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Dani Lucas-Barbosa

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Development of new biocontrol strategies to solve pest problems in organic agriculture
  • Chemical ecology
  • Functional agrobiodiversity

Projects

Training / professional career

  • Since 2023 Leader of the Group Plant Protection – Entomology & Agroecology, FiBL Switzerland
  • Since 2022, Senior scientist, Department of Crop Sciences, FiBL Switzerland
  • Since 2021, Researcher, VetSuisse, University of Zurich
  • 2018 - 2020 Researcher & Lecturer, Biocommunication & Ecology, ETH Zurich
  • 2015 - 2018 Researcher & Lecturer, Entomology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  • PhD in Entomology Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  • MSc in Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  • Bachelor in Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Teaching

  • Teaching experience in courses at MSc and BSc levels, e.g. Insects in Agroecosystems, Ecological aspects of Bio-interactions, Insect-plant Interactions among others

Awards

  • PhD cum laude - top 3% of Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  • Second best PhD thesis in Entomology in the Netherlands in 2015

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • Chrétien L. T. S, Khalil A., Gershenzon J, Lucas-Barbosa D., Dicke M., Giron D. Plant metabolism and defence strategies in the flowering stage: time‐dependent responses of leaves and flowers under attack, Plant, Cell and Environ. (in press)
  •  Loser, T.B., Lucas-Barbosa, D., Maurhofer, M., Mescher, M.C. & De Moraes, C.M. (2022). Negative Effects of Rhizobacteria Association on Plant Recruitment of Generalist Predators. Plants, 11.
  • Lucas-Barbosa, D., DeGennaro, M., Mathis, A. & Verhulst, N.O. (2022). Skin bacterial volatiles: propelling the future of vector control. Trends Parasitol., 38, 15–22.
  • Chretien, L.T.S., van der Heide, H., Greenberg, L.O., Giron, D., Dicke, M. & Lucas-Barbosa, D. (2021). Multiple Attack to Inflorescences of an Annual Plant Does Not Interfere with the Attraction of Parasitoids and Pollinators. J. Chem. Ecol., 47, 175–191.
  • Moisan, K., Raaijmakers, J.M., Dicke, M., Lucas-Barbosa, D. & Cordovez, V. (2021). Volatiles from soil-borne fungi affect directional growth of roots. Plant Cell Environ., 44, 339–345.
  • Borghi, M., Junker, R.R., Lucas-Barbosa, D. & Zych, M. (2021). Editorial: Flower Metabolism and Pollinators. Front. Plant Sci., 12.
  • Moisan, K., Aragon, M., Gort, G., Dicke, M., Cordovez, V., Raaijmakers, J.M., et al. (2020). Fungal volatiles influence plant defence against above-ground and below-ground herbivory. Funct. Ecol., 34, 2259–2269.
  • Rusman, Q., Lucas-Barbosa, D., Hassan, K. & Poelman, E.H. (2020). Plant ontogeny determines strength and associated plant fitness consequences of plant-mediated interactions between herbivores and flower visitors. J. Ecol., 108, 1046–1060.
  • Barragan-Fonseca, K.Y., Van Loon, J.J.A., Dicke, M. & Lucas-Barbosa, D. (2020). Use of visual and olfactory cues of flowers of two brassicaceous species by insect pollinators. Ecol. Entomol., 45, 45–55.
  • Moisan, K., Lucas-Barbosa, D., Villela, A., Greenberg, L.O., Cordovez, V., Raaijmakers, J.M., et al. (2020). No evidence of modulation of indirect plant resistance of Brassica rapa plants by volatiles from soil-borne fungi. Ecol. Entomol., 45, 1200–1211.
  • Moisan, K., Cordovez, V., van de Zande, E.M., Raaijmakers, J.M., Dicke, M. & Lucas-Barbosa, D. (2019). Volatiles of pathogenic and non-pathogenic soil-borne fungi affect plant development and resistance to insects. Oecologia, 190, 589–604.
  • Rusman, Q., Karssemeijer, P.N., Lucas-Barbosa, D. & Poelman, E.H. (2019). Settling on leaves or flowers: herbivore feeding site determines the outcome of indirect interactions between herbivores and pollinators. Oecologia, 191, 887–896.
