I am agronomist and PhD student in plant pathology. The title of my project is "Epidemiology and population biology of Puccinia graminis in oats for control of stem rust in Sweden". Within the project, I study the biology and epidemiology to understand which the important elements are for spread and prognostication of stem rust.
Doctoral Thesis
Berlin, A. 2012. Population biology of Puccinia graminis -Implication for the epidemiology and control of stem rust. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Publications
Berlin, A., Samils, B., Djurle, A., Wirsén, H., Szabo, L., and Yuen, J. (2012). Disease development and genotypic diversity of Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae in Swedish oat fields. Plant Pathology, online, Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2012.02609.x.
Berlin, A., Djurle, A., Samils, B., and Yuen, J. (2012). Genetic variation in Puccinia graminis collected from oat, rye and barberry. Phytopathology, 102, 1006-1012.
Conference contributions
Berlin, A., Yuen., J. (2012) A phylogenetic and morphological study comparing f. sp. secalis and f. sp. avenae of Puccinia graminis. 13th International Cereal rusts and Powdery mildews Conference Beijing, China, August 28 – September 1 (oral presentation)
Berlin, A. (2012) Alternate hosts panel discussion -P. graminis in the presence of Barberry. BGRI annual workshop, Beijing, China, September 1 – 4 (participated in a panel discussion)
Berlin, A., Kyiashchenko, I., Djurle, A., Samils, B., and Yuen, J. (2012) Rusts on Berberis spp. in Sweden, BGRI annual workshop, Beijing, China September 1 – 4 (poster presentation)
Berlin, A. (2011) Can spore trapping provide information about airborne plant pathogens? Agri4D annual workshop. Uppsala, Sweden 28-29 September (oral presentation)
Berlin A., Woldeab, G., Rahmatiov, M., Muminjaniv, H., and Yuen J. (2011) Population structure of Puccinia graminis f.sp. avenae and P. graminis f.sp tritici in Sweden, Ethiopia and Tajikistan. 2011 BGRI Technical Workshop, June 13-16, St.Paul, MN, USA (poster presentation)
Berlin, A., Szabo, L., Djurle, A., Samils, B., and Yuen, J. (2010) Population structure of Puccinia graminis f.sp. avenae in oat fields in Sweden. 2010 BGRI Technical Workshop, May 30-31, St. Petersburg, Russia (poster presentation)
Berlin, A., Szabo, L., Stoxen, S., Djurle, A., Samils, B., and Yuen, J. (2009) Population structure of Puccinia graminis f.sp. avenae in Sweden. 12th International Cereal rusts and Powdery mildews Conference, October 13-16, Antalya, Turkey (poster presentation)
