• A Novel Recombined Potato virus Y Isolate in China 

      Han, Shuxin; Gao, Yanling; Fan, Guoquan; Zhang, Wei; Qiu, Cailing; Zhang, Shu; Bai, Yanju; Zhang, Junhua; Spetz, Carl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This study reports the findings of a distinct Potato virus Y (PVY) isolate found in Northeast China. One hundred and ten samples (leaves and tubers) were collected from potato plants showing mosaic symptoms around the city ...
    • A Wind Tunnel for Odor Mediated Insect Behavioural Assays 

      Knudsen, Geir; Tasin, Marco; Aak, Anders; Thöming, Gunda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-11)
      Olfaction is the most important sensory mechanism by which many insects interact with their environment and a wind tunnel is an excellent tool to study insect chemical ecology. Insects can locate point sources in a ...
    • 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, ...
    • Apple rootstocks may become infected by Neonectria ditissima during propagation 

      Børve, Jorunn; Kolltveit, Svein André; Talgø, Venche; Stensvand, Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-18)
      Introduction and purpose: The ability of apple rootstocks to become infected by Neonectria ditissima, the cause of European canker, was studied over two years. Materials and methods: Rootstocks B9 and M9 with a size suitable ...
    • Application of HPLC–PDA–MS metabolite profiling to investigate the effect of growth temperature and day length on blackcurrant fruit 

      Allwood, J. William; Woznicki, Tomasz L.; Xu, Yun; Foito, Alexandre; Aaby, Kjersti; Sungurtas, Julie; Freitag, Sabine; Goodacre, Royston; Stewart, Derek; Remberg, Siv F.; Heide, Ola M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-08)
    • 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, ...
    • Cereal yield gaps across Europe 

      Schils, Rene; Olesen, Jørgen E.; Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian; Rijk, Bert; Oberforster, Michael; Kalyada, Valery; Khitrykau, Maksim; Gobin, Anne; Kirchev, Hristofor; Manolova, Vanya; Manolov, Ivan; Trnka, Mirek; Hlavinka, Petr; Palosuo, Taru; Peltonen-Sainio, Pirjo; Jauhianen, Lauri; Lorgeou, Josiane; Marrou, Helene; Danalatos, Nikos; Archontoulis, Sotirios; Fodor, Nandor; Spink, John; Roggero, Pier Paolo; Bassu, Simona; Pulina, Antonio; Seehusen, Till; Uhlen, Anne Kjersti; Zylowska, Katarzyna; Nierobca, Anna; Kozyra, Jerzy; Silva, Joao Vasco; Macas, Benvindo Martins; Coutinho, José; Ion, Viorel; Takác, Jozef; Minguez, M. Ines; Eckersten, Henrik; Levy, Lilia; Herrera, Juan Manuel; Hiltbrunner, Jurg; Kryvobok, Oleksii; Kryvoshein, Oleksandr; Sylvester-Bradley, Roger; Kindered, Daniel; Topp, Cairistiona F.E.; Boogaard, Hendrik; Groot, Hugo de; Lesschen, Jan Peter; Bussel, Lenny van; Wolf, Joost; Zijlstra, Mink; van Loon, Marloes P.; van Ittersum, Martin K (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-18)
    • Characterisation of a novel Emaravirus identified in mosaic-diseased Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula) 

      Bargen, Susanne von; Kubrusli, Rim Al; Gaskin, Thomas; Fürl, Stephanie; Hüttner, Florian; Blystad, Dag-Ragnar; Karlin, David G.; Jalkanen, Risto; Büttner, Carmen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-05)
      Since Emaraviruses have been discovered in 2007 several new species were detected in a range of host plants. Five genome segments of a novel Emaravirus from mosaic‐diseased Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula) have been ...
    • Chemometric Characterization of Strawberries and Blueberries according to Their Phenolic Profile: Combined Effect of Cultivar and Cultivation System 

