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  1. 11. Utvintrande mellangrödor i höstraps : effekt på raps, ogräs och skadegörare

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Jakob Larsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Brassica napus; kompanjongrödor; insådd; ekologisk odling; avkastning;

    Abstract : Höstraps är en viktig avbrottsgröda i spannmålsdominerande växtföljder, och odlingen av höstraps har ökat i Sverige de senaste tjugo åren. Rapsen är normalt utsatt för ett högt tryck från ogräs och skadegörare, vilket gör att odling av ekologisk höstraps är ytterst begränsad. READ MORE

  3. 12. Insect feed for future : perceived pros and cons of insects as feed inSwedish conditions

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Diana Saeed; Ebba Seijbold Dalla-Santa; [2021]
    Keywords : Black Soldier Fly; circular system; feed industry; legislation; stakeholders; yellow mealworm;

    Abstract : A current challenge that Sweden is handling is the amount of food loss and food waste. One way to reuse food waste efficiently is to convert it to feed for insects. READ MORE

  4. 13. Insects raised on food waste : a new source of feed and food?

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Elisabet Henriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : mealworm; food waste; insects as food; insects as feed; black soldier fly; nutrition; sustainable food; sustainable feed;

    Abstract : An increasing global population demands an increase in food production, while human impact on the planet necessarily must be decreased to decelerate climate change. Resources currently lost as food waste could potentially be utilized to increase world food production amount and efficiency by feeding it to insects. READ MORE

  5. 14. Design, expression and purification of virus-like particles derived from metagenomic studies : Virus-like Particles (VLP) of novel Partitiviridae species, Hubei.PLV 11, and novel Soutern pygmy squid flavilike virus were designed, expressed using the bac-to-bac expression system and then pruified using various methods

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Diyar Ayranci; [2021]
    Keywords : Virus; virus-like particles; VLP. Western Blot; SDS-PAGE; Chromatography; partitivrus; partitiviridae; flaviviridae; flavivirus; Hubei partitilike virus; Southern Pygmy Squid flavilike virus; protein purification; protein characterization; PCR; Cloning; metagenomic; strucutral biology; cryo-em; bac-to-bac expression system; vaccines; arbovirus; arthropod-borne virus;

    Abstract : Viruses are entities which are made of a few genes and are reliant on obligate parasitism to propagate. Due to the obligate connection to their hosts, virus evolution is constrained to the type of host. Viruses however do transmit to evolutionary distinct hosts; in these cases, the phylogenetic relationship of the hosts usually are close. READ MORE

  6. 15. Partners in crime – How cabbage seed weevil assists brassica pod midge in damaging pods of winter oilseed rape in fields in Southern Sweden : how is insect abundance related to crop damage?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Sarah Heithausen; [2020]
    Keywords : monitoring; Ceutorhynchus obstrictus; Dasineura brassica; Brassica napus; Integrated Pest Management; economic threshold; pan trap; sticky trap;

    Abstract : The brassica pod midge (Dasineura brassicae) has emerged as an important pest causing problems in Winter Oilseed Rape (WOSR) (Brassica napus ssp. napus) production in Southern Sweden during recent years. Adult female D. brassicae oviposit into WOSR pods. READ MORE