Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Plant Protection Biology

 
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Plant Protection Biology

Peter Witzgall

Professor
Chemical ecology
V building

+46 40 41 53 07
+46 702 42 69 39
Fax +46 40 46 19 91

peter.witzgall@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

PhD in Zoology, University of Munich. 1989
Habilitation in Chemical Ecology, SLU, Alnarp. 1996
Professor in Chemical Ecology, SLU, Alnarp. 2001

 

Research projects

My research concerns odour signals that mediate communication between insects, and between insects and plants. This work enables the development of safe plant protection methods.

Insect olfactory space - host recognition in insect herbivores (IC-E3)
Integration of biological control methods for sustainable insect management
Northern winework
This work is funded by FORMAS, SIDA, Pomerania and SLU.
Consult the BIOSIGNAL pages for our concluded MISTRA project (1996-2005).
Know-how acquired within BIOSIGNAL is commercialized by Phero.Net , a university-based joint-stock company. 

 

Selected publications

Witzgall P, Kirsch P, Cork A. 2010. Sex pheromones and their impact on pest management. J chem Ecol 36:80-100

Witzgall P, Stelinski L, Gut L, Thomson D. 2008. Codling moth management and chemical ecology. Annu Rev Entomol 53:503-522

Knudsen GK, Bengtsson M, Kobro S, Jaastad G, Hofsvang T, Witzgall P. 2007. Discrepancy in laboratory and field attraction of apple fruit moth Argyresthia conjugella to host plant volatiles. Physiol Entomol 33:1-6

Tasin M, Bäckman A-C, Bengtsson M, Ioriatti C, Witzgall P. 2006. Essential host plant cues in teh grapevine moth. Naturwissenschaften 93:141-144

Bengtsson M, Jaastad G, Knudsen G, Kobro S, Bäckman A-C, Pettersson E, Witzgall P. 2006. Plant volatiles mediate attraction to host and non-host plant in apple fruit moth, Argyresthia conjugella. Entomol exp appl 118:77-85

 

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