Institute of Forest Ecology
Topic
Influence of semiochemicals and phytohormons in the system spruce – bark beetles
PhD. program
Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity
Year of admission
2024
Name of the supervisor
Ing. Miroslav Blaženec, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen
Annotation
Semiochemicals (primary attractants, pheromones and anti-attractants) significantly influence the search for the host by bark beetles, the intrinsic mechanism of bark beetle attack, and spruce's defence-ability. The proposed work aims to contribute to further understanding of these mechanisms based on laboratory and field experiments, including chemical analyses. The field experiments will
simultaneously collect volatile substances close to the tree stems with a parallel run of the Ips typographus host acceptance inoculation experiments.
simultaneously collect volatile substances close to the tree stems with a parallel run of the Ips typographus host acceptance inoculation experiments.