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Eduardo de la Pena
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2025
Medicinal plant use and diversity in the urban area of Idiofa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Emiel De Meyer
Melissa Ceuterick
Wouter Vanhove
Jurgen Heytens
Jean Eden Mimbu
Patrick Van Damme
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY
2025
2024
Advances in the integrated pest management of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) : a global perspective
Luis Cruces
Eduardo de la Pena
Patrick De Clercq
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECTS
2024
Ethnobotanical study and characterization of medicinal plants used by the populations of the Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu territories, Kongo Central Province (DR Congo)
Pathy Kibungu Kembelo
Eduardo de la Pena
Honoré Belesi Katula
Patrick Van Damme
Luc Pieters
Dissertation
2024
Medicinal plant use among the Congolese (Democratic Republic of Congo) community in Belgium
Emiel De Meyer
Melissa Ceuterick
Patrick Van Damme
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN ECOLOGY
2024
Plant use and perceptions in the context of sexual health among people of Congolese descent in Belgium
Laura Van Damme
Lars Chatrou
Eduardo de la Pena
Pathy Kibungu Kembelo
Césarine Sinatu Bolya
Patrick Van Damme
Wouter Vanhove
Melissa Ceuterick
Emiel De Meyer
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE
2024
2023
Characterization and expression of heat shock and immune genes in natural populations of Prodiamesa olivacea (Diptera) exposed to thermal stress
Lola Llorente
Mónica Aquilino
Óscar Herrero
Eduardo de la Pena
Rosario Planelló
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
2023
Development, predation, and prey preference of Chrysoperla externa on Liorhyssus hyalinus and Nysius simulans, two emerging pests of quinoa
Luis Miguel Cruces
Eduardo de la Pena
Carmen Livia
Patrick De Clercq
A1
Journal Article
in
NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY
2023
Interaction between oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) progenies and K and Mg mineral nutrition
Sènankpon Olivier Dassou
Eduardo de la Pena
Patrick Van Damme
Dissertation
2023
Medicinal plant use among Congolese communities in urban contexts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Belgium
Emiel De Meyer
Eduardo de la Pena
Patrick Van Damme
Melissa Ceuterick
Dissertation
2023
More than trichomes and acylsugars : the role of jasmonic acid as mediator of aphid resistance in tomato
Lidia Blanco-Sánchez
Rosario Planelló
Victoria Ferrero
Rafael Fernández-Muñoz
Eduardo de la Pena
Juan Antonio Díaz Pendón
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PLANT INTERACTIONS
2023
Value-chain assessment of Cinnamomum burmannii (Nees & T. Nees) Blume, the cinnamon of Kerinci Regency, Sumatra, Indonesia
Sidi Rana Menggala Susanto
Patrick Van Damme
Eduardo de la Pena
Dissertation
2023
2022
'A disease like any other' traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use and perspectives in the context of COVID-19 among the Congolese community in Belgium
Emiel De Meyer
Patrick Van Damme
Eduardo de la Pena
Melissa Ceuterick
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE
2022
Howiesons Poort backed artifacts provide evidence for social connectivity across southern Africa during the Final Pleistocene
Amy M. Way
Paloma de la Pena
Eduardo de la Pena
Lyn Wadley
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2022
Resistance and not plant fruit traits determine root-associated bacterial community composition along a domestication gradient in tomato
Lisanne Smulders
Victoria Ferrero
Eduardo de la Pena
María J. Pozo
Juan Antonio Díaz Pendón
Emilio Benítez
Álvaro López-García
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANTS-BASEL
2022
Thermal biology of Liorhyssus hyalinus (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) and Nysius simulans (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), fed on the milky stage of maize grains
Luis Miguel Cruces
Eduardo de la Pena
Patrick De Clercq
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE
2022
Towards an integrated pest management in quinoa in traditional and new production zones of Peru
Luis Miguel Cruces
Patrick De Clercq
Eduardo de la Pena
Dissertation
2022
Transcriptome analysis of aphids exposed to glandular trichomes in tomato reveals stress and starvation related responses
Rosario Planelló
Lola Llorente
Óscar Herrero
Marta Novo
Lidia Blanco-Sánchez
Juan Antonio Díaz-Pendón
Rafael Fernández-Muñoz
Victoria Ferrero
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2022
2021
Characterization of the detrimental effects of type IV glandular trichomes on the aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae in tomato
Lidia Blanco‐Sánchez
Rosario Planelló
Lola Llorente
Juan A Díaz‐Pendón
Victoria Ferrero
Rafael Fernández‐Muñoz
Óscar Herrero
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2021
Field evaluation of cypermethrin, imidacloprid, teflubenzuron and emamectin benzoate against pests of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa willd.) and their side effects on non-target species
