Publications
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2001
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Dagang Tang Espen Lydersen H.M. Seip Valter Angell Odd Eilertsen Thorbjørn Larssen X Liu G. Kong Jan Mulder Arne Semb Svein Solberg K. Torseth Rolf D. Vogt Jinshong Xiao Dawei ZhaoAbstract
A 5-year Chinese-Norwegian research project was launched in the autumn of 1999. Forested sites for intensive studies are or will be established in the Chongqing municipality and in Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong provinces in southern China. Previous studies have shown that harmful effects of acid deposition are likely to be most severe in this region. The research and monitoring sites shall give information about acidification mechanisms and effects on vegetation in order to improve policy oriented acidification models and critical load estimates as well as function as interdisciplinary training centers for acid rain research. Furthermore, the project shall improve the basis for developing an efficient regional acid rain monitoring system. At one site in Guizhou and one in Chongqing, research on soil and soilwater chemistry has been ongoing for several years. The forest at these sites appears to show symptoms of reduced vitality. The sensitivity of Chinese forests to acidification is uncertain and will be focused. Decision-makers should get an improved basis for optimal mitigation measures through the project.
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Knut Rydgren Rune H. Økland Tonje ØklandAbstract
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2000
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Lars Sandved Dalen Carl Gunnar Fossdal Inger Heldal Nina Elisabeth Nagy Praveen Sharma Geir Østreng Anders Lönneborg Øystein JohnsenAbstract
Plants are sessile and have to adjust to the prevailing environmental conditions of their surroundings. This has led to a development of a great plasticity in gene regulation, morphogenesis, and metabolism. Adaptation and defence strategies involve the activation of genes encoding proteins important in the acclimation or defence towards the different stressors.Some of the molecular responses to biotic and abiotic stress factors such as pathogenic fungi or drought are specific, but it has also been shown that similar genes are acitvated by several stressors.At the Norwegian Forest Research Institute we are currently developing a diagnostic tool using the induction pattern of several selected genes from Norway spruce to use as a fingerprint for different types of biotic and abiotic stress. The ultimate goal of this project is to be able to identify unique mRNA expression patterns specific for different stressors such as heat, cold, drought, pathogens etc.In order to study the induction pattern expressed under biotic and abiotic stress, Norway spruce seedlings grown on glass beads in a phytotron we have treated with drought, a root pathogenic fungi (Rhizoctonia sp.), and a combination of drought and the root fungal pathogen.Physiological measurements of height, weight, ion leakage, gas exchange, and chlorophyll fluorescence are taken troughout the experiment. In addition, we have used light and electron microscopy, and immunolocalization to study structural cell and tissue changes. The results so far show great variance in the expression patterns between treatments and over time.
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Michel VerheulAbstract
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Arild Andersen Ragnar EltunAbstract
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Tor Arvid Breland Ragnar EltunAbstract
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Ola FlatenAbstract
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