Sarjala, Tytti

Ph.D., Senior Researcher

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Expertise

• conifers
• mycorrhiza
• nutrient relations
• tree physiology
• nitrogen metabolism

Research Projects

Current

• BIOAKT- a network of the bioscience laboratories in Tampere region
  
• Bioactive compounds in forestry-based bioeconomy
  
• Fine root production and decomposition in organic soils: Methodology and quantification
  

Former

• Coniferous forest soil microbial activity and community structure
  
• Ecologically and economically sustainable forestry on peatlands
  
• Health from the forest
  
• Impact of climate change on C and N transformations in organic soils
  
• Japanese delicacy Matsutake mushroom
  
• Maintainance of sustainable nutrient status in peatland stands
  
• Nitrogen dynamics in peat and the effect of nitrogen on tree growth
  
• Nutrient amounts and nutrient dynamics in drained peatland
  
• Peat nutrient regime and sustainable wood production on peatlands
  
• Polyamines in conifers
  
• Regulation of fruiting body production of Boletus pinophilus.
  
• Role of polyamines in cell proliferation, differentiation and programmed cell death during seed development of scots pine
  

Contacts

Keywords: conifers, mycorrhiza, nutrient relations, polyamines