BI 1259, 1260, Ekologi och Statistik 10 HP, Head teacher, course administrator.
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KE 0066 Kemi, Ekologi och Statistik 15 HP, teaching Ecology
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BI 1143 Odlingssystem i trädgårdsföretag 15 HP, teaching plant protection: insects and other pests
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BI 1238 Växtskydd, grundkurs 7 HP, teaching plant protection: insects and other pests
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BI1261 Växtskydd och mikrobiologi, 15 HP, teaching insect morphology, physiology and systematics including plant protection
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I study the olfactory system of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and other drosophilid flies: the function of their olfactory systems and how this relates to their odour worlds. By performing targeted modifications in Drosophila, I study the function of specific components of the olfactory system.
Another main model system is the olfactory system and host selection mechanisms in the generalist noctuid moth Spodopteralittoralis: Variation in host preference hierarchies, including olfactory preferences and physiological adaptations to host plants, in relation to its polyphagous life style. Identification and characterization of its olfactory receptor genes, in collaboration with INRA Versaillses, France. Invasive potential and its impact on chemosensory information networks in novel environments within the ESF-funded INVAVOL project.
Among applied projects I have also initiated the PheroBio-project for monitoring of threatened insects with large-scale trapping based on pheromones and other semiochemicals in a landscape perspective. Our model systems include a broad range of saproxylic species, including the hermit beetle Osmoderma eremita, the click beetle Elaterferrugineus, several species of longhorn beetles and saproxylic moths. We also work with insects relevant to agricultural landscapes, such as burnet moths.
Selected publicationsMusa N, Andersson K, Burman J, Andersson F, Hedenström E, Jansson N, Paltto H, Westerberg L, Winde I, Larsson MC, Bergman K-O, Milberg P. 2013. Using sex pheromone and a multi-scale approach to predict the distribution of a rare saproxylic beetle. PLoS ONE 8:e66149
Thöming G, Larsson MC, Hansson BS, Anderson P. 2013. Comparison of plant preference hierarchies of male and female moths and the impact of larval rearing hosts.Ecology 94:1744-1752
Lankinen Å, Larsson MC, Fransson A-M. 2013. Allocation to pollen competitive ability vs. seed production in Viola tricolor as an effect of plant size, soil nutrients and presence of a root competitor. Oikos 122:779-789
Jacquin-Joly E, Legeai F, Montagné N, Monsempes C, Francois MC, Poulain J, Gavory F, Walker III WB, Hansson BS, Larsson MC. 2012. Candidate chemosensory genes in female antennae of the noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis. International Journal of Biological Sciences 8:1036-1050
Montagné N, Chertemps T, Brigaud I, Francois A, Francois MC, de Fouchier A, Lucas P, Larsson MC, Jacquin-Joly E. 2012. Functional characterization of a sex pheromone receptor in the pest moth Spodoptera littoralis by heterologous expression in Drosophila.European Journal of Neuroscience 36:2588-2596