      Akšic, Milica Fotiric; Zagorac, Dragana Dabic; Sredojevic, Milica; Milivojevic, Jasminka; Gasic, Uros; Meland, Mekjell; Natic, Maja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-26)
      Chemical characterizations of leaves and fruits that were obtained from organically and integrally produced strawberries (′Favette′, ′Alba′, and ′Clery′) and blueberries (′Bluecrop′, ′Duke′, and ′Nui′) from western Serbia ...
    • Effect of three isolates of Pandora neoaphidis from a single population of Sitobion avenae on mortality, speed of kill and fecundity of S. avenae and Rhopalosiphum padi at different temperatures 

      Saussure, Stephanie; Westrum, Karin; Hjelkrem, Anne-Grete Roer; Klingen, Ingeborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We studied the effect of three Pandora neoaphidis isolates from one Sitobion avenae population, three temperatures, and two aphid species namely S. avenae and Rhopalosiphum padi on (i) aphid mortality, (ii) time needed to ...
    • Effects of limited volatiles release by plants in tritrophic interactions 

      Buonomo, Bruno; Giannino, Francesco; Saussure, Stephanie; Venturino, Ezio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-17)
      We introduce a mathematical model to describe the tritrophic interaction between crop, pest and the pest natural enemy where the release of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) by crop is taken into account. The VOCs may be ...
    • Effects of Temperature and Photoperiod on Yield and Chemical Composition of Northern and Southern Clones of Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) 

      Uleberg, Eivind; Rohloff, Jens; Jaakola, Laura; Trost, Kajetan; Junttila, Olavi; Häggman, Hely; Martinussen, Inger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      After pollination outdoors individual bilberry plants from two Northern and two Southern clones were studied for climatic effects on berry yield and quality in a controlled phytotrone experiment at 12 °C and 18 °C. At each ...
    • Forewarned is forearmed: harmonized approaches for early detection of potentially invasive pests and pathogens in sentinel plantings 

      Morales-Rodríguez, Carmen; Anslan, Sten; Auger-Rozenberg, Marie-Anne; Augustin, Sylvie; Baranchikov, Yuri; Bellahirech, Amani; Burokienė, Daiva; Čepukoit, Dovilė; Çota, Ejup; Davydenko, Kateryna; Lehtijärvi, H. Tuğba Doğmuş; Drenkhan, Rein; Drenkhan, Tiia; Eschen, René; Franić, Iva; Glavendekić, Milka; de Groot, Maarten; Kacprzyk, Magdalena; Kenis, Marc; Kirichenko, Natalia; Matsiakh, Iryna; Musolin, Dmitry L.; Nowakowska, Justyna A.; O’Hanlon, Richard; Prospero, Simone; Roques, Alain; Santini, Alberto; Talgø, Venche; Tedersoo, Leho; Uimari, Anne; Vannini, Andrea; Witzell, Johanna; Woodward, Steve; Zambounis, Antonios; Cleary, Michelle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-21)
      The number of invasive alien pest and pathogen species affecting ecosystem functioning, human health and economies has increased dramatically over the last decades. Discoveries of invasive pests and pathogens previously ...
    • From leaf to continent: The multi-scale distribution of an invasive cryptic pathogen complex on oak 

