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plant-plant communication, tritrophic interactions, biological control, aphids, ladybirds, plants
Sweden

Biography

My research area within ecology is plant-plant chemical interaction, its ecological and mechanistic aspects, and its application in sustainable pest management. Coexistence with other plants is the most common type of biotic challenge that a plant individually faces. Emission of chemical compounds as a natural consequence of plant life may have profound effects on neighboring plant individuals. For instance volatiles produced by damaged plants have been shown as signals that initiate defensive responses in neighboring plants making them less attractive for herbivores and more attractive for their natural enemies. However chemical interactions between undamaged plants have not previously been considered as an important factor in such ecological communities. Thus the focus of my research interests are the chemically-mediated interactions between undamaged plants and the importance of the indirect mediated effects of plant-plant interaction in plant-herbivore-natural enemy communities.

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Employment (1)

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: Uppsala, SE

2017-05-15 to present | Senior Lecturer and External Collaboration Specialist (Department of Ecology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Swedish University of Agriculture Science: Uppsala, SE

1997-10-03 to 2002-05-02 | PhD in Entomology (Entomology)
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: Upppsala, SE

1995 to 1996 | MSc in Plant Breeding
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Works (50 of 78)

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Effect of Plant Identity in Wheat Mixtures on English Grain Aphid (<i>Sitobion avenae</i>) Control

Journal of Applied Entomology
2024-11 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1439-0418
Contributors: Alba Tous‐Fandos; Jannicke Gallinger; Arnoud Enting; Lourdes Chamorro‐Lorenzo; F. Xavier Sans; Velemir Ninkovic
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The effects of cultivar mixtures on insect pest and natural enemy abundance, diseases, and yield in tropical soybean cropping system

Biological Control
2024-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1049-9644
Contributors: Sokha Kheam; Diana Rubene; Dimitrije Markovic; Saveng Ith; On Norong Uk; Soth Soung; Velemir Ninkovic
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Leveraging air-borne VOC-mediated plant defense priming to optimize Integrated Pest Management

Journal of Pest Science
2024-07-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1612-4766
Contributors: Ming-hui Wang; Cesar Rodriguez-Saona; Anne-violette Lavoir; Velemir Ninkovic; Kaori Shiojiri; Junji Takabayashi; Peng Han
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Convergence and molecular evolution of floral fragrance after independent transitions to self-fertilization

Current Biology
2024-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Contributors: Natalia Joanna Woźniak; Kevin Sartori; Christian Kappel; Thi Chi Tran; Lihua Zhao; Alexander Erban; Jannicke Gallinger; Ines Fehrle; Friederike Jantzen; Marion Orsucci et al.
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Challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of low-risk plant protection products in sustainable production. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development
2024-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1774-0746
Part of ISSN: 1773-0155
Contributors: Lankinen; Johanna Witzell; Kristin Aleklett; Sara Furenhed; Kristina Karlsson Green; Meike Latz; Erland Liljeroth; Rebecca Larsson; Klara Löfkvist; Johan Meijer et al.
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Communication between undamaged plants can elicit changes in volatile emissions from neighbouring plants, thereby altering their susceptibility to aphids

Plant, Cell &amp; Environment
2024-01-22 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0140-7791
Part of ISSN: 1365-3040
Contributors: Sokha Kheam; Jannicke Gallinger; Velemir Ninkovic
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Talking Different Languages: The Role of Plant–Plant Communication When an Invader Beats up a Strange Neighborhood

Plants
2023-09-18 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2223-7747
Contributors: Rea Maria Hall; Dimitrije Markovic; Hans-Peter Kaul; Helmut Wagentristl; Bernhard Urban; Nora Durec; Katharina Renner-Martin; Velemir Ninkovic
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Predicting crop injury caused by flea beetles in spring oilseed rape through pest monitoring in the autumn

Agricultural and Forest Entomology
2023-08-19 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1461-9563
Contributors: Fabian A. Boetzl; Carol Högfeldt; Gerard Malsher; Mattias Jonsson; Velemir Ninkovic; Roland Sigvald; Ola Lundin
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Alterations in the odor profile of plants in cultivar mixtures affect aphid host-location behavior

Frontiers in Plant Science
2023-06-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-462X
Contributors: Alba Tous-Fandos; Jannicke Gallinger; Arnoud Enting; Lourdes Chamorro-Lorenzo; F. Xavier Sans Serra; Velemir Ninkovic
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Volatile interactions between specific undamaged barley cultivars affect aphid feeding behavior and performance

