Chemical Ecology
Plants under attack by herbivores initiate the production and release of volatiles that are attractive to the natural enemies of the herbivores. Aboveground these volatile signals can attract parasitic wasps and predators that attack and kill the herbivores. Belowground such signals are attractive to insect-killing nematodes. The signals are also perceived by neighboring plants, which may then mobilize their own defenses. We aim to unravel the chemical and molecular mechanisms that are involved in these interactions, as well as understand their ecological consequences. By studying cultivated plant and their wild ancestors we hope to develop methods to better exploit the natural defense signals for optimal crop protection.
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The N‐terminal subunit of vitellogenin in planthopper eggs and saliva acts as a reliable elicitor that induces defenses in rice
J Zeng, W Ye, W Hu, X Jin, P Kuai, W Xiao, Y Jian, TCJ Turlings, Y Lou
New Phytologist 238 (3), 1230-1244, 10.1111/nph.18791 2023
Xenorhabdus bovienii subsp. africana subsp. nov., isolated from Steinernema africanum entomopathogenic nematodes
RAR Machado, AH Bhat, P Fallet, TCJ Turlings, J Kajuga, X Yan, ...
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 73 (4), 005795 2023
2-Pentylfuran: an aggregation attractant for wireworms
D la Forgia, C Martin, TCJ Turlings, F Verheggen
Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 1-8 2023
Stemborer‐induced rice plant volatiles boost direct and indirect resistance in neighboring plants
C Yao, L Du, Q Liu, X Hu, W Ye, TCJ Turlings, Y Li
New Phytologist 237 (6), 2375-2387 2023
Can herbivores sharing the same host plant be mutualists?
Q Liu, TCJ Turlings, Y Li
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2023
Cotton plants as ideal models for teaching and research on inducible direct plant defenses
M Mamin, A Vallat, TCJ Turlings
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 10.3389/fevo.2023.1119472 2023
Revisiting the trail pheromone components of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren.
Xu T, Xu M, Glauser G, Turlings TCJ, Chen L 2022.
Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13047
Comparative screening of Mexican, Rwandan and commercial entomopathogenic nematodes to be used against invasive fall armyworm,Spodoptera frugiperda.
Fallet P, De Gianni L, Machado RAR, Bruno P, Bernal J, Karangwa P, Kajuga J, Waweru B, Bazagwira D, Degen T, Toepfer S, Turlings TCJ.
Insects 13: 205 2022
The effect of squash domestication on a belowground tritrophic interaction.
Jaccard C, Marguier NT, Arce CCM, Bruno P, Glauser G, Turlings TCJ, Benrey B 2022.
Plant-Environment Interactions 3: 28-39. https://doi.org/10.1002/pei3.10071
Potent ant repellents emitted from nematode-infected insect cadavers.
Jaffuel G, Krishnamani S, Machado RAR, Campos-Herrera R, Turlings TCJ. 2022.
Journal of Chemical Ecology 48: 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01320-8
Prof. Dr. Ted Turlings
University of Neuchâtel
Institute of Biology
2000 Neuchâtel
Tel: +41 (0)32 718 31 58