Cross-effects between below- and aboveground multitrophic interactions
| Project responsable | Ted Turlings |
| Team member |
Christiane Bobillier
Claudia Zwahlen Thomas Degen |
| Abstract |
We study the chemical signals that plants emit when they are
attacked by insect herbivores and how natural enemies of the
herbivores use these signals as foraging cues. The research aims to
unravel the mechanisms of these so-called tritrophic interactions
and to use this knowledge to study their ecological consequences
and evolutionary history, but also to develop novel methods to
exploit the plant-produced signals for the control of agricultural
pests. |
| Keywords |
tri-trophic interactions, indirect plant defence, parasitoids, entomopathogenic nematodes, synomones, host searching |
| Type of project | Fundamental research project |
| Research area | Ecology |
| Method of financing | SNSF: Project funding (Div. I-III) |
| Status | Completed |
| Start of project | 1-7-2005 |
| End of project | 30-9-2008 |
| Overall budget | 335'000.00 |
| Additional info |
http://p3.snf.ch/projects-107974 |
| Contact | Thomas Degen |