I work as a PhD-student with the project “Variation and survival of Phytophthora infestans” together with Jonathan Yuen, Björn Andersson, Nils Högberg och Anna-Karin Widmark. Phytophthora infestans is a pathogen that causes late blight on potatoes. Potato late blight is one of the most devastating plant diseases worldwide. In Sweden, late blight is mainly a problem in organic farming since you cannot use any fungicides.

My main interest is the population biology of P.infestans and how it varies on different hosts but also the dispersal and survival of the pathogen.

Conference abstracts

R. Nærstad, V.H. Le, A. Hermansen, A. Hannukkala, B.J. Nielsen, J.G. Hansen, L. Grönberg, B. Andersson & J. Yuen. Improvement of potato late blight forecasting. Abstract. Eleventh Euroblight workshop, Hamar, Norway 28-31 October 2008

L. Grönberg, B. Andersson, N. Högberg, A.-K. Widmark & J. Yuen. Genotypic variation of Phytophthora infestans within and between fields in the Nordic countries. Abstract and Presentation . Twelfth Euroblight Workshop, Arras, France, May 2010

Master thesis

Grönberg L, Field margins vs. insecticides: factors affecting the density of predators attacking Plutella xylostella.
Made as a minor field study in 2006.
Awarded the Hampus von post prize for best undergraduate thesis 2007