• Comparison of properties of biochar produced from different types of lignocellulosic biomass by slow pyrolysis at 600 °C 

      Wang, Liang; Olsen, Maria N.P.; Moni, Christophe; Diuegez-Alonso, Alba; Rosa, Jose Maria de la; Stenrød, Marianne; Liu, Xingang; Mao, Liangang (Journal article, 2022-10-17)
      Production of biochar from corn cob and corn stalk has gained great interest for efficient waste management with benefits of improving soil properties, increasing crop productivity, and contributing to carbon sequestration. ...
    • Complex responses of global insect pests to climate warming 

      Lehmann, Philipp; Ammunet, Tea; Barton, Madeleine; Battisti, Andrea; Eigenbrode, Sanford D.; Jepsen, Jane Uhd; Kalinkat, Gregor; Neuvonen, Seppo; Niemela, Pekka; Terblanche, John s.; Økland, Bjørn; Björkman, Christer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-03)
      Although it is well known that insects are sensitive to temperature, how they will be affected by ongoing global warming remains uncertain because these responses are multifaceted and ecologically complex. We reviewed the ...
    • Composition of Strawberry Floral Volatiles and their Effects on Behavior of Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Anthonomus rubi 

      Mozūraitis, Raimondas; Hall, David; Trandem, Nina; Ralle, Baiba; Tunström, Kalle; Sigsgaard, Lene; Baroffio, Catherine; Fountain, Michelle; Cross, Jerry; Wibe, Atle; Borg-Karlson, Anna-Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10-08)
      The strawberry blossom weevil (SBW), Anthonomus rubi, is a major pest in strawberry fields throughout Europe. Traps baited with aggregation pheromone are used for pest monitoring. However, a more effective lure is needed. ...
    • Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species 

      González-Moreno, Pablo; Lazzaro, Lorenzo; Vilà, Montserrat; Preda, Cristina; Adriaens, Tim; Bacher, Sven; Brundu, Giuseppe; Copp, Gordon H.; Essl, Franz; Garcia-Berthou, Emili; Katsanevakis, Stelios; Moen, Toril Loennechen; Lucy, Frances E.; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Roy, Helen E.; Srėbalienė, Greta; Talgø, Venche; Vanderhoeven, Sonia; Andjelković, Ana; Arbačiauskas, Kęstutis; Auger-Rozenberg, Marie-Anne; Bae, Mi-Jung; Bariche, Michel; Boets, Pieter; Boieiro, Mário; Borges, Paulo Alexandre; Canning-Clode, João; Cardigos, Frederico; Chartosia, Niki; Cottier-Cook, Elizabeth Joanne; Crocetta, Fabio; D'hondt, Bram; Foggi, Bruno; Follak, Swen; Gallardo, Belinda; Gammelmo, Øivind; Giakoumi, Sylvaine; Giuliani, Claudia; Fried, Guillaume; Jelaska, Lucija Šerić; Jeschke, Jonathan M.; Jover, Miquel; Juárez-Escario, Alejandro; Kalogirou, Stefanos; Kočić, Aleksandra; Kytinou, Eleni; Laverty, Ciaran; Lozano, Vanessa; Maceda-Veiga, Alberto; Marchante, Elizabete; Marchante, Hélia; Martinou, Angeliki F.; Meyer, Sandro; Michin, Dan; Montero-Castaño, Ana; Morais, Maria Cristina; Morales-Rodriguez, Carmen; Muhthassim, Nadia; Nagy, Zoltán Á.; Ogris, Nikica; Onen, Huseyin; Pergl, Jan; Puntila, Riikka; Rabitsch, Wolfgang; Ramburn, Triya Tessa; Rego, Carla; Reichenbach, Fabian; Romeralo, Carmen; Saul, Wolf-Christian; Schrader, Gritta; Sheehan, Rory; Simonović, Predrag; Skolka, Marius; Soares, António Onofre; Sundheim, Leif; Tarkan, Ali Serhan; Tomov, Rumen; Tricarico, Elena; Tsiamis, Konstantinos; Uludağ, Ahmet; van Valkenburg, Johan; Verreycken, Hugo; Vettraino, Anna Maria; Vilar, Lluís; Wiig, Øystein; Witzell, Johanna; Zanetta, Andrea; Kenis, Marc (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-01)
      Standardized tools are needed to identify and prioritize the most harmful non-native species (NNS). A plethora of assessment protocols have been developed to evaluate the current and potential impacts of non-native species, ...
    • Control of Bacterial Canker in Stone Fruit Trees by Chemical and Biological Products 

