Department of Ecology
Intensive agriculture results in less reliable weed control from seed eaters
To increase crop productivity, agriculture relies on intensive use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. In a new study, researchers show that with intensive agriculture, there is a risk of losing
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The call from the Interdisciplinary Academy – Q&A session and match making futurefood@slu.se Welcome to a lunch webinar about the call for new applicants to the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at
Doctoral thesis on sustainable plant production adapted to climate change
On Thursday, Alessio Costa will defend his doctoral thesis. He shows how crop rotation diversity, i.e. how farmers switch between different crops on their fields, can benefit food security and
Grass snake winter survival decreased in warmer climate
Swedish grass snakes are the northernmost egg-laying reptiles in the world. A 68-year data sampling shows that grass snakes are benefiting from longer and warmer summers, but their winter survival
Are pests adapting to the push-pull system?
Ecologically intensified farms in Kenya, where biodiversity is carefully managed, maintain successful pest control over time. That is the result of a research study published in 2023. The idea of
A Resilient and Sustainable Food System
A Resilient and Sustainable Food System markmiljo-webb@slu.se How are we working on sustainable food systems in Sweden? How do we ensure fertile farmland? During Sweden Innovation Days 2024, Jennie
Xinyan Ruan
xinyan.ruan@slu.se I am a PhD student working on the immunity of honeybees. I am originally from China, where I obtained my first bachelor's degree in Plant Protection and minor degree in Applied
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The call from the Interdisciplinary Academy – Q&A session and match making futurefood@slu.se Welcome to a lunch webinar about the call for new applicants to the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at
Kvinnomaraton - Symposium for women in research
markmiljo-webb@slu.se Are you a female researcher interested in meeting other female researchers to network and discuss common interests? Welcome to The Society of Women Researchers annual event
PhD Halftime Seminar by Erica Packard
markmiljo-webb@slu.se Welcome to Erica Packard's halftime seminar. In this presentation, Erica Packard will elaborate on the findings from her first project on exploring ectomycorrhizal decomposers
Unique landscape experiment for sustainable food production and biodiversity
The Kamprad family's foundation finances a new project at the Swedish University of Agriculture's research facility,Lövsta outside Uppsala. The project focuses on the reintegration of crop production
Dark fungi in the roots can be important players in the forest ecosystem
Among the roots of trees, fungi and bacteria live in a complex web of different types of interactions. In the roots, we find fungi with dark-coloured hyphae that appear to play an important,