I started my PhD project within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network “PROTECTA” (Pathogen Informed Resistance to Oomycete diseases in Ecosystems, Agriculture and Aquaculture) which aims to develop new and innovative ways to control oomycete diseases across the agriculture, environment, forestry and aquaculture sectors. My research focuses on forest Phytophthora pathogens – their ecology, diversity and management in forest and nursery settings. The research is supervised by Jonas Rönnberg, Laura Grenville-Briggs Didymu (SLU, Alnarp) and Stephen Woodward (Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Isparta, Turkiye). Some of the projects include:
- to explore the current state of knowledge on existing legislation and control measures aimed at preventing and controlling the spread of oomycetes via trade and transport networks
- to evaluate and suggest potential directions for future research, fostering a comprehensive understanding of Phytophthora diseases and the formulation of effective strategies for their control and management in forests
- to investigate the role of the rhizosphere microbiome, including evaluation of its microbial diversity and taxonomic composition in oak trees exhibiting visible signs of dieback compared to those appearing healthy
- to gather more detailed information about the diversity and distribution of pathogenic Phytophthora species in different forest settings and hosts in southern-mid Sweden
