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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.

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
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
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