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Plant Science and Agronomy

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51
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2031
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Peter Witzgall publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Witzgall sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 147 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Peter Witzgall D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Witzgall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter Witzgall is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, with subfields focusing on Insect Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Ecology.

Their work addresses multiple main topics, including:

  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect Pheromone Research and Control
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Peter Witzgall has contributed to several recent papers, demonstrating a focus on insect ecology and chemical communication. These include:

  • Yeast and fruit fly mutual niche construction and antagonism against mould, 2022, Functional Ecology
  • Hanseniaspora uvarum Attracts Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) With High Specificity, 2022, Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Comparative transcriptomic assessment of the chemosensory receptor repertoire of Drosophila suzukii adult and larval olfactory organs, 2022, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics
  • Odorant receptor phylogeny confirms conserved channels for sex pheromone and host plant signals in tortricid moths, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Heterologous expression and functional characterization of Drosophila suzukii OR69a transcript variants unveiled response to kairomones and to a candidate pheromone, 2022, Journal of Pest Science

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Marie Bengtsson
  • Paul G. Becher
  • Charles A. Kwadha
  • Erika A. Wallin
  • William B. Walker

Publication venues where Peter Witzgall has often contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Chemical Ecology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics

Best Publications

  • Sex pheromones and their impact on pest management.

    Peter Witzgall;Philipp Kirsch;Alan Cork

  • Codling Moth Management and Chemical Ecology

    Peter Witzgall;Lukasz Stelinski;Larry Gut;Don Thomson

  • Yeast, not fruit volatiles mediate Drosophila melanogaster attraction, oviposition and development

    Paul G. Becher;Paul G. Becher;Gerhard Flick;Elżbieta Rozpędowska;Elżbieta Rozpędowska;Alexandra Schmidt

  • Chemical Ecology and Management of Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

    C. Ioriatti;G. Anfora;M. Tasin;A. De Cristofaro

  • Host plant volatiles synergize response to sex pheromone in codling moth, Cydia pomonella.

    Zhihua Yang;Marie Bengtsson;Peter Witzgall

  • Plant odor analysis of apple: antennal response of codling moth females to apple volatiles during phenological development.

    Marie Bengtsson;Anna-Carin Bäckman;Ilme Liblikas;Martha I. Ramirez

  • Flying the fly: long-range flight behavior of Drosophila melanogaster to attractive odors.

    Paul G. Becher;Marie Bengtsson;Bill S. Hansson;Peter Witzgall

  • Floral to green: mating switches moth olfactory coding and preference

    Ahmed M. Saveer;Sophie H. Kromann;Göran Birgersson;Marie Bengtsson

  • Attraction and oviposition of Tuta absoluta females in response to tomato leaf volatiles.

    Magali Proffit;Göran Birgersson;Marie Bengtsson;Ronaldo Reis

  • Putative Chemosensory Receptors of the Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella, Identified by Antennal Transcriptome Analysis

    Jonas M. Bengtsson;Federica Trona;Nicolas Montagné;Nicolas Montagné;Gianfranco Anfora

  • Antennal and behavioral responses of grapevine moth Lobesia botrana females to volatiles from grapevine.

    Marco Tasin;Gianfranco Anfora;Claudio Ioriatti;Silvia Carlin

  • Synergism and redundancy in a plant volatile blend attracting grapevine moth females.

    Marco Tasin;Anna-Carin Bäckman;Miryan Coracini;Daniel Casado

  • Plant volatiles mediate attraction to host and non‐host plant in apple fruit moth, Argyresthia conjugella

    Marie Bengtsson;Gunnhild Jaastad;Geir Knudsen;Sverre Kobro

  • Essential host plant cues in the grapevine moth

    Marco Tasin;Anna-Carin Bäckman;Marie Bengtsson;Claudio Ioriatti

  • Attraction of codling moth males to apple volatiles

    Miryan Coracini;Marie Bengtsson;Ilme Liblikas;Peter Witzgall

  • Sexual Behavior of Drosophila suzukii

    Santosh Revadi;Sébastien Lebreton;Peter Witzgall;Gianfranco Anfora

  • Antennal and behavioural response of codling moth Cydia pomonella to plant volatiles

    L. Ansebo;M. D. A. Coracini;M. Bengtsson;Ilme Liblikas

  • Behavioral observations of codling moth, Cydia pomonella, in orchards permeated with synthetic pheromone

    Peter Witzgall;Anna-Carin Bäckman;Mats Svensson;Uwe Koch

  • "This is not an Apple"-Yeast Mutualism in Codling Moth

    Peter Witzgall;Magali Proffit;Elzbieta Rozpedowska;Paul G. Becher

  • Herbivore-induced plant volatiles provide associational resistance against an ovipositing herbivore

    Ali Zakir;Medhat M. Sadek;Medhat M. Sadek;Marie Bengtsson;Bill S. Hansson;Bill S. Hansson

  • A predicted sex pheromone receptor of codling moth Cydia pomonella detects the plant volatile pear ester

    Jonas M. Bengtsson;Francisco Gonzalez;Alberto M. Cattaneo;Nicolas Montagné

Frequent Co-Authors

Bill S. Hansson
Bill S. Hansson Max Planck Society
Gianfranco Anfora
Gianfranco Anfora University of Trento
Peter J. Anderson
Peter J. Anderson Monash University
Alan L. Knight
Alan L. Knight Agricultural Research Service
Miklós Tóth
Miklós Tóth Cornell University
Jure Piškur
Jure Piškur Lund University
Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson
Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson Royal Institute of Technology
Silke Sachse
Silke Sachse Max Planck Society
Fredrik Schlyter
Fredrik Schlyter Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Wittko Francke
Wittko Francke Universität Hamburg

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