Here is a selection of scientific and popular publications from the SLU Centre for Biological Control.
CBC research on biological control in collaboration with national and international universities and research institutes. Below you can find links to some of our scientific articles as well as popular science, our annual popular science report as well as patents.
Sellamuthu G, Chakraborty A, Vetukuri R, Sarath S, Roy A. 2024. RNAi-biofungicides: a quantum leap for tree fungal pathogen management. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 1–28.
binti Hanifah, N. A. S., Ghadamgahi, F., Ghosh, S., Ortiz, R., Whisson, S. C., Vetukuri, R. R., & Kalyandurg, P. B. (2023). Comparative transcriptome profiling provides insights into the growth promotion activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens strain SLU99 in tomato and potato plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14.
Jolayemi, O. L., Malik, A. H., Vetukuri, R. R., Saripella, G. V., Kalyandurg, P. B., Ekblad, T., Yong, J. W., Olsson, M. E., & Johansson, E. (2023). Metabolic Processes and Biological Macromolecules Defined the Positive Effects of Protein-Rich Biostimulants on Sugar Beet Plant Development. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(11), 9720.
Kelbessa, B. G., Dubey, M., Catara, V., Ghadamgahi, F., Ortiz, R., & Vetukuri, R. R. (2023). Potential of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria to improve crop productivity and adaptation to a changing climate. CABI Reviews(2023).
Leykun, S., Johansson, E., Vetukuri, R. R., Ceresino, E. B., & Gessesse, A. (2023). A thermostable organic solvent-tolerant lipase from Brevibacillus sp.: production and integrated downstream processing using an alcohol-salt-based aqueous two-phase system. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14.
Liu, Q., Xu, L., Li, Y., Xu, W., Vetukuri, R. R., & Xu, X. (2023). Overexpression of an autophagy-related gene DiATG3 from Davidia involucrata improves plant thermotolerance by enhancing the accumulation of polyamines and regulating genes in calcium and MAPK signaling pathways. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 208, 105235.
Mousavi, R., Rasouli-Sadaghiani, M., Sepehr, E., Barin, M., & Vetukuri, R. R. (2023). Improving Phosphorus Availability and Wheat Yield in Saline Soil of the Lake Urmia Basin through Enriched Biochar and Microbial Inoculation. Agriculture, 13(4), 805.
Mulatu, A., Megersa, N., Teferi, D., Alemu, T., & Vetukuri, R. R. (2023). Biological management of coffee wilt disease (Fusarium xylarioides) using antagonistic Trichoderma isolates. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1113949.
Ortiz, R., Reslow, F., Huicho, J., Vetukuri, R. R., & Crossa, J. (2023). Optimizing multi-environment testing in potato breeding: using heritability estimates to determine number of replications, sites, and years for field trials. Euphytica, 219(4), 48.
Ortiz, R., Reslow, F., Vetukuri, R., García-Gil, M. R., Pérez-Rodríguez, P., & Crossa, J. (2023). Inbreeding effects on the performance and genomic prediction for polysomic tetraploid potato offspring grown at high Nordic latitudes. Genes, 14(6), 1302.
Piombo, E., Kelbessa, B. G., Sundararajan, P., Whisson, S., Vetukuri, R. R., & Dubey, M. (2023). RNA silencing proteins and small RNAs in oomycete plant pathogens and biocontrol agents. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 812.
Quenum, Z. N. J., Kumar, P. L., Akoroda, M. O., Dansi, A., Vetukuri, R. R., & Bhattacharjee, R. (2023). Ethnobotany and Perceptions on the Value of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) among farmers in the Benin Republic. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 19(5).
Shamloo-Dashtpagerdi, R., Shahriari, A. G., Tahmasebi, A., & Vetukuri, R. R. (2023). Potential role of the regulatory miR1119-MYC2 module in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) drought tolerance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1161245.
