Vladimír Košťál
Head, Laboratory of Insect Diapause
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Recent publications
Rozsypal J., Košťál V., Zahradníčková H., Šimek P. (2013) Overwintering strategy and mechanisms of cold tolerance in the codling moth (Cydia pomonella). PLoS One 8: e61745.
Harada T., Takenaka S., Iyota K., Shiraki T., Moku M., Katagiri C., Košťál V. (2013) Supercooling points and heat coma temperatures in four species of oceanic sea skaters of the genus Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae: Halobatinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 16: 219-222.
Vesala L., Salminen T.S., Koštál V., Zahradníčková H. , Hoikkala A. (2012) Myo-inositol as a main metabolite in overwintering flies: seasonal metabolomic profiles and cold stress resistance in a northern drosophilid fly. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2891-2897.
Košťál V., Šimek P., Zahradníčková H., Cimlová J., Štětina T. (2012) Conversion of the chill susceptible fruit fly larva (Drosophila melanogaster) to a freeze tolerant organism. PNAS USA 109: 3270-3274.
Košťál V., Korbelová J., Rozsypal J., Zahradníčková H., Cimlová J., Tomčala A., Šimek P. (2011) Long-term cold acclimation extends survival time at 0°C and modifies the metabolomic profiles of the larvae of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS ONE 6: e25025.
