Antennal and maxillary palp morphology, and sensillar equipment, of the spruce bark beetle predators, Medetera signaticornis and Medetera infumata (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
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Göran Birgersson
Department of Plant Protection Biology
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science
Publications
2023
Odors Attracting the Long-Legged Predator Medetera signaticornis Loew to Ips typographus L. Infested Norway Spruce Trees
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2022
Fear effects on bank voles (Rodentia: Arvicolinae): testing for repellent candidates from predator volatiles
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Malaria mosquitoes acquire and allocate cattle urine to enhance life history traits
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The chemical code for attracting Culex mosquitoes
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2021
Do plant ploidy and pollinator tongue length interact to cause low seed yield in red clover?
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2020
Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte-induced volatiles enhance attraction of Anopheles mosquitoes in the field
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Towards streamlined bank vole odor preference evaluation using Y-mazes
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2019
Characterization of olfactory sensory neurons in the red clover seed weevil, Protapion trifolii (Coleoptera: Brentidae) and comparison to the closely related species P. fulvipes
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Impact on wastewater quality of biopellets composed of Chlorella vulgaris and Aspergillus niger and lipid content in the harvested biomass
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Styrene, (+)-trans-(1R,4S,5S)-4-Thujanol and Oxygenated Monoterpenes Related to Host Stress Elicit Strong Electrophysiological Responses in the Bark Beetle Ips typographus
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Using synthetic semiochemicals to train canines to detect bark beetle-infested trees
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2018
Using synthetic semiochemicals to train canines to detect bark beetle-infested trees
Preprint
Host Attraction and Selection in the Swede Midge (Contarinia nasturtii)
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Ecological and Phylogenetic Relationships Shape the Peripheral Olfactory Systems of Highly Specialized Gall Midges (Cecidomiiydae)
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Sweet attraction: sugarcane pollen-associated volatiles attract gravid Anopheles arabiensis
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2017
Host Plant Species Differentiation in a Polyphagous Moth: Olfaction is Enough
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A Drosophila female pheromone elicits species-specific long-range attraction via an olfactory channel with dual specificity for sex and food
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Host-plant location by the Guatemalan potato moth Tecia solanivora is assisted by floral volatiles
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Use of the effluent from biogas production for cultivation of Spirulina
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A key malaria metabolite modulates vector blood seeking, feeding, and susceptibility to infection
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The role of pollinators, pests and different yield components for organic and conventional white clover seed yields
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A(maize)ing attraction: gravid Anopheles arabiensis are attracted and oviposit in response to maize pollen odours
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2016
Domestication influences choice behavior and performance of a generalist herbivore
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Detection and perception of generic host volatiles by mosquitoes modulate host preference: context dependence of (R)-1-octen-3-ol
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Rice volatiles lure gravid malaria mosquitoes, Anopheles arabiensis
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Chicken volatiles repel host-seeking malaria mosquitoes
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Sunflower as a trap crop for the European tarnished plant bug (Lygus rugulipennis)
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Identification of Cattle-Derived Volatiles that Modulate the Behavioral Response of the Biting Midge Culicoides nubeculosus
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Microalgal growth in municipal wastewater treated in an anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor
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2015
Flight attraction of Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) to cotton headspace and synthetic volatile blends
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Concurrent modulation of neuronal and behavioural olfactory responses to sex and host plant cues in a male moth
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Field Abundance Patterns and Odor-Mediated Host Choice by Clover Seed Weevils, Apion fulvipes and Apion trifolii (Coleoptera: Apionidae)
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2014
Mate recognition and reproductive isolation in the sibling species Spodoptera littoralis and Spodoptera litura
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Identification of Plant Semiochemicals and Characterization of New Olfactory Sensory Neuron Types in a Polyphagous Pest Moth, Spodoptera littoralis
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2013
Modulation of Reproductive Behaviors by Non-Host Volatiles in the Polyphagous Egyptian Cotton Leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis
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Guatemalan potato moth Tecia solanivora distinguish odour profiles from qualitatively, different potatoes Solanum tuberosum L.
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Aggregation pheromones of bark beetles, Pityogenes quadridens and P-bidentatus, colonizing Scotch pine: olfactory avoidance of interspecific mating and competition
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2012
Pheromone production, attraction, and inter-specific inhibition among four species of Ips bark beetles in the Southeastern USA
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Host-tree monoterpenes and biosynthesis of aggregation pheromones in the bark beetle Ips paraconfusus: Evolutionary perspectives
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2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol: A pheromone component of conifer bark beetles found in the bark of nonhost deciduous trees
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Smelling your way to food: can bed bugs use our odour?
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Bekämpning av klöverspetsvivlar i klöverfröodlingar: Ny forskning tar hjälp av insekters kemiska doftspråk
Magazine article
Characterization of olfactory sensory neurons in the white clover seed weevil, Apion fulvipes (Coleoptera: Apionidae)
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Inducibility of chemical defenses in Norway spruce bark is correlated with unsuccessful mass attacks by the spruce bark beetle
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Floral to green: mating switches moth olfactory coding and preference
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2011
Non-host volatiles mediate associational resistance to the pine processionary moth
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Attraction and Oviposition of Tuta absoluta Females in Response to Tomato Leaf Volatiles
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Fresh, dried or smoked? Repellent properties of volatiles emitted from ethnomedicinal plant leaves against malaria and yellow fever vectors in Ethiopia
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2010
Pheromone of the elm bark beetle Scolytus laevis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae): stereoisomers of 4-methyl-3-heptanol reduce interspecific competition
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