Thuraga, V., Martinsson, U. D., Vetukuri, R. R., & Chawade, A. (2023). Delineation of Genotype X Environment Interaction for Grain Yield in Spring Barley under Untreated and Fungicide-Treated Environments. Plants, 12(4), 715.
Alexandridis, N., Feit, B., Kihara, J.M., Luttermoser, T., May, W., Midega, C., Öborn, I., Poveda, K., Weldesemayat, S., Zewdie, B., Clough, Y. & Jonsson, M. 2023. Climate change and ecological intensification of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa – a systems approach to predict maize yield under push-pull technology. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 352,108511. (MJ8D7)
Boetzl, F., Jonsson, M., Ninkovic, V., Sigvald, R., Högfeldt, C., Malsher, G., Lundin, O. 2024. Predicting crop injury caused by flea beetles in spring oilseed rape through pest monitoring in the autumn. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 26: 62-69
Iqbal M, Andreasson E, Stenberg JA. Biological control of strawberry diseases by Aureobasidium pullulans and sugar beet extract under field conditions. Journal of Plant Pathology 105: 933-941.
Iqbal M, Broberg A, Andreasson E, Stenberg JA. 2023. Biocontrol potential of beneficial fungus Aureobasidium pullulans against Botrytis cinerea and Colletotrichum acutatum. Phytopathology 113: 1428-1438.
Rombaut A, Gallet R, Qitout K, Samy M, Guilhot R, Ghirandini P, Lazzaro P, Becher PG, Xuéreb A, Gibert P, Fellous S. 2023. Microbiota-mediated competition between Drosophila species. Microbiome 11: 201
Stenberg JA, Becher PG, Jonsson M, Karlsson M, Sundh I, Viketoft M. Political deafness may impede transition to biological control. Trends in Plant Science 28: 498-500.
Stenberg JA, Egan PA, Mora J, Osorio S, Vallarino JG, Wendin K. 2023. Effects of anti-herbivore resistance on sensory characteristics and ripening of strawberry. Scientia Horticulturae 322: 112434.
Sousa M, Birgersson G, Karlsson Green K, Pollet M, Becher PG. 2023. Odors attracting the long-legged predator Medetera signaticornis Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) to Ips typographus L. (Coleoptera: Scolytinae)-infested Norway spruce trees (Picea abies L.). Journal of Chemical Ecology 49:451-464
Torppa KA, Forkman J, Maaroufi NI, Taylor AR, Vahter T, Vasar M, Weih M, Öpik M, Viketoft M. 2023. Soil compaction effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in wheat depend on host plant variety. Plant and Soil 493, 555–571.
Vasconcelos, S., Pina, S., Jonsson, M., Heleno, R., Herrera, J.M., Moreira, F., Silva, B., Melguizo-Ruiz, N., Daouti, E., Jiménez-Navarro, G., Beja, P. 2023. Mixed effects of oak woodlands on biocontrol potential and pest pressure in olive orchards under management intensification. Journal of Pest Science, 97: 355-368.
Viketoft M, Zygouridis NE, Emery S. 2023. Helminths associated with slugs in Swedish agricultural fields. Journal of Helminthology 97, e27.
Walker WBIII, Mori BA, Cattaneo AM, Gonzalez F, Witzgall P, Becher PG. 2023. Comparative transcriptomic assessment of the chemosensory receptor repertoire of Drosophila suzukii adult and larval olfactory organs. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics
Sousa, M, Ignell R, Pollet M, Karlsson Green K, Becher PG, Birgersson G. 2023. Antennal and maxillary palp morphology, and sensillar equipment, of the spruce bark beetle predators, Medetera signaticornis and Medetera infumata (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Arthropod Structure and Development
Luttermoser, T., Khan, Z.R., Midega, C.A.O., Nyagol, D., Jonsson, M., & Poveda, K. 2023. Are pests adapting to the push-pull system? Ecologically intensified farms in Kenya maintain successful pest control over time. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 3447(1), 108345.
Hambäck PA, Ericson L, Stenberg JA. 2023. Ecology and evolution of plant-enemy interactions during early colonization: Messages from a land-rising archipelago. In: Abdala-Roberts & Moreira ed., Ecological Studies, in press.
