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2012-02-07 -	Integrated monitoring: "Nobody wants to fund it but everybody wants to use the long-term data"
	"The value of the long time series of data from the Swedish Integrated monitoring (IM) programme for research will only increase with time" continues Mike Starr, associate professor at the Department of...
2012-02-06 -	SLU will lead new cooperation project in the Baltic Sea region
	The Department of Forest Resource Management at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has received EU funding of 3.3 million euro for the project “The Baltic Landscape in change – innovative...
2012-02-03 -	New findings on the recovery of streams from acidification
	Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) report that the recovery of watercourses from acidification is slowed down by processes in the damp banks of forest streams (riparian...
2012-01-25 -	Ugandan ambassador visited SLU
	SLU has a long-standing cooperation with Uganda and Makerere University in particular. On 25 January SLU was visited by His Excellency Ambassador of Uganda Joseph Tomusange, together with Embassy Secretary...
2012-01-24 -	Chemical hive treatment temporarily worsens viral infections
	Honey bees are often attacked by varroa mites that also transmit viruses to the bees. The chemical used against the mites, appears to render bees more susceptible to deformed wing virus infections, according...
2012-01-19 -	Breeding for improved carcass quality using video analysis
	Video analysis is a novel tool in cattle breeding and may be used to increase the proportion of valuable cuts in carcasses. The weights of different cuts can be predicted through automatic analysis of...
2012-01-13 -	Large efficiency improvements possible on grape farms in the Republic of Macedonia
	Grape-producing farmers in the Republic of Macedonia can improve profits substantially by applying the practices of their most successful colleagues. This conclusion is presented in a thesis by Gordana...
2011-12-19 -	Sensational bird finding in China
	In June 2011, a team of Chinese and Swedish researchers rediscovered the breeding area for the poorly known Blackthroat Luscinia obscura, in the Qinling mountains, Shaanxi province, north central Chin...
2011-12-19 -	On food production in Latin America
	Rodomiro Ortiz, professor in genetics and plant breeding at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Alnarp, gives his view on the issues of climate change and food production in Latin...
2011-12-15 -	First Red List of Europe’s flowers
	Almost half of all species listed in the EU Habitats Directive are threatened in Europe, according to the new Red List of vascular plants in Europe. Experts at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences...

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