SLU calculates and reports emissions and uptake from Sweden's Land use, Land Use Change and Forestry sector (LULUCF).
We provide undergraduate courses that can take place both in the field and in the molecular lab. We also give a postgraduate education.
Our research is focused on interactions involving plants, pathogenic, symbiotic and saprotrophic fungi and other microorganisms and their role in forest and agricultural systems.
Several species of the fungus Clonostachys have been shown to have the potential to be used as...
A new thesis from SLU identifies several genes in spruce involved in resistance against root rot....
Nitrate transported by rivers to our coasts are degraded by bacterial communities in sediments in...
Through our research we answer questions about how agriculture and forestry can be conducted in a world where the climate is changing.
Microbes play a very important role in the ecosystem of our planet. We focus on interactions involving plants, pathogenic, symbiotic and saprotrophic fungi and other microorganisms and their role in forest and agricultural
systems. We actively collaborate with the forest industry and farmers as well as perform basic research to understand underlying mechanisms.
The Department is part of the BioCenter at SLU in Uppsala.
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, has its main locations in Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala. SLU is certified to the ISO 14001 environmental standard. • Phone:+46 18-67 10 00 • VAT nr: SE202100281701 • Contact SLU • About SLU's websites
