Department of Plant Protection Biology
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Large quantities of apples from both private gardens and industrial production are discarded as waste. By adapting storage methods and by optimising the time of harvest however, the amount of waste
The award winners announced for the Educational award 2023
The winners of this year’s Educational Prize has been chosen. The Individual Award goes to Mattias Larsson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Plant Protection Biology. The Team Award goes to the
Symposium dedicated to millets
Symposium dedicated to millets malin.planting@slu.se The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2023 the International year of millets: "Millets are among the first plants to be domesticated
Fighting plant disease - resilience and resistance
Lunch seminar: Fighting plant disease - pest resilience and resistance katja.fedrowitz@slu.se Welcome to a digital lunch seminar with Erik Andreasson from the Department of Plant Protection Biology
Political deafness may impede transition to biological control
The EU Commission has proposed a new Regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products. One of its goals is that chemical control has largely been replaced with biological control not
Beneficial fungus can save strawberries from grey mould
Grey mould causes great yield losses to strawberry farmers, retailers, and consumers. However, the beneficial fungus Aureobasidium pullulans is a promising biocontrol agent which can mitigate this
Meeting with the Swedish and Danish societies for plant diseases
cajsa.lithell@slu.se Join us in a common meeting between the Swedish and Danish societies for plant diseases for a one-day event in Alnarp. During the day, you will get the possibility to listen to
SLU Future Forests arranges an excursion in Gällivare
SLU Future Forests arranges an excursion in Gällivare viktor.karlsson@slu.se Welcome to our excursion where our main theme will be "Adapted forestry measures for the creation of functional reindeer
Help us sample wild strawberries!
Wild strawberries grow across almost all of Europe and are constantly exposed to microbial pathogens which may cause plant diseases. We need your help collecting wild strawberry plants to investigate
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Exploring resistance to Aphanomyces cochlioides in sugar beet lotta.malmborg@slu.se Valentina Rossi, department of Plant Protection Biology, defends the thesis "Exploring resistance to Aphanomyces
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Odours attracting Medetera (Diptera) predators to spruce bark beetles in a multitrophic system lotta.malmborg@slu.se Maria Sousa, department of Plant Protection Biology, defends the thesis "Odours
Lunch and mingle during Thesis Day 2023
slualumn@slu.se Thesis Day is a day when SLU celebrates the students' academic achievements. Thesis Day consists of a digital poster exhibit, as well as events in Alnarp and Uppsala with oral