Bjorn Bohman

Dr. Bjorn Bohman


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Academic Career Length

20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 April 2014 in New Phytologist
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BBBjorn Bohman
Bjorn Bohman
RPRyan D. Phillips
Ryan D. Phillips
MMMyles H. M. Menz
Myles H. M. Menz
BBBen W. Berntsson
Ben W. Berntsson
GFGavin Flematti
Gavin Flematti
RPRod Peakall
Rod Peakall

1 August 2016 in Current Opinion in Plant Biology
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BBBjorn Bohman
Bjorn Bohman
GFGavin Flematti
Gavin Flematti
RBRussell A Barrow
Russell A Barrow
EPEran Pichersky
Eran Pichersky
RPRod Peakall
Rod Peakall

1 July 2017 in Current Biology
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HXHaiyang Xu
Haiyang Xu
BBBjorn Bohman
Bjorn Bohman
DWDarren C.J. Wong
Darren C.J. Wong
CRClaudia Rodriguez-Delgado
Claudia Rodriguez-Delgado
ASAdrian Scaffidi
Adrian Scaffidi
RPRod Peakall
Rod Peakall

15 February 2019 in The ISME Journal
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TZTao Zhao
Tao Zhao
SGSuresh Ganji
Suresh Ganji
CSChristian Schiebe
Christian Schiebe
BBBjorn Bohman
Bjorn Bohman
PWPhilip Weinstein
Philip Weinstein
RURikard Unelius
Rikard Unelius
Convergent evolution of semiochemical use in organisms from different Kingdoms is a rarely described phenomenon. Tree-killing bark beetles vector numerous symbiotic blue-stain fungi that help the beetles colonize healthy trees. Here we show for the first time that some of these fungi are able to biosynthesize bicyclic ketals that are pheromones and other semiochemicals of bark beetles. Volatile emissions of five common bark beetle symbionts were investigated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. When grown on fresh Norway spruce bark the fungi emitted three well-known bark beetle aggregation pheromones and semiochemicals (exo-brevicomin, endo-brevicomin and trans-conophthorin) and two structurally related semiochemical candidates (exo-1,3-dimethyl-2,9-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane and endo-1,3-dimethyl-2,9-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane) that elicited electroantennogram responses in the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. When grown on malt agar with 13C d-Glucose, the fungus Grosmannia europhioides incorporated 13C into exo-brevicomin and trans-conophthorin. The enantiomeric compositions of the fungus-produced ketals closely matched those previously reported from bark beetles. The production of structurally complex bark beetle pheromones by symbiotic fungi indicates cross-kingdom convergent evolution of signal use in this system. This signaling is susceptible to disruption, providing potential new targets for pest control in conifer forests and plantations.

4 March 2008 in Journal of Chemical Ecology
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GPGina B. Pontes
Gina B. Pontes
BBBjorn Bohman
Bjorn Bohman
RURikard Unelius
Rikard Unelius
MLMarcelo Gustavo Lorenzo
Marcelo Gustavo Lorenzo

3 May 2012 in Organic Letters
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BBBjorn Bohman
Bjorn Bohman
LJLynne Jeffares
Lynne Jeffares
GFGavin Flematti
Gavin Flematti
RPRyan D. Phillips
Ryan D. Phillips
KDKingsley W. Dixon
Kingsley W. Dixon
Russell BarrowRussell Barrow
Russell Barrow