Linda Gruffman

I share my time as a program secretary between the future platform Future Forests and the strategic research area Trees and Crops for the Future, TC4F.

I have worked at SLU since 2007, first as a doctoral student within the research area ecophysiology and since 2013 as a program secratary.
My thesis work focused on how organic nitrogen nutrition, primarily in the form of the amino acid arginin, affect growth and biomass distribution in conifer seedlings. 

MSc in Forestry 2002 - 2007
PhD studies 2017 - 2013
Program secretary 2013 - present

Franklin, O., Cambuí C.A., Gruffman, L., Palmroth, S., Oren, R. and Näsholm, T. 2016. The carbon bonus of organic nitrogen enhances nitrogen use efficiency of plants. Plant, Cell and Environment. DOI: 10.111/pce.12772.

Oyewole O., Jämtgård S., Gruffman L., Inselsbacher E. and Näsholm T. 2015. Soil diffusive fluxes constitute the bottleneck to tree nitrogen nutrition in a Scots pine forest. Plant Soil. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2680-5.

Gruffman L., Jämtgård S. and Näsholm T. 2014. Plant nitrogen status and co-occurrence of organic and inorganic nitrogen sources influence root uptake by Scots pine seedlings. Tree Physiol. 34(2): 205-213.

Gruffman L., Palmroth S. and Näsholm T. 2013. Organic nitrogen uptake of Scots pine seedlings is independent of current carbohydrate supply. Tree Physiol. 33(6): 590-600.

Gruffman L., Ishida T., Nordin A. and Näsholm. T. 2012. Cultivation of Norway spruce and Scots pine on organic nitrogen improves seedling morphology and field performance. Forest Ecology and Management 276: 118-124.

Cambuí C.A., Svennerstam H., Gruffman L., Nordin A., Ganeteg U. and Näsholm T. 2011. Patterns of biomass allocation depend on nitrogen source. PLoS ONE 6(4): e19211.