Di Francesco A, Zajc, Stenberg JA. 2023. Aureobasidium spp.: diversity, versatility, and agricultural utility. Horticulturae, 9(1), 59
Boetzl FA, Douhan Sundahl A, Friberg H, Viketoft M, Bergkvist G, Lundin O. 2023. Undersowing oats with clovers supports pollinators and suppresses arable weeds without reducing yields. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60 (4), 613-623
Spitaler U, Cossu CS, Donne LD, Bianchi F, Rehermann G, Eisenstecken D, Castellan I, Duménil C, Angeli S, Robatscher P, Becher PG, Koschier EH, Schmidt S. 2022. Field and greenhouse application of an attract-and-kill formulation based on the yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum and the insecticide spinosad to control Drosophila suzukii in grapes. Pest Management Science 78, 1287–1295 (PB1)
Omer ZS, Wallenhammar A-C, Viketoft M. 2022. Development of Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification assay for rapid detection and analysis of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla in soil. Horticulturae 8: 87.
Cattaneo AM, Witzgall P, Kwadha CA, Becher PG, Walker WBIII. 2022. Heterologous expression and functional characterization of Drosophila suzukii OR69a transcript variants unveiled response to kairomones and to a candidate pheromone. Journal of Pest Science
Frey T, Kwadha CA, Haag F, Wallin EA, Holgersson E, Hedenstrom E, Bohman B, Bengtsson M, Becher PG, Krautwurst D, Witzgall P. 2022. The human odorant receptor OR10A6 is tuned to the pheromone of the commensal fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. iScience 25:105269
Naundrup A, Bohman B, Kwadha CA, Jensen AB, Becher PG, De Fine Licht HH. 2022. Pathogenic fungus uses volatiles to entice male flies into fatal mating attempts with infected female cadavers. ISME Journal 16:2388–2397
Chakraborty A, Mori B, Rehermann G, Hernandez Garcia A, Lemmen-Lechelt J, Hagman A, Khalil S, Håkansson S, Witzgall P, Becher PG. 2022. Yeast and fruit fly mutual niche construction and antagonism against mould. Functional Ecology 36:1639–1654
Kleman I, Rehermann G, Kwadha CA, Witzgall P, Becher PG. 2022. Hanseniaspora uvarum attracts Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) with high specificity. Journal of Economic Entomology, 115(4), 2022, 999–1007
Borrero-Echeverry F, Solum M, Trona F, Becher PG, Wallin EA, Bengtsson M, Witzgall P, Lebreton S. 2022. The female sex pheromone (Z)-4-undecenal mediates flight attraction and courtship in Drosophila melanogaster, Journal of Insect Physiology, 137, 104355
Spitaler U, Cossu CS, Donne LD, Bianchi F, Rehermann G, Eisenstecken D, Castellan I, Duménil C, Angeli S, Robatscher P, Becher PG, Koschier EH, Schmidt S. 2022. Field and greenhouse application of an attract-and-kill formulation based on the yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum and the insecticide spinosad to control Drosophila suzukii in grapes. Pest Management Science 78, 1287–1295
Rehermann G, Spitaler U, Sahle K, Cossu CS, Delle Donne L, Bianchi F, Eisenstecken D, Angeli S, Schmidt S, Becher PG. 2022. Behavioral manipulation of Drosophila suzukii for pest control: high attraction to yeast enhances insecticide efficacy when applied on leaves. Pest Management Science 78, 896–904
Vasconcelos, S., Pina, S., Herrera, J.M., Silva, B., Sousa, P., Porto, M., Melguizo-Ruiz, N., Jiménez-Navarro, G., Ferreira, S., Moreira, F., Heleno, R., Jonsson,, M. & Beja, P. 2022. Canopy arthropod declines along a gradient of olive farming intensification. Scientific Reports, 12: 17273
Daouti, E., Feit, B., Jonsson, M. 2022. Agricultural management intensity determines the strength of weed seed predation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, [339]339: 108132
Vasconcelos, S., Jonsson, M., Heleno, R., Moreira, F., Beja, P. 2022. A meta-analysis of biocontrol potential and herbivore pressure in olive crops: does integrated pest management make a difference? Basic and Applied Ecology, 63: 115-124.
