Current Collaborators

Peter Witzgall

Position	SLU Leader
Safecrop project acronym
current site of work	Swedish Agricultural University (SLU)
city	Alnarp
postal code	23053
country	Sweden
e-mail	peter.witzgall@phero.net
phone	+46 40 415307
mobile phone
degree, Msc, or PhD; when; where; on what subject; title of the thesis	PhD, 1989, University of Munich, Sex Pheromones
expertise	Chemical Ecology
professional societies	IOBC-WPRS
research experience, training, professional stages
languages (level: mother tongue, fluent, basic)
current research area	Chemical Ecology

Publication List (selected papers since 2000):

Yang Z, Casado D, Ioriatti C, Bengtsson M, Witzgall P (2005) Pheromone pre-exposure and mating modulate codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) response to host plant volatiles. Agr For Entomol 7, 231-236

Witzgall P, Ansebo L, Yang Z, Angeli G, Sauphanor B, Bengtsson M (2005) Plant volatiles affect oviposition by codling moths. Chemoecology 15, 77–83

Tasin M, Anfora G, Ioriatti C, Carlin S, De Cristofaro A, Schmidt S, Bengtsson M, Versini G, Witzgall P (2005) Antennal and behavioral responses of grapevine moth Lobesia botrana females to volatiles from grapevine. J chem Ecol 31, 77-87

Bosa CF, Cotes AM, Bengtsson M, Fukumoto T, Witzgall P (2005) Pheromone-mediated mating disruption of Guatemalan potato moth Tecia solanivora Povolny (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Entomol exp appl 114, 137–142

Cichon LI, Trematerra P, Coracini MDA, Fernandez D, Bengtsson M, Witzgall P (2004) Sex pheromone of Argyrotaenia pomililiana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a leafroller pest of apples in Argentina. J econ Ent 97, 946-949

Yang Z, Bengtsson M, Witzgall P (2004) Host plant volatiles synergize response to sex pheromone in codling moth, Cydia pomonella. J chem Ecol 30, 619-629

Coracini M, Bengtsson M, Liblikas I, Witzgall P (2004) Attraction of codling moth males to apple volatiles. Ent exp appl 110, 1-10

Coracini C, Bengtsson M, Cichon L, Witzgall P (2003) Codling moth males do not discriminate between pheromone and a pheromone/antagonist blend during upwind flight. Naturwissenschaften 90, 419-423

Kobro S, Søreide L, Djønne E, Rafoss T, Jaastad G, Witzgall P (2003) Masting of rowan Sorbus aucuparia L. and consequences for the apple fruit moth, Argyresthia conjugella Zeller. Popul Ecol 45, 25-30

Jaastad G, Anderson P, Bengtsson M, Kobro S, Knudsen G, Witzgall P (2002) Sex pheromone of apple fruit moth Argyresthia conjugella (Lepidoptera, Argyresthiidae). Agric Forest Entomol 4, 1-4

Witzgall P, Bengtsson M, Rauscher S, Liblikas I, Bäckman A-C, Coracini M, Anderson P, Löfqvist J (2001) Identification of further sex pheromone synergists in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella. Ent exp appl 101, 131-141

Bengtsson M, Bäckman A-C, Liblikas I, Ramirez MI, Borg-Karlson A-K, Ansebo L, Anderson P, Löfqvist J, Witzgall P (2001) Plant odor analysis of apple: antennal response of codling moth females to apple volatiles during phenological development. J agr Food Chem 49, 3736-3741

Coracini MDA, Bengtsson M, Reckziegel A, Löfqvist J, Francke W, Vilela EF, Eiras AE, Kovaleski A, Witzgall P (2001) Sex pheromone of Brazilian apple leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). J econ Entomol 94, 911-914

Pettersson EM, Birgersson G, Witzgall P (2001) Synthetic attractants for the bark beetle parasitoid Coeloides bostrichorum Giraud (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Naturwissenschaften 88, 88-91

Witzgall P, Bengtsson M, Trimble RM (2000) Sex pheromone of the grape berry moth, Endopiza viteana. Environ Entomol 29, 433-436

Bäckman A-C, Anderson P, Bengtsson M, Löfqvist J, Unelius CR, Witzgall P (2000) Antennal response of codling moth males, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), to the geometric isomers of codlemone and codlemone acetate. J Comp Physiol A 186, 513-519