Prof. Dr. Michael Dzá
Research Interests
• Chemo-ecological interactions between insects, microorganisms and crops (oilseed rape, sugar beet, maize, etc.)• Genetic and induced resistance in crop plants against insects
• Beneficial (endophytic) fungi for crop protection
• Chemical ecology of soil insects
• Effects of abiotic and biotic stress interaction on plant-insect relationships
Publications
Cedden D, Güney G, Dzá M, Bucher Gregor (2025): Optimizing dsRNA sequences for RNAi in pest control and research with the dsRIP web platform BMC BiologyGüney G, Cedden D, Scholten S, Dzá M (2025): Reciprocal roles of two trehalose transporters in aestivating cabbage stem flea beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Vereijssen J, Tol RV, Dzá M, Koten CV, Goldson S (2024): Olfactometer-measured responses of Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to feeding-induced grass volatiles and conspecific frass as influenced by the weevil’s seasonality Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, doi:10.3389/fevo.2024.1470023
Sarakatsani Evgenia, Ermio JDL, Rahman S, Bella P, Agro A, Pinto ML, Peri E, Colazza S, Lievens B, Dzá M, Cusumano A (2024): Nectar-inhabiting bacteria differently affect the longevity of co-occurring egg parasitoid species by modifying nectar chemistry Annals of Applied Biology, doi:10.1111/aab.12959
Güney G, Cedden, D., Körnig, J., Ulber, B., Beran, F., Scholten, S., Dzá M, (2024): Physiological and transcriptional changes associated with obligate aestivation in the cabbage stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala) Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol.
Rahman S, Dzá M, Vosteen I (2024): Drought aggravates plant stress by favouring aphids and weakening indirect defense in a sugar beet tritrophic system Journal of Pest Science,
Ermio J.D.L, Peri E, Bella P, Dzá M, Sobhy I.S, Wenseleers T, Colazza S, Lievens B, Cusumano A (2024): The indirect effect of nectar‑inhabiting yeasts on olfactory
responses and longevity of two stink bug egg parasitoids. BioControl
Pfizer R, Dzá M, Häußermann P, Häuser T, Rinklef A, Detering J, Schrameyer K, Voegele R.T, Maier J, Varrelmann M (2024): Effects of succession crops and soil tillage on suppressing the syndrome ‘basses richesses’ vector Pentastiridius leporinus in sugar beet. Pest Management Science
Slonka M, Vosteen I, Mendoza-Mendoza A, Dzá M (2024): Ecological functions of fungal sesquiterpenes in the food preference and fitness of soil Collembola. Royal Society Open Science 11(2),
Schiwek S, Slonka M, Alhussein M, Knierim D, Margaria Paolo, Rose Hanna, Richert-Pöggeler K.R, Dzá M, Karlovsky P (2024): Mycoviruses Increase the Attractiveness of Fusarium graminearum for Fungivores and Suppress production of the Mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol. toxins 16(3), 131
Zhu Y, Stahl Andreas, Dzá M, Will T (2023): Temporal and species-specific resistance of sugar beet to green peach aphid and black bean aphid: mechanisms and implications for breeding. Pest Management Science 80(2), 404-413 doi: 10.1002/ps.7770
Posada-Vergara C, Vidal S, Dzá M (2023): Local Competition and Enhanced Defense: How Metarhizium brunneum Inhibits Verticillium longisporum in Oilseed Rape Plants. J. Fungi 9(8), 796
Hettiarachchi DK, Dzá M, Sullivan JJ, Jackman S, van Koten C, Cripps MG (2023): Plant phylogeny determines host selection and acceptance of the oligophagous leaf beetle Cassida rubiginosa. Pest Management Science
Surovy MZ, Rahman S, Dzá M, Islam T, von Tiedemann A (2023): Suppressive Effects of Volatile Compounds from Bacillus spp.on Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum (MoT) Pathotype, Causal Agent of Wheat Blast. microorganisms,
Cedden, D., Güney, G., Scholten, S., Dzá, M. (2023): Lethal and sublethal effects of orally delivered double-stranded RNA on the cabbage stem flea beetle, Psylliodes chrysocephala. Pest Management Science
van Zijll de Jong E, Kandula J.; Dzá M, Kandula D, Hampton J, Mendoza-Mendoza A (2023): Fungistatic Activity Mediated by Volatile Organic Compounds Is Isolate-Dependent in Trichoderma sp. “atroviride ”. J. Fungi 9, 238.
Muskat LC, Jiang L, Brikmann J, Dzá M and Patel AV (2022): Development of a self-adhesive oleogel formulation designed for the slow release of semiochemicals. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. doi:10.1002/mame.202200276
Cruz-Magalhães V, Nieto-Jacobo MF, Dzá M, Echaide-Aquino JF, Naranjo UE, Stewart A, Loguercio LL, Mendoza-Mendoza A (2022): Histidine kinase two-component response regulators Ssk1, Skn7 and Rim15 differentially control growth, developmental and volatile organic compounds emissions as stress responses in Trichoderma atroviride. Current Research in Microbial Sciences in press. doi:10.1016/j.crmicr.2022.100139
Atijegbe SR, Mansfield S, Ferguson CM, Dzá M, Worner SP (2022): Thermal requirements for egg development of two endemic Wiseana pest species (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) of economic importance. Journal of Applied Entomology doi:10.1111/jen.13002
Obermeier C, Mason AS, Meiners T, Petschenka G, Dzá M, Will T, Wittkop B, Austel N (2022): Perspectives for integrated insect pest protection in oilseed rape breeding . Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Nixon L, Morrison WR, Rice KB, Goldson S, Brockerhoff EG, Khrimian A, Dzá M, Leskey TC (2021): Behavioural responses of diapausing Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to conspecific volatile organic compounds. Journal of Applied Entomology 00: 1-9.
Hausmann J, Heimbach U, Dzá M , Brandes M (2021): The effect of insecticide application by dropleg sprayers on pollen beetle parasitism in oilseed rape. BioControl ,
Hennessy LM, Popay AJ, Glare TR, Finch SC, Cave VM and Dzá M (2021): Olfactory responses of Argentine stem weevil to herbivory and endophyte-colonisation in perennial ryegrass. Journal of Pest Science
All publications by Prof. Dr. Michael Dzá
Positions Held
since 2018 | Professor (Full), Head of Agricultural Entomology Division, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Germany |
2012 - 2018 | Senior lecturer in Entomology and Chemical Ecology, Bio-Protection Research Centre (100%), Lincoln University, New Zealand |
2010 - 2012 | Lecturer in Entomology and Chemical Ecology, Bio-Protection Research Centre (70%) and Department of Ecology (30%), Lincoln University, New Zealand |
2003 - 2010 | Research Group Leader (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, C1), Department of Botany II, University of Würzburg, Germany |
2002 - 2003 | Postdoctoral researcher, Fundamental and Applied Chemical Ecology, Institute of Zoology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
Degrees
2013 | Dr. habil. (Habilitation = German professorial thesis) in Ecology, University of Würzburg, Germany |
2001 | Dr. rer. nat. in Biology, Free University of Berlin, Germany |
1997 | Diploma (≈ M.Sc.) in Biology, Free University of Berlin, Germany |