Helena Ruhanen
Grant-funded Researcher
MSc, PhD student in the Environmental Ecology Research Group
helena.ruhanen@uef.fi
Aim of my PhD project is to develop pest control strategies based on mixed cropping for brassicaceous crop plants such as cabbage and broccoli. To meet his goal, I study mechanisms of air-mediated plant-plant and plant-insect interactions in agricultural field trials and in the laboratory. My work combines chemical ecology, agricultural plant science and entomology.
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Trait-based cropping of brassicaceous plants: Effects on ecosystem services and crop yield
Ruhanen, Helena M; Mofikoya, Adedayo O; Vesterbacka, Arto; Kivimäenpää, Minna; Blande, James D. 2023. Biological control. 187: . 105389 -
Mortality of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, during pupation in insect pest suppressive soils
Menzler‐Hokkanen, Ingeborg; Ruhanen, Helena; Hokkanen, Heikki M.T.. 2022. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata. 170: 565-572