News

Here you can read all news articles from the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology. The news archive can be found at the end of the page.

Retention trees at clear cuts protect the mycorrhizal community External web Forest science Department of Soil and Environment Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Research news Saving standing trees after harvest is not only a boon to bird life; it also protects the ability of the soil to raise new generations of forest. A new study from SLU shows that a clear cut without retained trees can eradicate some 75 % of the mycorrhizal species of the soil. These are essential to the trees, and it is not given that it is the most important ones that survive or are able to re-establish. 01 April 2019
Jiasui Zhan, professor of Plant Pathology, gives inauguration lecture External web Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Jiasui Zhan is a professor of plant pathology, especially epidemiology, since 10 August 2018 at the Department. His inauguration lecture has the title: "Battling against plant diseases: an evolutionary approach" and will be given March 22. 21 March 2019
No obstacles to breeding for rot resistant spruce trees External web Genetics and breeding Forest science Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi On start page external web Research news Breeding for rot resistant spruce trees has so far been an unused opportunity to the forest industry. However, a new study from SLU reveals that such trees do not grow slower or have less attractive wood quality traits than other trees. 15 March 2019
CBC's annual report 2018 External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Department of Ecology Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Department of Plant Protection Biology On start page external web SLU Future Food Department of Molecular Sciences Platform Plant Protection The Centre for Biological Control, CBC, has now published highlights of the activities during 2018. 07 February 2019
New pathogen particularly aggressive on thirsty, fast growing pines External web Forest science Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi On start page external web Research news Press releases Forest damages Platform Plant Protection The pine pathogen Diplodia sapinea earned infamy overnight in 2016, when it was first exposed as the causal agent of a larger disease outbreak in a Swedish pine forest. In a new study, researchers from SLU and several other European universities show that in particular fast growing, thirsty pines in drought-stressed stands suffer from attacks. The damage may however be mitigated if discovered in time. 06 February 2019
Decreasing snow cover causes increasing methane production in frozen lakes External web Climate research Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi On start page external web Research news Press releases Environmental sciences SLU Water Forum New, unexpected consequences of climate change keep presenting themselves. A new study from SLU and Uppsala University shows that a decreased snow cover on frozen lakes in boreal forests may inhibit the activity of methane degrading bacteria beneath the ice, thereby causing an increased net production of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. 23 January 2019
New knowledge on the mechanisms behind biological control with mycoparasitic fungus External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Research Research news Platform Plant Protection The fungus Clonostachys rosea has great potential as a future biocontrol agent against several fungal diseases. A new study from SLU reveals more information on the mechanisms behind the biocontrol and two previously unknown compounds involved in the biocontrol is characterized. 27 November 2018
Seminar in Alnarp on biological control with CBC's new operations group External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Department of Ecology Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Department of Plant Protection Biology Department of Molecular Sciences Platform Plant Protection The Center for Biological Control, CBC, met in Alnarp 4–5 October. The center has a new operations group this fall, and the meeting therefore started with seminars on biological control research. 05 October 2018
Biological control of a seed-borne disease on red onion in Vietnam External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Last year, Professor Dan Funck Jensen was given 75 000 SEK from the Centre of biological control, CBC, to lead a pilot project on biological control of seed-borne diseases in vegetables. The project was a collaboration with Can Tho University in Vietnam. 10 September 2018
Analysing genomes for efficient plant protection External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Platform Plant Protection Understanding the genetics of microorganisms, such as fungi, is important to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms that provide effective plant protection. Magnus Karlsson and a colleague arranged a session in this topic at the International mycological congress in Puerto Rico. 06 September 2018
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