King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize of SEK 2 million to Professor Torgny Näsholm at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday 24 September 2018. Torgny Näsholm has examined the role of amino acids in supplying the nitrogen required for the growth of forest trees. His work has caused a breakthrough in explaining the nutrition of plants.
Professor Torgny Näsholm, Umeå, Sweden, is awarded the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize of SEK 2 million for having documented how organic nitrogen dominates the nutrition of trees in boreal forests. The findings have resulted in new types of fertilizers. Monday 24 September Torgny Näsholm will receive his diploma from the hands of King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
Torgny Näsholm is awarded the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for having documented how trees use amino acid molecules as sources of nitrogen. He has also shown how this organic nitrogen dominates the nutrition of trees in boreal forests. The findings have resulted in new types of fertilizers.