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From Poop to Prosperity: Using insect frass in a diverse cropping system and its effects on the insect community
This project can be a BSc thesis, an MSc thesis, or an internship. Insect frass, a promising alternative fertilizer, enhances plant defenses against herbivorous insects. Our study aims to investigate its effects in strip croppi ...
Supervisor: Andi Dirham Nasruddin; Erik Poelman
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
How does early season defence induction by omnivore insects alter insect community and plant fitness in the open field? (NEW)
Omnivorous insect predators have been increasingly used for biological pest control in the past decades. As omnivores, they feed both on plants and herbivore pests. The advantage of omnivorous predators is that they can establish  ...
Supervisor: Nina Zhang, Erik Poelman
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
Trade-off between growth and defence in plants across the Brassicaceae family
Plants can defend themselves against insect herbivores in several ways. For example, they can produce toxic compounds or try to attract natural enemies of the herbivores. It is believed that there is a trade-off between plant grow ...
Supervisor: Laura Zuidema, Erik Poelman
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
Improve biocontrol of insects through crop diversification
Plant diversity plays a crucial role in suppressing pest pressure on crops by supporting the populations of natural enemies. The presence of different plant species in the ecosystem offers alternative food sources to beneficial in ...
Supervisor: Gabriele Bolletta, Erik Poelman
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
How to catch more (blood-fed) mosquitoes?
Several traps are available to trap mosquitoes and thereby monitor vectors of diseases like malaria, dengue and Zika. However, these traps are not designed to catch blood-fed mosquitoes. Blood-fed mosquitoes are especially interes ...
Supervisor: Sander Koenraadt, Tessa Visser
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
Roots crying for help?: harnessing root microbiome to help plants fight insect attack
Description: In agriculture, insect herbivory is one of the main biotic stresses that plants face because it represents around one-fifth of global crop yield losses. One sustainable alternative to fight insect pests can be to  ...
Supervisor: Marcela Aragon Gomez (PhD candidate) & Dr. Karen Kloth / Dr. Pedro Beschoren da Costa

Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
Effects of Bacillus cereus and B. thuringiensis on mass-reared black soldier flies, Hermetia illucens
Insects are increasingly being reared as mini-livestock, for food and feed purposes. It is crucial that the final product is safe to consume. A variety of chemical and microbiological hazards can affect this safety. In terms of mi ...
Supervisor: Nathan Meijer, Wageningen Food Safety Research
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
Beware of hyper-parasitoids: plant and insect responses to parasitized herbivores.
Hyperparasitoids are major limiting factors in biological control. This is because they parasitize on insects which we use as biological control agents. Understanding the ecology of hyperparasitoids is crucial to develop measures  ...
Supervisor: Erik Poelman
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
Testing biological a stable fly control protocol in a grazing herd in the Netherlands
Location: Dobbelhoeve, Udenhout, NL Period: April – October 2024 Involved parties: Bestico, Lely International, Dobbelhoeve, Kaasboerderij Matthijsen Goal: Test effectiveness of a protocol using beneficial insects in the ba ...
Supervisor: Rozan van Rossum (Lely)
Marjolein Derks (WUR)
Martine Kos (WUR)

Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
Investigating plant defence strategies to deal with multiherbivore attack
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 wi ...
Supervisor: Zoë Delamore, Erik Poelman
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of
 
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