Journal of Pest Science
2023-01-12 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1612-4758
Part of ISSN: 1612-4766
Contributors: Sokha Kheam; Dimitrije Markovic; Diana Rubene; Saveng Ith; Velemir Ninkovic
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Great Tits Learn Odors and Colors Equally Well, and Show No Predisposition for Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2022-01-13 | Journal article
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Effects of Methyl Salicylate on Host Plant Acceptance and Feeding by the Aphid Rhopalosiphum padi

Frontiers in Plant science
2021-08-13 | Journal article
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When is it biological control? A framework of definitions, mechanisms, and classifications

Journal of Pest Science
2021-06 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1612-4758
Part of ISSN: 1612-4766
Contributors: Johan Stenberg; Ingvar Sundh; Paul G. Becher; Christer Björkman; Mukesh Dubey; Paul A. Egan; Hanna Friberg; Jose Fernando Gil; Dan Jensen; Mattias Jonsson et al.
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The effect of 1-pentadecene on Tribolium castaneum behaviour: Repellent or attractant?

Pest management science
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Đukić N; Andrić G; Glinwood R; Ninkovic V; Andjelković B; Radonjić A
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Aphid feeding induces the relaxation of epigenetic control and the associated regulation of the defense response in Arabidopsis.

The New phytologist
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Annacondia ML; Markovic D; Reig-Valiente JL; Scaltsoyiannes V; Pieterse CMJ; Ninkovic V; Slotkin RK; Martinez G
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Plant volatiles as cues and signals in plant communication

Plant, Cell & Environment
2020-10-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0140-7791
Part of ISSN: 1365-3040
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Bryophytes can recognize their neighbours through volatile organic compounds.

Scientific reports
2020-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Vicherová E; Glinwood R; Hájek T; Šmilauer P; Ninkovic V
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Behavioural responses of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) to different types of uninfested and infested feed.

Bulletin of entomological research
2020-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Đukić N; Andrić G; Ninkovic V; Pražić Golić M; Kljajić P; Radonjić A
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Molecular mechanisms regulating priming and stress memory

Priming-Mediated Stress and Cross-Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
2020-02 | Book chapter
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Aphids‐induced plant volatiles affect diel foraging behavior of a ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata

Insect Science
2019-11-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1672-9609
Part of ISSN: 1744-7917
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Who is my neighbor? Volatile cues in plant interactions

Plant Signaling & Behavior
2019-07-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1559-2324
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ALLELOPATHIC EFFECT OF ORGANIC MULCHES ON VEGETABLE GERMINATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT

Acta Sci. Pol. Hortorum Cultus
2018 | Journal article
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10. 24326/asphc.2018.3.7

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Disentangling olfactory and visual information used by field foraging birds

Ecology and Evolution
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-7758
Contributors: Diana Rubene; Malin Leidefors; Velemir Ninkovic; Sönke Eggers; Matthew Low
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Does the pine weevil (<i>Hylobius abietis</i>) prefer conifer seedlings over other main food sources?

Silva Fennica
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2242-4075
Contributors: Frauke Fedderwitz; Niklas Björklund; Velemir Ninkovic; Göran Nordlander
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Airborne signals synchronize the defenses of neighboring plants in response to touch

Journal of Experimental Botany
2018-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-0957
Contributors: Dimitrije Markovic; Ilaria Colzi; Cosimo Taiti; Swayamjit Ray; Romain Scalone; Jared Gregory Ali; Stefano Mancuso; Velemir Ninkovic
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Pest suppression in cultivar mixtures is influenced by neighbor-specific plant-plant communication

Ecological Applications
2018-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1051-0761
Contributors: Iris Dahlin; Diana Rubene; Robert Glinwood; Velemir Ninkovic
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The phytopathogen powdery mildew affects food-searching behavior and survival of Coccinella septempunctata

Arthropod-Plant Interactions
2018-06-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1872-8855
Contributors: Andja Radonjic; Olle Terenius; Velemir Ninkovic
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Aboveground mechanical stimuli affect belowground plant-plant communication

PLOS ONE
2018-05-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Ali Elhakeem; Dimitrije Markovic; Anders Broberg; Niels P. R. Anten; Velemir Ninkovic; Martin Schädler
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Decoding neighbour volatiles in preparation for future competition and implications for tritrophic interactions

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Velemir Ninkovic; Dimitrije Markovic; Iris Dahlin
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Effects of jasmonate-induced resistance in conifer plants on the feeding behaviour of a bark-chewing insect, Hylobius abietis

Journal of Pest Science
2016 | Journal article
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Plant Responses to Brief Touching: A Mechanism for Early Neighbour Detection?

