Muhammad Binyameen

PhD student Chemical ecology V building +46 40 41 52 63 +46 736 81 37 43 Fax +46 40 46 19 94 muhammad.binyameen@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

BSc (Hons.) Agriculture, Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 2006

MSc in Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. 2009

Research projects

1. Plume interaction and odour spacing effect on host finding behaviour of bark beetle and moths. How odour plumes of host and non-host volatiles affect the host seeking behaviour of insects? I study this by field lab bioassays and measurement of odour plumes with Photo Ionization Detector (PID). Extracellular recording (SSR) from olfactory receptor neurons in the presence of spaced odour sources to determine the effect of plume interactions and spacing at periphery level.
   
2. By electrophysiology I characterize different functional types of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) of cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis.
   
3. Identification of novel compounds from extract of different host plant of Spodoptera littoralis using gas chromatography coupled single sinsillium recording (GC-SSR) and gas chromatography coupled mass spectroscopy (GC-MS).