The plant kingdom is a rich source of new therapeutic agents. Taxol, originating from the Taxus-family, is an example of a plant-derived compound that is currently one of the best-selling anticancer drugs. It took thirty years from the discovery that an extract-fraction from Taxus brevifolia showed ...

Professor Erik Viborg (1759-1822) at Den Kgl. Veterinærskole (The Royal Danish Veterinary School) in Copenhagen was one of the first to perform investigations on the toxicity of yew (Taxus baccata) in farm animals and to estimate lethal doses for various species. Based on anecdotal reports of...

Nine papers are presented from this meeting. Topics discussed include tree breeding, Norwegian experience with close-to-nature silviculture, growth models, Red list species of flora and fauna, wind damage, roundwood supply and supply chains.

Three experiments were established (1 field study in Norway and 2 laboratory studies) in order to investigate how drought stress in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) affects the development of pine sawflies (Neodiprion sertifer). There were no significant differences in sawfly development between...

The effects were studied of fertilizer type (no fertilizer, PK, ammonium nitrate or urea) and time of fertilizer application (10 May, 20 July, 1 August or 15 September) on growth of two 22- to 25-yr-old Norway spruce (Picea abies) stands on drained peatland in Norway. The effects of 2 drought...

Some data on morphology, distribution, ecology and changed frequency between 1961 and 2004 are presented for Monotropa hypopithys collection based on studies in the former Nes municipality, Southeast Norway. The ramets of subsp. hypophegea are shorter and have fewer flowers than those of subsp. ...

The first part of this book describes the spread of potato from South America to Europe and the Nordic countries [Scandinavia], and presents the cultivation and breeding history of potato in each of the Nordic countries. At the end of part one, advice on the practical cultivation of potatoes in...

An intensive forest monitoring was conducted since the middle of the 1980s in Norway to describe the forest condition and study the effects of long-range transboundary air pollution on the forest ecosystems. Results showed that the highest deposition of strong acids, sulfate and inorganic nitrogen...

Kalmia angustifolia sheep laurel, Populus trichocarpa black cottonwood and Tsuga heterophylla western hemlock are naturalized within Ås municipality in SE Norway. K. angustifolia grows at the Åsmyra bog approximately 0.8 km north of the park at the Agricultural University. The prime genet was...

The terrestrial tooth fungus Hydnellum auratile (Thelephoraceae) is a new species to the Norwegian mycota. The first find was made in 1997, but in 2001 it was found at several sites in south and western Norway. It occurs in calcareous forests and seems associated with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)...