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Seminar on Forest Pathology
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Vantaa,
Jokiniemenkuja 1 A, Auditorium
MORNING SESSION (09:00 - 11:00)
CHAIR: MICHAEL MÜLLER
 JUNKO SUGANO (Helsinki University): Fungal interaction: Antagonistic effect on wood
degradation by multiple fungi.
 MUKRIMIN MUKRIMIN (Helsinki University): Resistance testing of Clonal Materials of
Norway Spruce Seedlings Infected with Heterobasidion parviporum.
 TOMMASO RAFFAELLO (Helsinki University): Functional analysis of effector-like or
small secreted proteins (SSP) from Heterobasidion annosum.
 MUHAMMAD KASHIF (Luke, Vantaa): Taxonomically related alphapartitiviruses
infecting Heterobasidion wood decay fungi affect the formation of viral co-infections
and their transcription quantification.
Lunch 11:00-12:00
AFTERNOON SESSION (12:00-16:00)
CHAIR: JARKKO HANTULA
 ASTRA ZAĻUMA, K. KENIGSVALDE, I. BRAUNERS, L. BRŪNA, A. KENIGSVALDE, Z.
GŽIBOVSKA, K. KORHONEN, T. GAITNIEKS (Latvian State Forest Research Institute
Silava): Susceptibility of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies to infection by
Heterobasidion spores".
 TUULA PIRI (Luke, Vantaa): Establishment of Heterobasidion infections in thinned
and stump-treated Norway spruce stands.
Coffee break 13:10 – 13:40
 KALEV ADAMSON et al. (Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu): Dothistroma
needle blight in northern Europe and Far East Asia.
 ANNA POIMALA (Luke, Vantaa): P. uniformis-like hybrid Phytophthora found on
Finnish alder seedlings
 SEPPO NEVALAINEN (Luke, Joensuu): Are forest damage risks greater in uneven-aged
forestry?
 MICHAEL MÜLLER et al. (Luke, Vantaa): Factors affecting the Occurrence of butt rot
in North Finland.
Enquiries to Michael Müller, e-mail: [email protected]