PATHCAR Research Groups

PATHCAR - Virtual Centre of Advanced Research in Forest Pathology

The Coordination committee prioritises projects

The network will be led by a coordination committee, with representatives from all of the participating organisations, which will meet at least annually. PATHCAR will be coordinated by Jarkko Hantula from the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla).

The following research groups are involved in the PATHCAR co-operation

Institute	Group leader
Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla	Professor Jarkko Hantula
Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute	Professor Halvor Solheim
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	Professor Jan Stenlid
Institute of Botany, Lithuania	Dr. Vaidotas Lygis
Estonian Agricultural University	Dr. Märt Hanso
Agricultural University of Iceland	Dr. Halldór Sverrisson
Latvian State Forestry Research Institute "Silava"	Dr. Talis Gaitnieks
Forest & Landscape Denmark	Iben Thomsen, senior adviser

The coordinating committee will discuss relevant projects at the Nordic institutes and decide which projects should be given the highest priority for Nordic co-operation. Proposals have been made to include the following projects in PATHCAR:

Molecular tools in the ecology and population biology of forest pathogens (led by Jarkko Hantula at Metla)
Biology of Heterobasidion annosum (led by Jan Stenlid, SLU)
Host-pathogen interactions (led by Halvor Solheim, Skogforsk, Norway)
Decline of common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) (led by Albertas Vasiliauskas, Lithuanian University of Agriculture).

SNS - SamNordisk Skogforskning - Nordic Forest Research Cooperation Committee

Päivitetty:	12.03.2008 / REsk	PATHCAR > Research Groups