Liina Talgre

Dr. Liina Talgre is Associate Professor of Plant Breeding at Estonian University of Life Sciences' Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Her research focuses on plant breeding, organic farming systems, and soil health assessment.

• Phone: +372 7313503
• Email: liina.talgre@emu.ee
• Office: Kreutzwald 5, Chair of Plant and Crop Science

Major research areas include:

• Comparative analysis of organic and conventional farming systems
• Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in long-term trials
• Cover crop effects on nitrogen fixation and crop yields
• Weed ecology and biodiversity in agricultural systems
• Soil microbial activity assessment

Her recent publications analyze:

• Phytate content variations in cereals
• Climate impacts on wheat quality parameters
• Potato yield in Baltic Sea climate conditions
• Microbial community composition in different farming systems
• Carabid beetle populations in diversified cropping systems