PLOS ONE
2016-11-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Dimitrije Markovic; Neda Nikolic; Robert Glinwood; Gulaim Seisenbaeva; Velemir Ninkovic; Wei Wang
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Red:far-red light conditions affect the emission of volatile organic compounds from barley (Hordeum vulgare), leading to altered biomass allocation in neighbouring plants

Annals of Botany
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84928964061

Contributors: Kegge, W.; Ninkovic, V.; Glinwood, R.; Welschen, R.A.M.; Voesenek, L.A.C.J.; Pierik, R.
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The structure of feeding behavior in a phytophagous insect (Hylobius abietis)

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84928771945

Contributors: Fedderwitz, F.; Björklund, N.; Ninkovic, V.; Nordlander, G.
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Changed host plant volatile emissions induced by chemical interaction between unattacked plants reduce aphid plant acceptance with intermorph variation

Journal of Pest Science
2014-10-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Iris Dahlin; Andja Vucetic; Velemir Ninkovic
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Volatile interaction between undamaged plants affects tritrophic interactions through changed plant volatile emission

Plant Signaling & Behavior
2014-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Andja Vucetic; Iris Dahlin; Olivera Petrovic-Obradovic; Robert Glinwood; Ben Webster; Velemir Ninkovic
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Plant response to touch affects the behaviour of aphids and ladybirds

Arthropod-Plant Interactions
2014-04-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Dimitrije Markovic; Robert Glinwood; Ulf Olsson; Velemir Ninkovic
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Diel behaviour and time budget of the adult pine weevil Hylobius abietis

Physiological Entomology
2014-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Frauke Fedderwitz; Niklas Björklund; Velemir Ninkovic; Göran Nordlander
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Exploring the Nitrogen Ingestion of Aphids — A New Method Using Electrical Penetration Graph and 15N Labelling

PLoS ONE
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Franziska Kuhlmann; Sebastian E. W. Opitz; Erich Inselsbacher; Ulrika Ganeteg; Torgny Näsholm; Velemir Ninkovic; Thomas L. Wilkinson
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Aphid performance and population development on their host plants is affected by weed-crop interactions

Journal of Applied Ecology
2013-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Iris Dahlin; Velemir Ninkovic; Andy Sheppard
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Volatile Exchange between Undamaged Plants - a New Mechanism Affecting Insect Orientation in Intercropping

PLoS ONE
2013-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Velemir Ninkovic; Iris Dahlin; Andja Vucetic; Olivera Petrovic-Obradovic; Robert Glinwood; Ben Webster; Claude Wicker-Thomas
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Ladybird footprints induce aphid avoidance behavior

Biological Control
2013-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Velemir Ninkovic; Youren Feng; Ulf Olsson; Jan Pettersson
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Chemical interaction between undamaged plants – Effects on herbivores and natural enemies

Phytochemistry
2011-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert Glinwood; Velemir Ninkovic; Jan Pettersson
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Effect of within-species plant genotype mixing on habitat preference of a polyphagous insect predator

2011-06 | Journal article
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Olfactory learning of plant genotypes by a polyphagous insect predator

Oecologia
2011-01-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert Glinwood; Elham Ahmed; Erika Qvarfordt; Velemir Ninkovic
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Allelopathy and Exotic Plant Invasion

Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective
2010 | Book
WOSUID:

BCI:BCI201000433500

Contributors: Kumar, Amutha Sampath; Bais, Harsh P.; Baluska, F; Ninkovic, V
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Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Signals and Toxins: A Conceptual Framework

Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective
2010 | Book
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BCI:BCI201000433497

Contributors: Schenk, H. Jochen; Seabloom, Eric W.; Baluska, F; Ninkovic, V
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Exploiting Plant Signals in Sustainable Agriculture

Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective
2010 | Book
WOSUID:

BCI:BCI201000433508

Contributors: Bruce, Toby J. A.; Baluska, F; Ninkovic, V
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Global Atmospheric Change and Trophic Interactions: Are There Any General Responses?

Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective
2010 | Book
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BCI:BCI201000433507

Contributors: Ryan, Geraldine D.; Rasmussen, Susanne; Newman, Jonathan A.; Baluska, F; Ninkovic, V
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Photosensory Cues in Plant-Plant Interactions: Regulation and Functional Significance of Shade Avoidance Responses

Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective
2010 | Book
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BCI:BCI201000433506

Contributors: Keuskamp, Diederik H.; Pierik, Ronald; Baluska, F; Ninkovic, V
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Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective

Signaling and Communication in Plants
2010 | Book
Contributors: František Baluška; Velemir Ninkovic
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Peer review (7 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

Review activity for Anthropod plant interactions. (1)
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Review activity for Pest management science. (1)
Review activity for Plant, cell and environment. (1)