Prof.dr..ir. J.J.A. van Loon

Update Persondata

• approaches
• behavioural
• ecology
• functional
• gustation
• heamatophagy
• insects
• interactions
• mechanistic
• nutritional
• olfaction
• physiology
• plant
• resistance
• sensory
• smell
• taste
• tritrophic

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Publications

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Non-pathogenic rhizobacteria interfere with the attraction of parasitoids to aphid-induced plant volatiles via jasmonic acid signalling.

Genetic engineering of plant volatile terpenoids: effects on a herbivore, a predator and a parasitoid.

Genetic engineering of plant volatile terpenoids: effects on a herbivore, a predator and a parasitoid

Jasmonate and ethylene signaling mediate whitefly-induced interference with indirect plant defense in Arabidopsis thaliana

Evaluation of low density polyethylene and nylon for delivery of synthetic mosquito attractants.

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Enhanced publications

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Doctoral Thesis: Infochemical use in Brassica-insect interactions : a phenotypic manipulation approach to induced plant defences

Current research

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Co-supervisor	Trophic systems analysis and risk assessment of genetically modified crops.
Co-supervisor	Effects of phloem-feeding herbivores on caterpillar-induced defences. Unraveling the underlying mechanisms in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Project leader	Effects of phloem-feeding herbivores on caterpillar-induced defences. Unraveling the underlying mechanisms in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Co-supervisor	Breeding for resistance to root files (Delia spp.) in cabbage, Brassica oleracea, using genomic approaches
Supervisor	Manipulation of olfactory system in mosquito's for the control of malaria in Western Kenya.

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Completed research projects

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Project leader	Plant-mediated interactions between herbivorous insects and pollinators: an ecogenomic approach
Supervisor	Ecological effects of plant resistance traits on above-ground non-target organisms in different genotypes of Brassica and Arabidopsis
Supervisor	Manipulation of plant phenotype and effects on interactions with community members
Supervisor	Tailor-made memory: Neurons involved in natural differences in associative olfactory learning in insect brains.
Co-supervisor	Identification of human volatiles as attractants for blood-feeding mosquitos (analytical chemistry).

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Classification

A22000	Animal husbandry
D21700	Physiology
D22300	Animal ethology, animal psychology