Projects within Integrated plant protection

Last changed: 23 January 2015

Biological control strategies

  • Development of Pest Management Strategies in Organic Apple Production in collaboration with Farmers utilizing Complementary Biological Control Strategies.
    Weronika Swiergiel, Birgitta Rämert, Marco Tasin, Mattias Larsson and Nadarajah Sriskandarajah

    Collaboration between SLU Alnarp, SLU Ulltuna, SJV, Äppelriket and growers. Financed by FORMAS
  • Utilization of Synergies between CBC and IBC through Niche Partitioning and Selective Biodiversity
    Linda-Marie Rännbäck, Mira Rur, Peter Anderson, Nicolai Meyling, Birgitta Rämert and Post doc Belén Cotes

    Financed by Formas and SLU
  • Development of Integrated Pest Management Strategies in Greenhouse Production of Cucumber in Collaboration with Farmers
    Birgitta Rämert, Mira Rur och Margareta Hökeberg

    Collaboration between SLU Alnarp, SLU Ultuna, SJV and growers. Financed by SLF and SLU
  • Biocontrol of the cabbage root fly by combining inoculation and conservation biological control strategies over its two generations
    Belén Cotes, Peter Anderson and Birgitta Rämert

    Financed by Formas
  • Natural enemies in Swedish apple orchard and the control of the rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea) (Passerni)
    Mario Porcel Vilchez, Marco Tasin and Birgitta Rämert

    Financed by SLF
  • Disease control in organic tomato production – combined biological control with microorganisms and biofumigation
    Hanna Friberg, Anna Mårtensson, Birgitta Rämert and Elisabeth Ögren

    Financed by SLU/EkoForsk
  • Plant Resistance Ecology: a new tool to engineer ecosystem services (2015-2018)
    Johan Stenberg
    Funded by the Swedish Research Council FORMAS
  • Importance of plant sex for ecosystem functions (2013-2016)
    Johan Stenberg
    Funded by the Swedish Energy Agency; granted by the Swedish Research Council VR
  • New bodyguards in Salix short rotation coppice: How can the effect of parasitoids be maximised? (2010-2015)
    Johan Stenberg
    Funded by the Swedish Research Council FORMAS
  • Causes and consequences of herbivore aggregation: insect outbreak risk in a climate change perspective. (2011-2015)
    Johan Stenberg
    Funded by the Swedish Energy Agency; granted by the Swedish Research Council VR
  • Mechanisms determining parasitism of pest fruit flies
    Miriam Karlsson in collaboration with reaearchers from IITA, Benin
    Funded by FORMAS

Cultural practices

  • Trap Crops and physical separation of Carrot Fields as environmental sound Control Strategies for the Carrot Psyllid (Trioza apicalis)
    Ulf Nilsson and Birgitta Rämert

    Financed by SLF and FORMAS
  • Coordinated actions against Pea Bruchid through a nexus of Research and Application of Plant Resistance and IPM Strategies in Partnership with Farmers
    Esayas Mendesil, Abel Teshome, Tomas Bryngelsson, Kifle Dagne, Mulatu Geleta, Ylva Hillbur, Emiru Seyoum and Birgitta Rämert

    Collaboration between SLU and Addis Ababa University and Growers. Financed by SIDA and SLU
  • Development of Integrated Pest Management Strategies against Pests in Cucumber in collaboration with Growers
    Birgitta Rämert, Sopher Ondiak, Mira Rur, Johanna Jansson, and Elisabeth Ögren

    Collaboration between SLU and Swedish Board of Agriculture. Financed by SLF and Partnerskap Alnarp
  • Establishment and evaluation of a System-wide Pesticide Stewardship Network in the Ethiopian Rift Valley
    Tadesse Amera, Nadarajah Sriskandarajah, Yene Belayneh and Birgitta Rämert

    Financed by SLU, USAID and ISD (Institute for Sustainable Development)
  • Ethological control strategies by repellency and luring for the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
    Ilich Figueroa Universidad Mayor San Simón, Cochabamba Bolivia, Prof. Rene Andrew, Prof. Birgitta Rämert, Dr. Abigail Walter

    Financed: SIDA, SLU
  • Innovative design and management to boost functional biodiversityof organic orchards (ECOORCHARD)
    Mario Porcel

    Consortium with JKI, INRA, FIBL, GRAB, CRA-W, Inhort, Laimburg, UCPH and LPPRC (10 countries)
    Financed by FORMAS

Forecasting and semiochemical systems

  • Web based Forecasting of Trotridis
    Patrik Sjöberg, Ylva Hillbur , Birgitta Rämert, Sofia Bryntse, Tomas Thierfelder, and Kristina Blennow

    Financed by SLF, SLU och Partnerskap Alnarp
  • Development of Integrated Pest Management Strategies for the Control of Insect Pests of Apple Orchards in Collaboration with Growers, Advisors, Pheromone Companies and Researchers
    Marco Tasin

    Collaboration with BIOFORSK. Financed by SLF and SLU
  • Enhancement of pest resiliency in apple orchards through a synergy between semiochemicals and conservation biological control
    Marco Tasin

    Collaboration with BIOFORSK AND FEM-IASMA. Financed by FORMAS

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