Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology
Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology
We undertake fundamental and applied research focused on interactions involving plants, pathogenic, symbiotic and saprotrophic fungi, bacteria and a rchaea and their role in forest and agricultural
Plant protection fungus can control the behavior of plant pathogenic fungi with the help of small RNAs
For the first time, researchers have shown that one fungal species can control the behavior of another fungus using secreted RNA molecules. It has important uses in food safety to protect crops from
Drought tolerance research at SLU is gaining wings
Salme Timmusk has received 4,5 million SEK from Vetenskapsrådet for research on finger millet and sorghum interactions to microbiome of their wild relatives. The aim is to study the possibilities to
POSTPONED: Nationella växtskyddskonferensen 2021(2)
POSTPONED: Swedish Plant Protection Conference 2021 Please note that the conference has been postponed until 2022 due to the ongoing pandemic situation. The conference will mainly be held in
Hanna Friberg elected to international organisation for plant protection
Hanna Friberg has been elected to the council of IOBC wprs, an international organisation that works with research and development of biological and integrated control of plant pests. IOBC stands for
Formas myko
Mukesh Dubey and Aurélien Saghai from the Department of forest mycology and plant pathology have received funding from Formas. Formas funds research for ecologically, economically and socially
Transdisciplinary research in plant pathology wins award
Phenomics is a relatively new transdisciplinary research area where you try to capture large amount of image data to understand all sorts of biological phenomena. In his master thesis, Eric Javier
How does naturally occurring and added nitrogen affect ectomycorrhizal communities?
Ectomycorrhiza is a symbiosis between forest trees and fungi. Ectomycorrhizal fungi are extremely important for the trees’ nutrient uptake. Nitrogen affects these fungi in different ways depending on
Leaves as spore traps for improved forecasting methods
In this project we investigate if wheat leaves can be used to catch and analyse fungal spores. By increasing our knowledge on how diseases spread, we suggest better control strategies. Knowledge of
We are looking for three new professors
Now, we are looking for three new professors in plant pathology, in microbial ecology in forest ecosystems and in forest pathology at the Department of forest mycology and plant pathology. Plant
Forest policy and planning group
Our group conducts research across multiple disciplines, with forest policy and planning as the bearing subjects. The research ranges from forest planning at landscape level to comparative forest
Thawing permafrost decrease the diversity of water-dwelling fungi
As the climate gets warmer, the permafrost will thaw, and enormous amounts of carbon bound in the tundra will be made available. This can impact the diversity of degrading fungi in the meltwater,