Luis Miguel Cruces
Eduardo de la Pena
Patrick De Clercq
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANTS-BASEL
2021
Tomato domestication affects potential functional molecular pathways of root-associated soil bacteria
Lisanne Smulders
Emilio Benítez
Beatriz Moreno
Álvaro López-García
María J. Pozo
Victoria Ferrero
Eduardo de la Pena
Rafael Alcalá Herrera
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANTS-BASEL
2021
2020
Complex patterns in tolerance and resistance to pests and diseases underpin the domestication of tomato
Victoria Ferrero
Lander Baeten
Lidia Blanco-Sanchez
Rosario Planello
Juan Antonio Diaz-Pendon
Susana Rodriguez-Echeverria
Annelies Haegeman
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
2020
Insect diversity associated with quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) in three altitudinal production zones of Peru
Luis Miguel Cruces
Eduardo de la Pena
Patrick De Clercq
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TROPICAL INSECT SCIENCE
2020
Seasonal phenology of the major insect pests of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa willd.) and their natural enemies in a traditional zone and two new production zones of Peru
Luis Miguel Cruces
Eduardo de la Pena
Patrick De Clercq
A1
Journal Article
in
AGRICULTURE-BASEL
2020
Three-way interactions between plants, microbes, and arthropods (PMA) : impacts, mechanisms, and prospects for sustainable plant protection
Maria J. Pozo
Benedicte R. Albrectsen
Eduardo R. Bejarano
Eduardo de la Pena
Salva Herrero
Ainhoa Martinez-Medina
Victoria Pastor
Sabine Ravnskov
Mary Williams
Arjen Biere
A2
Journal Article
in
PLANT CELL
2020
Urbanization alters plastic responses in the common dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Matti Pisman
Dries Bonte
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
2020
2019
Forest fragmentation modulates effects of tree species richness and composition on ecosystem multifunctionality
Lionel Hertzog
Roschong Boonyarittichaikij
Daan Dekeukeleire
Stefanie De Groote
Irene van Schrojenstein Lantman
Bram Sercu
Hannah Keely Smith
Eduardo de la Pena
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Dries Bonte
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGY
2019
Linkages between aboveground and belowground community compositions in grasslands along a historical land-use intensity gradient
Safaa Wasof
An De Schrijver
Stephanie Schelfhout
Michael Perring
Elyn Remy
Jan Mertens
Eduardo de la Pena
Nancy De Sutter
Nicole Viaene
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANT AND SOIL
2019
Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable
Tiago Reis
Malika Virah-Sawmy
Alexander Knohl
Alexandre Antonelli
Andrew Balmford
Axel Hochkirch
Bhaskar Vira
Bruno Massa
Carlos A. Peres
Christian Ammer
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE
2019
2018
Polinizadores y polinización en frutales subtropicales : implicaciones en manejo, conservación y seguridad alimentaria
Eduardo de la Pena
Verónica Pérez Méndez
Librada Alcaraz
Jorge Lora
Nerea Larrañaga
Iñaki Hormaza
A2
Journal Article
in
ECOSISTEMAS
2018
2017
Tree species identity outweighs the effects of tree species diversity and forest fragmentation on understorey diversity and composition
Stefanie De Groote
Irene van Schrojenstein Lantman
Bram Sercu
Daan Dekeukeleire
Roschong Boonyarittichaikij
Hannah Keely Smith
Robbe De Beelde
Kris Ceunen
Pieter Vantieghem
Hans Matheve
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANT ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
2017
2016
Aphid herbivory as a potential driver of primary succession in coastal dunes
Charlotte Van Moorleghem
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
ARTHROPOD-PLANT INTERACTIONS
2016
Beyond plant-soil feedbacks: mechanisms driving plant community shifts due to land-use legacies in post-agricultural forests
Eduardo de la Pena
Lander Baeten
Hanne Steel
Nicole Viaene
Nancy De Sutter
An De Schrijver
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
2016
2015
Impact of bioavailable phosphorus on plant and soil microbial communities in grassland under restoration management
Andreas Demey
Stephanie Schelfhout
An De Schrijver
Jan Mertens
Eduardo de la Pena
Nicole Viaene
Nancy De Sutter
Kris Verheyen
C3
Conference
2015
2014
Above- and belowground herbivory jointly impact defense and seed dispersal traits in Taraxacum officinale
Eduardo de la Pena
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
2014
Effects of enhanced nitrogen inputs and climate warming on a forest understorey plant assessed by transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient
Sybryn Maes
Pieter De Frenne
Jörg Brunet
Eduardo de la Pena
Olivier Chabrerie
Sara AO Cousins
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Robert Gruwez
Martin Hermy
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANT ECOLOGY
2014
Facultative endosymbionts of aphid populations from coastal dunes of the North Sea
Eduardo de la Pena
Viki Vandomme
Enric Frago
A1
