Student projects - Plant Ecology and Phytochemistry
Students projects 2012
1. The effect of fallow deer on the occurrence of creeping willow and the development of bumblebee colonies
2. Can plants manipulate their pollinators so that they come often and leave quickly?
3. What makes plants weedy?
4. Can herbivores escape from their natural enemies?
5. Can plants defend themselves against specialist herbivores?
6. Who visits whom in plant – pollinator networks?
7. Did invasive ragworts loose their capacity to regrow after defoliation?
8. A metabolomic approach to study leafminer resistance
9. Ovipostion behaviour of Colorado potato beetle
10. Thrips resistance to potato glycoalkaloids
11. Why do different types of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids (PAs) have different toxic effects ?
12. Introgression from cultivated carrot to wild carrot
13. Thrips and aphid resistance to defence compounds in potato
14. Tritrophic interactions in potato
15. Effects of orchid infloresence architecture on inbreeding
16. Thrips resistance in chrysanthemum
17. Thrips biotypes in chrysanthemum
18. Herbivore resistance and human health
19. Searching the genes for defence and regrowth in a cross between Senecio jacobaea and Senecio aquaticus
20. The impact of herbivores on Senecio aquaticus
21. Gen expressie en alkaloiden
22. Bloei genen en bloeigedrag genen
23. Plant chemical warfare: defence against herbivores
24. Is there conflict over seed size?
