Essays about: "Pia Björsell"

Found 2 essays containing the words Pia Björsell.

  1. 1. Interactions between some plant-parasitic nematodes and Rhizoctonia solani in potato fields

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Pia Björsell; [2015]
    Keywords : Rhizoctonia solani; Pratylenchus; Trichodoridae; Globodera; synergistic interactions; disease complex; Solanum tuberosum; spatial distribution; stem canker;

    Abstract : The pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani causes major economic losses for potato producers in Sweden. The producers, as well as advisors, have reported possible increases in severity of R. solani when free-living plant parasitic nematodes are present and active. READ MORE

  3. 2. Soil carbon in small-holder plantain farms, Uganda : a comparison between agroforestry and non-agroforestry

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Pia Björsell; [2014]
    Keywords : Soil carbon; agroforestry; Vi Agroforestry; Vi Skogen; small-holder farming; plantain; Uganda;

    Abstract : Smallholder farmers in Uganda suffer from declining productivity. With a rapidly increasing population, marginal land is taken into production and the current land management leads to loss in soil fertility and escalation in soil erosion. READ MORE