      Desprez-Loustau, Marie-Laure; Massot, Marie; Toïgo, Maude; Fort, Tania; Kaya, Ayse Gülden Aday; Boberg, Johanna; Braun, Uwe; Capdevielle, Xavier; Cech, Thomas; Chandelier, Anne; Christova, Petya; Corcobado, Tamara; Dogmus, Tugba; Dutech, Cyril; Fabreguettes, Olivier; Faivre d'Arcier, Julie; Gross, Andrin; Jung, Marilia Horta; Iturritxa, Eugenia; Jung, Thomas; Junker, Corina; Kiss, Levente; Kostov, Kaloyan; Lehtijarvi, Asko; Lyubenova, Aneta; Marçais, Benoit; Oliva, Jonas; Oskay, Funda; Pastirčák, Martin; Pastircakova, Katarína; Piou, Dominique; Saint-Jean, Gilles; Sallafranque, Arnaud; Slavov, Slavtcho; Stenlid, Jan; Talgø, Venche; Takamatsu, Susumu; Tack, Ayco JM. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-12)
      The spatial distribution and niche differentiation of three closely related species (Erysiphe alphitoides, Erysiphe quercicola and Erysiphe hypophylla) causing oak powdery mildew was studied at scales ranging from the ...
    • Fungal isolate and crop cultivar influence the beneficial effects of root inoculation with entomopathogenic fungi in strawberry 

      Canassa, Fernanda; D'Alessandro, Celeste P.; Sousa, Sidcleide B.; Demétrio, Clarice G. B.; Meyling, Nicolai Vitt; Klingen, Ingeborg; Delalibera Jr., Italo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-28)
      BACKGROUND Root inoculations of crop plants with beneficial fungi constitute a promising strategy for growth promotion and control of above‐ground pests and diseases. Here, strawberry roots (cultivar ‘Albion’ and ‘Pircinque’) ...
    • Fusaoctaxin A, an Example of a Two-Step Mechanism for Non-Ribosomal Peptide Assembly and Maturation in Fungi 

      Westphal, Klaus Ringsborg; Nielsen, Katrine Amalie Hamborg; Wollenberg, Rasmus Dam; Møllehøj, Mathias Bonde; Bachleitner, Simone; Studt, Lena; Lysøe, Erik; Giese, Henriette; Wimmer, Reinhard; Sørensen, Jens Laurids; Sondergaard, Teis Esben (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-16)
      Fungal non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) clusters are spread across the chromosomes, where several modifying enzyme-encoding genes typically flank one NRPS. However, a recent study showed that the octapeptide fusaoctaxin ...
    • Genome-wide association mapping of resistance to septoria nodorum leaf blotch in a Nordic spring wheat collection 

      Ruud, Anja Karine; Dieseth, Jon Arne; Ficke, Andrea; Furuki, Eiko; Phan, Huyen T. T.; Oliver, Richard; Tan, Kar-Chun; Lillemo, Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-07)
      Parastagonospora nodorum is the causal agent of Septoria nodorum leaf blotch (SNB) in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). It is the most important leaf blotch pathogen in Norwegian spring wheat. Several quantitative trait loci ...
    • Identification of QTLs for powdery mildew (Podosphaera aphanis; syn. Sphaerotheca macularis f. sp. fragariae) susceptibility in cultivated strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa) 

      Sargent, Daniel J.; Buti, Matteo; Surbanovski, Nada; Brurberg, May Bente; Alsheikh, Muath K; Kent, Matthew Peter; Davik, Jahn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-19)
      Strawberry powdery mildew (Podosphaera aphanis Wallr.) is a pathogen which infects the leaves, fruit, stolon and flowers of the cultivated strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa), causing major yield losses, primarily through ...
    • Impacts of soil moisture level and organic matter content on growth of two Juncus species and Poa pratensis grown under acid soil conditions 

      Kaczmarek-Derda, Wiktoria Anna; Helgheim, Marit; Netland, Jan; Riley, Hugh; Wærnhus, Kjell; Øpstad, Samson; Østrem, Liv; Brandsæter, Lars Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The abundance of Juncus effusus (soft rush) and Juncus conglomeratus (compact rush) has increased in coastal grasslands in Norway over recent decades, and their spread has coincided with increased precipitation in the ...
    • Localized Agri-Food Systems and Biodiversity 

      Bele, Bolette; Norderhaug, Ann; Sickel, Hanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-02)
      Interest in localized agri-food systems has grown significantly in recent years. They are associated with several benefits and are seen as important for rural development. An important share of the academic debate addresses ...