Metla Project 3510

"Sproutstop" - breeding of Chondrostereum purpureum for sprout control

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Duration: 2009-2013   Keywords: Chondrostereum purpureum, biocontrol, biocontrol organisms, breeding, sprouting, sprouting control
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Objectives

More than 60 million euros are annually used in Finland to remove hardwood sprouts in forestry, under electric lines and along the road sides. During this project a Chondrostereum purpureum strain will be produced that will efficiently prevent sprouting of hardwood stumps. The breeding program will be composed of three processes, the oucome of which will be a fungal strain capable to prevent sprouting more efficiently than any of the natural isolates

Project leader: Hantula, Jarkko
The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Unit, PL 18, FI-01301 VANTAA, FINLAND
Phone: +358 10 211 5419 Telefax: +358 10 211 2103
E-mail: jarkko.hantula@metla.fi

Other researchers: Hamberg, Leena, VA (2010-12), Honkaniemi, Juha, VA (2011), Rantala, Juho, SU (2012), Vartiamäki, Henna (2009-11)


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Updated 10.02.2012
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