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Increasing cover crops in Norwegian small-grain production : a significant step toward sustainable farming systems
(Master thesis, 2021)Cover cropping has been recognised as a farming practise benefiting various ecosystem services and as such, it can help mitigate climate change and soil degradation. In Norway, despite an initial enthusiasm in the early ... -
Cultivating food citizenship : an exploration of membership in Norwegian Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
(Master thesis, 2021)The dominant food system is ripe with challenges which are contributing to the degradation of social and natural systems around the world. Transformative actions are required to amend the current situation, and actors all ... -
Field dissipation of pesticides used in Norwegian carrot production and pesticide residues in carrots in Norway compared to China, the European Union and Germany
(Master thesis, 2020)The use of pesticides has not only positive effects on yield and food safety but also poses a risk to the environment and human health. Residues of pesticides are frequently detected in food crops, water, and soil, but a ... -
Sustainable foraging of wild edible plants in Norway : a biocultural approach
(Master thesis, 2020)Globally, the role of wild edible plants (WEPs) in providing culturally appropriate nutrition and food security, added economic value, and ecological benefits, is now well recognized. In Europe, the use of WEPs appears ... -
Simulation analysis of the impacts of climate change and scenarios of adapted cropping practices on the risk of brown rust development in winter wheat.
(Master thesis, 2020)The challenge of climate change in agriculture is a global threat and to meet the demand for food of future generations and ensure global food security, there is a great need to use agroecological measures to reduce or ... -
Root trait variation within a wheat/faba bean intercrop system during the early growing stage
(Master thesis, 2020)The large genetic diversity present among faba bean has been explored for traits to improve crop performance. Characterising root traits of different faba bean cultivars and their response to neighbouring plants, can ... -
The effect of crop diversification in small fields on the community of natural enemies on the ground: A strip cropping experiment with white cabbage in the Netherlands
(Master thesis, 2020)Agricultural development has contributed significantly to the decline in biodiversity over the last century. Crop diversification is promoted as a strategy to mitigate this ongoing catastrophe. This study investigates the ... -
Transient gene editing in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) with CRISPR/Cas9 to knock-out F3H
(Master thesis, 2020)With the continuous desire for crops with superior qualities, the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system seems to be a promising, cost-effective, efficient and a much faster method of developing new superior varieties compared ... -
Analysis of viable Lactococcus community in Norvegia cheese during ripening during cheese making and ripening
(Master thesis, 2020)The goal of this project was to investigate the microbial community in cheese and how it evolved throughout ripening. The Lactococcus community of cheese made with the two different starter cultures C10 and C07 were analysed ... -
Growth, nutrient content and tipburn in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. 'Frillice') in response to light intensity and aerial environment
(Master thesis, 2020)The incidence of tipburn in the vegetable cultivation industry has been a major challenge to the Norwegian growers particularly to the growers of Frillice lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. ‘Frillice’). In periods, Norwegian growers ... -
Impact of light regimes on growth and tipburn formation in lettuce (Lactuca Sativa L. ‘Frillice’) and the use of NDVI for early detection of tipburn.
(Master thesis, 2020)The work in this master thesis was undertaken in order to add to invesitage how light schedules impact the growth and the formation of tipburn in ‘Frillice’ lettuce when grown hydroponically in controlled growth chambers, ... -
Optimization of regeneration of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) cultivars ‘Veten’ and ‘Ninni’ using different light qualities
(Master thesis, 2020)Customizable light technology is becoming commercially available to producers, giving opportunity to increase control in plant production systems. Understanding of how specific light qualities affect different species and ... -
The Effect of UV Radiation on Myzus persicae and the Biological Control Agent Aphidius colemani
(Master thesis, 2020)Greenhouse light technologies are advancing, giving new opportunities in pest management such as UV treatments against pathogenic fungi. Little is known about how these methods affect other relevant organisms in protected ... -
Gene Editing of Cultivated and Wild Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa and Fragaria vesca) with CRISPR/Cas9 Knocking out F3H.
(Master thesis, 2020)The goal of this thesis was to transform the cultivated strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa, and the wild strawberry, Fragaria vesca, using Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) alongside CRISPR ... -
Potential of the green dock beetle (Gastrophysa viridula) as a biocontrol agent of northern dock (Rumex longifolius) in Norwegian grassland
(Master thesis, 2020)Docks (Rumex spp.) act as weeds in many parts of the world, and in Norwegian grasslands, the northern dock (Rumex longifolius) is the most widespread dock species. The ability of farmers to control docks without the use ... -
Phenotypic characterization and ploidy level determination of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) gene bank accessions and cultivars
(Master thesis, 2020)Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is the most grown perennial grass species all over the world, because of the rapid regrowth and good nutritional composition. Winter survival is challenging when growing perennial ... -
Identification and CRISPR editing of pathogen responsive genes in Lactuca Sativa
(Master thesis, 2020)One of the greatest challenges faced by humanity today is to feed the estimated population of 10 billion people by 2050 in the face of climate change. Plant pathogens are still a major challenge for agriculture and one of ... -
Biological control of the cabbage root fly (Delia radicum) using an entomopathogenic fungus (Metarhizium brunneum)
(Master thesis, 2020)Cabbage root flies are a damaging pest to cruciferous crops in the northern hemisphere. They are considered to be the main pest of brassica crops (EPPO, 2004). Their larvae feed on the roots and stems of brassica plants. ... -
A genetic investigation of yellow rust resistance i Norwegian wheat
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis is a preliminary study of the genetic basis for resistance to the fungal disease yellow rust caused by Piccinia striiformis Westend f.sp tritici, (Pst) in MASBASIS, a core collection of spring and winter wheat ... -
Starch and protein accumulation during seed development of field grown faba beans (Vicia faba L. cv. Vertigo) in Norway
(Master thesis, 2020)The grain legume Vicia faba L. (faba bean) is a potential commercial protein crop in Norway. Little information is available concerning seed development and accumulation of storage compounds in Vicia faba seeds grown in ...