• Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils: Main Drivers and Global Change Impacts 

      Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Risch, Anita C.; Ashton, Louise; Augustine, David; Bélanger, Nicolas; Bridgham, Scott; Britton, Andrea J.; Bruckman, Viktor J.; Camarero, J. Julio; Cornelissen, Gerard; Crawford, John A.; Dijkstra, Feike A.; Diochon, Amanda; Earl, Stevan; Edgerley, James; Epstein, Howard; Felton, Andrew; Fortier, Julien; Gagnon, Daniel; Greer, Ken; Griffiths, Hannah M.; Halde, Caroline; Hanslin, Hans Martin; Harris, Lorna I.; Hartsock, Jeremy A.; Hendrickson, Paul; Hovstad, Knut Anders; Hu, Jia; Jani, Arun D.; Kent, Kelcy; Kerdraon-Byrne, Deirdre; Khalsa, Sat Darshan S.; Lai, Derrick Y. F.; Lambert, France; LaMontagne, Jalene M.; Lavergne, Stéphanie; Lawrence, Beth A.; Littke, Kim; Leeper, Abigail C.; Licht, Mark A.; Liebig, Mark A.; Lynn, Joshua; Maclean, Janet E.; Martinsen, Vegard; McDaniel, Marshall D.; McIntosh, Anne C. S.; Miesel, Jessica R.; Miller, Jim; Mulvaney, Michael J.; Moreno, Gerardo; Newstead, Laura; Pakeman, Robin J.; Pergl, Jan; Pinno, Bradley D.; Piñeiro, Juan; Quigley, Kathleen; Radtke, Troy M.; Reed, Paul; Rolo, Víctor; Rudgers, Jennifer; Rutherford, P. Michael; Sayer, Emma J.; Serrano-Grijalva, Lilia; Strack, Maria; Sukdeo, Nicole; Taylor, Andy F. S.; Truax, Benoit; Tsuji, Leonard J. S.; van Gestel, Natasja; Vaness, Brenda M.; Van Sundert, Kevin; Vítková, Michaela; Weigel, Robert; Wilton, Meaghan J.; Yano, Yuriko; Teen, Ewing; Bremer, Eric (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-06-07)
      Understanding the chemical composition of our planet's crust was one of the biggest questions of the 20th century. More than 100 years later, we are still far from understanding the global patterns in the bioavailability ...
    • Biochar affects heavy metal uptake in plants through interactions in the Rhizosphere 

      Medynska-Juraszek, Agnieszka; Rivier, Pierre-Adrien; Rasse, Daniel; Joner, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07-24)
      Heavy metals in soil pose a constant risk for animals and humans when entering their food chains, and limited means are available to reduce plant accumulation from more or less polluted soils. Biochar, which is made by ...
    • Biochar as a tool to reduce the agricultural greenhouse-gas burden – knowns, unknowns and future research needs 

      Kammann, Claudia; Ippolito, Jim; Hagemann, Nikolas; Borchard, Nils; Cayuela, Maria Luz; Estavillo, José M.; Fuertes-Mendizabal, Teresa; Jeffery, Simon; Kern, Jürgen; Novak, Jeff; Rasse, Daniel; Saarnio, Sanna; Schmidt, Hans-Peter; Spokas, Kurt; Wrage-Mönnig, Nicole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Agriculture and land use change has significantly increased atmospheric emissions of the non-CO2 green-house gases (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). Since human nutritional and bioenergy needs continue to increase, ...
    • Biochar persistence, priming and microbial responses to pyrolysis temperature series 

      Budai, Alice; Rasse, Daniel; Lagomarsino, Alessandra; Lerch, Thomas Z.; Paruch, Lisa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Biochar and its properties can be significantly altered according to how it is produced, and this has ramifications towards how biochar behaves once added to soil. We produced biochars from corncob and miscanthus straw via ...
    • Bioconversion of Agricultural Wastes into a Value-Added Product: Straw of Norwegian Grains Composted with Dairy Manure Food Waste Digestate in Mushroom Cultivation 

      Jasinska, Agnieszka; Wojciechowska, Ewelina Anna; Stoknes, Ketil; Roszak, Michał (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-14)
      Commercial mushroom production is based on composted locally available agro-industrial wastes rich in carbon and nitrogen such as wheat straw supplemented with chicken manure. Either component can be replaced by other kinds ...
    • Bioeconomic evaluation of extended season and year-round tomato production in Norway using supplemental light 

      Naseer, Muhammad; Persson, Tomas; Righini, Isabela; Stanghellini, Cecilia; Maessen, Hendricus; Ruoff, Peter; Verheul, Michel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02-28)
      CONTEXT For high latitude countries like Norway, one of the biggest challenges associated with greenhouse production is the limited availability of natural light and heat, particularly in winters. This can be addressed by ...
    • Biogas production from food waste via co-digestion and digestion-effects on performance and microbial ecology 

      Zamanzadeh, Mirzaman; Hagen, Live Heldal; Svensson, Kine; Linjordet, Roar; Horn, Svein Jarle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-15)
      In this work, performance and microbial structure of a digestion (food waste-only) and a co-digestion process (mixture of cow manure and food waste) were studied at mesophilic (37°C) and thermophilic (55°C) temperatures. ...
    • Bioinformatic characterisation of the effector repertoire of the strawberry pathogen Phytophthora cactorum 

      Armitage, Andrew D.; Lysøe, Erik; Nellist, Charlotte F.; Lewis, Laura A.; Cano, Liliana M.; Harrison, Richard J.; Brurberg, May Bente (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-02)
      The oomycete pathogen Phytophthora cactorum causes crown rot, a major disease of cultivated strawberry. We report the draft genome of P. cactorum isolate 10300, isolated from symptomatic Fragaria x ananassa tissue. Our ...
    • Biological durability of pine wood 

