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Contact person for... - prof.dr. M (Marcel) Dicke

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• BSc minor Ecology and Biological Control of Insects (WUEBC)

  This minor focuses on the application of ecological knowledge to durable management of insect pests. Insects are the most diverse group of organisms...

• BSc minor Biology of Infectious Diseases (WUBID)

  This BSc minor focuses on the biology of infectious diseases. Human and animal health are under a constant threat of infectious diseases caused by...

• Marcel Dicke's research

  Insects and mites are small organisms that are very well informed about their environment. They can use chemical cues such as volatiles or...

• Lab of Entomology

  At the Laboratory of Entomology we work on the physiology of insect/plant interactions and the ecology of parasite/host and predator/prey...

News

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  Plant roots grow towards soil fungi

  14 oktober 2020 | Plant roots not only release odours themselves, but also appear to react to odours that beneficial and harmful fungi in the soil release. They do this...
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  Odds of edible insects transmitting coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is negligible

  3 juni 2020 | The odds of insects that are produced for food or feed transmitting COVID-19 is negligible. That is the conclusion drawn by a team of entomologists,...
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  Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery

  7 januari 2020 | It’s no secret that many insects are struggling worldwide. But we could fix these insects’ problems, according to more than 70 scientists...
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  Wageningen in research on microbial imprinting for crop resilience

  30 augustus 2019 | Within the Zwaartekracht programme Wageningen researchers prof. Marcel Dicke (Entomology) and prof. Christa Testerink (Plant Physiology) are partner...
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  Beneficial insects poisoned via neonicotinoids in honeydew

  6 augustus 2019 | Researchers found a new route where neonicotinoids can also be harmful to beneficial insects: via honeydew. It was already known that this group of...

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