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Only certain types of organic fertilizers increase abundance of soil biota important for soil fertility External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Department of Ecology Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Research news To understand how fertilization regulate soil quality, we need to know more about how fertilization affect soil biota. This has been examined in a new study from SLU. The specific fertilizer was found to be more important in determining the responses of soil biota than whether it was mineral or organic. 17 May 2021
Master student wanted to identify virulence genes in a fungal pathogen External web Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi We have a master project in biology available at the department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology at SLU in Uppsala. The main objective is to identify genes involved in virulence in Heterobasidion annousm, a fungal pathogen infecting Norway Spruce and Scots Pine in boreal forests. 18 February 2021
SLU Centre for Biological Control's annual report 2020 External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Department of Ecology Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Department of Plant Protection Biology Research Collaboration Department of Molecular Sciences SLU Centre for Biological Control, CBC, has now published the annual popular science overview of the activities during 2012. 11 February 2021
Hunting for biological control agents: more fungal isolates than expected have promising properties External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Research news Platform Plant Protection Several species of the fungus Clonostachys have been shown to have the potential to be used as biological control agents in a new study from SLU. Eleven fungal genomes have been sequenced and biological control against a fungus that causes foot rot and head blight in cereals have been investigated in a laboratory environment. Both reduced disease development and growth inhibition of the pathogenic fungus were noted in several isolates. 09 October 2020
SLU’s strawberry app 1.0 – few reports but a lot of attention External web Department of Ecology Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Department of Plant Protection Biology On start page external web Research news SLU Future Food Platform Plant Protection This summer, gardeners throughout Sweden could report which organisms lived on their strawberries, such as insects, birds and diseases. The SLU team behind the strawberry app had hoped for more reports but are still happy with this pilot. Via the strawberries, they wanted to draw attention to plant health and there was a lot of media attention. The UN announced 2020 as the international year of plant health. 11 January 2021
More than twelve thousand previously unknown microorganisms described in gigantic global cooperation External web Molekylära vetenskaper Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment On start page external web Research news Press releases SLU Future One Health A new database, describing genomes from over 52 000 different bacteria and archaea, of which over 12 500 are previously unknown, is released in Nature Biotechnology. The database is built on sequenced material from 10 450 environmental samples from all over the world, from the human body to the outdoor air and the depths of the ocean, and is expected to become a very valuable scientific resource. The database shows in what habitat and in what abundance almost any bacterial species is present,... 07 December 2020
Exotic microbes stimulate carbon emissions from permafrost soil External web Climate research Department of Soil and Environment Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi On start page external web Research news Estimations of carbon emissions from thawing permafrost largely rely on studies using native permafrost microbes. However, this may have led to large underestimations. A new study shows that topsoil microbes can cause much larger emissions when they colonise the permafrost. Behind the study are researchers from SLU, Umeå University and INRAE. 30 November 2020
Continually active defence important against ash dieback External web Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi On start page external web Forest damages Platform Plant Protection For almost 30 years, ash dieback has ravaged the ash trees of Europe. Millions of trees are gone, and yet some do survive. We still know little about why that is. A new study from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Uppsala University investigates the defence mechanisms of ash, and shows that part of the defence is continually activated, while other parts are activated only during infection. 25 November 2020
Billions worth of spruce seeds threatened by a pathogen External web Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Forest damages Spruce seeds from selected trees are crucial to secure replanting of harvested forest. Unfortunately, the production is lacking, partly due to damages caused by the pathogenic fungus Thekopsora aerolata. An ongoing research project from SLU tries to shed light on this still poorly understood pathogen. 18 November 2020
Diversified agriculture enhances ecosystem services and maintain yields External web Ecology Agricultural science Centre for organic food and farming (EPOK) Department of Ecology Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi On start page external web Research news Press releases SLU Future Food Increasing diversity in crop production systems benefits ecosystem services and biodiversity without compromising crop yields. An international research group found this by analyzing nearly 42,000 comparisons between diversified and simplified agricultural practices. Diversification can occur both above and below ground in a cropped field, and is accomplished with management practices that include growing multiple crops in a rotation, planting flower strips within fields, reducing tillage,... 05 November 2020

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