Biografi

Mine kompetanseområder er:

  • diagnostisering og bekjempelse av plantevirus, viroider og fytoplasma.
  • rensing av vegetativt formerte vekster for virus
  • karantene for potet
  • bevaring av genressurser av potet gjennom Nasjonal klonbank for potet - «Potetbanken».
  • kryopreservering av friskt plantemateriale og genressurser av planter
  • friskt utgangsmateriale av potet - fremavlsystemet - friske settepoteter
  • friskt utgangsmateriale av hagebruksvekster
  • forvaltning av karanteneskadegjørere

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Sammendrag

Rapid population growth poses a major challenge to global food security. Promoting sustainable agricultural production is necessary to ensure the global food security. Horticultural plants are a high-valued part in agricultural production. Virus and viroid diseases have long been a key factor limiting the horticultural production. Cultivation and distribution of pathogen-free plants is currently the most efficient practice for managing virus and viroid diseases, and their spread in the landscape. Cryotherapy-based methods are recently developed novel biotechnologies for the efficient production of pathogen-free plants. This review outlines updated information on the development and advances in cryotherapy-based methods for efficiently eradicating viruses and viroids in horticultural plants. Mechanisms underlining cryotherapy-based methods for improved pathogen eradication are discussed, and suggestions for further studies are proposed.