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Roger Finlay

Roger Finlay
Roger Professor is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology. He is interested in different aspects of mycorrhizal symbiosis - with particular emphasis on the roles of ectomycorrhizal fungi in weathering of minerals and partitioning and sequestration of C.

Presentation

Research interests

  • Mycorrhizal symbiosis
  • Ectomycorrhizal - bacterial interactions
  • Carbon allocation in ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
  • Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of bacterial - fungal and fungal - fungal interactions
  • Role of fungi in mineral weathering

Examples of projects

  • Competition between the mycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal communities of boreal forest soils
    with Erica Sterkenburg, Karina Clemmensen and Björn Lindahl
  • Decomposition of fungal mycelium in boreal forest soil
    with Petra Fransson, Björn Lindahl and Shahid Mahmood
  • Effects of plant rotation on community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal community structure
    with Juan Santos and Kerstin Huss-Danell
  • Elevated nitrogen inputs – their impact on microbe-mineral-plant interactions and nutrients mobilisation
    with Shahid Mahmood, Catarina Martins and Jim Prosser
  • Fungal community structure and phosporus availability in a sand dune chronosequence
    with Anna Rosling, Audrius Menkis, Karelyn Cruz-Marinez, Karina Clemmensen and Rimvydas Vasaitis
  • Functional diversity of ‘active’ ectomycorrhizal mycelial networks and associated bacterial communities involved in granite weathering
    with Shahid Mahmood
  • Fungal successions in a long-term boreal forest chronosequence
    with Karina Clemmensen, Björn Lindahl, Adam Bahr, Håkan Wallander, Alf Ekblad, Anders Dahlberg, Jan Stenlid and David Wardle
  • Interactions between fungal pathogens and bacterial antagonists - their influence on oilseed rape emergence and early establishment
    with Saraswoti Neupane, Sadhna Alström and Björn Andersson
  • Managing soil microbial activity to enhance nutrient acquisition and sustainable pathogen control
    with Srivathsa Nallanchakravarthula, Juan Santos, Sadhna Alström and Dan Funck Jensen
  • Microbial communities colonising bedrocks – their role in biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in Swedish forests
    with Shahid Mahmood
  • Tree-fungi-soil interactions in the subarctic-alpine forest-heath ecotone
    with Karina Clemmensen, Anders Michelsen and Björn Lindahl
  • Towards minimising the negative effects of forest fertilisation on ectomycorrhizal fungi
    with Cajsa Lithell and Andy Taylor
  • Wood-decay fungi in living tree roots with special emphasis on root-rot biocontrol agent Phlebiopsis gigantea
    with Audrius Menkis, Daiva Burokiené, Anna Rosling Jan Stenlid´and Rimvydas Vasaitis
  • EU - projects:
    • BACCARA - Effects of tree diversity on mycorrhizal communities
    • Ecofinders - Aims to increase the understanding of the role of soil biodiversity in ecosystem functioning

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Contact

Professor emeritus at the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology; Division of Forest Microbiology
E-mail: roger.finlay@slu.se
Postal address:
Skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi , Box 7026
750 07 UPPSALA
Visiting address: Almas Allé 5, Uppsala