Anne Muola

I work as a post doc in the Strawberry Lab, led by Johan Stenberg. My work concentrates on the evolutionary and ecological aspects of plant-herbivore interactions. I am especially interested in plant defences against different herbivores. In my current project I am exploring the possibilities plant tolerance might offer for crop protection. Plant tolerance is the ability of plants to mitigate the negative effects of herbivory. As a study system I use woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) and a set of different herbivores. In addition, I include commercial strawberry cultivars in my experiments.

I divide my time between the Strawberry Lab at SLU and the University of Turku, Finland.

PhD, University of Turku, Finland, 2011; Evolutionary ecology.

MSc, University of Turku, Finland, 2005; Ecology.

Egan PA, Muola A, & Stenberg JA. 2018. Capturing genetic variation in crop wild relatives: an evolutionary approach. Evolutionary Applications. 2018;1–12. doi:org/10.1111/eva.12626

Muola A, Weber D, Malm LE, Egan PA, Glinwood R, Parachnowitsch AL & Stenberg JA. 2017. Direct and Pollinator-Mediated Effects of Herbivory on Strawberry and the Potential for Improved Resistance. Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 8:823. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00823.

Stenberg JA & Muola A. 2017. How Should Plant Resistance to Herbivores Be Measured? Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 8:663. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00663

Kalske A, Muola A, Mutikainen P & Leimu R. 2014. Preference for outbred host plants and positive effects of inbreeding on egg survival in a specialist herbivore. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281:20141421.

Laukkanen L, Mutikainen P, Muola A & Leimu R. 2014. Plant-species diversity correlates with genetic variation of an oligophagous seed predator. PLoS One 9(4):e94105.

Kalske A, Mutikainen P, Muola A, Scheepens JF, Laukkanen L, Salminen JP & Leimu R. 2014. Simultaneous inbreeding modifies inbreeding depression in a plant–herbivore interaction. Ecology Letters, 17:229-238.

Laukkanen L, Leimu R, Muola A, Lilley M & Mutikainen P. 2013. Genetic factors affecting food-plant specialization of an oligophagous seed predator. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(1):141–149.

Kalske A, Muola A, Laukkanen L, Mutikainen P & Leimu R. 2012. Variation and constraints of local adaptation of a long-lived plant, its pollinators, and specialist herbivores. Journal of Ecology, 100:1359-1372.

Laukkanen L, Leimu R, Muola A, Lilley M, Salminen JP & Mutikainen P. 2012. Plant Chemistry and Local Adaptation of a Specialized Folivore. PLoS One, 7(5):e38225.

Leimu R, Muola A, Laukkanen L, Kalske A, Prill N & Mutikainen P. 2012. Plant-herbivore coevolution in a changing world. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 144:3-13.

Muola A, Mutikainen P, Laukkanen L, Lilley M & Leimu R. 2011. The role of inbreeding and outbreeding in herbivore resistance and tolerance in Vincetoxicum hirundinaria. Annals of Botany, 108:547–555.

Muola A, Mutikainen P, Lilley M, Laukkanen L, Salminen JP & Leimu R. 2010. Associations of plant fitness, leaf chemistry, and damage suggest selection mosaic in plant-herbivore interactions. Ecology, 91:2650–2659.

Muola A, Mutikainen P, Laukkanen L, Lilley M & Leimu R. 2010. Genetic variation in herbivore resistance and tolerance: the role of plant life- history stage and type of damage. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23:2185–2196.