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Project properties |
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| Title | Investigating plant defence strategies to deal with multiherbivore attack |
| Group | Entomology, Laboratory of |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24 - 36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Zoë Delamore, Erik Poelman |
| Examiner(s) | Erik Poelman, Marcel Dicke |
| Contact info | zoe.delamore@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2022/05/01 |
| End date | 2024/10/01 |
| Description | Plants interact with numerous attackers. The arrival of these attackers may be unpredictable in terms of the species identity, the moment in time and the order in which attack may take place. It is hypothesized that plants deal with unpredictable attack by inducing their defences upon attack and tailor their defences towards the type of attacker. However, a response to one herbivore may potentially lead to susceptibility to yet another. The aim of this project is to study insect community development on individual plants my manipulating the possible subset of herbivores that can colonize the plant. The experimental work includes monitoring the insect community and measuring seed set as a proxy for plant fitness. |
| Used skills | Insect community ecology |
| Requirements | ENT-30806 + a second ENT-course (preferably ENT-30306 or ENT-50806 or ENT-53806). As an alternative for the second ENT-course, PHP-30806 or BHE-30306 can be selected.
For doing an Internship, the following requirements apply: ENT-30806. Note: these requirements do not apply for MBI students; MBI students should check the requirements for doing an ENT MSc-thesis, Research Practice or Internship in the study programme of their specialisation. |