@mycopat.bsky.social
We explore the microbial world. The Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU.
🌱 New research from SLU shows that more diverse crop rotations can reduce nitrogen losses without lowering yields. When losses are measured per unit of harvest, diversity pays off — for the climate, the environment, and farmers’ economy.
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Staff and students across all campuses at SLU celebrated a record-breaking milestone 🎉
After years of successful external funding, we’re proud to mark our strongest result to date.
Nils Högberg, Head of Department, opened the celebration and welcomed everyone.
🌳 Nytt avsnitt ute av SLU-podden Skogen & människan!
Den här gången djupdyker vi i almsjukan, en av våra mest förödande trädsmittor.
🔬 Audrius Menkis ger forskningsperspektivet och berättar både om hur sjukdomen sprids och vad som krävs för att stoppa den.
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The soil in the reserve is unusually calcareous and therefore provides a valuable environment for rare plants and animals. Old and fallen trees host a wide range of fungi, lichens, and insects that find it difficult to survive in modern production forests
This Amanita muscaria fruits and grows in symbiosis with this small pine and with very little soil.
The mycelium of this Hydnellum forms a continuous tissue that makes it possible to identify the size of the individual, and if you step on it during the dry season, it can even change the sound of your footsteps
Fantastic mycological excursion 🍄🌲 by @mycopat.bsky.social in an old-growth forests of the Lindsjön Nature Reserve, guided by Anders Dahlberg and with the wonderful collaboration of Alison Pouliot.
📸BTW, don’t miss her stunning fungal photography (and other) at alisonpouliot.com/fungal-realm/
Explore how soil food webs withstand droughts and heatwaves, and what this means for tree regeneration in Swedish forests! 🌲🪱🌳🍄Become a PhD student in the WIFORCE Research School and work with us at SLU-Uppsala @mycopat.bsky.social #climate #forest #microbes #nematodes
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🌲 A spruce’s own genes decide how well it fights root rot — the battle is won early with a fast response.
#Forestry #Genetics
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🍄✨ Är du student och sugen på ett unikt examensarbete? SLU söker dig som vill utforska tryffelodling på Gotland!
Du får kombinera ekologi, dataanalys och fältstudier – och bidra till framtidens hållbara jordbruk.
👉 Låter det spännande? Läs mer här: www.slu.se/nyheter/2025...
Kat King has defended her doctoral thesis "Ectomycorrhizal fungi in boreal forests: Their role in mineral weathering and nitrogen mobilisation".
Read the thesis here: publications.slu.se?file=publ/sh...
Laura J. Müller has defended her doctoral thesis ""Ecotoxicity of pollutants on soil nitrifiers under a climate change scenario"! Read the thesis here: publications.slu.se?file=publ/sh...
12.09.2025 10:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🌱 Soil microbes keep crops + ecosystems alive. But Laura J. Müller’s PhD shows pollution + drought disrupt the nitrogen cycle—with copper hitting hardest. Read more: www.slu.se/en/news/2025...
#SoilHealth #ClimateChange
Beneath the pines, fungi fuel the forest 🌲❤️🍄
In her PhD thesis, Katharine King reveals how ectomycorrhizal fungi weather minerals and mobilize nitrogen—powering tree growth, nutrient cycling, and carbon storage in boreal forests.
www.slu.se/en/news/2025...
Skicka in ditt konferensbidrag till Nationella växtskyddskonferensen senast 15 augusti! Vi välkomnar särskilt bidrag om samarbeten mellan praktiker, forskare och/eller rådgivare. Konferensen arrangeras 12-13 november 2025 i Alnarp. #växtskydd #plantprotection #konferens
www.slu.se/vaxtskydd25
The Department at the lovely Friibergs Herrgård, combining work and fun in the best way! The program included research presentations, discussions on research ethics, presentations of new large research programs as well as calming painting exercises. #AcademicLife #ResearchRetreat
18.06.2025 08:33 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Having fun with the FUN-URB proj, riding around Uppsala looking for native and non-native trees to examine the diversity patterns of foliar endophytic fungi on trees along urbanization gradients across Europe @wslresearch.bsky.social @mycopat.bsky.social
Project info: www.wsl.ch/en/projects/...