Alexandridis, N., Marion, G., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Dainese, M., Ekroos, J., Grab, H., Jonsson, M., Karp, D.S., Meyer, C., O’Rourke, M.E., Pontarp, M., Poveda, K., Seppelt, R., Smith, H.G., Walters, R.J., Clough, Y., Martin, E.A. 2022. Archetype models upscale understanding of natural pest control response to land-use change. Ecological Applications, 32(8): e2696
Daouti, E., Jonsson, M., Vico, G., Menegat, A. 2022. Seed predation is key to preventing population growth of the weed Alopecurus myosuroides. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(2): 471-482.
Piombo E, Vetukuri R, Sundararajan P, Kushwaha S, Funck Jensen D, Karlsson M, Dubey M (2022) Comparative small RNA and degradome sequencing provide insights into antagonistic interactions in the biocontrol fungus Clonostachys rosea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 88:e00643-22.
Musaqaf N, Sigsgaard L, Markussen B, Stenberg JA. 2022. Effects of strawberry resistance and genotypic diversity on aphids and their natural enemies. Biological Control 170: 104919.
De-la-Cruz IM, Batsleer F, Bonte D, Diller C, Hytönen T, Muola A, Osorio S, Posé D,Vandegehuchte ML, Stenberg JA. 2022. Evolutionary ecology of plant-arthropod interactions in light of the ‘omics’ sciences: A broad guide. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 808427
Iqbal M, Jamshaid M, Zahid MA, Andreasson E, Vetukuri RR, Stenberg JA. 2021. Biological control of strawberry crown rot, root rot and grey mould by the beneficial fungus Aureobasidium pullulans. BioControl 66: 535-545
Mesny F, Miyauchi S, Thiergart T, Pickel B, Atanasova L, Karlsson M, Hüttel B, Barry K, Haridas S, Drula E, Henrissat B, Kohler A, Grigoriev I, Martin F, Hacquard S (2021) Genetic determinants of endophytism in the Arabidopsis root mycobiome. Nature Communications 12:7227.
Piombo E, Vetukuri R, Broberg A, Kalyandurg P, Kushwaha S, Funck Jensen D, Karlsson M, Dubey M (2021) The role of Dicer-dependent RNA interference in regulating mycoparasitic interactions. Microbiology Spectrum 9:e01099-21.
Funck Jensen D, Dubey M, Jensen B, Karlsson M (2021) Clonostachys rosea for the control of plant diseases. In: Köhl J, Ravensberg W (eds) Microbial bioprotectants for plant disease management. BDS Publishing, 429-471.
Ben Amira M, Faize M, Karlsson M, Dubey M, Frąc M, Panek J, Fumanal B, Gousset-Dupont A, Julien J, Chaar H, Auguin D, Mom R, Label P, Venisse J (2021) Fungal X-intrinsic protein aquaporin from Trichoderma atroviride: Structural and functional considerations. Biomolecules 11:338.
Zapparata A, Baroncelli R, Brandström Durling M, Kubicek C, Karlsson M, Vannacci G, Sarrocco S (2021) Fungal cross-talk: an integrated approach to study distance communication. Fungal Genetics and Biology 148:103518.
Dubey M, Funck Jensen D, Karlsson M (2021) Functional characterization of the AGL1 aegerolysin in the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma atroviride reveals a role in conidiation and antagonism. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 296:131-140.
Broberg M, Dubey M, Iqbal M, Gudmundssson M, Ihrmark K, Schroers H, Funck Jensen D, Brandström Durling M, Karlsson M (2021) Comparative genomics highlights the importance of drug efflux transporters during evolution of mycoparasitism in Clonostachys subgenus Bionectria (Fungi, Ascomycota, Hypocreales). Evolutionary Applications 14:476-497.
