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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 individual faces. Plants do not see, hear, smell or test, but they communicate with each other in different ways including chemical signalling between different plants pairs. Emission of chemical compounds as a natural consequence of plant life may have profound effects on neighbouring plant individuals. For instance volatiles produced by damaged plants have been shown as signals that initiate defensive responses in neighbouring 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 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 and how this knowledge can be applied to development of sustainable crop protection strategies.
Which barley cultivar mixtures should be grown?
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Markovic D., Glinwood, R. Olsson, U. & Ninkovic, V. (2014) Plant response to touch affects the behaviour of aphids and ladybirds. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 8: 171-181.
Pettersson, J., Ninkovic V., Glinwood R., Al Abassi S., Birkett M., Pickett J & Wadhams L. (2008) Chemical stimuli supporting foraging behaviour of Coccinella septempunctata L (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae): volatiles and allelobiosis – a mini review. Applied Entomology and Zoology 43: 315-321.
Ban L., Ahmed A., Ninkovic V., Delp G. & Glinwood (2008) Infection with an insect virus affects olfactory behaviour and interactions with host plant and natural enemies in an aphid. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 127: 108-117.
Amarawardana, L., Bandara, P., Kumar, V., Pettersson, J., Ninkovic, V. & Glinwood, R. (2007) Olfactory response of Myzus persicae (Homoptera: Ahididdae) to volatiles from leek and chive: Potential for intercropping with sweet pepper. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant Science 57: 87-91.
Prinsloo, G., Ninkovic, V., van der Linde T. C., van der Westhuizen, A.J., Pettersson, J. & Glinwood, R. (2007) Test of semiochemicals and resistant wheat variety for Russian wheat aphid management in South Africa. Journal of Applied Entomology 131: 637-644.
Glinwood, R., Gradin, T., Kaprinska, B., Ahmed, E., Jonsson, L. M. V. & Ninkovic, V. (2007) Aphid acceptance of barley exposed to volatile phytochemicals differs between plants exposed in daylight and darkness. Plant Signaling and Behavior 2: 205-210.
Pettersson, J., Ninkovic, V., Glinwood, R., Birkett, M.A., & Pickett, J.A. (2005) Foraging in complex environment –semiochemicals support searching behaviour of the seven spot ladybird. European Journal of Entomology 102: 365-370.
Glinwood, R., Ninkovic, V., Pettersson, J. & Ahmed, E. (2004) Barley exposed to aerial allelopathy from thistles (Cirsium spp.) became less acceptable to aphids. Ecological Entomology 29: 188-195.
Ninkovic, V., Ahmed, E., Glinwood, R & Pettersson, J. (2003) Effects of two types of semiochemicals on population development of the Bird Cherry Oat Aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) a in barely crop. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 5: 27-33.
Ninkovic, V. (2003) Volatile communication between barley plants affects biomass allocation. Journal of Experimental Botany 54: 1931-1939.
Ninkovic, V. & Pettersson. J. (2003) Searching behaviour of seven spotted ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata – effects of plant-plant odour interaction. OIKOS 100: 65-70.
Glinwood, R., Pettersson, J., Ahmed, E., Ninkovic, V., Birkett, M. & Pickett, J. (2003) Change in acceptance of barley plants to aphids after exposure to allelochemicals from couch-grass (Elytrigia repens). Journal of Chemical Ecology 29: 259-272.
Ninkovic, V., Olsson, U. & Pettersson, J. (2002) Mixing barley cultivars affects aphid host plant acceptance in field experiments. Entomologia Experimentalis at Applicata 102: 177-182.
Ninkovic, V., Al Albassi, A. & Pettersson, J. (2001) The influence of aphid-induced plants volatiles on ladybird beetle searching. Biological Control 21: 191-195.
Pettersson, J., Ninkovic, V. & Ahmed, E. (1999) Volatiles from different barley cultivars affect aphid acceptance of neighbouring plants. Acta Agriculture Scandinavica Section B, Plant and Soil 49: 12-157.
Baluška, V. & Ninkovic, V. (eds) (2010) Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective. Springer, Berlin.
Ninkovic, V. (2010) Volatile interaction between undamaged plants: a short cut to coexistence. In: Baluška, F. & Ninkovic, V. (eds) Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective. Springer, Berlin. pp 75-86.
Åhman, I. & Ninkovic, V. (2010) Volatile interaction between undamaged plants: effects and potential for breeding resistance to aphids. In: Baluška, V. & Ninkovic, V. (eds) Plant Communication from an Ecological Perspective. Springer, Berlin pp 113-126.
Ninkovic, V., Glinwood, R. & Pettersson, J. (2006) Communication between undamaged plants by volatiles: the role of allelobiosis. In: Communication in Plants (eds.) F. Baluška, S. Mancuso & D. Volkmann. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp 421-434.

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