Piri, Tuula

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

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Expertise

• root and butt rot

Research Projects

Current

• Biology and control of Heterobasidion spp.
  
• Influence of stump removal on forest pests
  
• Smart forest biomass supply chains from forest to consumer including advanced logistic and quality control and fuel upgrading options
  
• Uneven-aged forest management
  
• Utilization of forest tree-associated fungi
  
• Wood production potential, forest management and harvesting in changing environment
  

Former

• Bioenergy from forests -research program co-ordination
  
• Developing and supporting experimental activities
  
• Effect of structural complexity on growth and yield of forest stands
  
• Effect of stump harvesting on forest damage and saproxylic species
  
• Feasibility, productivity and profitability of forest management methods based on selection and gap treatments
  
• Forest damage diagnostic service
  
• Forest vitality fertilization
  
• Identification and control of the risks caused by decay fungi
  
• Investigations on root and butt rot
  
• Investigations on wood-decay fungi
  
• Monitoring Infection by Heterobasidion and Cronartium in Spruce and Pine Stand by Airborne Image Spectrometry (AISA)
  
• The effects of root rot fungi in forest regeneration
  

Contacts

Keywords: butt rots, root rots