Journal Article
in
BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
2014
2013
Effects of abiotic factors on the herbaceous plant community structure: a case study in Southeast Cameroon
Jacob Willie
Eduardo de la Pena
Nikki Tagg
Luc Lens
Bookchapter
in
Herbaceous plants : cultivation methods, grazing and environmental impacts
2013
The presence of root-feeding nematodes - not AMF - affects an herbivore dispersal strategy
Annelies De Roissart
Eduardo de la Pena
Lien Van Oyen
Thomas Van Leeuwen
Daniel J Ballhorn
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
2013
2012
Landscape dynamics determine the small-scale genetic structure of an endangered dune slack plant species
Dries Bonte
Peter Breyne
Rein Brys
Eduardo de la Pena
Bram D'hondt
Céline Ghyselen
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Maurice Hoffmann
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
2012
Non-local genotypes of a resident grass species reduce invertebrate species richness
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Eduardo de la Pena
Peter Breyne
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY
2012
Soil conditions in natural, declining and restored heathlands influence plant-pollinator interactions of Calluna vulgaris
Eduardo de la Pena
Helena Van De Velde
Luc Lens
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
2012
2011
Contrasting covariation of above- and belowground invertebrate species across plant genotypes
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Eduardo de la Pena
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
2011
Landscape structure, dispersal and the evolution of antagonistic plant-herbivore interactions
Eduardo de la Pena
Bram D'hondt
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOGRAPHY
2011
Nematodes surfing the waves: long-distance dispersal of soil-borne microfauna via sea swept rhizomes
Eduardo de la Pena
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Dries Bonte
Maurice Moens
A1
Journal Article
in
OIKOS
2011
Soil biota effects on clonal growth and flowering in the forest herb Stachys sylvatica
Eduardo de la Pena
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
2011
2010
Aphids on Ammophila arenaria in Belgium : first reports, phenology and host range expansion
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Eduardo de la Pena
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
2010
Burrowing nematodes from Colombia and their relationship with Radopholus similis populations, R. arabocoffeae and R. duriophilus
Gladis Emilia Múnera Uribe
Wim Bert
Andy Vierstraete
Eduardo de la Pena
Maurice Moens
Wilfrida Decraemer
A1
Journal Article
in
NEMATOLOGY
2010
Environmental and genetic aspects of aboveground-belowground interactions in the Ammophila arenaria system
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Dries Bonte
Eduardo de la Pena
Dissertation
2010
Interactions between root and shoot herbivores of Ammophila arenaria in the laboratory do not translate into correlated abundances in the field
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Eduardo de la Pena
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
OIKOS
2010
Local adaptation of aboveground herbivores towards plant phenotypes induced by soil biota
Dries Bonte
Annelies De Roissart
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Daniel J Ballhorn
Thomas Van Leeuwen
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2010
Nematode succession during composting and the potential of the nematode community as an indicator of compost maturity
Hanne Steel
Eduardo de la Pena
Pamela Fonderie
Koen Willekens
Gaetan Borgonie
Wim Bert
A1
Journal Article
in
PEDOBIOLOGIA
2010
Plant-soil feedback as a mechanism of invasion by Carpobrotus edulis
Eduardo de la Pena
Nikki De Clercq
Dries Bonte
Sergio Roiloa
Susana Rodriguez-Echeverria
Helena Freitas
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
2010
Relative importance of biotic and abiotic soil components to plant growth and insect herbivore population dynamics
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Eduardo de la Pena
Dries Bonte
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2010
Soil-dependent growth strategy of invasive plants: empirical evidence and model predictions using Carpobrotus edulis as target species
Eduardo de la Pena
Dries Bonte
C1
Conference
2010
2009
Can root-feeders alter the composition of AMF communities?: experimental evidence from the dune grass Ammophila arenaria
Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría
Eduardo de la Pena
Maurice Moens
Helena Freitas
Win H Van der Putten
A1
Journal Article
in
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
2009
Efectos de la biota edáfica en las interacciones planta-insecto a nivel foliar
Eduardo de la Pena
A2
Journal Article
in
ECOSISTEMAS
2009
Evidence of population differentiation in the dune grass Ammophila arenaria and its associated root-feeding nematodes
Eduardo de la Pena
Dries Bonte
Maurice Moens
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANT AND SOIL
2009
Evolution of body condition-dependent dispersal in metapopulations.
