Marie Bengtsson
Professor
Department of Plant Health Biology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sweden
Biography
Marie Bengtsson is an Associate Professor in Plant Protection Ecology - Special Chemical Ecology, SLU 1994. He was a University Lecturer in Chemistry, SLU 2007. He is an organic chemist and study mainly volatile substances that are given by insects, plants and microbes. He did Philosophy of Chemistry in Lund University, 1980 and Philosophy of Physical Chemistry, Lund University 1988.
Research Interest
Difference in biological attraction between different yeast species; Coding of food and sexual dysfunctions in the nervous system of Drosophila; Relationship between physiological status and scented perception of pests; Fascinating species richness in apple microbiota.
Publications
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WTZGALL P, PROFFIT M, ROZPEDOWSKA E, BENGTSSON M., KURTZMAN CP, et al., (2012)"This is not an apple "- yeast mutualism in codling moth. J Chem Ecol 38: 949-957.
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BENGTSSON M, BOUTITIE A, JÓSVAI J, TOTH M, ANDREADIS S, et al., (2014) Pheromone races of Cydia splendana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) overlap in host plant association and geographic distribution. Front Ecol Evol 2:46.
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GONZALEZ F, BENGTSSON M, WALKER WB, RODRIGUES SOUSA MF, CATTANEO AM, et al., (2015) A conserved odorant receptor detects the same 1-indanone analogs in a tortricid and a noctuid moth. Front Ecol Evol 3: 131.
