SLU Plant Protection Network
Call to attend conferences in plant protection
The SLU Plant Protection Network is launching a special call for researchers at SLU for attending conferences relevant to their study subject or project work within the area of plant protection/plant
Plant health and biocontrol in focus at Älvkarleby
A course in plant pathology was arranged in May in Älvkarleby for 22 doctoral students from the Nordic countries. The role of microorganisms in biological control of plant diseases was in focus.
Healthy harvest in a changing climate
As a contribution to towards Stockholm+50 – and to mark the first ever UN International Day of Plant Health (12 May) – SLU together with CGIAR partners recently held a webinar on the theme of
Mudassir Iqbal receives royal award for research on biocontrol
Researcher Mudassir Iqbal has received an award for research on biological pesticides from King Carl XVI Gustaf 50th Anniversary Fund for Science, Technology and Environment. The scholarship will be
Seminar with Wiebke Neumann
katja.fedrowitz@slu.se Welcome to a seminar in SLU Network Plant Protection lunch seminar series. This time Wiebke Neumann, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, SLU, will talk
Seminar with Anna Berlin
Cereal rust diseases, current status and future perspective katja.fedrowitz@slu.se Welcome to a seminar in SLU Network Plant Protection lunch seminar series. Anna Berlin from the Department of
Mechanistic modelling of potato yield loss caused by Phytophthora infestans
katja.fedrowitz@slu.se Welcome to a seminar with José Gonzáles from the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, SLU, with the title "Mechanistic modelling of potato yield loss caused by
Plant protection material
Here you can find material that presents SLU's plant protection research and other useful material. Movie on plant protection During autumn 2021, a movie on SLU's plant protection research was
Plant protection photos
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New findings on resistance to root rot can be used in spruce breeding
There is a large variation in Norway spruce in resistance to the fungi H. parviporum and H. annosum s.s. This is shown in Hernán Dario Capador-Barreto's new doctoral thesis. The results can be used
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