Tzelepis G, Karlsson M (2021) The fungal chitinases. In: Zaragoza O, Casadevall A (eds) Encyclopedia of Mycology. Elsevier, 1:23-31.
Ranheim Sveen T, Netherway T, Juhanson J, Oja J, Borgström P, Viketoft M, Strengbom J, Bommarco R, Clemmensen K, Hallin S, Bahram M. 2021. Plant-microbe interactions in response to grassland herbivory and nitrogen eutrophication. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 156, 108208. doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108208
Spitaler U, Cossu CS, Donne LD, Bianchi F, Rehermann G, Eisenstecken D, Castellan I, Duménil C, Angeli S, Robatscher P, Becher PG, Koschier EH, Schmidt S. (accepted) Field and greenhouse application of an attract-and-kill formulation based on the yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum and the insecticide spinosad to control Drosophila suzukii in grapes. Pest Management Science
Rehermann G, Spitaler U, Sahle K, Cossu CS, Delle Donne L, Bianchi F, Eisenstecken D, Angeli S, Schmidt S, Becher PG. 2021. Behavioral manipulation of Drosophila suzukii for pest control: high attraction to yeast enhances insecticide efficacy when applied on leaves. Pest Management Science
Revadi SV, Giannuzzi VA, Rossi V, Hunger GM, Conchou L, Rondoni G, Conti E, Anderson P, Walker WB, Jacquin-Joly E, Koutroumpa F, Becher PG 2021. Larval stage specific expression of an odorant receptor correlates with differential olfactory behaviors in Spodoptera littoralis caterpillars. BMC Biology 19, 231
Revadi SV, Giannuzzi VA, Vetukuri RR, Walker WB, Becher PG. 2021. Larval response to frass and guaiacol – detection of an attractant produced by bacteria from Spodoptera littoralis frass. Journal of Pest Science 94, 1105–1118
Kwadha CA, Okwaro LA, Kleman I, Rehermann G, Revadi S, Ndlela S, Khamis FM, Nderitu PW, Kasina M, George MK, Kithusi GG, Mohamed SA, Lattorff HMG, Becher PG. 2021. Detection of the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, in continental Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Pest Science 94, 251–259
Daouti, E., Jonsson, M., Vico, G., Menegat, A. 2021. Seed predation is key to preventing population growth of the weed Alopecurus myosuroides. Journal of Applied Ecology
Alexandridis,, N., Marion,, G., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Dainese, M., Ekroos, J., Grab, H., Jonsson, M., Karp, D.S., Meyer, C., O’Rourke, M.E., Pontarp, M., Poveda, K., Seppelt, R., Smith, H.G., Martin, E.M. Clough, Y. 2021. Models of natural pest control: towards predictions across agricultural landscapes. Biological Control, 163: 104761
Njue, M., Muturi, P., Nyaga, J. & Jonsson, M. 2021. Influence of drought on interactions between Rhopalosiphum padi and ground dwelling predators - a mesocosm study. Journal of Applied Entomology, 163: 934-938.
Viketoft M, Riggi LGA, Bommarco R, Hallin S, Taylor AR. 2021. Type of organic fertilizer rather than organic amendment per se increases abundance of soil biota. PeerJ 9, 1-22.
Ranheim Sveen T, Netherway T, Juhanson J, Oja J, Borgström P, Viketoft M, Strengbom J, Bommarco R, Clemmensen K, Hallin S, Bahram M. 2021. Plant-microbe interactions in response to grassland herbivory and nitrogen eutrophication. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 156, 108208. doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108208
Feit, B., Blüthgen, N., Daouti, E., Traub, C., Traugott, M & Jonsson, M. 2021. Landscape complexity promotes resilience of biological control to climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288: 20216547.
