienė G., Sirtautas R., Novičkovas A. 2010. The effect of light-emitting diodes lighting on the growth of tomato transplants. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 97 (2): 89–98.   IF – 0,232
  32. Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Urbonavičiūtė A., Šabajevienė G., Duchovskis P. 2010. The effect of red and blue light component on the growth and development of frigo strawberries. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 97 (2): 99–104.  IF – 0,232
  33. Samuolienė G., Urbonavičiūtė A., Duchovskis P., Bliznikas Z., Vitta P., Žukauskas A. 2009. Decrease in nitrate concentration in leafy vegetables under a solid-state illuminator. 0018-5345 (Online). 44 (7): 1–4. IF – 0,696
  34. Urbonavičiūtė A., Jakštas V., Kornyšova O., Janulis V., Maruška A. 2006. Capillary electrophoretic analysis of flavonoids in single-styled hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna Jacq.) ethanolic extracts. Journal of Chromatography A, 1112: 339–344. IF – 3,554
  35. Urbonavičiūtė A., Samuolienė G., Sakalauskaitė J., Duchovskis P., Brazaitytė A., Šikšnianienė J. B., Ulinskaitė R., Šabajevienė G., Baranauskis K.. 2006. The effect of elevated CO2 concentrations on leaf carbohydrate, chlorophyll contents and photosynthesis in radish. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 15 (6): 921–925. IF – 0,353

Other peer-reviewed publications

  1. Brazaitytė A., Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Miliauskienė J., Jankauskienė J., Duchovskis P. 2020. Effect of supplemental UV-A radiation on mineral elements content and nitrate variation in Brassica microgreens. Acta Horticulturae, 1296: 675–682
  2. Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Brazaitytė A., Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Miliauskienė J., Jankauskienė J., Duchovskis P. 2020. Pulsed light-emitting diodes for higher contents of mineral elements in mustard microgreens. Acta Horticulturae, 1271: 149–154
  3. Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Brazaitytė A., Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Miliauskienė J., Jankauskienė J., Novičkovas A., Duchovskis P. 2020. The nutritional value of Brassica leafy greens in different growth stages. Acta Horticulturae, 1271: 455–463
  4. Brazaitytė A., Vaštakaitė V., Jankauskienė J., Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Sakalauskienė S., Novičkovas A., Miliauskienė J., Duchovskis P. 2020. Comparison of LED and HPS illumination effects on cultivation of red pak choi microgreens under indoors and greenhouse conditions. Acta Horticulturae, 1287: 395–402
  5. Brazaitytė A., Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Jankauskienė J., Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Sakalauskienė S., Novičkovas A., Miliauskienė J., Duchovskis P. 2020. Effect of blue light percentage on mineral elements content in Brassica microgreens. Acta Horticulturae, 1271: 119–125
  6. Viršilė A., Brazaitytė A., Sirtautas R., Duchovskis P. 2017. Light spectral effects on phenolic compounds in Perilla frutescens leaves as related to the leaf age, color and duration of exposure. Acta Horticulturae, 1170: 981–988.
  7. Brazaitytė, A., Sakalauskienė, S., Viršilė, A., Jankauskienė, J., Samuolienė, G., Sirtautas, R., Vaštakaitė, V., Miliauskienė, J., Duchovskis, P., Novičkovas, A. and Dabašinskas, L. 2016. The effect of short-term red lighting on Brassicaceae microgreens grown indoors. Acta Horticulturae, 1123: 177–184.
  8. Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Viršilė A., Sirtautas R., Sakalauskaitė J., Sakalauskienė S., Duchovskis P. 2015. Photomorphogenetic effects in different plant life forms. Acta Horticulturae, 1099: 129–135.
  9. Bliznikas Z., Zukauskas A., Samuolienė G., Viršilė A., Brazaitytė A., Jankauskienė J., Duchovskis P., Novičkovas A. 2012. Effect of supplementary pre-harvest led lighting on the antioxidant and nutritional properties of green vegetables. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 939: 85–91.
  10. Novičkovas A., Brazaitytė A., Duchovskis P., Jankauskienė J., Samuolienė G., Virsilė A., Sirtautas R., Bliznikas Z., Zukauskas A. 2012. Solid-state lamps (LEDS) for the short-wavelength supplementary lighting in greenhouses: experimental results with cucumber. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 927: 723–730.
  11. Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Duchovskis P., Viršilė, A., Jankauskienė J., Sirtautas R., Novičkovas A., Sakalauskienė S., Sakalauskaitė J. 2012. Cultivation of vegetable transplants using solid-state lamps for the short-wavelength supplementary lighting in greenhouses. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 952: 885–892.
  12. Žukauskas A., Bliznikas Z., Breivė K., Novičkovas A., Samuolienė G., Urbonavičiūtė A., Brazaitytė A., Jankauskienė J., Duchovskis, P. 2011. Effect of supplementary pre-harvest LED lighting on the antioxidant properties of lettuce cultivars. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 907: 87–90.
  13. Urbonavičiūtė A., Duchovskis P., Brazaitytė A., Samuolienė G. 2009. Photophysiological investigation using light emitting diode illumination. Rural Development 2009, Proceedings, 4 (1): 414–417.
  14. Samuolienė G., Duchovskis P., Urbonavičiūtė A., Šabajevienė G. 2009. Flowering initiation in plants of different Apiaceae species. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 96 (3): 186–198.
  15. Urbonavičiūtė A., Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Duchovskis P., Ruzgas V., Žukauskas S. 2009. The effect of variety and lighting quality on wheatgrass antioxidant properties. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 96 (3): 119–128.
  16. Brazaitytė A., Duchovskis P., Urbonavičiūtė A., Samuolienė G., Jankauskienė J., Kasiulevičiūtė-Bonakėrė A., Bliznikas Z., Novičkovas A., Breivė K., Žukauskas A. 2009. The effect of light-emitting diodes lighting on cucumber transplants and after-effect on yield. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 96 (3): 102–118.
  17. Sakalauskienė S., Brazaitytė A., Šabajevienė G., Lazauskas S., Sakalauskaitė J., Urbonavičiūtė A., Samuolienė, P. Duchovskis. 2009. Kompleksinis aplinkos veiksnių poveikis sėjamojo žirnio (Pisum sativum L.) fiziologiniams rodikliams organogenezės III–IV organogenezės etapais. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 96 (3): 93–101.
  18. Urbonavičiūtė A., Samuolienė G., Sakalauskienė S., Brazaitytė A., Jankauskienė J., Duchovskis P., Ruzgas V., Stonkus A., Vitta P., Žukauskas A., Tamulaitis G. 2009. Effect of flashing amber light on the nutriotional quality of green sprouts. Agronomy Research, 7 (spec. iss. 2): 761–767.
  19. Juknys R., Duchovskis P., Sliesaravičius A., Šlepetys J., Raklevičienė D., Januškaitienė I., Brazaitytė A., Ramaškevičienė A., Lazauskas S., Rančelienė V., Dėdelienė K., Sakalauskaitė J., Juozaitytė R., Kadžiulienė Ž., Švegždienė D., Martinavičienė J., Urbonavičiūtė A. 2008. Changes in the sensitivity of agricultural plants to the impact of ozone and UV-B radiation in simulated warmer climate conditions. Ekologija, 54 (4): 195v200.
  20. Tranavičienė T., Urbonavičiūtė A., Samuolienė G., Duchovskis P., Vagusevičienė I., Sliesaravičius A. 2008. The effect of differential nitrogen fertilization on photosynthetic pigment and carbohydrate contents in the two winter wheat varieties. Agronomy Research, 6 (2): 555–561.
  21. Šabajevienė G., Sakalauskienė S., Lazauskas S., Duchovskis P., Urbonavičiūtė A., Samuolienė G., Ulinskaitė R., Sakalauskaitė J., Brazaitytė A., Povilaitis V.. 2008. Aplinkos temperatūros ir substrato drėgmės poveikis vasarinių miežių fiziologiniams rodikliams. Žemdirbystė/ Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 95 (4): 71–80.
  22. Tranavičienė T., Šikšnianienė J. B., Urbonavičiūtė A., Vagusevičienė I., Samuolienė G., Duchovskis P., Sliesaravičius A. 2007. Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizers on Wheat Photosynthetic pigment and carbohydrate contents. Biologija, 53 (4): 80–84.
  23. Samuolienė G., Šabajevienė G., Urbonavičiūtė A., Duchovskis P.. 2007. Carrot flowering initiation: light effect, photosynthetic pigments, carbohydrates. Acta Biologica Szegediensis: 51 (1): 39–42.
  24. Samuolienė G., Duchovskis P., Urbonavičiūtė A.. 2005. Phytohormones dynamics during flowering initiation in carrots. Acta Biologica Szegediensis, 49 (3-4): 33–37.

