Kari Saikkonen
Education
Ph.D., University
of Turku, Finland, 1994
Previous work experience
Research professor, Natural Resources
Institute Finland, Luke, 2009 – 2018
Station Manager, Kevo Subarctic Research
Institute, University of Turku, 2007 – 2009
Research professor, MTT Agrifood Research
Finland, 2005 - 2007
Academy Research Fellow Post, Academy of
Finland, 2000 - 2005
Senior Researcher, University of Turku (funded
by Academy of Finland) 1997 – 2000
Post-doctoral research fellow, Department of Zoology,
Arizona State University, USA (funded by Maytag Foundation and Academy of
Finland), 1995 - 1997
My current research involves three main themes: (1) ecological
and evolutionary implications of genetic variation, species richness and
functional diversity of plants and associated
micro-fungi (incl. mycorrhizae, endophytes and pathogens) and herbivores, (2)
climate change -driven species’ range shifts, and (3) new solutions to
circumvent the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides in man-made environments.
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- Effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide on soil animal trophic groups and associated ecosystem functioning in a northern agricultural field (2019)
- Scientific Reports
- Foraging preference of barnacle geese on endophytic tall and red fescues (2019)
- Human-Wildlife Interactions
- Glyphosate residues in soil affect crop plant germination and growth (2019)
- Scientific Reports
- Heritable Epichloe symbiosis shapes fungal but not bacterial communities of plant leaves (2019)
- Scientific Reports
- Impacts of experimental warming and northern light climate on growth and root fungal communities of Scots pine populations (2019)
- Fungal Ecology
- Interactive effects of Epichloë fungal and host origins on the seed germination of Achnatherum inebrians (2019)
- Symbiosis
- Local adaptation in natural European host grass populations with asymmetric symbiosis (2019)
- PLoS ONE
- Phenotypic and genetic variation in natural populations of Festuca rubra s.l. in Europe (2019)
- Plant Ecology and Diversity
- Postglacial colonization history reflects in the genetic structure of natural populations of Festuca rubra in Europe (2019)
- Ecology and Evolution
- Epichloë endophyte effects on leaf blotch pathogen (Rhynchosporium sp.) of tall fescue (Schedonorus phoenix) vary among grass origin and environmental conditions (2018)
- Plant Ecology and Diversity
- Glyphosate decreases mycorrhizal colonization and affects plant-soil feedback (2018)
- Science of the Total Environment
- The recent northward expansion of Lymantria monacha in relation to realised changes in temperatures of different seasons (2018)
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Editorial special issue: soil, plants and endophytes (2016)
- Plant and Soil
- Endophytic Epichloe species and their grass hosts: from evolution to applications (2016)
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Epichloe grass endophytes in sustainable agriculture (2016)
- Nature Plants
- Impact of Bacterial-Fungal Interactions on the Colonization of the Endosphere (2016)
- Trends in Plant Science
- No effects of Epichloe endophyte infection on nitrogen cycling in meadow fescue (Schedonorus pratensis) grassland (2016)
- Plant and Soil
- Preconditioning of the generalist herbivore Trialeurodes vaporariorum to greenhouse monocultures and its subsequent performance on wild polycultures (2016)
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- An asexual Epichloe endophyte enhances waterlogging tolerance of Hordeum brevisubulatum (2015)
- Fungal Ecology
- Detecting and Interpreting Patterns within Regional Pest Species Assemblages using Self-organizing Maps and other Clustering Methods (2015) Pest risk modelling and mapping for invasive alien species Worner S, Eschen R, Kenis M, Paini D, Saikkonen K, Suiter K, Singh S, Vanninen I, Watts M
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