News from SLU Network Plant Protection
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25 November 2022
Herd immunity in food crops for increased food safety
Can heard immunity in food crops be achieved through speckled use of resistant cultivars, biocontrol and chemical fungicides? This will be investigated in a new research project at SLU financed by Formas.
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24 November 2022
Weed seed predation depends on agricultural intensity
Field management intensity weakens the ecosystem service of weed seed predation. This is shown by SLU researchers in a new study. In addition, a new metric was developed that can assess the strength of weed seed predation.
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24 November 2022
New research grants for spruce breeding and mechanisms behind a cereal disease
Vahideh Rafiei and Malin Elfstrand have been awarded research grants from Formas' open call for research on fungi that cause diseases on cereals and spruce breeding.
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17 November 2022
Soil fungal conservation values and contributions to soil carbon dynamics
How fast soil organisms in boreal forests break down and store carbon has great significance for Earth's climate. If the species composition of soil fungi and associated vegetation changes, it can have a major impact on carbon storage. Many symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi are also red-listed, but the connection between currently assessed conservation values and mycorrhizal fungi is weak. This is shown by Louis Mielke in a new doctoral thesis.
