Male (left) and female (right) moths of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis. The caterpillars of this pest mainly attack the stems of maize plants.

Publications of Rose Kigathi

Journal Article (4)

2019
Journal Article
Kigathi, R.; Weisser, W. W.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.: Plant volatile emission depends on the species composition of the neighboring plant community. BMC Plant Biology 19, 58 (2019)
2013
Journal Article
Kigathi, R.; Weisser, W. W.; Veit, D.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.: Plants suppress their emission of volatiles when growing with conspecifics. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39, pp. 537 - 545 (2013)
2009
Journal Article
Kigathi, R.; Unsicker, S. B.; Reichelt, M.; Kesselmeier, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Weisser, W. W.: Emission of volatile organic compounds after herbivory from Trifolium pratense (L.) under laboratory and field conditions. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35 (11), pp. 1335 - 1348 (2009)
Journal Article
Loxdale, H.D.; Kigathi, R.; Weisser, W. W.: Paucity of microsatellite genotypes (MLGs = 'clones') in tansy aphids. Redia - Giornale di Entomologia 92, pp. 51 - 56 (2009)

Thesis - PhD (1)

2011
Thesis - PhD
Kigathi, R.: Speaking in context: The effect of plant species diversity on emission of volatile organic compounds from Trifolium pratense (L.). Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2011)
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