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1. Assessing the effect of Fusarium graminearum inoculation on the root structure of Swedish winter wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production EcologyAbstract : Several diseases attack the wheat crop and reduce the yield, such as root disease, which causes a tremendous loss in wheat production. Root rot has a variety of causal agents, such as nematodes, viruses, and bacteria, but the most common pathogens causing wheat root rot are oomycetes and fungi. READ MORE
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2. Effects of plant-fungal interactions on volatile emission of Hordeum vulgare and aphid preference
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EcologyAbstract : Barley is one of the most economically important cultivated crops in the world. However, barley is a host for many insect pests and plant pathogenic fungi which is a threat to the production. Rhopalosiphum padi is an economically important insect pest that leads to large economical losses in agricultural crops such as barley. READ MORE
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3. A molecular analysis of the interaction between the biocontrol fungus Clonostachys rosea and the cereal pathogen F. graminearum
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant PathologyAbstract : Modern agriculture is increasingly challenged by newly emerging crop diseases- many of them caused by fungal pathogens. At the same time, excessive application of chemical fungicides accelerates the development of resistant pathogen strains and may cause harmful effects on non-target organisms. READ MORE
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4. Interactions between plant pathogens and their implications for crop protection
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant PathologyAbstract : One plant may often be infected by more than one pathogen species. It is assumed that species which exploit the same resource have the potential to affect each other. Plant diseases where more than one pathogen is involved in the development of infection are usually termed as ¨disease complex¨. READ MORE
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5. Determining Leptosphaeria species on Swedish oilseed rape and monitoring responses to Fusarium avenaceum and Fusarium graminearum in timothy populations
University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Plant BiologyAbstract : Background Phoma stem canker or black leg disease is one of the most important disease affecting the oil seed rape worldwide. The disease is caused by the two pathogen species Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa. In this study genomic information of L. READ MORE