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Maria Viketoft

Maria Viketoft
My research is about nematode ecology, and in particular about how these worms interact with plants (both crops and wild plant species) and other soil organisms.

Selected publications

Scientific publications

Volchko Y, Berggren Kleja D, Back P-E, Tiberg C, Enell A; Larsson M, Jones CM, Taylor A, Viketoft M, Åberg A, Dahlberg A-K, Weiss J, Wiberg K, Rosén L. 2020. Assessing costs and benefits of improved soil quality management in remediation projects: A study of an urban site contaminated with PAH and metals. Science of the Total Environment 707, 135582.   

Edin E, Gulsher M, Andersson Franko M, Englund J-E, Flöhr A, Kardell J, Viketoft M. 2019. Temporal Interactions between root-lesion nematodes and the fungus Rhizoctonia solani lead to reduced potato yield. Agronomy 9, 361.

Iqbal M, Dubey M, Broberg A, Viketoft M, Funck Jensen D, Karlsson M. 2019. Deletion of the non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene nps1 in the fungus Clonostachys rosea attenuates antagonism and biocontrol of plant pathogenic Fusarium and nematodes. Phytopathology 109, 1698-1709.

Iqbal M, Dubey M, Gudmundsson M, Viketoft M, Funck Jensen D, Karlsson M. 2018. Comparative evolutionary histories of fungal proteases reveal gene gains in the mycoparasitic and nematode-parasitic fungus Clonostachys rosea. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18, 171.

Borgström P, Bommarco R, Strengbom J, Viketoft M. 2018. Above- and belowground insect herbivores mediate the impact of nitrogen eutrophication on the soil food web in a grassland ecosystem. Oikos 127, 1272-1279.

Iqbal M, Dubey M, McEwan K, Menzel U, Andersson Franko M, Viketoft M, Funck Jensen D, Karlsson M. 2018. Evaluation of Clonostachys rosea for control of plant-parasitic nematodes in soil and in roots of carrot and wheat. Phytopathology 108, 52-59.

Bradford MA, Veen GF, Bonis A, Bradford EM, Classen AT, Cornelissen JHC, Crowther TW, De Long JR, Freschet GT, Kardol P, Manrubia-Freixa M, Maynard DS, Newman GS, van Logtestijn RSP, Viketoft M, Wardle DA, Wieder WR, Wood SA, van der Putten WH. 2017. A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1, 1836-1845.

Björsell P, Edin E, Viketoft M. 2017. Interactions between some plant-parasitic nematodes and Rhizoctonia solani in potato fields. Applied Soil Ecology 113:151-154.

Viketoft M, Andersson A, Edin E. 2017. Cultivar effects on the interaction between free-living plant-parasitic nematodes and the fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani in potato. American Journal of Potato Research 94:314-322.

Edin E, Viketoft M. 2017. Free-living plant-parasitic nematodes do not affect the efficiency of seed tuber fungicide treatment against Rhizoctonia solani. American Journal of Potato Research 94:258-265.

Borgström P, Strengbom J, Marini L, Viketoft M, Bommarco R. 2017. Above- and belowground insect herbivory modifies the response of a grassland plant community to nitrogen eutrophication. Ecology 98:545-554.

Borgström P, Strengbom J, Viketoft M, Bommarco R. 2016. Aboveground insect herbivory increases plant competitive asymmetry, while belowground herbivory mitigates the effect. PeerJ 4:e1867.

Viketoft M, van der Putten WH. 2015. Top-down control of root-feeding nematodes in range-expanding and congeneric native plant species. Basic and Applied Ecology 16:260-268.

Viketoft M. 2013. Determinants of small-scale spatial patterns: Importance of space, plants and abiotics for soil nematodes. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 62:92-98.

Krumins JA, van Oevelen D, Bezemer TM, De Deyn GB, Hol WHG, van Donk E, de Boer W, de Ruiter PC, Middelburg JJ, Monroy F, Soetaert K, Thébault E, van de Koppel J, van Veen JA, Viketoft M, van der Putten WH. 2013. Soil and fresh water and marine sediment food webs: their structure and function. Bioscience 63:35-42.

Viketoft M, Sohlenius B. 2011. Soil nematode populations in a grassland plant diversity experiment run for seven years. Applied Soil Ecology 48:174-184.

Viketoft M, Sohlenius B, Boström S, Palmborg C, Bengtsson J, Berg M, Huss-Danell K. 2011. Temporal dynamics of soil nematode communities in a grassland plant diversity experiment. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 43:1063-1070.

Sohlenius B, Boström S, Viketoft M. 2011. Effects of plant species and plant diversity on soil nematodes – A field experiment on grassland run for seven years. Nematology 13:115-131.

Viketoft M, Bengtsson J, Sohlenius B, Berg MP, Petchey OL, Palmborg C, Huss-Danell K. 2009. Long-term effects of plant diversity and composition on soil nematode communities in model grasslands. Ecology 90:90-99.

Viketoft M. 2008. Effects of six grassland plant species on soil nematodes: A glasshouse experiment. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40:906-915.

Viketoft M. 2007. Plant induced spatial distribution of nematodes in a semi-natural grassland. Nematology 9:131-142.

Viketoft M, Palmborg C, Sohlenius B, Huss-Danell K, Bengtsson J. 2005. Plant species effects on soil nematode communities in experimental grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology 30:90-103.

 

Popular science publications

Viketoft M, Edin E, Hansson D, Albertsson J, Svensson S-E, Rölin Å, Kvarnheden A, Andersson B, Liljeroth E. 2019. Skadegörare och växtskydd i rot- och knölgrödor. ISBN 978-91-576-9698-4.

Viketoft M, Taylor A. 2018. Miljöövervakning av markdjur i åkermark. Biodiverse 1, 8-11.

Viketoft M. 2017 Oljerättika sanerar inte rotsårs- och stubbrotsnematoder. Lyckeby Concept – odling 1, 6-8.

Omer Z, Wallenhammar A-C, Andersson S, Viketoft M. 2017. Rotgallnematoder kan bestämmas med ny DNA-teknik. Viola 4, 32-33.

Viketoft M. 2017. Förfrukten påverkar förekomsten av frilevande nematoder. Viola Potatis 1, 34-35.

Viketoft M. 2017. Frilevande nematoder – odlingens osynliga fiender. Växtskyddsnotiser 71:1-3.

Viketoft M, Edin E. 2016. Frilevande nematoder kan förvärra angrepp av groddbränna. Viola Potatis 3:28-29.


Contact

Researcher at the Department of Ecology; NJ, Ekosystems Ecology Unit
Telephone: +4618671505
Postal address:
Inst för Ekologi, Box 7044
750 07 UPPSALA
Visiting address: Ulls Väg 16, Uppsala