Virtual centre of advanced research in forest pathology (2006-2010)
Coordinator: Jarkko Hantula, Metla, Finland, jarkko.hantula@metla.fi
Financing:
PATHCAR was to promote collaboration among Nordic and Baltic forest pathologists to make Nordic/Baltic forest pathology more efficient and competitive. Dissemination of results to different end-users and stakeholders in the Nordic and Baltic countries was also given high priority.
The network was led by a coordination committee, with representatives from the participating institutes:
- Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)
- Norwegian Forest Research Institute (Skogforsk)
- Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Denmark (KU LIFE)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- Icelandic Forest Research Station
- Estonian Agricultural University
- Latvian State Forestry Research Institute (SILAVA)
- Lithuanian University of Agriculture
The coordinating committee discussed relevant projects at the Nordic institutes and decided which projects should be given the highest priority for Nordic co-operation. Proposals were 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)
Read more about PATHCAR (pdf)
Download the final report (pdf)
