Publications

Publications

Below, you will find the reference of scientific publications and abstracts, which are based on results gathered in the frame of INCHECO.

Müller C, Agerbirk N, Olsen CE, Boevé J-L, Schaffner U & Brakefield PM (2001) Sequestration of host plant glucosinolates in the defensive hemolymph of the sawfly Athalia rosae. J. Chem. Ecol. 27: 2505-2516.

Barker A, Schaffner U & Boevé J-L (2002) Host specificity and host recognition in a chemically-defended herbivore, the tenthredinid sawfly Rhadinoceraea nodicornis. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 104: 61-68.

Müller C, Boevé J-L & Brakefield PM (2002) Host plant derived feeding deterrence towards ants in the turnip sawfly Athalia rosae. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 104: 153-157.

Boevé J-L & Schaffner U (2003) Why does the larval integument of some sawfly species disrupt so easily? The harmful hemolymph hypothesis. Oecologia 134: 104-111 (available on line).

Müller C, Zwaan BJ, de Vos H & Brakefield PM (2003) Chemical defence in a sawfly: genetic components of variation in relevant traits. Heredity 90: 468-475.

Müller C & Brakefield PM (2003) Analysis of chemical defense in sawfly larvae: easy bleeding targets predatory wasps in late summer J. Chem. Ecol. 29: 2683-2694

Müller C, Barker A, Boevé J-L, de Jong PW, de Vos H & Brakefield PM (2004) Phylogeography of two parthenogenetic sawfly species (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae): population genetic differentiation to host plant distribution. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 83: 219-227.

Boevé J-L, Ducarme V, Mertens T, Bouillard P & Angeli S (2004) Surface structure, model and mechanism of an insect integument adapted to be damaged easily J. Nanobiotechnology 2 (10) (online).

Vlieger L, Brakefield PM & Müller C (2004) Effectiveness of the defence mechanism of the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), against predation by lizards. Bull. Entomol. Res. 94: 283-289.

Spindler KD, Greb-Markiewicz B, Polifke T & Spindler-Barth M (2004) The functional ecdysteroid receptor complex. Curr. Top. Steroid Res. 4: 123-129.

Boevé J-L & Müller C. Defence effectiveness of easy bleeding sawfly larvae towards invertebrate and avian predators. Chemoecology (in press).

Boevé J-L. Differing patterns of chemically-mediated defence strategies in Nematinae vs. Phymatocerini larvae. In: Blank S, Schmidt S & Taeger A (eds.), Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Goecke & Evers, Keltern (in press).

Abstracts from international congresses

Barker A, Schaffner U & Boevé J-L (2001) Host specificity and host recognition in tenthredinid sawflies: a case study with Rhadinoceraea nodicornis. XIth International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, Helsingør (Denmark), August 4-10

Brkic DD, Quetin-Leclercq J, Ducarme V & Boevé J-L (2001) Feeding deterrent activity of Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn (Dennstaedtiaceae); poster presentation. International Congress and 49^th Annual Meeting of the Society for medicinal plant research, “Traits, Tracks and Traces”, Erlangen (Germany), September, 2-6, pp. 239-240.

Müller C & Agerbirk N (2001) Glucosinolate sequestration in the defensive haemolymph of a sawfly. XIth International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, Helsingør, August 4-10

Müller C (2001) Uptake of glucosinolates in a specialist herbivorous sawfly. Entomological Society of America, San Diego (USA), December 9-12

Prieto JM, Braca A, Barker A, Schaffner U & Morelli I (2002) Phytochemical analysis of insect-attractant fractions of Helleborus foetidus L. Symposium of the Phytochemical Society of Europe and the Societa Italiana di Fitochimica, “Future Trends in Phytochemistry, A Young Scientist Symposium”, Gargnano (Italy), May 22-25, p. 33.

Szecsi M, Przibilla S & Spindler-Barth M (2002) Expression and affinity purification of ecdysteroid receptor and ultraspiracle. J. Insect Sci. 2: 22 (available on line).

Przibilla S, Hitchcock WW, Szecsi M, Grebe M, Beatty J, Spindler-Barth M & Henrich VC (2002) Interaction of the Gal4-DNA binding domain fused to the ligand binding pocket of ultraspiracle with dna and influence on ligand binding to the heterodimerization partner, the ecdysone receptor. J. Insect Sci. 2: 18 (available on line).

Barker A, Prieto JM, Braca A, Morelli I & Schaffner U (2002) Host-plant use and host-recognition in Helleborus-feeding sawflies. 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Hamburg (Germany), August 3-7, p. 210.

Müller C (2002) Defense in herbivores of glucosinolate-containing plants. 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Hamburg, August 3-7, p. 40.

Boevé J-L & Schaffner U (2002) Defence strategy in sawfly larvae by integument and hemolymph adaptations and host plant chemistry. 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Hamburg, August 3-7, p. 50.

Boevé J-L (2004) Multidisciplinary approach to easy bleeding, an anti-predator defence strategy of sawfly larvae. 12th Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, Berlin, August 7-12, p. 34