Sannakajsa Velmala

Senior Scientist
  • Phone number +358295322580
  • Email address sannakajsa.velmala@luke.fi
  • Address Latokartanonkaari 9 00790 HELSINKI

Conventional and biodegradable agricultural microplastics: effects on soil properties and microbial functions across a European pedoclimatic gradient

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2025

Breaking ground: The effect of leachates from conventional and biodegradable mulching films on plants

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2025

Structure Lime as a Soil Amendment: Impacts on Nutrient Loss Risk and Soil Health

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2025

The boreal soil microbiome of different urban green spaces - do city residents meet different microbes?

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2025

Effects of biodegradable microplastics on soil microbial communities and activities: Insight from an ecological mesocosm experiment

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2025

Biodegradable microplastics induce profound changes in lettuce (Lactuca sativa) defense mechanisms and to some extent deteriorate growth traits

Refereed scientific publications
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2024

The community of root fungi is associated with the growth rate of Norway spruce (Picea abies)

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2024

Comparing the impact of microplastics derived from a biodegradable and a conventional plastic mulch on plant performance

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2024

Soil and climatic characteristics and farming system shape fungal communities in European wheat fields

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2024

Comments to “Degli-Innocenti, F. The pathology of hype, hyperbole and publication bias is creating an unwarranted concern towards biodegradable mulch films” [J. Hazard. Mater. 463 (2024) 132923]

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2024

Soil factors and genetic variation regulate intraspecific growth in Norway spruce (Picea abies)

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2024

Polystyrene nanoparticles induce concerted response of plant defense mechanisms in plant cells

Refereed scientific publications
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2023

Barents Invasive Alien Species

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2023

Fast and reliable method to estimate global DNA methylation in plants and fungi with high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)-ultraviolet detection and even more sensitive one with HPLC-mass spectrometry

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2023

Species-dependent responses of crop plants to polystyrene microplastics

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2023

Impacts of long-term organic production on soil fauna in boreal dairy and cereal farming

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2023

Impacts of coniferous bark-derived organic soil amendments on microbial communities in arable soil – a microcosm study

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2023

Pheromone-based monitoring of invasive alien insects along the border of Finland and Russia – methods and unintentionally caught species

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2023

Roadmap for implementing environmental DNA (eDNA) and other molecular monitoring methods in Finland–Vision and action plan for 2022–2025

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2022

Genotypes exhibit no variation in precision foraging in mycorrhizal Norway spruce seedlings.

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2022

Chemical composition controls the decomposition of organic amendments and influences the microbial community structure in agricultural soils

Refereed scientific publications
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2021

Boreal soil microbial diversity and seed onion mycorrhizal colonization is unaffected by preceding one season crop cultivation

Refereed scientific publications
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2021

Bioavailability of phosphorus in granulated and pyrolyzed broiler manure

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2021

Long-term impacts of organic and conventional farming on the soil microbiome in boreal arable soil

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2021