Monographs, books, textbooks and their sections published by international publishers

  1. Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Miliauskienė J., Duchovskis P. 2019. Applications and Advances in LEDs for Horticulture and Crop Production. Koutchma T. (ed.): Ultraviolet LED Technology for Food Applications – From Farms to Kitchens. Academic Press, p. 35–65.
  2. Viršilė A., Olle M., Duchovskis P. 2017. LED lighting in horticulture. In: Dutta Gupta S. (eds) Light Emitting Diodes for Agriculture. Springer, Singapore, pp 113-147.

Monographs, books, textbooks and their sections published by national publishers

  1. Duchovskis P., Brazaitytė A., Samuolienė G., Viršilė A., Vaštakaitė V. 2015. Fotofiziologinių tyrimų būklė ir jų taikymo perspektyvos augalininkystėje. Studija. Vilnius, LMA, ISBN 978-9955-9371-9-7, 92 p.

Patents

  1. Žukauskas A., Duchovskis P., Bliznikas Z., Samuolienė G., Urbonavičiūtė A., Vitta P. 2008. Žalingų nitratų kiekio augaluose sumažinimo, apšvitinant kietakūnio šviestuvo sukuriamu šviesos srautu, būdas ir įrenginys. Lietuvos respublikos patentas Nr. 5516. (LT2006082A paraiška). Lietuvos Respublikos Valstybinio patentų biuro Oficialus biuletenis, 2008/09, 2008 09 25, 9: 11.
  2. Zukauskas A., Duchovskis P., Bliznikas Z., Samuoliene G., Urbonavičiute A., Vitta P. 2012. Method and Apparatus for the Reduction of Harmful Nitrates in Plants Using Radiant Flux Generated By a Solid-State Illuminator. Patent No. 2111097 B1. European Patent Bulletin 12/21 of 23.05.12.