This SNS network is finding new ways to use hemicellulose. Text: Mats Hannerz Wood contains 20-30% hemicellulose, a polymer which is much smaller than the main component used in pulp production, cellulose. Hemicellulose is, to a large extent, a waste product in chemical pulp processes and is washed out…
This year we are funding a project for creating future healthy ash forests. Text: Mats Hannerz This project is called Conservation of resistant ash genotypes to maintain full range of ecosystem services, SNS-126. It starts in 2019 and continue for three years. The ash tree is endangered Ash trees in Europe…
One of our new research projects 2019 aims to replace environmentally unfriendly materials with wood. Text: Mats Hannerz In some construction uses, such as when exposed to open air and moisture, wood must be durable and resistant to fungal degradation. This is sometimes a drawback for wood as an…
This project will take a broad view of the problems with invasive pathogens. Text: Mats Hannerz In recent decades, Europe has experienced an exponential increase in problems with introduced, invasive forest pathogens. The Nordic countries have seen the hardwoods elm and ash being decimated by pathogens. Scots pine, a…