Stenberg, J.A., Sundh I, Becher, P., Björkman, C., Dubey, M., Egan, P.A., Friberg, H., Gil, J.F., Jensen, D.F., Jonsson, M., Karlsson, M., Khalil, S., Ninkovic, V., Rehermann, G., Vetukuri, R. & Viketoft M. 2021. When is it biological control? Journal of Pest Science, 94: 665-676 and a correction.
Emery, S.E, Jonsson, M., Silva, H., Ribeiro A. & Mills, N.J. 2021. High agricultural intensity at the landscape scale benefits pests, but low intensity practices at the local scale can mitigate these effects. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 206: 107199
Lundin, O., Rundlöf, M., Jonsson, M., Bommarco, R. & Williams, N.M. 2021. Integrated pest and pollinator management - widening the concept. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19(5): 283-291.
Mbaluto CM, Ayelo PM, Duffy AG, Erdei AL, Tallon AK, Xia S, Caballero-Vidal G, Spitaler U, Szelényi MO, Duarte GA, Walker WB, Becher PG. 2020. Insect chemical ecology: chemically mediated interactions and novel applications in agriculture. Arthropod Plant Interactions 14, 671–684
Becher PG, Verschut V, Bibb MJ, Bush MJ, Molnár BP, Barane E, Al-Bassam MM, Chandra G, Song L, Challis GL, Buttner MJ, Flärdh K. 2020. Developmentally regulated volatiles geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol attract a soil arthropod to Streptomyces bacteria promoting spore dispersal. Nature Microbiology 5, 821–829
Sundh I, Eilenberg J. 2020. Why has the authorization of microbial biological control agents been slower in the EU than in comparable jurisdictions? Pest Management Science, DOI 10.1002/ps.6177.
Albrecht M, Kleijn D, Williams N, ... Jonsson M. et al. 2020. Global synthesis of the effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield. Ecology Letters.
Koutsoumanis K, Allende A, Alvarez-Ordonez, ... Sundh I, et al. 2020. Scientific Opinion on the update of the list of QPS- recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA (2017–2019). EFSA Journal 2020;18(2):5966. DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5966.
Koutsoumanis K, Allende A, Alvarez-Ordonez, ... Sundh I, et al. 2020. Update of the list of QPS-recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 12: suitability of taxonomic units notified to EFSA until March 2020. EFSA Journal 2020;18(7):6174. DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6174.
Karlsson Green K, Stenberg JA, Lankinen Å. 2020. Making sense of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in the light of evolution. Evolutionary Applications, in press
Flöhr A, Stenberg JA, Egan PA. 2020. The joint Economic Impact Level (jEIL): a decision metric for integrated pest and pollinator management. In: Gao et al. (eds) Integrative Biological Control, pp 17-38, Springer
Egan PA, Dicks LV, Hokkanen HMT & Stenberg JA. 2020. Delivering integrated pest and pollinator management. Trends in Plant Science 25: 577-589
Weber D, Egan PA, Muola A, Ericson LE & Stenberg JA. 2020. Plant resistance does not compromise parasitoid-based biocontrol of a strawberry pest. Scientific Reports 10: 5899.
Stenberg JA, Nielsen A, Wendell M, Alsanius B, Krokane P, Magnusson C, Nicolaisen M, Thomsen IM, Wright SAI, Rafoss T. 2020. Risk assessment of the biological control agent ANDERcontrol with the organism Amblyseius andersoni. Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health. VKM report 2020:04, ISBN: 978-82-8259-341-0, ISSN: 2535-4019. Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM), Oslo, Norway.
Dubey M, Broberg M, Funck Jensen D, Karlsson M. 2020. LysM proteins regulate fungal development and contribute to hyphal protection and biocontrol traits in Clonostachys rosea. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:679.