How do you identify an organism at the molecular level – and how can that contribute to sustainable agriculture? These were some of the questions explored by Bolivian students during an international course in La Paz, led by researchers from SLU.
www.slu.se/en/ew-news/2...
#IUFRO25CH Ke Zhang @mycopat.bsky.social is laying the ground for scots #pine #resistance breeding in Sweden — recent progress in #Cronartium pini inoculation and identification
22.05.2025 07:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Here’s the menu for the 14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology 🌿 #EFPP2025 #Uppsala
From @mycopat.bsky.social we’ll be there bringing a few things to the table!📋😀
The full program for the 14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology is now available 🌱
The registration is still open and we hope to see you in Uppsala 2-5 June!
www.efpp2025.com
#efpp2025 #conference
Threats from fungal diseases that attack pine and spruce are growing with climate change. But why are some trees more severely affected than others? Matilda Stein Åslund has investigated this in her thesis to help preserve our forests in the ongoing climate change.
www.slu.se/en/ew-news/2...
Sidhant Chaudhary has nailed his doctoral thesis "Plant genotype-dependent biocontrol of wheat diseases".
Read the thesis here: publications.slu.se?file=publ/sh...
Genetic variation in plants can affect how efficiently biocontrol agents can reduce diseases. In this doctoral thesis, Sidhant Chaudhary has investigated this variation to bring us closer to optimising crops for higher biocontrol responsiveness.
www.slu.se/en/ew-news/2...
#biocontrol
Last week I had the opportunity to visit the SLU Tönnersjöhedens försökspark in south-Sweden and the spore traps I've started working with at @mycopat.bsky.social These traps have been active for more than 10 years and have been sampled weekly, resulting in an exceptional airborne spore db
01.04.2025 05:21 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Dyk ner i mikroorganismernas spännande värld i höst! Nu ger vi en distanskurs med kvällsföreläsningar och två helgträffar med labbar och föreläsningar på plats i Uppsala.
Anmälan senast 15 april: www.slu.se/ew-nyheter/2...
"My work aims to understand pathogenicity mechanisms of Fusarium species and develop sustainable disease management strategies", says Vahideh Rafiei.
Vahideh Rafiei has recieved an award for her contributions to wheat research and her dedication to food security.
www.slu.se/en/ew-news/2...
Impressive work by @myconet.bsky.social and colleagues, looking at how the conservation value of a boreal forest relates to diversity of soil fungi. As is often the case in ecology, the conclusion is: 'It's complicated' 🍄🌳🧪🌍
@mycopat.bsky.social
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Professor Anders Dahlberg gets the award "The Golden Knife" for significant contributions to Swedish mycology. For over 40 years, he has been giving mushroom courses and is often consulted by the media on fungal questions.
More here: www.slu.se/ew-nyheter/2...
#mushroom #fungi #fungifriends
The project Precilience will develop precision solutions with farmers, foresters, landowners, and other actors to increase climate resilience. Björn Andersson and Anna Berlin will develop data to describe how farmers and forest owners view the risks of climate change.
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Fourteen phd-projects will be realised in a collaboration between SLU and forestry operators 🌲 They will be part of a new research programme for sustainable forestry. Read more here: www.slu.se/en/ew-news/2...
#plantprotection #forestry #forestresearch
Only two weeks left to apply for this exciting PhD position on forest microclimate, soil microbes, and carbon cycling in Uppsala @mycopat.bsky.social! Please, share! 🌲🦠🌲🦠
03.02.2025 06:54 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Gene-silencing spray to combat cereal disease is safe for the environment! RNA used to combat Fusarium head blight did not disturb the microbial communities living on the surface of cereal crops. This means that the method can be tested in field trials 🌱
Read more here: www.slu.se/en/ew-news/2...
