• Adjusting the scent ratio: using genetically modified Vitis vinifera plants to manipulate European grapevine moth behaviour 

      Salvagnin, Umberto; Malnoy, Mickael; Thöming, Gunda; Tasin, Marco; Carlin, Silvia; Martens, Stefan; Vrhovsek, Urska; Angeli, Sergio; Anfora, Gianfranco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-02)
      Herbivorous insects use olfactory cues to locate their host plant within a complex olfactory landscape. One such example is the European grapevine moth Lobesia botrana, a key pest of the grape in the Palearctic region, ...
    • Administration of spruce bark (Picea abies) extracts in young lambs exhibits anticoccidial efects but reduces milk intake and body weight gain 

      Blomstrand, Berit Marie; Enemark, Heidi L; Steinshamn, Håvard; Aasen, Inga Marie; Johanssen, Juni Rosann E.; Athanasiadou, Spiridoula; Thamsborg, Stig Milan; Sørheim, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-23)
      Background Eimeria spp. are widespread apicomplexan parasites known to cause coccidiosis in livestock, resulting in reduced animal welfare and productivity, particularly in sheep. The treatment options are limited, and ...
    • Adult European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Perform Well on Alternative Circular-Economy-Driven Feed Formulations 

      Petereit, Jessica; Hoerterer, Christina; Bischoff-Lang, Adrian A.; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Pereira, Gabriella; Johansen, Johan; Pastres, Roberto; Buck, Bela H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06-14)
      There is an increasing need in the aquaculture industry for more sustainable and functional feed concepts for marine finfish. This study provides results for the effect of alternative feed formulations on health status, ...
    • Afforestation of a pasture in Norway did not result in higher soil carbon, 50 years after planting 

      Strand, Line Tau; Fjellstad, Wendy Jane; Jackson-Blake, Leah Amber; de Wit, Heleen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-06)
      Afforestation of marginal cultivated land is an internationally approved climate mitigation strategy, however, with uncertain implications for soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. We examined the effect of forest planting ...
    • Agricultural grasslands buffer density effects in red deer populations 

      Mysterud, Atle; Langvatn, Rolf; Meisingset, Erling L.; Rivrud, Inger Maren (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12-29)
      Population densities of several cervid species have increased in recent decades in North America and Europe, and cervids frequently eat and damage agricultural crops. Competition and depletion of natural food resources are ...
    • Agronomic and Metabolomic Side-Effects of a Divergent Selection for Indol-3-Ylmethylglucosinolate Content in Kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) 

      Poveda, Jorge; Velasco, Pablo; de Haro, Antonio; Johansen, Tor Jacob; McAlvay, Alex C.; Möllers, Christian; Mølmann, Jørgen A; Ordiales, Elena; Rodríguez, Víctor M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-14)
      Brassica oleracea var. acephala (kale) is a cruciferous vegetable widely cultivated for its leaves and flower buds in Europe and a food of global interest as a “superfood”. Brassica crops accumulate phytochemicals called ...
    • Alien plants, animals, fungi and algae in Norway: an inventory of neobiota 

      Sandvik, Hanno; Dolmen, Dag; Elven, Reidar; Falkenhaug, Tone; Forsgren, Elisabet; Hansen, Haakon; Hassel, Kristian; Husa, Vivian; Kjærstad, Gaute; Ødegaard, Frode; Pedersen, Hans Christian; Solheim, Halvor; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Åsen, Per Arvid; Åström, Sandra Charlotte Helene; Brandrud, Tor Erik; Elven, Hallvard; Endrestøl, Anders; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Fredriksen, Stein; Gammelmo, Øivind; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Gulliksen, Bjørn; Hamnes, Inger Sofie; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Hegre, Hanne; Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Jelmert, Anders; Jensen, Thomas Correll; Johnsen, Stein Ivar; Karlsbakk, Egil; Magnusson, Christer; Nedreaas, Kjell Harald; Nordén, Björn; Oug, Eivind; Pedersen, Oddvar; Pedersen, Per Anker; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Skei, Jon Kristian; Solstad, Heidi; Sundheim, Leif; Swenson, Jon; Syvertsen, Per Ole; Talgø, Venche; Vandvik, Vigdis; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Wienerroither, Rupert; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Hilmo, Olga; Henriksen, Snorre; Gederaas, Lisbeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-03)
      We present the results of an inventory and status assessment of alien species in Norway. The inventory covered all known multicellular neobiota, 2496 in total, 1039 of which were classified as naturalised. The latter ...
    • Alien species in Norway: results from quantitative ecological impact assessments 

      Sandvik, Hanno; Hilmo, Olga; Henriksen, Snorre; Elven, Reidar; Åsen, Per Arvid; Hegre, Hanne; Pedersen, Oddvar; Pedersen, Per Anker; Solstad, Heidi; Vandvik, Vigdis; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Ødegaard, Frode; Åström, Sandra Charlotte Helene; Elven, Hallvard; Endrestøl, Anders; Gammelmo, Øivind; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Solheim, Halvor; Nordén, Björn; Sundheim, Leif; Talgø, Venche; Falkenhaug, Tone; Gulliksen, Bjørn; Jelmert, Anders; Oug, Eivind; Sundet, Jan Henry; Forsgren, Elisabet; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Nedreaas, Kjell Harald; Wienerroither, Rupert; Husa, Vivian; Fredriksen, Stein; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Steen, Henning; Hansen, Haakon; Hamnes, Inger Sofie; Karlsbakk, Egil; Magnusson, Christer; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Pedersen, Hans Christian; Swenson, Jon; Syvertsen, Per Ole; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Dolmen, Dag; Kjærstad, Gaute; Johnsen, Stein Ivar; Jensen, Thomas Correll; Hassel, Kristian; Gederaas, Lisbeth (Journal article, 2020)
      1. Due to globalisation, trade and transport, the spread of alien species is increasing dramatically. Some alien species become ecologically harmful by threatening native biota. This can lead to irreversible changes in ...
    • Allelopathic Potential of Teff Varieties and Effect on Weed Growth 

