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Peter Witzgall

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Sex pheromones and their impact on pest management

P Witzgall, P Kirsch, A Cork - Journal of chemical ecology, 2010 - Springer
The idea of using species-specific behavior-modifying chemicals for the management of
noxious insects in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, stored products, and for insect vectors of …

Codling moth management and chemical ecology

P Witzgall, L Stelinski, L Gut, D Thomson - Annu. Rev. Entomol., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Lepidopteran insects use sex pheromones to communicate for mating. Olfactory communication
and mate-finding can be prevented by permeating the atmosphere with synthetic …

Chemical Ecology and Management of Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

…, M Tasin, A De Cristofaro, P Witzgall… - Journal of economic …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The moth Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) feeds on
grapes (Vitis vinifera L.), reducing yield and increasing susceptibility to fungal infections. L. …

Yeast, not fruit volatiles mediate Drosophila melanogaster attraction, oviposition and development

…, BS Hansson, J Piškur, P Witzgall… - Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In nature, the fruit fly D rosophila melanogaster is attracted to fermenting fruit. Micro‐organisms
like S accharomyces yeasts growing on fruit occupy a commonly overlooked trophic level …

Flying the Fly: Long-range Flight Behavior of Drosophila melanogaster to Attractive Odors

…, M Bengtsson, BS Hansson, P Witzgall - Journal of chemical …, 2010 - Springer
The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae), is a model for how
animals sense, discriminate, and respond to chemical signals. However, with D. …

Host Plant Volatiles Synergize Response to Sex Pheromone in Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella

Z Yang, M Bengtsson, P Witzgall - Journal of chemical ecology, 2004 - Springer
Plant volatile compounds synergize attraction of codling moth males Cydia pomonella to
sex pheromone (E,E)-8,10-dodecadien-1-ol (codlemone). Several apple volatiles, known to …

Floral to green: mating switches moth olfactory coding and preference

…, BS Hansson, P Witzgall… - … of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… Statistical analysis was calculated with GraphPad Prism v. 5.0a. … of the behavioural sequence
are significant at **p < 0.001 and ***p < 0.0001, according to Fisher's exact probability test. …

Plant odor analysis of apple: antennal response of codling moth females to apple volatiles during phenological development

…, P Anderson, J Löfqvist, P Witzgall - Journal of agricultural …, 2001 - ACS Publications
… compared with an analysis of variance, followed by a Tukey multiple range test (P < 0.05). …
Ignell, Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Peter Witzgall. A predicted sex pheromone receptor of …

Attraction and Oviposition of Tuta absoluta Females in Response to Tomato Leaf Volatiles

…, G Birgersson, M Bengtsson, R Reis, P Witzgall… - Journal of Chemical …, 2011 - Springer
The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a devastating pest of
cultivated tomato Solanum lycopersicum throughout South and Central America and Europe. We …

[HTML][HTML] Putative Chemosensory Receptors of the Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella, Identified by Antennal Transcriptome Analysis

…, F Trona, N Montagné, G Anfora, R Ignell, P Witzgall… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The codling moth, Cydia pomonella, is an important fruit pest worldwide. As nocturnal animals,
adults depend to a large extent on olfactory cues for detection of food and mates, and, for …