Sandra A. I. Wright

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Sandra A. I. Wright

Associate Professor in Plant Pathology / Senior Lecturer in Biology

Research subject: Biology

Email: sandra.wright@hig.se
Telephone: +46 26 64 82 81

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Master of Science in Horticulture (MSc), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (1989)
Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology, Cornell University, USA (1997)
Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2003)

Dr. Wright has conducted research that focuses on understanding how plant diseases can be prevented by promoting and applying microorganisms that are beneficial to plants. The aim is to develop sustainable, future Horticulture and Agriculture. Her research interests include: uncovering the interactions among plant-associated microorganisms, and the study of plant-microbe interactions and of plant diseases in general. Secondary metabolites in microorganisms and plants are effective against competing microorganisms and active in the physiology of plants; determining their biosynthetic and biodegradation pathways has permeated her research. Long, International research and educational collaboration is a natural consequence of her International career, which has led to new contacts and new, basic research results through a prestigious visiting lectureship (so called 'Rientro dei cervelli'), which she was awarded in order to stay at Università degli Studi del Molise in Italy (2006–2010).

See also Dr. Wright's page in ResearchGate.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Biodegradation of phenolic compounds and of monomers of lignin. We are working on uncovering novel biodegradation products, and learning about new biodegradation pathways.

Ph.D students: Jonas Rönnander

Reports

Stenberg, J., Flø, D., Kirkendall, L., Krokene, P., Alsanius, B., Magnusson, C., Nicolaisen, M., Thomsen, I., Wright, S. & Rafoss, T. (2019). Pest risk assessment of selected Epitrix species : Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. Oslo: Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM). 107 p. (VKM Report 2019:17) [More information]

Thomsen, I., Kauserud, H., Krokene, P., Nicolaisen, M., Wendell, M., Alsanius, B., Stenberg, J., Wright, S. & Rafoss, T. (2020). Risk assessment of six commercial mycorrhizal products : Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. Oslo: Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM). 55 p. (VKM Report 2020:09) [More information]

Stenberg, J., Nielsen, A., Wendell, M., Alsanius, B., Krokene, P., Magnusson, C., Nicolaisen, M., Thomsen, I., Wright, S. & Rafoss, T. (2020). Risk assessment of the biological control product ANDERcontrol with the organism Amblyseius andersoni : Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. Oslo: Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM). 27 p. (VKM Report 2020:04) [More information]

Stenberg, J., Nielsen, A., Alsanius, B., Krokene, P., Magnusson, C., Nicolaisen, M., Thomsen, I., Wright, S. & Rafoss, T. (2020). Risk assessment of the biological control product Atheta-System with the organism Atheta coriaria Kraatz : Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. Oslo: Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM). 28 p. (VKM Report 2020: 12) [More information]

Nielsen, A., Stenberg, J., Wendell, M., Alsanius, B., Krokene, P., Magnusson, C., Nicolaisen, M., Thomsen, I., Wright, S. & Rafoss, T. (2020). Risk assessment of the biological control product Limonica with the organism Amblydromalus limonicus : Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. Oslo: Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM). 25 p. (VKM Report 2020:13) [More information]

Alsanius, B., Magnusson, C., Nicolaisen, M., Wright, S., Wendell, M., Krokene, P., Stenberg, J., Thomsen, I. & Rafoss, T. (2021). Assessment of treatment methods and validation criteria for composting and biogas facilities in relation to plant health risks and the risk of spreading alien organisms : Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. Oslo: Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM). 152 p. (VKM Report 2021:19) External link [More information]

Krokene, P., Hatteland, B., Magnusson, C., Flø, D., Thomsen, I., Stenberg, J., Brurberg, M., Wendell, M., Nicolaisen, M., Rossmann, S., Talgø, V., Alsanius, B., Wright, S. & Rafoss, T. (2021). Pest risk categorization – New plant health regulations for Norway : Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. Oslo: Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM). 688 p. (VKM report 2021:09) [More information]

Thomsen, I., Alsanius, B., Flø, D., Krokene, P., Wright, S. & Wendell, P. (2023). Updated pest risk assessment of Phytophthora ramorum in Norway : Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM). 88 p. (VKM Rerport 2023:19) External link [More information]

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