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2008
Forfattere
Mari Mette TollefsrudSammendrag
Norway spruce (Picea abies), a conifer of the boreal forest, is one of the ecologically and economically most important forest tree species in Europe. It is naturally distributed into two disjunct ranges, one northern and one southern. In this thesis, genetic variation in Norway spruce populations has been investigated to obtain a comprehensive understanding of how its genetic structure has been shaped by Quaternary climate changes, hybridization with Siberian spruce (P. obovata), present-day ecological marginality and adaptive changes. Recently compiled fossil records of Norway spruce have moreover been used for inference of glacial refugia and the direction of migration routes. In Paper I, we combine fossil pollen data with a dataset of the maternally inherited, seed-dispersed mitochondrial (mt) marker nad1 obtained from 369 populations (4876 trees) to infer glacial refugia, postglacial colonization routes and the genetic consequences of range contractions and expansions. The combined data suggest that Norway spruce survived in at least seven refugial areas from which it expanded in the Holocene. These were the Russian plains, south-eastern Alps, southern Bohemian Massif including its southern foreland, northern Dinaric Alps, northern Carpathians, southern Carpathians and south-west Bulgarian mountains. Siberian spruce survived the last glacial maximum east of the Ural Mountains, separated from the refugia of Norway spruce (Paper III). Genetic diversity in Norway spruce showed an overall decrease from the oldest regions towards the younger regions. The different refugia had, however, contrasting genetic structuring and there were large differences in the genetic patterns along the different colonization routes. In the Alps, for example, diversity decreased over very short distances, whereas diversity in northern Europe was maintained over large distances. In Paper II we obtained a deeper insight into the genetic structuring of the northern European populations by analyzing nuclear microsatellite variation. Very little differentiation was revealed across the northern European range, manifesting high levels of past and present gene flow. Despite little differentiation, the microsatellite structure corroborated the mtDNA-based hypothesis of expansion out of one large Russian refugium along two separate migration routes, one northwestern route through Finland into northern Scandinavia and one southwestern route across the Baltic Sea to southern Scandinavia. In the south, microsatellite diversity was largely maintained from east to west, suggesting that pollen flow has efficiently counteracted the loss of diversity following colonization. Towards the northern climatic margin, nuclear microsatellite diversity decreased and inbreeding increased, probably due to smaller effective population size and more limited pollen production in the north, promoting mating among relatives. In Paper III, we investigated genetic differentiation between Norway spruce and Siberian spruce with mtDNA and chloroplast (cp) DNA markers. Chloroplast DNA is paternally inherited and spread with both seeds and pollen. We found two main genetic groups with both types of markers, corresponding to the two species and associated with separate refugia west (Norway spruce) and east (Siberian spruce) of the Ural Mountains. The Ural Mountains do not constitute a major barrier to gene flow. mtDNA haplotypes of Norway spruce were found east of the Ural Mountains, and extensive paternal introgression from Siberian spruce to Norway spruce was suggested across the Ural Mountains. Extensive pollen flow is in agreement with the homogenization observed in both the chloroplast (Paper III) and the nuclear (Paper II) gene pool of northern European Norway spruce. Pollen flow mainly occurs from Siberian spruce to Norway spruce, and Siberian spruce thus disperses westwards through paternal introgression. With the mtDNA marker nad1, it is possible to trace the origin of central European and northern European trees with a simple assay. In Paper IV, we determined the origin of trees in Norway spruce plantations. This was done prior to a greenhouse experiment recording the timing of terminal bud set of seedlings of different origins. We found that seedlings of central European origin from seeds produced in Norway had on average a bud set more similar to local Norwegian seedlings than to central European seedlings from seeds produced in central Europe. This suggests that the progenies of trees of central European provenances growing in Norway may have a rapid adaptation to the northern climate. Norway spruce thus not only has a fast and extensive migratory capacity but also a fast adaptative capacity, which may facilitate its altitudinal migration as climate warming proceeds.
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Knut Anders Hovstad Mikael OhlsonSammendrag
A field experiment was conducted in a semi-natural grassland to study the interspecific variation in the effect of litter on seedling emergence and establishment and separate physical from chemical effects. Seeds of seven forb species were sown in plots subjected to either litter amendment (0, 400 or 900 g m–2) or water extracts of litter (corresponding to 400 and 900 g litter m–2). In addition, an extract was treated with activated carbon to estimate the possible effects of secondary chemical compounds.The response to plant litter differed amongst species: negative, neutral and positive responses were observed. Anthriscus sylvestris was the only species with a strong positive response to litter. We found no consistent relation between seed size and response to plant litter. Physical effects of litter were generally stronger than chemical effects. However, water extract of litter inhibited emergence in three species. Activated carbon removed the negative effect of the litter extract, which suggests that the effect was caused by an inhibitory chemical compound rather than by increased competition in response to nutrients added via the extract. The balance between facilitative and inhibitory effects of litter depended on species identity and litter quantity. Facilitative effects dominated at low and intermediate quantities of litter, and inhibitory effects at high litter quantities. One species, Campanula rotundifolia, showed a switch from positive to negative responses with increasing quantities of litter. However, we found no general threshold for litter quantity valid across species.
