Czech Republic: Participants in COST Action 850

Zdenek MRACEK
Institute of Entomology
Czech Academy of Sciences
Branisovska 31
370 05 Ceske Budejovice
Czech Republic
Tel: (+420) 387 775 240
E-mail: mracek@entu.cas.cz
URL: www.entu.cas.cz/scripts/peoplelist.phtml?vyber=52&group=0

Main research activities related to EPNs:
1. Taxonomy - description of new species
2. Ecology - natural occurrence, habitat preferences, insect hosts, impact of insect outbreaks
3. Biological control - sawflies, black vine weevil, clearing moths

Download: Publication list (PDF, 105 KB)

Vladimir PUZA
Institute of Entomology
Czech Academy of Sciences
Branisovska 31
370 05 Ceske Budejovice
Czech Republic
Tel: (+420) 387 775 245
E-mail: vladap@bf.jcu.cz, vpuza@seznam.cz

Main research activities related to EPNs:
1. Ecology - natural occurrence, host range, habitat specifity, competition
2. Taxonomy - morphology and morphometry of IJ's

Pavel HYRSL
Department of Comparative Animal Physiology and General Zoology
Faculty of Science
Masaryk Univerzity Brno
Kotlarska 2
611 37 Brno
Czech Republic
Tel: (+420) 549494510
E-mail: hyrsl@mail.muni.cz
URL: www.sci.muni.cz/ksfz/index_e.html

Main research activities related to EPNs:
1. Insect immunology - insect hemolymph proteins, encapsulation of EPNs
2. Symbiotic bacteria - Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus: protein analysis, bioluminescence

Download: Publication list (PDF, 80 KB), PhD thesis - abstract (PDF, 80 KB)