Job title

Project manager for fthe Panel on Plant Health. 

Education

2010 - 2014: PhD in Plant Biology, NMBU

2007 - 2009: MSc in Plant Science, NMBU

2001 - 2005: BSc in Plant Production, Hawassa University, Ethiopia

Work Experience

2024 - : Senior Advisor, VKM

2020 - 2024: Senior Inspector, Mattilsynet

2019 - 2020: Program Advisor, Development Fund

2019 - 2019: Researcher, NMBU

2014 - 2018: Postdoctoral, NMBU

2005 - 2007: Teaching and Research Assistant, Hawassa University, Ethiopia

Selected Publications

Tekle S., Lillemo M., Skinnes H., Reitan L., Buraas T., Bjørnstad Å. Screening of oat accessions for Fusarium head blight resistance using spawn-inoculated field experiments. Crop Science

Bjørnstad Å., He X., Tekle S., et al. Genetic variation and associations involving Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol accumulation in cultivated oat (Avena sativa). Plant Breeding 2017, 136, 620-636.

Tekle, S., Måge, I., Segtnan V. H., Bjørnstad Å. Near infrared hyperspectral imaging of Fusarium-damaged oats (Avena sativa). Cereal Chemistry 2015, 92, 73-80.

Tekle, S., Bjørnstad, Å., Skinnes, H., Dong, Y., Segtnan, V. H. Estimating deoxynivalenol content of ground oats using VIS-NIR spectroscopy. Cereal Chemistry 2013, 90, 181–185.

Bjørnstad, Å., Tekle, S., Göransson, M. “Facilitated access” to plant genetic resources: does it work? Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 2013, 60: 1959-1965.

Tekle, S.; Skinnes, H.; Bjørnstad, Å. The germination problem of oat seed lots affected by Fusarium head blight. European Journal of Plant Pathology 2013, 135, 147-158.

Tekle, S.; Dill-Macky, R.; Skinnes, H.; Tronsmo, A. M.; Bjørnstad, Å. Infection process of Fusarium graminearum in oats (Avena sativa L.). European Journal of Plant Pathology 2012, 132, 431-442.