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Vi studerer to sykdommer forårsaket av Phytophthora, rotstokkråte i jordbær (P. cactorum) og rød rotråte i bringebær (P. fragariae var. rubi (Pfr)). Bringebær og jordbær sorter varierer i resistens, men de fleste kommersielle kultivarene er mottakelige for disse to sykdommene. En universell merkemetode ble brukt for å gjøre markøranalyse for å identifisere genetiske markører koblet til resistens. For bringebær er populasjonen brukt for kartlegging avkommene fra en krysning mellom resistent Asker og mottakelig Glen Moy. Resistensen til 200 avkom har blitt testet under kontrollerte betingelser med smitting i vannkultur. Tretti dager etter inokulering med mycel av Pfr ble grad av symptom registrert. Kommersielt dyrket jordbær er en svært heterozygot oktoploid. Vi bruker derfor diploid villjordbær som en modellplante. Bioforsk har en samling av diploide jordbærgenotyper fra ulike steder i Norge. Totalt har 68 genotyper blitt testet for deres resistens mot P. cactorum. Ulik grad av resistens har blitt observert. Mottakelige så vel som svært resistente aksesjoner har blitt identifisert. Basert på disse resultatene vil genotyper bli valgt for å lage en segregerende populasjon fra en resistent x mottagelig krysning for å studere nedarvingen av P. cactorum resistensen.
Sammendrag
Vi studerer to sykdommer forårsaket av Phytophthora, rotstokkråte i jordbær (P. cactorum) og rød rotråte i bringebær (P. fragariae var. rubi (Pfr)). Bringebær og jordbær sorter varierer i resistens, men de fleste kommersielle kultivarene er mottakelige for disse to sykdommene. En universell merkemetode ble brukt for å gjøre markøranalyse for å identifisere genetiske markører koblet til resistens. For bringebær er populasjonen brukt for kartlegging avkommene fra en krysning mellom resistent Asker og mottakelig Glen Moy. Resistensen til 200 avkom har blitt testet under kontrollerte betingelser med smitting i vannkultur. Tretti dager etter inokulering med mycel av Pfr ble grad av symptom registrert. Kommersielt dyrket jordbær er en svært heterozygot oktoploid. Vi bruker derfor diploid villjordbær som en modellplante. Bioforsk har en samling av diploide jordbærgenotyper fra ulike steder i Norge. Totalt har 68 genotyper blitt testet for deres resistens mot P. cactorum. Ulik grad av resistens har blitt observert. Mottakelige så vel som svært resistente aksesjoner har blitt identifisert. Basert på disse resultatene vil genotyper bli valgt for å lage en segregerende populasjon fra en resistent x mottagelig krysning for å studere nedarvingen av P. cactorum resistensen.
Forfattere
Maria Herrero Arthur de Cock Sonja Klemsdal Brita ToppeSammendrag
In 2006, a survey of root diseases in greenhouse pot plants started in Norway. During this survey an unknown Phytophthora sp. was isolated several times. The ITSrDNA region of these isolates were sequenced and compared to the GenBank database. The determined ITS sequences of the isolates matched the sequence of Phythophthora taxon niederhauserii.The diseased plants originated from 5 different greenhouse sites. Isolates were obtained from ivy (Hedera helix), begonia-hybrids (Begonia × hiemalis and Begonais × cheimantha), gloxinia (Sinninga speciosa) and kalanchoë (Kalanchoë blossfeldiana). Symptoms on begonia, gloxinia and ivy included necrotic roots and stems with the necrosis advancing to the leaves via the petioles. In the case of ivy and gloxinia, wilting of the whole plant was observed. In kalanchoë only discoloration of roots and reduced plant growth was seen. Koch postulates have been completed for ivy and gloxinia. The pathogen caused aggressive root-rot in 22 different ivy-cultivars.
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In a pilot field study conducted in an apple orchard in Hardanger (Western Norway) in two succesive years both Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae were applied to apple trees just after hatching of mirid nymphs in spring. Both predatory, omnivorous and principally plant-pathogenic species of mirids were collected, and all groups of species were infected by B. bassiana or M. ansiopliae in treated plots. B. bassiana and M. anisopliae were also found on some individuals in non treated control plots the second year. M. anisopliae was more predominant in 2006, B. bassiana in 2007. Mirids were also observed for natural occurrence of parasitoids, and parasitoids were found both years.
Vitenskapelig – Pine weevil, Hylobius abietis Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Erik Christiansen
Forfattere
Erik ChristiansenSammendrag
Hylobius abietis L. feed on the stem bark of conifer seedlings. In the absence of appropriate control measures, the damage may reach a level that rules out planting as a means of conifer regeneration. It is distributed throughout the coniferous forests of northern Eurasia, including the British Isles and Japan. Other Hylobius species cause damage of a similar type, both within this area, and in North America. Soon after the introduction of clear felling systems in Central Europe, damage by H. abietis became wide-spread.
Redaktører
Einar StrandSammendrag
Plantemotet 2008 arrangeres pa Hotell Scandic pa Hamar 6. og 7. Februar 2008. Denne boka inneholder sammendrag av 98 av 106 foredrag som blir holdt under motet. Boka er delt inn i 9 kapitler: Gronnsaker, Genressurser, Kulturlandskap, Korn, Proteinvekster/fro, Potet, Grovfor, Plantehelse/Plantevern og Jord/miljo. Temaer innen fagomrader som plantevern, okologisk dyrking og miljo er sa langt det har vart mulig, plassert under de ulike kulturene. Grovfor har en storre plass enn tidligere pa dette Plantemotet i og med at de tradisjonelle Kvithamardagene er integrert i arets mote.
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Nokre planter er det rett og slett forbod mot å planta, så som pile- og bulkemispel, på grunn av pærebrann. Eit anna døme er ask, der det no er restriksjonar på flytting av planter til smittefrie sonar på grunn av askeskotsjuke. Dessutan er det mange planter som er så utsette for sjukdom at ein bør unngå dei på grunn av redusert prydverdi.