Practical training experience - 2015

Presented by Marina Yemelyanova

What is Luke?• Luonnonvarakeskus = Natural Resources Institute Finland• research / development / consulting company• the 2nd largest research institute in Finland

Finnish forest research institute (Metla)

Agrifood research Finland (MTT)

Game & fisheries research institute (RKTL)

Statistical services of theMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry

Pictures: Jeffrey Murray, huntservice.com, certiphyto.net, Sacramento City College

Finnish Forest Research Institute: Haapastensyrjä unit

HERE!

Main researches in:

• tree breeding• tree adaptation to the climate change• vegetative propagation• phytoremediation• mycorrhiza

Pictures: metla.fi

Why Finnish Forest Research Institute?

Good for my:

• Bachelor’s thesis

• prospective Master’s studies in forestry

• career in forestry in Finland.

• research materials for my thesis

• better Finnish skills.

What did I get?

• new knowledge in the tree reproduction

• experience in the Finnish forestry

• a relevant thesis topic and a supervisor

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Why me?Finnish skills?

Early application?

Clear motivation and interest in the fungal research?

Is everybody welcome to seasonal works?

My position

Labourer

Research assistant

in the mushroom ecology project

http://lentaregion.ru/81960

http://gribnik-rossii.ru

Research assistant: research in mushroom ecology

Luke’s phytoremediation project:

• Somerharju, Eastern Finland, researches since 2013• The soil severely polluted with the oil products - creosote• How efficient are aspen tree plantations for purifying the soil?• How well do young aspens survive under the pollution?

So, where are mushrooms there?

• Mushrooms – tree symbionts – help trees to survive and to purify the soil• Consider them in researching the tree survival and purification abilities!

Side project + thesis research on mushroom ecology

• Mycorrhizal mushroom species richness and diversity in PAH polluted areas by the example of Somerharju, Finland

My research scope• How many mushroom species are there?

• How many fruit bodies are there?

• Do mushroom species richness and diversity depend on the pollution level?

What did I do?• Developed the research set-up

• Sought & sampled mushrooms

• Selected the mycorrhizal mushrooms

• Identified the species

• Counted fruit bodies

Picture by Marta Cortina Escribano

As a labourer: measuring tree diameters,

Picture by Clotilde Hubert

(c) Marina Yemelyanova

… tree biomass,

Pictures by Marina Yemelyanova

… tree heights and branch lengths,

Picture by Xu Meng

(c) Marina Yemelyanova

… density of trees in the trial area, etc.

Picture by Marta Cortina Escribano

Tree nursing and caring: watering,

Picture by Xu Meng Pictures by Marina Yemelyanova

… planting and transplanting,

(c) Marina Yemelyanova

… weeding.

BEFORE AFTER

(c) Marina Yemelyanova

Operating the machinery: manufacturing metal tags,

Picture by Marta Cortina Escribano

… transporting the plantation material,

Picture by Xu Meng

… watering.

(c) Marina Yemelyanova

Monitoring tree health

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(c) Marina Yemelyanova

Collecting the breeding and research material: conifer pollen,

Picture by Camille D’Hervilly

… acorns, (c) Marina Yemelyanova

… apricot stones.

“Eating dropped fruits is allowed, but put the stones into the bag, please!”

Pictures by Marina Yemelyanova

The most impressive knowledge – production of bumblebee nests for pollination

(c) Marina Yemelyanova

Knowledge, experience, RELAXATION!

Pictures by Marina Yemelyanova

Interested? My adviseTo feel comfortable there:

• Ask!• Suggest!• Communicate!• Be very initiative and self-dependent!

W E L C O M E

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H A A P A S T E N S Y R J Ä !

T H A N K Y O U !