Growing the Future – Forests and Nitrogen
Lectures given at the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize Symposium held in Stockholm on 25 September 2018.
Moderator: Prof. Daniel Binkley, Member of the Prize Selection Committee, Northern Arizona University, USA
Welcome and Opening Remarks – Mr. Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation
Introduction/Overview – Prof. Daniel Binkley, Member of the Prize Selection Committee, Northern Arizona University, USA
Nitrogen and Carbon Dynamics in Forests: Sharing, Trading or Simple Metabolic Constraints?
Prof. Cindy Prescott, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Belowground Connections: Soil Nitrogen, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Tree Roots
Prof. Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
Organic Nitrogen: The Missing Majority in Tree Nutrition
Prof. Torgny Näsholm, Recipient of the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
Nitrogen in Tree Nurseries
Mrs. Yvonne Hedman Nordlander, CEO, Bergvik Skog Plantor AB, Falun, Sweden
Putting Nitrogen to Work: Forest Fertilization and Growth
Prof. Rachel Cook, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
New Perspectives on Nitrogen in Forest Ecology and Management
Prof. Peter Högberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
Questions and Answers – Speakers interact with the audience
Moderated by Prof. Daniel Binkley
