Magali Proffit

Post doc/PhD Chemical ecology V building +46 40 41 52 49 +46 734 44 13 89 Fax +46 40 46 19 91 magali.proffit@slu.se

Postal address Dept. of Plant Protection Biology  Box 102 SE-230 53 Alnarp Sweden Visiting address                         Delivery address Sundsvägen 14                           Växtskyddsvägen 3

Education

Post-Doc. in pollination biology. University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa). 2007-2009  
Ph.D. in evolutionary ecology. University of Montpellier II (Montpellier, France). 2003-2007
M.Sc. in Biology, Evolution and Population control. University François Rabelais (Tours, France). 2002-2003               
B.Sc. in Ecosystem and Population Biology. University of Paris 6 (France). 2001-2002                              
First degree. in Organisal and Population Biology. University of Paris 6 (France). 1998-2002 

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Research projects

Multiple Challenges in Tropical Fruit growing
Tropical solanaceous fruits are challenged with serious fungal pathogens and an insect herbivore. The aim of this project is to identify the plant volatile compounds that attract egg-laying females of the major insect pest of solanaceous plants. In addition, interactions between induced plant defenses against the pathogen and insect herbivore host localization will be studied.