Dainese et al. 2019. A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production. Science Advances, Vol. 5, no. 10, eaax0121. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0121
Darlison J; Mogren L, Rosberg AK, Grudén M, Minet A, Liné C, Mieli M, Bengtsson T, Håkansson Å, Uhlig E, Becher PG, Karlsson M, Alsanius BW. 2019. Leaf mineral content govern microbial community structure in the phyllosphere of spinach (Spinacia oleracea) and rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia). Science of the Total Environment, 675, 501-512
Crava CM, Sassù F, Tait G, Becher PG, Anfora G 2019 Functional transcriptome analyses of Drosophila suzukii antennae reveal mating-dependent olfaction plasticity in females. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 105, 51–59
Feit, B., Bluethgen, N., Traugott, M & Jonsson, M. 2019. Resilience of ecosystem processes: a new approach shows that functional redundancy of biological control services is reduced by agricultural intensification. Ecology Letters 22: 1568-1577.
Scheepmaker JWA, Busschers M, Sundh I, Eilenberg J, Butt TM. 2019. Sense and nonsense of the secondary metabolites data requirements in the EU for beneficial microbial control agents. Biological Control, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.104005.
Iqbal M, Dubey M, Broberg A, Viketoft M, Funck Jensen D, Karlsson M. 2019. Deletion of the non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene nps1 in the fungus Clonostachys rosea attenuates antagonism and biocontrol of plant pathogenic Fusarium and nematodes. Phytopathology 109:1698-1709.
Tzelepis G, Karlsson M. 2019. Killer toxin-like chitinases in filamentous fungi: Structure, regulation and potential roles in fungal biology. Fungal Biology Reviews 33:123-132.
Martin, E.A., Feit, B., Requier,F., Friberg. H., Jonsson, M. (2019). Assessing the resilience of biodiversity-driven functions in agroecosystems under environmental change, Chapter 3, pp 59-124. In: David A. Bohan and Alex J. Dumbrell (Eds.) Advances in Ecological Research, Vol 60, Resilience in Complex Socio-ecological Systems, Academic Press, London, UK.
Roslin, T., Traugott, M., Jonsson, M., Stone, G.N., Creer, S. & Symondson, W.O.C. (2019). Introduction: Special issue on species interactions, ecological networks and community dynamics: untangling the entangled bank using molecular techniques. Molecular Ecology, 28: 157-164.
Herman L, Chemaly M, Cocconcelli PS, Fernandez P. Klein G, Peixe L, Prieto M, Querol A, Suarez JE, Sundh I, Vlak J, Correia S. (2019) The qualified presumption of safety assessment and its role in EFSA risk evaluations: 15 years past. FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume 366, Issue 1, January 2019, fny260.
Broberg M, Dubey M, Sun M, Ihrmark K, Schroers H, Li S, Funck Jensen D, Brandström Durling M, Karlsson M (2018) Out in the cold: Identification of genomic regions associated with cold tolerance in the biocontrol fungus Clonostachys rosea through genome-wide association mapping. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:2844.
Mansourian S, Enjin A, Jirle EV, Ramesh V, Rehermann G, Becher PG, Pool JE, Stensmyr MC. 2018. Wild African Drosophila melanogaster are seasonal specialists on marula fruit Current Biology 28, 3960-3968.e3
Becher PG, Lebreton S, Wallin EA, Hedenström E, Borrero-Echeverry F, Bengtsson M, Jörger V, Witzgall P. 2018. The scent of the fly. Journal of Chemical Ecology 8, 2962–2974
Becher PG, Hagman A, Verschut V, Chakraborty A, Rozpędowska E, Lebreton S, Bengtsson M, Flick G, Witzgall P, Piškur J. 2018. Chemical signaling and insect attraction is a conserved trait in yeasts. Ecology and Evolution 8, 2962–2974
Becher PG, Jensen RE, Natsopoulou ME, Verschut V, De Fine Licht, HH. 2018. Infection of Drosophila suzukii with the obligate insect-pathogenic fungus Entomophthora muscae. Journal of Pest Science 91, 781–787
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CBC finances pilot projects on biological control at SLU. Here we list some of the CBC-funded projects.
Effects of soil tillage on regulation of weed populations by seed-predating carabid beetles
Ola Lundin, Department of Ecology, SLU Uppsala
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