NoBlight. New challenges with old potato diseases: IPM to control early- and late blight
Global potato production is plagued by multiple pathogens, and potato late blight (LB) caused by the oomycete
Projects
NIBIO is a project driven research institute and collects approximately 400 million NOK annually in project funding from both national and international sources. A lot of activity is carried out through EU and EEA-projects and we also participate in research projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. NIBIO coordinates several large international projects with a particular focus on food security and climate change. The list of projects is not complete.
Division of Environment and Natural Resources
SUFFICIENT
SUFFICIENT is a highly innovative and industry driven collaboration project which brings together Norwegian industries from aquaculture (Cermaq), agriculture (Woolero and Terramarine) and biorefinery (Greentech) to develop new circular bioprocess routes, comprising anaerobic digestion, hydrolysis and fungal fermentation, for efficient conversion of selectively processed biowastes into products for fish & animal feed and biostimulant fertilizers.
Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health
SUSDOCK: Sustainable control of docks (Rumex spp.) – Synergies of detection, mapping and innovative weed control
Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) and curled dock (Rumex crispus) are some of the most problematic weed species in grasslands worldwide; joined, in Norway and the rest of Northern Europe, by the far less studied northern dock (Rumex longifolius).
Division of Environment and Natural Resources
Precilience: Precision climate resilience for agriculture and forestry sectors in the European boreal regions
Precilience will develop precision solutions with farmers, foresters, landowners, and other actors to increase climate resilience in the Nordic-Baltic regions of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway and Sweden.