PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Wiktoria Kaczmarek-Derda, Department of Plant Sciences (IPV), will defend her PhD thesis "Control of rush (Juncus spp.) – an expanding weed in grassland areas in Western Norway", on 22 November 2016.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Lyssiv (Juncus effuses L.) og knappsiv (J.conglomeratus L.) på Vestlandet – kontrolltiltak basert på ny biologisk kunnskap"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Population dynamics of perennial weeds as a base for integrated control in grasslands"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Tuesday, 22 November 2016 at 12:15 in the Auditorium Sundheim, Plantevernbygningen, NIBIO, Divisjon for bioteknologi og plantehelse, Høgskoleveien 7, Ås.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Lars Andersson, Department of Crop Production Ecology, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden.
Second opponent: Associate Professor Paul Hatcher, School of Biological Sciences, Harborne Building, University of Reading, UK
Committee coordinator: Associate professor Line Rosef, Department of Plant Sciences, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Associate professor Lars Olav Brandsæter, Department of Plant Sciences (IPV), NMBU
Co-supervisor: Researcher dr. Jan Netland, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, NIBIO
Co-supervisor: Researcher dr. Liv Østrem, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, NIBIO
Co-supervisor: Professor Knut Asbjørn Solhaug, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, NMBU
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2016:83, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1399-3.