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BIOservicES – Linking soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in different land uses: from the identification of drivers, pressures and climate change resilience to their economic valuation

Forest4LV – Innovation in Forest Management and Value Chain for Latvia's Growth: New Forest Services, Products and Technologies

Reducing the risks of root rot damage and the study of its effects

Study of the future phytopathological risks

Emerald ash borer: risk-based strategies to prepare for pest management and biological control

Cord-forming basidiomycetes: possibilities of their use for the limiting root rot in spruce forests on peat soils

Biological control of Heterobasidion root rot using Latvian fungal strains

Development of chemical preparation for reducing Heterobasidion spp. root rot caused losses in Norway spruce stands on peat soils

Development of biological preparation for reducing root and butt rot caused losses in conifer stands

Determining the risk of Heterobasidion root-rot and fungal communities in roots of Norway spruce stands on former agricultural land

Investigations on the role of Phlebiopsis gigantea in restricting vegetative spread of Heterobasidion spp. in stumps of Norway spruce and Scots pine

Investigation of the factors limiting the spread of root rot 2016–2020

Reduction of spore infection caused by root and butt rot in conifer stands

Evaluation of factors affecting the efficacy of Phlebiopsis gigantea against Heterobasidion root rot

Investigation of the factors limiting the spread of root rot

Developing innovative forest cultivation technologies for strengthening the efficiency and competitiveness of forestry production (NRP)

Developing environment-friendly vegetable origin plant protection agents using conifer needle extractive substances as the base

Developing novel biological preparations to control the tree root rot caused by Heterobasidion spp.

Interdependence between mineral nutrient availability for plants, qualitative and quantitative indices of wood biomass, and the pests and diseases

Research on mineral nutrition of trees, biomass chemical composition, vitality and resistance of woody plants, spread of pests and diseases, ecology of pest pathogenes

Biological preparations to control the spread of Heterobasidion annosum root rot in conifer stands

The technologies for cultivating deciduous in forest and non-forest lands to meet the demand for forest raw materials

Monitoring and control of root rot in conifer forests

Use of biological preparations to control the Heterobasidion annosum root rot in conifers

Role of ecto-mycorrhiza for forest productivity and health