  • Rusman, Q., Poelman, E.H., Nowrin, F., Polder, G. & Lucas-Barbosa, D. (2019). Floral plasticity: Herbivore-species-specific-induced changes in flower traits with contrasting effects on pollinator visitation. Plant Cell Environ., 42, 1882–1896.
  • Fricke, U., Lucas-Barbosa, D. & Douma, J.C. (2019). No evidence of flowering synchronization upon floral volatiles for a short-lived annual plant species: revisiting an appealing hypothesis. BMC Ecol., 19.
  • Rusman, Q., Lucas-Barbosa, D., Poelman, E.H. & Dicke, M. (2019). Ecology of Plastic Flowers. Trends Plant Sci., 24, 725–740.
  • Junker, R.R., Kuppler, J., Amo, L., Blande, J.D., Borges, R.M., van Dam, N.M., et al. (2018). Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications. NEW Phytol., 220, 739–749.
  • Chretien, L.T.S., David, A., Daikou, E., Boland, W., Gershenzon, J., Giron, D., et al. (2018). Caterpillars induce jasmonates in flowers and alter plant responses to a second attacker. New Phytol., 217, 1279–1291.
  • Rusman, Q., Lucas-Barbosa, D. & Poelman, E.H. (2018). Dealing with mutualists and antagonists: Specificity of plant-mediated interactions between herbivores and flower visitors, and consequences for plant fitness. Funct. Ecol., 32, 1022–1035.
  • Cordovez, V., Mommer, L., Moisan, K., Lucas-Barbosa, D., Pierik, R., Mumm, R., et al. (2017). Plant Phenotypic and Transcriptional Changes Induced by Volatiles from the Fungal Root Pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. Front. Plant Sci., 8.
  • Lucas-Barbosa, D., Dicke, M., Kranenburg, T., Aartsma, Y., van Beek, T.A., Huigens, M.E., et al. (2017). Endure and call for help: strategies of black mustard plants to deal with a specialized caterpillar. Funct. Ecol., 31, 325–333.
  • Lucas-Barbosa, D., Sun, P., Hakman, A., van Beek, T.A., van Loon, J.J.A. & Dicke, M. (2016). Visual and odour cues: plant responses to pollination and herbivory affect the behaviour of flower visitors. Funct. Ecol., 30, 431–441.
  • Lucas-Barbosa, D. (2016). Integrating Studies on Plant-Pollinator and Plant-Herbivore Interactions. Trends Plant Sci., 21, 125–133.
  • Lins, J.C., van Loon, J.J.A., Bueno, V.H.P., Lucas-Barbosa, D., Dicke, M. & van Lenteren, J.C. (2014). Response of the zoophytophagous predators Macrolophus pygmaeus and Nesidiocoris tenuis to volatiles of uninfested plants and to plants infested by prey or conspecifics. Biocontrol, 59, 707–718.
  • Bruinsma, M., Lucas-Barbosa, D., ten Broeke, C.J.M., van Dam, N.M., van Beek, T.A., Dicke, M., et al. (2014). Folivory Affects Composition of Nectar, Floral Odor and Modifies Pollinator Behavior. J. Chem. Ecol., 40, 39–49.
  • Lucas-Barbosa, D., Poelman, E.H., Aartsma, Y., Snoeren, T.A.L., van Loon, J.J.A. & Dicke, M. (2014). Caught between Parasitoids and Predators - Survival of a Specialist Herbivore on Leaves and Flowers of Mustard Plants. J. Chem. Ecol., 40, 621–631.
  • Pashalidou, F.G., Lucas-Barbosa, D., van Loon, J.J.A., Dicke, M. & Fatouros, N.E. (2013). Phenotypic plasticity of plant response to herbivore eggs: effects on resistance to caterpillars and plant development. Ecology, 94, 702–713.
  • Lucas-Barbosa, D., van Loon, J.J.A., Gols, R., van Beek, T.A. & Dicke, M. (2013). Reproductive escape: annual plant responds to butterfly eggs by accelerating seed production. Funct. Ecol., 27, 245–254.
  • Fatouros, N.E., Lucas-Barbosa, D., Weldegergis, B.T., Pashalidou, F.G., van Loon, J.J.A., Dicke, M., et al. (2012). Plant Volatiles Induced by Herbivore Egg Deposition Affect Insects of Different Trophic Levels. PLoS One, 7.
  • Lucas-Barbosa, D., van Loon, J.J.A. & Dicke, M. (2011). The effects of herbivore-induced plant volatiles on interactions between plants and flower-visiting insects. Phytochemistry, 72, 1647–1654.
  • Dicke M. & Lucas-Barbosa D Herbivore-induced plant volatiles as a source of information in plant-insect networks in The biology of plant volatiles (editors Natalia Dudareva & Eran Pichersky) Ch. 17, CRC (2021)
  • Lucas-Barbosa D. Tales on insect-flowering-plant interactions - the ecological significance of plant responses to herbivores and pollinators (2015)