Pieter B. Pelser
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Professor Pelser and a leaf of Senecio fistulosus
He also studies insects that eat these plants (Longitarsus) which contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids and what makes them choose which plants they eat.[3]
Another research interest is the Philippine members of the genus Rafflesia, which has the biggest flowers of any plant, and in particular the conservation of them.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pieter Pelser. "Pieter Pelser Plant systematist". Retrieved 2009-12-22.
- ↑ Pelser, Pieter B; Nordenstam, Bertil; Kadereit, Joachim W.; Watson, Linda E. (November 2007). "An ITS phylogeny of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) and a new delimitation of Senecio L.". Taxon (International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)) 56 (4): 1077–14E(–1062). doi:10.2307/25065905. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ↑ Schaffner, Urs; Heather Kirk, Peter Pelser, and Klaas Vrieling (2004-11-16). "What determines resistance to specialist herbivores? A case study with the plant genus Senecio and Longitarsus flea beetles". Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ↑ "Author Query for 'Pelser'". International Plant Names Index.
External links
- International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Author Details". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- Pieter Pelser. "Senecioneae photo gallery". Pieter's Public Gallery. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
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