      Brischke, Christian; Alfredsen, Gry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-08)
      The genus Pinus represents more than a hundred different tree species, most of them forming stems that can be commercially utilised for both timber and wood pulp industry. Pines are native to most of the Northern Hemisphere, ...
    • Biotic threats for 23 major non-native tree species in Europe 

      Pötzelsberger, Elisabeth; Gossner, Martin M.; Beenken, Ludwig; Gazda, Anna; Petr, Michal; Ylioja, Tiina; La Porta, Nicola; Avtzis, Dimitrios N.; Bay, Elodie; De Groot, Maarten; Drenkhan, Rein; Duduman, Mihai-Leonard; Enderle, Rasmus; Georgieva, Margarita; Hietala, Ari Mikko; Hoppe, Björn; Jactel, Herve; Jarni, Kristjan; Keren, Srđan; Keseru, Zsolt; Koprowski, Marcin; Kormuťák, Andrej; Lombardero, María Josefa; Lukjanova, Aljona; Marozas, Vitas; Mauri, Edurad; Monteverdi, Maria Cristina; Nygaard, Per Holm; Ogris, Nikica; Olenici, Nicolai; Orazio, Christophe; Perny, Bernhard; Pinto, Glória; Power, Michael; Puchalka, Radoslaw; Ravn, Hans Peter; Sevillano, Ignacio; Stroheker, Sophie; Taylor, Paul; Tsopelas, Panagiotis; Urban, Josef; Voolma, Kaljo; Westergren, Marjana; Witzell, Johanna; Zborovska, Olga; Zlatkovic, Milica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-06)
      For non-native tree species with an origin outside of Europe a detailed compilation of enemy species including the severity of their attack is lacking up to now. We collected information on native and non-native species ...
    • Bioøkonomiens geografi og geografiske målkonflikter 

      Krøgli, Svein Olav; Debella-Gilo, Misganu; Dramstad, Wenche (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-08)
      The development of a new bioeconomy implies an increased need for renewable biological resources. This means that more of the existing biomass will be har vested and a larger land area is likely to be utilized. While it ...
    • Body Temperature and Activity Rhythms Under Different Photoperiods in High Arctic Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) 

      Appenroth, Daniel; Nord, Andreas; Hazlerigg, David; Wagner, Gabriela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-08)
      Organisms use circadian rhythms to anticipate and exploit daily environmental oscillations. While circadian rhythms are of clear importance for inhabitants of tropic and temperate latitudes, its role for permanent residents ...
    • Boreal tree species change as a climate mitigation strategy: impact on ecosystem C and N stocks and soil nutrient levels 

      Kjønaas, O. Janne; Barcena, Teresa G.; Hylen, Gro; Nordbakken, Jørn-Frode; Økland, Tonje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-24)
      To increase the annual uptake of CO2 as well as the long-term storage of carbon (C) in forests, the Norwegian government consider large-scale replacements of native, deciduous forests with faster-growing species like Norway ...
    • Botanical survey of two Norwegian forest fields, dominated by European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) 

      Nestby, Rolf; Krogstad, Tore; Hovstad, Knut Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In a project focusing on semi-cultivation of European blueberry (EB) from 2008 to 2011, a botanical survey was undertaken in two experimental fields in the municipalities of Snåsa and Lierne in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, ...
    • Breakthrough Analysis of Chemical Composition and Applied Chemometrics of European Plum Cultivars Grown in Norway 

      Fotirić Akšić, Milica; Tešić, Živoslav; Kalaba, Milica; Ćirić, Ivanka; Pezo, Lato; Lončar, Biljana; Gašić, Uroš; Dojčinović, Biljana; Tosti, Tomislav; Meland, Mekjell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04-11)
      The aim of this study was to find the chemical parameters for the differentiation of plum cultivars grown along the fjord areas of Western Norway and Eastern Norway, having specific agroclimatic conditions. Chemical analysis ...
    • Breeding for intercropping: the case of red clover persistence in grasslands 

      Ergon, Åshild Gunilla; Bakken, Anne Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06-24)
      Legumes are important in sustainable agriculture and particularly so when they are intercropped with other species. In breeding programs, little attention is paid to their agronomic performance in species mixtures. In red ...
    • Bridging theory and implementation – Testing an abstract classification system for practical mapping by field survey and 3D aerial photographic interpretation 

      Ullerud, Heidrun Asgeirsdatter; Bryn, Anders; Skånes, Helle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-04)
      The abstract classification system Nature in Norway (NiN) has detailed ecological definitions of a high number of ecosystem units, but its applicability in practical vegetation mapping is unknown because it was not designed ...
    • Building a high-resolution site index map using boosted regression trees: The Norwegian case 

      Antón Fernandéz, Clara; Hauglin, Marius; Breidenbach, Johannes; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-03-15)
      Accurate estimation of site productivity is essential for forest projections and scenario modelling. We present and evaluate models to predict site index (SI) and whether a site is productive (potential total stem volume ...
    • Bunkers or round bales: Losses and silage quality with or without acid treatment of low dry matter grass crops 

      Randby, Åshild Taksdal; Bakken, Anne Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)
      Grass clover crops were harvested with or without application of 4 L/t of a formic- and propionic acid-based silage additive and ensiled in one bunker silo and 6 round bales per treatment in each of three harvests. The ...
    • Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) Inhibits PIN1 Exocytosis From BFA Compartments in Arabidopsis Roots 

      Paponov, Ivan A.; Budnyk, Vadym; Paponov, Martina; Teale, William; Palme, Klaus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04-08)
      The activity of polarly localized PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux carriers contributes to the formation of auxin gradients which guide plant growth, development, and tropic responses. Both the localization and abundance of ...