      Broniarek-Niemiec, Agata; Børve, Jorunn; Puławska, Joanna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04-20)
      Bacterial canker, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae and pv. morsprunorum, is one of the most important diseases of stone fruit trees (Prunus spp.). The pathogen infects buds, flowers, fruitlets, leaves and shoots, ...
    • Convergent evolution of semiochemicals across Kingdoms: bark beetles and their fungal symbionts 

      Zhao, Tao; Ganji, Suresh; Schiebe, Christian; Bohman, Björn; Weinstein, Philip; Krokene, Paal; Borg-Karlson, Anna-Karin; Unelius, C. Rikard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-15)
      Convergent evolution of semiochemical use in organisms from different Kingdoms is a rarely described phenomenon. Tree-killing bark beetles vector numerous symbiotic blue-stain fungi that help the beetles colonize healthy ...
    • Copper pollution exacerbates the effects of ocean acidification and warming on kelp microscopic early life stages 

      Leal, Pablo P.; Hurd, Catriona L.; Sander, Sylvia G.; Armstrong, Evelyn; Fernández, Pamela A.; Suhrhoff, Tim J.; Roleda, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-03)
      Ocean warming (OW), ocean acidification (OA) and their interaction with local drivers, e.g., copper pollution, may negatively affect macroalgae and their microscopic life stages. We evaluated meiospore development of the ...
    • Cryopreservation of shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum) shoot tips by droplet-vitrification 

      Wang, Min-Rui; Zhang, Zhibo; Haugslien, Sissel; Sivertsen, Astrid; Rasmussen, Morten; Wang, Qiaochun; Blystad, Dag-Ragnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum) is an important vegetable crop belonging to the genus Allium. The present study attempted to develop an efficient droplet-vitrification cryopreservation method for shallot ‘10603’ shoot ...
    • Cyst nematode bio-communication with plants: implications for novel management approaches 

      Ochola, Juliet; Coyne, Danny; Cortada, Laura; Haukeland, Solveig; Ng'ang'a, Margaret; Hassanali, Ahmed; Opperman, Charles; Torto, Baldwyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-28)
      Bio-communication occurs when living organisms interact with each other, facilitated by the exchange of signals including visual, auditory, tactile and chemical. The most common form of bio-communication between organisms ...
    • Deep Learning in Hyperspectral Image Reconstruction from Single RGB images—A Case Study on Tomato Quality Parameters 

      Zhao, Jiangsan; Kechasov, Dmitry; Rewald, Boris; Bodner, Gernot; Verheul, Michel; Clarke, Nicholas; Clarke, Jihong Liu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10-07)
      Hyperspectral imaging has many applications. However, the high device costs and low hyperspectral image resolution are major obstacles limiting its wider application in agriculture and other fields. Hyperspectral image ...
    • Defoliation Change of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Depends on Previous Year Drought 

      Ognjenović, Mladen; Seletković, Ivan; Potočić, Nenad; Marušić, Mia; Tadić, Melita Perčec; Jonard, Mathieu; Rautio, Pasi; Timmermann, Volkmar; Lovreškov, Lucija; Ugarković, Damir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-09)
      European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests provide multiple essential ecosystem goods and services. The projected climatic conditions for the current century will significantly affect the vitality of European beech. The ...
    • Degradation of difenoconazole in water and soil: Kinetics, degradation pathways, transformation products identification and ecotoxicity assessment 

      Man, Yanli; Stenrød, Marianne; Wu, Chi; Almvik, Marit; Holten, Roger; Clarke, Jihong Liu; Yuan, Shankui; Wu, Xiaohu; Xu, Jun; Dong, Fengshou; Zheng, Yongquan; Liu, Xingang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-04)
      Difenoconazole is a widely used triazole fungicide that has been frequently detected in the environment, but comprehensive study about its environmental fate and toxicity of potential transformation products (TPs) is still ...
    • Dehydrin, alcohol dehydrogenase, and central metabolite levels are associated with cold tolerance in diploid strawberry (Fragaria spp.) 