Dries Bonte
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2009
Interacciones planta-suelo
Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría
Eduardo de la Pena
Editorial material
2009
Nematode community as potential indicator of compost maturity and quality
Hanne Steel
Eduardo de la Pena
Pamela Fonderie
Koen Willekens
Gaetan Borgonie
Wim Bert
C3
Conference
2009
Nematode community as potential indicator of compost maturity and quality
Hanne Steel
Eduardo de la Pena
Pamela Fonderie
Koen Willekens
Gaetan Borgonie
Wim Bert
C3
Conference
2009
Plant-parasitic nematodes associated with coffee in Vietnam
Phap Q Trinh
Eduardo de la Pena
Chau N Nguyen
Hoa X Nguyen
Maurice Moens
A1
Journal Article
in
RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY
2009
2008
Analysis of the specificity of three root-feeders towards grasses in coastal dunes
Eduardo de la Pena
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte
Dries Bonte
Maurice Moens
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANT AND SOIL
2008
Nematode succession during Controlled Microbial Composting
Hanne Steel
Wim Bert
Eduardo de la Pena
Pamela Fonderie
Koen Willekens
Gaetan Borgonie
C3
Conference
2008
Trichodoridae (Nematoda: Triplonchida) from the Tara National Park, Serbia, and proposal of Trichodorus pseudobursatus n. sp.
Wilfrida Decraemer
Milan Radivojević
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
NEMATOLOGY
2008
2007
Distribution and diversity of root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus spp.) associated with Ammophila arenaria in coastal dunes of Western Europe
Eduardo de la Pena
Gerrit Karssen
Maurice Moens
A1
Journal Article
in
NEMATOLOGY
2007
Distribution of Meloidogyne chitwoodi in potato tubers and comparison of extraction methods
Nicole Viaene
Tina Mahieu
Eduardo de la Pena
A1
Journal Article
in
NEMATOLOGY
2007
Interaction between a fungal endophyte and root herbivores of Ammophila arenaria
WH Gera Hol
Eduardo de la Pena
Maurice Moens
Roger Cook
A1
Journal Article
in
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
2007
2006
Description of Pratylenchus dunensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae), a root-lesion nematode associated with the dune grass Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link
Eduardo de la Pena
Maurice Moens
Adriaan van Aelst
Gerrit Karssen
A1
Journal Article
in
NEMATOLOGY
2006
Mechanism of control of root-feeding nematodes by mycorrhizal fungi in the dune grass Ammophila arenaria
Eduardo de la Pena
Susana Rodríguez Echeverría
Wim H Van Der Putten
Helena Freitas
Maurice Moens
A1
Journal Article
in
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
2006
Nematode interactions in nature : models for sustainable control of nematode pests of crop plants?
WH van der Putten
R Cook
S Costa
KG Davies
M Fargette
H Freitas
WHG Hol
BR Kerry
N Maher
T Mateille
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
Advances in Agronomy
2006
2005
Distribution and diversity of root-lesion nematodes in coastal dunes of Western Europe
Eduardo de la Pena
Gerrit Karssen
Maurice Moens
C3
Conference
2005
Enomopathogenic nematodes in the sand dunes of Het Zwin (Belgium)
Eduardo de la Pena
Sergei Spiridonov
Maurice Moens
C3
Conference
2005