Dr. Kirsten Leiss



Personal details
Head of Plant – Herbivore Resistance Research
Sylvius Building, 3rd floor, room 3.5.05b
Phone: + 31 (0)71 5275135
E-mail: K.A.Leiss@Biology.leidenuniv.nl
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Research
The plant–herbivore resistance group, which I am heading, contributes to the development of durable and sustainable pest management. To do so we conduct research into host plant resistance from an ecological point of view. Utilizing the plants own defenses forms an essential part of economic, environmental and health benefits not only for farmers but to society in general.
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Publications
I have published in different peer-reviewed international journals. In 2011 I have organized a special issue on Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Senecio in Phytochemistry Reviews in honour of the Eremitate of Prof. Eddy van der Meijden. In 2010 I was awarded the Jan Ritzema Bos Award of the Royal Dutch Plant Disease Society.
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