Peter Witzgall

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Witzgall is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Witzgall has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Insect Science, 60 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 38 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter Witzgall's work include Insect Pheromone Research and Control (88 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (65 papers) and Plant and animal studies (53 papers). Peter Witzgall is often cited by papers focused on Insect Pheromone Research and Control (88 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (65 papers) and Plant and animal studies (53 papers). Peter Witzgall collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and Italy. Peter Witzgall's co-authors include Marie Bengtsson, Philipp Kirsch, A. Cork, Paul G. Becher, Bill S. Hansson, Anna‐Carin Bäckman, Marco Tasin, Gianfranco Anfora, C. Ioriatti and Sébastien Lebreton and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Peter Witzgall

143 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

2010 745 citations Peter Witzgall, Philipp Kirsch et al. Journal of Chemical Ecology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter Witzgall	4.9k	2.1k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	143	6.0k
Peter E. A. Teal	5.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	2.7k 2.1×	1.9k 1.5×	205	7.7k
Marie Bengtsson	2.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	791 0.6×	885 0.7×	678 0.5×	98	3.9k
Joseph C. Dickens	3.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	948 0.7×	117	3.9k
L. J. Wadhams	6.8k 1.4×	3.5k 1.7×	951 0.7×	4.8k 3.7×	1.1k 0.9×	193	9.4k
Charles E. Linn	3.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	568 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	107	4.8k
Gerhard Gries	3.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	426 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	336	5.6k
C. M. Woodcock	5.8k 1.2×	2.8k 1.3×	672 0.5×	4.3k 3.3×	681 0.5×	162	7.9k
Christer Löfstedt	4.5k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.8×	1.4k 1.1×	2.9k 2.3×	201	7.2k
Paul G. Becher	1.8k 0.4×	858 0.4×	917 0.7×	781 0.6×	674 0.5×	65	3.1k
Robert R. Heath	4.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	388 0.3×	2.0k 1.5×	757 0.6×	184	5.8k

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Gonzalez, Francisco, et al.. (2025). Host Plant Odour and Sex Pheromone are Integral to Mate Finding in Codling Moth. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 51(1). 13–13. 1 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Amrita, Boyd A. Mori, Guillermo Rehermann, et al.. (2022). Yeast and fruit fly mutual niche construction and antagonism against mould. Functional Ecology. 36(7). 1639–1654. 15 indexed citations

Cattaneo, Alberto Maria, Peter Witzgall, Charles A. Kwadha, Paul G. Becher, & William B. Walker. (2022). Heterologous expression and functional characterization of Drosophila suzukii OR69a transcript variants unveiled response to kairomones and to a candidate pheromone. Journal of Pest Science. 96(3). 1149–1171. 6 indexed citations

Borrero‐Echeverry, Felipe, Federica Trona, Paul G. Becher, et al.. (2022). The female sex pheromone (Z)-4-undecenal mediates flight attraction and courtship in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology. 137. 104355–104355. 1 indexed citations

Lebreton, Sébastien, Felipe Borrero‐Echeverry, Francisco Gonzalez, et al.. (2017). A Drosophila female pheromone elicits species-specific long-range attraction via an olfactory channel with dual specificity for sex and food. BMC Biology. 15(1). 88–88. 70 indexed citations

Walker, William B., Francisco Gonzalez, Stephen F. Garczynski, & Peter Witzgall. (2016). The chemosensory receptors of codling moth Cydia pomonella–expression in larvae and adults. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 23518–23518. 51 indexed citations

Knight, A. L., Esteban Basoalto, & Peter Witzgall. (2015). Improving the Performance of the Granulosis Virus of Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by Adding the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with Sugar. Environmental Entomology. 44(2). 252–259. 9 indexed citations

Lebreton, Sébastien, Federica Trona, Felipe Borrero‐Echeverry, et al.. (2015). Feeding regulates sex pheromone attraction and courtship in Drosophila females. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13132–13132. 64 indexed citations

Lebreton, Sébastien, Peter Witzgall, Marie Olsson, & Paul G. Becher. (2014). Dietary glucose regulates yeast consumption in adult Drosophila males. Frontiers in Physiology. 5. 504–504. 20 indexed citations

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Witzgall, Peter, Magali Proffit, Elżbieta Rozpędowska, et al.. (2012). “This is not an Apple”–Yeast Mutualism in Codling Moth. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 38(8). 949–957. 84 indexed citations

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Birgersson, Göran, et al.. (2012). Guatemalan potato moth Tecia solanivora distinguish odour profiles from qualitatively different potatoes Solanum tuberosum L.. Phytochemistry. 85. 72–81. 13 indexed citations

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Proffit, Magali, et al.. (2011). Attraction and Oviposition of Tuta absoluta Females in Response to Tomato Leaf Volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 37(6). 565–574. 115 indexed citations

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Becher, Paul G., Marie Bengtsson, Bill S. Hansson, & Peter Witzgall. (2010). Flying the Fly: Long-range Flight Behavior of Drosophila melanogaster to Attractive Odors. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 36(6). 599–607. 138 indexed citations

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Bengtsson, Marie, et al.. (2008). (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) mediante su feromona para la interrupción del apareamiento. Revista Colombiana de Entomología. 34(1). 68–75. 3 indexed citations

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Yan, Fei, et al.. (2004). Antennal response of cotton bollworm (Heliocoverpa armigera) to volatiles in transgenic Bt cotton. Journal of Applied Entomology. 128(5). 354–357. 30 indexed citations

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Cichón, Liliana, et al.. (2004). Sex Pheromone of Argyrotaenia pomililiana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a Leafroller Pest of Apples in Argentina. Journal of Economic Entomology. 97(3). 946–949. 3 indexed citations

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Coracini, M. D. A., Marie Bengtsson, Liliana Cichón, & Peter Witzgall. (2003). Codling moth males do not discriminate between pheromone and a pheromone/antagonist blend during upwind flight. Die Naturwissenschaften. 90(9). 419–423. 10 indexed citations

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Witzgall, Peter, Anna‐Carin Bäckman, Marie Bengtsson, et al.. (1996). Potential of a blend of E8,E10‐120H and E8,E10‐12Ac for mating disruption of codling moth, Cydia pomonella L. (Lep., Tortricidae). Journal of Applied Entomology. 120(1-5). 611–614. 11 indexed citations

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Bengtsson, Marie, G. Karg, Philipp Kirsch, et al.. (1994). Mating disruption of pea mothCydia nigricana F. (lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by a repellent blend of sex pheromone and attraction inhibitors. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 20(4). 871–887. 58 indexed citations

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Witzgall, Peter, Marie Bengtsson, Hans Rudolf Buser, et al.. (1991). Sex pheromones of Spilonota ocellana and Spilonota laricana. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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