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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.

The International Year of Plant Health 2020 officially started External web Staff web Centre for biological control (CBC) Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi International Collaboration SLU Global SLU Future Food Agenda 2030 Platform Plant Protection Yesterday we kicked-off the International Year of Plant Health 2020 (IYPH 2020) here at SLU. This was the first event of many to come in order to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development. 04 December 2019
Researchers and authorities discussed new environmental monitoring methods at SLU External web Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment Collaboration Environmental monitoring and assessment news Environmental monitoring and assessment On November 7 a workshop was held, to identify species and species communities using molecular methods, at SLU for researchers and authorities. The goal was to learn from each other and start using the molecular methods in environmental monitoring and assessment. 12 November 2019
Meeting in Portugal on using ecosystem services to optimize crop protection and production External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi The EU project EcoStack has had its first annual meeting in October at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. 11 November 2019
The past is the key to the future – diatoms and the diversity of the oceans External web Evolutionsbiologi Climate research Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Distinctions and financial funding SLU Water Forum Anushree Sanyal from the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology at SLU has been awarded SEK 5.1 million by the Baltic Sea Foundation for research on diatoms, a type of microalgae. The goal is to find out how humans affect marine diversity, both historically and in the future, with the help of resting diatome spores. 02 October 2019
Biological pesticides are tested in nurseries External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Today, high demands are made on the forest industry for production to be environmentally friendly. At the same time, many chemical pesticides are being phased out. Elin Persson is now investigating the effectiveness of four biological pesticides in a nursery. 23 September 2019
Jonathan Yuen receives award from the Government of Inner Mongolia, China External web Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Distinctions and financial funding Professor emeritus Jonathan Yuen has received an award from the Government of Inner Mongolia for "outstanding contributions" in epidemiological plant pathology research. 04 September 2019
Study on banana and potato diseases helps to improve food security in Rwanda External web Staff web Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi International SLU Global Agenda 2030 On 29 May, Florence Uwamahoro from the University of Rwanda successfully defended her doctoral thesis at SLU. The project was a comparative study of the potato and banana bacterial wilt pathosystems of Rwanda. 05 June 2019
Nitrate pollution in mining ponds may be reduced by adding carbon External web Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi On start page external web Research news Environmental sciences SLU Water Forum Water reservoirs used for mining purposes are polluted by nitrates from explosives, causing over fertilization further downstream in the water basin. A new study from SLU shows that it is possible to enhance nitrate degradation by adding carbon, but that the choice of carbon source is essential to not simultaneously increase production of heavy greenhouse gases. 20 May 2019
Swedish nurseries will be protected more effectively from pests External web Centre for biological control (CBC) Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Research news Nurseries are extra sensitive to pests. In a warmer climate, fungal pathogens will become more common. Therefore, environmentally friendly and sustainable strategies will be developed to combat fungal diseases in forest nurseries in a new project. Rebecca Larsson has just started working as an industrial PhD student at the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology at SLU and at the company Svenska skogsplantor. 13 May 2019
Sara Hallin is awarded SLU's senior career grant External web Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi Distinctions and financial funding Professor Sara Hallin has been awarded SLU's senior career grant. In the motivation, Sara Hallin is mentioned as "An outstanding scientist at all levels". 29 April 2019
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