Lantbruks- och trädgårdsföretagarnas egen forskningsstiftelse finansierar behovsdriven forskning för svenska förhållanden.
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Lantbruks- och trädgårdsföretagarnas egen forskningsstiftelse finansierar behovsdriven forskning för svenska förhållanden.
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Status: | Pågående |
Projektnummer: | O-19-23-298 |
Kategori: | Focus area | Climate & environment |
Branschområden: | Crop production Horticulture |
Ansökningsår: | 2019 |
Huvudsökande: | Maria Viketoft |
Organisation: | Maria Viketoft |
E-postadress: | maria.viketoft@slu.se |
Telefon: | 0733327876 |
Medsökande: | Ola Lundin |
Medsökande: | Mattias Jonsson |
Adding flowers to the cropping system that support beneficial insects is a promising option to achieve crop protection
in Swedish agriculture and horticulture. However, the wide-spread adoption of this approach has been hampered by
limited economic benefit and the risk of propagating pests and diseases. Since 2018 'Farming in Balance' together
with agricultural stakeholders is running a project named SamZon, where farmers seed and manage multifunctional
buffer zones to e.g. support pollinators and natural enemies. Our aim in this project is to (1) scientifically evaluate these
zones, but also in a new field experiment identify the best flowering resource plants which support (2) natural enemies and
pollinators without enhancing pests and diseases, and (3) a healthy soil community without enhancing pathogens. The
goal is to optimize these buffer zones through the choice of plants and thereby making them an economically sustainable
option for farmers.
Att så in blommor för att stödja nyttoinsekter är en lovande växtskyddsmetod inom svensk jordbruks- och
trädgårdsproduktion. Metoden har dock inte fått stort genomslag till följd av begränsad ekonomisk nytta och risk för
uppförökning av skadeinsekter och sjukdomar. Sedan 2018 bedriver Odling i balans tillsammans med ett antal i
lantbruksbranschen projektet SamZon där lantbrukare har sått och skött multifunktionella skyddszoner, s.k. samzoner,
för att bl.a. främja pollinerare och naturliga fiender. Syftet med det förslagna projektet är att (1) vetenskapligt utvärdera
de befintliga samzonerna, men också att i fältförsök identifiera vilka som är de bästa blommande växterna som stödjer
(2) naturliga fiender och pollinerare, utan att gynna skadegörare och sjukdomar, och (3) ett rikt liv i jorden, utan att
gynna växtskadliga organismer. Det övergripande målet med projektet är att optimera zonerna genom valet av
blomväxter och så att de blir ett ekonomiskt hållbart alternativ för lantbrukare.
Projektnummer: O-19-20-306 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
The overall objective of this project is to create milk biomarkers based on specific milk fatty acids for identification of cows with reproductive disorders and metabolic disturbances. Milk will be analysed by Fourier-transform mid-infrared technology. An important value of this project for the …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-17-20-962 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2017
Wheat bran is the largest by-product of wheat flour production with approximately 300,000 tonnes in Sweden. Bran is mainly used in animal feed, as human digestion is not fully able to absorb it. Wheat bran contains valuable biomolecules, such as dietary fiber (arabinoxylans, AX) and phenolic …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-18-20-174 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
A cornerstone of the Swedish Food Strategy is trust in Swedish food production. Yet each year Swedish farmers and food processors lose both money and trust due to food fraud, especially for non-Swedish meat relabelled as Swedish. Most fraud remains undetected. A recent analytical development, Rapid …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-17-47-299 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2017
Competing unshod is an important issue for the Swedish harness industry. There is a general opinion that performance may increase significantly but it does not always work. The reason for failure may be disturbed locomotion “balance” of the horse or due to pain from the hooves. This is obviously …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-18-47-389 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
Resistance to anthelmintic drugs is a threat to equine welfare. Like antibiotics, is restrictive use of anthelmintics necessary to retain their effectivity. Thus, targeted selective treatment, based on individual deworming, was introduced a decade ago. However, we have shown that the prevalence of, …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-18-23-160 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
The purpose of this project is to define the amount of slaked lime needed for a given clay soil. We hypothesise that the amount of slaked lime needed for minimal phophorus loss is dependent on the clay content of the soil. The study will be conducted in a field with a drainage system and measuring …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-18-47-409 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
Acquired equine polyneuropathy (AEP) is a devastating neurologic disease affecting Nordic horses. Characteristic histopathological changes have been shown in the peripheral nerves of horses euthanized due to the disease. These include re- and demyelination as well as hypertrophy of perikaria and …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-16-20-764 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
Increased production and export of products with high added values, e.g. long-ripened hard cheeses, are considered important steps for a positive development of the Swedish dairy sector. Increased investment in Swedish premium cheese will, however, require increased volumes of high quality raw milk …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-16-23-762 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
The aim of this project is to investigate individual differences in the rate of passage of feed, feed efficiency, microbial flora and methane production in cows with different ability to consume large proportion of roughage.
Our previous studies show that methane production differs between cows …
Projektnummer: O-15-20-587 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2015
This project is the Swedish part of the Nordic 4-year project Improving Nordic dairy cow fertility through genetics, the only prioritized research project from Nordic Dairy Cattle R&D, 2015. Research funding is applied for within each country. The focus area of our Swedish part is to investigate …
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