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Greater threat to ash when the fungus attacks the roots
Saving the ash tree will be even more difficult than previously thought. The fungus that kills the ash tree not only infects the tree's crown, but also its roots. - ‘This is extremely serious,’ says Michelle Cleary, researcher at SLU.
Lodgepole pine and spruce bark beetle: New research reveals low reproductive success
The lodgepole pine has played an important role in Swedish forestry since the mid-1970s. Now, for the first time, researchers have studied spontaneous infestations of spruce bark beetle on lodgepole pine, and the results show that the tree does not contribute to an increased population of the pest.
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Spruce plants with mysterious features baffle scientists
SLU has shown in several experiments that spruce seedlings grown in a special cloning process are rejected by pine weevils. This is a beetle that causes problems for forest owners. When they investigated whether the plants also had better resistance to root ticks, which cause root rot, they were surprised. The cloned plants had greater infestations of root rot.
He aims to develop innovative and cost-effective ways to monitor forest damage
Meet Fabio Carrer, a PhD student at the SLU Forest Damage research school. With a background in mathematics, he wants to develop statistical methods and make data collection on forest damage more cost-effective.
From California to Sweden: A Tale of Wildfire Preparedness and Policy Gaps
The recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area have once again underscored the increasing frequency and severity of forest fires across the globe. To shed light on this critical issue, we spoke with Igor Drobyshev, a forest fire expert and senior lecturer at the Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre.
opened a call focused on forest damage with the explicit purpose of strengthening collaboration with other authorities or institutions, such as the Swedish Forest Agency, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, the Forestry Research Institute or the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
When SLU Forest Damage Centre organised its annual conference for the third year in a row, the focus was on knowledge gaps in the field of forest damage, together with current research.
