Tuuli
Koski
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PhD
Areas of expertise
Plant-herbivore interactions
trophic interactions
chemical ecology
behavioral ecology
avian research
Research
I am currently working as a post doctoral researcher in Uni. Turku and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Department of Plant Protection Biology, Integrated Plant Protection Unit, Alnarp campus).
I am studying the use of chemical pesticides in strawberry cultivation could be reduced by
1) increasing genetic diversity in the cultivation fields and
2) via utilization of plant resistance
3) I will also study, how damage by multiple pests affects the berry- and runner production and susceptibility of berries to fruit-rotting grey mould.
My study species is the woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca)- a wild and close relative to commercial strawberry cultivars.
Publications
The Role of Phenylpropanoids and the Plant Microbiome in Defences of Ash Trees Against Invasive Emerald Ash Borer (2025)
Plant, Cell and Environment
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Shifts in soil microbial and nematode communities over progression of pine wilt disease occurring in Pinus koraiensis stands (2025)
Frontiers in microbiology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Insect herbivory may cause changes in the visual properties of leaves and affect the camouflage of herbivores to avian predators (2017)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Do insectivorous birds use volatile organic compounds from plants as olfactory foraging cues? Three experimental tests (2015)
Ethology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )