Salah Alla

I was assistant professor at Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, teaching crop protection and entomology (2002-2005).

I did a phD thesis on interspecific relations between herbivorous insects: Chemical interactions between the leafhopper Psammotettix alienus Dhb. and the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi L. on cereals

I work on evaluating the toxic and behavioral effects of phytoecdysteroids on the aphid Myzus persicae, which is a pest of spinach (spinach contains a lot of phytoecdysteroids!). 

Publications :

• Cherqui A., S. Alla, G. Doury, J. Saguez and P. Giordanengo. Physiological effects of recombinant b-glucuronidase on the development of Myzus persicae (Aphididae). Submitted in Journal of Insect Physiology.

• Alla S., A. Cherqui, L. Kaiser, H. Azzouz, B. Sangwann-Norreel & P. Giordanengo, (2003) Effects of potato plants expressing the nptII-gus fusion marker genes on reproduction, longevity, and host-finding of the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 106: 95-102.

• Alla S., C. Malosse & B. Frérot (2002) Mevalonolactone, a  volatile compound released by Psammotettix alienus (Dhb). Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Biologie 325: 941-946.  

• Alla S., J. P. Moreau & B. Frérot (2001). Effects of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi on the leafhopper Psammotettix alienus under laboratory conditions. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 98: 203-209. 
• Alla S., J. P. Moreau & B. Frérot (2001) Evidence of an extractable semiochemical produced by Rhopalosiphum padi acting on Psammotettix alienus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 99: 107-111.

Pictures:

• morning at the lab (Sept 4, 2003).

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