      Gebrehiwot, Haftamu Gebretsadik; Aune, Jens Bernt; Eklo, Ole Martin; Torp, Torfinn; Brandsæter, Lars Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-16)
      Allelopathic potential of 10 teff varieties was assessed in laboratory experimentation (conducted in NIBIO, Norway), and determined with an agar-based bioassay using ryegrass and radish as model weeds. Field experiments ...
    • Allelopathic properties of Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. extracts and fractions as an alternative for weed management in quinoa and rice crops 

      Rueda-Ayala, Victor; Ramos-Guerrero, Luis A; Vargas-Jentzsch, Paul; Hernández, Betty; Höglind, Mats; Andújar, Dionisio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03-30)
      In this study, aqueous extracts of Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. leaves and inflorescences were tested on seeds of quinoa (Chenopodium album L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.), and on some of the most noxious-associated ...
    • Altered regulation of TERMINAL FLOWER 1 causes the unique vernalisation response in an arctic woodland strawberry accession 

      Koskela, Elli A.; Kurokura, Takeshi; Toivainen, Tuomas; Sønsteby, Anita; Heide, Ola M; Sargent, Daniel J.; Isobe, Sachiko; Jaakola, Laura; Hilmarsson, Hrannar; Elomaa, Paula; Hytönen, Timo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11)
      • Vernalisation requirement is an agriculturally important trait that postpones the development of cold-sensitive floral organs until the spring. The family Rosaceae includes many agriculturally important fruit and berry ...
    • Ammonium Sorbed to Zeolite Is Partly Available to Wheat in the First Growth Cycle 

      Føreid, Bente; Alvarenga Castellanos, Emilio Humberto; Szocs, Julia Maria; Makadi, Marianna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-05)
      Sorption could be a way to concentrate nutrients in diluted waste streams to bring more nutrients back to agriculture. However, the sorbed nutrients must be plant available. The aim of this work was to investigate how plant ...
    • An automatic pre-processing method to detect and reject signal artifacts from full-shift field-work sEMG recordings of bilateral trapezius activity 

      Østensvik, Tove Maria; Belbo, Helmer; Veiersted, Kaj Bo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Bipolar surface EMG (sEMG) signals of the trapezius muscles bilaterally were recorded continuously with a frequency of 800 Hz during full-shift field-work by a four-channel portable data logger. After recordings of 60 ...
    • An enhanced forest classification scheme for modeling vegetation–climate interactions based on national forest inventory data 

      Majasalmi, Titta; Eisner, Stephanie; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas; Fridman, Jonas; Bright, Ryan M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-18)
      Forest management affects the distribution of tree species and the age class of a forest, shaping its overall structure and functioning and in turn the surface–atmosphere exchanges of mass, energy, and momentum. In order ...
    • An inverse shortest path approach to find forwarder productivity functions 

      Søvde, Nils Egil; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas; Talbot, Bruce (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-05)
      This paper presents an optimization model designed to find productivity functions for timber forwarding. Timber forwarding or skidding has for some 25 years been calculated using shortest path formulations on grid networks. ...
    • An operational UAV-based approach for stand-level assessment of soil disturbance after forest harvesting 

      Talbot, Bruce; Rahlf, Johannes; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-16)
      The effectiveness of generating virtual transects on unmanned aerial vehicle-derived orthomosaics was evaluated in estimating the extent of soil disturbance by severity class. Combinations of 4 transect lengths (5–50 m) ...
    • Anaerobic digestion affecting nitrous oxide and methane emissions from the composting process 

      Dietrich, Maria; Fongen, Monica; Føreid, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-02)
      Composting and anaerobic digestion are the most common ways to treat organic residues. Sometimes the organic rest after anaerobic digestion is also composted. In this study we investigated greenhouse gas emissions from ...
    • Analysing Farm-specific Payments for Norway using the Agrispace Model 

      Mittenzwei, Klaus; Britz, Wolfgang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-06)
      Norway maintains a complex system of activity or type specific coupled paymentswhich account for a large share of farm income. Most of the payment rates arenegatively related to farm size and are higher in remote areas ...
    • Analysis of Apple Fruit (Malus × domestica Borkh.) Quality Attributes Obtained from Organic and Integrated Production Systems 

      Akšić, Milica Fotirić; Zagorac, Dragana Dabić; Gašić, Uroš; Tosti, Tomislav; Natić, Maja; Meland, Mekjell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-27)
      The aim of this study was to compare total phenolic content (TPC), radical-scavenging activity (RSA), total anthocyanin content (TAC), sugar and polyphenolic profiles of two apple cultivars (‘Discovery’ and ‘Red Aroma ...