      Davik, Jahn Eldar; Koehler, Gage; From, Britta; Torp, Torfinn; Rohloff, Jens; Eidem, Petter; Wilson, Robert; Sønsteby, Anita; Randall, Stephen K,; Alsheikh-Yousef, Muath (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-27)
      The use of artificial freezing tests, identification of biomarkers linked to or directly involved in the low-temperature tolerance processes, could prove useful in applied strawberry breeding. This study was conducted to ...
    • Detecting the asymptomatic colonization of apple branches by Neonectria ditissima, causing European canker of apple 

      Harteveld, Dalphy; Goedhart, Paul; Houwers, Ilse; Kohl, Jurgen; de Jong, Peter Frans; Wenneker, Marcel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-03-01)
      European canker is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of apple in most temperate regions. The causal agent, Neonectria ditissima, infects trees through wounds in the bark forming cankers that girdle the stem and ...
    • Detection of Root, Butt, and Stem Rot presence in Norway spruce with hyperspectral imagery 

      Allen, Benjamin James; Dalponte, Michele; Hietala, Ari Mikko; Ørka, Hans Ole; Næsset, Erik; Gobakken, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02-16)
      Pathogenic wood decay fungi such as species of Heterobasidion are some of the most serious forest pathogens in Europe, causing rot of tree boles and loss of growth, with estimated economic losses of eight hundred million ...
    • Detection of total fumonisins produced by Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc) isolates from maize kernels in Ethiopia 

      Beyene, Hadush Tsehaye; Sundheim, Leif; Tronsmo, Arne; Brurberg, May Bente; Assefa, Dereje; Tronsmo, Anne Marte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-05-21)
      Fusarium verticillioides is the most common fungal pathogen of maize in Ethiopia. Many strains of this pathogen produce fumonisin myotoxins that are harmful to human and animal health. This study was conducted to determine ...
    • Development of a Bayesian network for probabilistic risk assessment of pesticides 

      Mentzel, Sophie; Grung, Merete; Tollefsen, Knut-Erik; Stenrød, Marianne; Petersen, Karina; Moe, S. Jannicke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-07)
      Conventional environmental risk assessment of chemicals is based on a calculated risk quotient, representing the ratio of exposure to effects of the chemical, in combination with assessment factors to account for uncertainty. ...
    • Development of a Decision Support System for the Management of Mummy Berry Disease in Northwestern Washington 

      Cucak, Mladen; Harteveld, Dalphy O. C.; DeVetter, Lisa Wasko; Peever, Tobin L.; Andrade Moral, Rafael de; Mattupalli, Chakradhar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-04)
      Mummy berry, caused by Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi, is the most important disease of the northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) in North America and can cause up to 70% yield losses in affected fields. A ...
    • Different Resistance to DON versus HT2 + T2 Producers in Nordic Oat Varieties 

      Hofgaard, Ingerd Skow; Brodal, Guro; Almvik, Marit; Lillemo, Morten; Russenes, Aina Lundon; Edwards, Simon Graham; Aamot, Heidi Udnes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-28)
      Over recent decades, the Norwegian cereal industry has had major practical and financial challenges associated with the occurrence of Fusarium head blight (FHB) pathogens and their associated mycotoxins in cereal grains. ...
    • Diplodia sapinea – en ny skadegjører på furu 

      Pettersson, Martin; Fløistad, Inger; Børja, Isabella; Hietala, Ari Mikko; Talgø, Venche (NIBIO POP;6(24) 2020, Journal article, 2020-05)
      Soppen Diplodia sapinea er en nylig oppdaget skadegjører på furu i Norge og andre nordiske land. Soppen kan skade både frø, småplanter og større trær. Soppen er relativt varmekjær og har tidligere stort sett gjort skade ...