Lilja, Arja

D.Sc. (Agr. & For.), Researcher

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Expertise

• nursery diseases

Research Projects

Current

• Alien species and spruce pathogens
  
• Direct seeding methods and forest tree seed production
  
• Forest damage diagnostic service
  
• Utilization of forest tree-associated fungi
  

Former

• Aetiology and epidemiology of forest diseases
  
• Damage caused by cervid species and controlling methods
  
• Evaluation of future risks of alien species and old pathogens on new hosts
  
• Feeding behaviour of Cervidae species and the risk of damage in young stands
  
• Inspection of plant protection products
  
• Molecular biology of forest pathogens and pests
  
• Nursery production and planting chain
  
• Quality chain of forest regeneration from seed production to early tending
  
• Regional aspects of the societal and forestry effects of cervids in Finland
  
• Seedling production and nursery hygienie
  
• Shoot and foliage diseases
  

Contacts

Keywords: nursery diseases