Marcel Dicke
Marcel Dicke (born November 28, 1957 in Dordrecht ) is a Dutch entomologist . He is a professor at Wageningen University .
Dick received his biology diploma from the University of Leiden in 1982 , then was a teacher and received his doctorate in 1988 in Wageningen. From 1997 he was professor of entomology there.
In 1986, Dicke discovered that when plants are infested with insects, they can not only secrete toxins against them, but can also emit fragrances that attract their predators. This opened up a new field of research (tritrophic interactions). Dick works in an interdisciplinary manner and studies insects from the gene level to insect communities.
He has also come out publicly as a proponent of an insect-based diet and co-author of an insect cookbook.
In 2007 he received the Spinoza Prize . He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences . In 2006 he was one of the winners of the Rank Prize.
Fonts
- with Louis M Schoonhoven, JJA van Loon: Insect-Plant Biology , Oxford University Press 2005
- with Louise EM Vet: Ecology of infochemical use by natural enemies in a tritrophic context, Annual Review of Entomology , Volume 37, 1992, pp. 141-172
- with MW Sabelis: How plants obtain predatory mites as bodyguards, Netherlands Journal of Zoology , Volume 38, 1988, pp. 148-165
- with J. Takabayshi: Plant-carnivore mutualism through herbivore-induced carnivore attractants, Trends in Plant Science , Volume 1, 1996, pp. 109-113
- with Maurice W. Sabelis, Junji Takabayashi, Jan Bruin, Maarten A Posthumus: Plant strategies of manipulating predatorprey interactions through allelochemicals: prospects for application in pest control, Journal of Chemical Ecology , Volume 16, 1990, pp. 3091-3118
- with IT Baldwin: The evolutionary context for herbivore-induced plant volatiles: beyond the 'cry for help', Trends in plant science , Volume 15, 2010, pp. 167-175
- with Van Huis, van Gurp: The Insect Cookbook - Food for a Sustainable Planet . Columbia University Press, 2014
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fat, Marcel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dordrecht |