A new field experiment at SITES Lönnstorp Research Station is underway as part of the Formas-funded research project PriorBEE, exploring how different wild bee species contribute to strawberry pollination and fruit quality.
PhD Candidate Alena Förster is one of the authors of the paper "Nematode community structure suggests perennial grain cropping cultivation as a nature-based solution for resilient agriculture". This study was conducted at SITES Lönnstorp Research Station during 2021-2022.
Dr. Hannah Ohm and Dr. Åsa Grimberg are two of the authors of the paper "Novel SNP markers for flowering and seed quality traits in faba bean (Vicia faba L.): characterization and GWAS of a diversity panel". This study was conducted at SITES Lönnstorp Research Station during 2021-2022.
The recently Formas – funded research project StripES will explore how strip cropping can become applicable at farm-scale in Sweden. For this, a strip cropping trial with economically important crops in Sweden will be established at Alnarps egendom and managed by SITES Lönnstorp Research Station in 2025, and monitored over three years.
SITES Lönnstorp Research Station is one of ten European pilot sites selected to test and evaluate novel in-situ methods for soil analysis under the EU Soil Mission project
SITES agricultural research stations provide long-term agricultural crop experiments with projects linked to ecosystem services and environmental impacts on biodiversity, vegetation and phenology and aquatic eutrophication.
The national initiative network of regional honey bee health advisors, is an initiative lead by SLU RådNu, in collaboration with the Swedish beekeepers association, and the Swedish Professional