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From fallen leaves to colorful feathers; Carotenoids in the food chain
Carotenoids are a group of colourful compounds, which fulfil a variety of functions in animals. For instance, certain carotenoids are stored in the feathers of birds and give them their bright colours. Others are converted to vita ...
Supervisor: Dennis Oonincx (Anu)
Julien Rougeot (Ento)
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

Internship biological pest control: improving aphid biocontrol with banker plants
Would you like to contribute to a better world by improving the implementation and establishment of (new) natural enemies in greenhouse systems? Then this thesis/internship position is perfect for you! The position will take pl ...
Supervisor: Marjolein Kruidhof (marjolein.kruidhof@wur.nl)
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of

Biological control of caterpillars using baculoviruses (internship)
As an intern, your main focus will be the study of baculoviruses as biocontrol agents against the caterpillar Chrysodeixis chalcites. Apart from this you will have the opportunity to learn about many aspects of biological pest con ...
Supervisor: Corien Voorburg (WUR Bleiswijk, Business unit Greenhouse Horticulture & Flower Bulbs)
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of

Optimizing egg production by black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens Optimalisatie van ei-productie door zwarte soldatenvliegen
De productie van black soldier fly larven voor gebruik in diervoeding is een sterk groeiende sector. InsectoCycle is druk bezig om boerderijen om te bouwen tot kwekerijen van zwarte soldatenvliegen. Deze boerderijen moeten voorzie ...
Supervisor: Seppe Salari (Insectocycle)
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of

A standing army in the field: combining commercial biocontrol with habitat management for improved pest suppression in open field crops (Internship or Thesis)
Natural pest suppression in agro-ecosystems can be strengthened by establishing flowering field edges providing supplementary resources. As such systems depend entirely on the population size and phenology of naturally occurring b ...
Supervisor: Dr. Tibor Bukovinszki
Dr. Martine Kos
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of

Taste your poison: How Monarch butterfly caterpillars choose their host plant
Monarch butterflies are not only known for their long-distance migration, but also for being very picky eaters: Their caterpillars only feed on plants of the milkweed genus (Asclepias) (Agrawal et al., 2021). These plants produce ...
Supervisor: Alexander Haverkamp
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of

Bijdrage van bloemenmengsels aan biodiversiteit planten en insecten (only for Dutch-speaking students)
Studentonderwerp april â€“ augustus 2023 Wageningen Environmental Research De proefopzet Een methode om de biodiversiteit van grasvelden te verhogen is om deze door te zaaien met een (inheems) bloemenmengsel. Daarom is in het ...
Supervisor: Carla Grashof-Bokdam; Prof. Gerben Messelink
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of

Dual Function Of Omnivorous Predators In Biological Control : Vaccinators And Predators (NEW)
In the past decades, omnivorous predators have been increasingly used for biological pest control. As omnivores, they feed both on plants and herbivore pests. The advantage of omnivorous predators is that they can establish and ma ...
Supervisor: Nina Zhang, Erik Poelman
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of

Exploring plant defence strategies to deal with attack by multiple herbivores
In nature, plants are confronted with a plethora of insect herbivores which have been driving the evolution of plant defences for more than 400 million years. Plants have developed plastic defensive strategies to be resistant or t ...
Supervisor: Erik Poelman, Maxence Longuemare
Department: Entomology, Laboratory of

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