Biochemistry and molecular biology
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. Molecular biology concerns the molecular basis of biological activity between the various systems of a cell, including the interactions between DNA, RNA and proteins and their biosynthesis, as well as the regulation of these interactions.
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European Research Alliance
The purpose of the Research Alliance is to promote research, support practitioners and guide policy towards effective crop protection with fewer or no chemical pesticides in European agri-food
Gene-silencing spray to combat cereal disease is safe for the environment
Great hopes are placed on a new way to combat plant diseases, using RNA to turn off genes that the pathogen needs to initiate the attack. Now, researchers from SLU and the James Hutton Institute have
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The SLU Plant Protection Network consists of over 200 researchers within plant protection and plant health at SLU. You are very welcome to contact us if you have a question about plant protection! Do
Plant protection material
Here you can find material that presents SLU's plant protection research and other useful material. Desktop background and posters This illustration is available as a desktop background and as a
SLU Plant Protection Network
We promote and stimulate collaboration between researchers at SLU's different campuses, faculties and departments with the aim to strengthen SLU's profile in plant protection towards the outside
Plant protection in the media
SLU's plant protection researchers is often featured in news articles, radio, podcasts and television. See examples of SLU's plant protection research in the media: Plant protection in the media in
About us
The SLU Plant Protection Network is there to promote and stimulate collaboration between staff at SLU's different campuses, faculties and departments, and to strengthen SLU's profile in plant
Joint Action Plant Health
In a letter to the government in 2023, SLU and the Swedish Board of Agriculture have proposed an initiative on plant health based on a mandate from the government. The initiative, called Joint Action
Researchers
The researchers of the forest vegetation ecology group Professor Michael Gundale My research is focused on understanding how forest plants interact with soils to control a variety of ecosystem
Drinking water and health
We consume an average of two liters of drinking water per day. But how healthy is your drinking water? SLU produces knowledge for decision makers and the water industry to support the work with safer
Here are the maps
The peat map is now available for the whole country except in some coastal areas where it cannot be retrieved and in some mountain areas that were not laser scanned when it was developed. This has