Plant health promoting microorganisms
We study secondary beneficial effects of plant growth promoting bacteria and fungi including arbuscular mycorrhiza, regardless of their primary function to increase their usefulness as bio-inoculants in agricultural crops.
Microbial traits required for exerting beneficial effects are investigated both in vitro and in vivo by classical and modern molecular methods.
Two fungal pathogens: Colletotrichum coccoides and Botrytis cinerea inhibited by Trichoderma atroviride and Streptomyces sp. respectively (photo by Zaenab Farhad).
Ongoing projects:
Biological control of soil borne diseases in potato
Sadhna Alström, Björn Andersson
Composted herbs to control late blight in potato
Sadhna Alström, Björn Andersson
Consortia of biological control organisms formulated for improving plant health - a novel technology for sustainable crop. (Starting in January 2013)
Contact persons: Dan Funck Jensen, Magnus Karlsson, Mukesh Dubey, Margaretha Hökeberg, Hanna Friberg, Sebastian Håkonsson, Ingvar Sundh
Exploiting soil microbial activity to enhance nutrient acquisition and sustainable pathogen control in strawberries
Srivathsa Nallanchakravarthula (PhD student), Sadhna Alström, Dan Funck Jensen, Roger Finlay
Interactions between fungal pathogens and bacterial antagonists - their influence on oilseed rape emergence and early establishment
Saraswoti Neupane (PhD student), Sadhna Alström, Björn Andersson, Roger Finlay
Secreted proteins in fungal parasitic interactions for feed, food and non-food industry
Contact person: Dan Funck Jensen
The effect of composts amended with biocontrol agent on soil microbial community - with special reference to Trichoderma in rambutan
Xuan Do Thi (PhD student), Anna Rosling, Nils Högberg