Exploring new genomic territories with emerging model insects www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A small update ahead of Christmas… I was recently promoted to Reader in Integrated Pest Management at @harperadamsuni.bsky.social! Many thanks to all my colleagues, students, and collaborators who made this possible. Bring on 2025! Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

“One Health” needs ecology www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Collecting organismal VOCs in #ChemicalEcology can be challenging due to the inherent variability of absorbents and methods. To help our community, here is a summary of all the possible biases 😅 Understanding your biases in collecting organismal VOCs www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

The @royentsoc.bsky.social has just announced the winners of the new ECR awards for best papers in 2022 and 2023: the Agricultural and Forest Entomology award for 2022 goes to Kae Natsume for paper which shows how ants are underappreciated pollinators of crops www.royensoc.co.uk/res-journal-... 🧪

Plant chemical diversity enhances defense against herbivory www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #Entomology #SciComm #EntoPapers

🚩PhD opportunity furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling with me at @bioss.bsky.social alongside Fi Kenyon, @adhayward.bsky.social (Moredun) and Rob Kelly (Edinburgh Uni). Please share! #parasitology

Last MSc module of the year - Insect Physiology! Students undertake their own mini projects culminating in presentations on Friday. Parasitism, predation, colour choice, geotaxis, olfactometry - we've got it all! #entomasters #entoeducation

Preparing the aphids ahead of @hau-entomology.bsky.social insect physiology and behaviour module next week!

Day 1 of the week-long @harperadamsuni.bsky.social postgraduate experimental design and analysis module today. Always an intensive week but good to meet students across course areas. New computer labs incoming thanks to efforts from @joe-roberts.bsky.social too! #rstats

Here is a list of IPM Guidance for UK Growers on FarmPep linking to full content on H2020 IPMWorks toolbox. The guides were produced by ADAS with SRUC TheAHDB NFU and others during development of the IPM Tool farmpep.net/resource/ipm... #agextension #IPM #farming

🌱 Silicon soil treatments help protect cowpeas from aphids! Our study shows it boosts Lutembwe variety's natural defenses. Exciting implications for sustainable farming in Zambia 🇿🇲 Full paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s118... #AgriScience #FoodSecurity​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

We've now officially moved here as our main social media account! Thanks to those who have already made it, and we look forward to spreading the @harperadamsuni.bsky.social entomology word here from now on! Find more of HAU's entomology group here: linktr.ee/hau_entomology

Deconstructing the IOBC tiered method: Are we overestimating the compatibility of pesticides and natural enemies? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Entomology #IPM #Pesticides #NaturalEnemies

Just over one month left to submit to our Special Issue in Pest Management Science: "Harnessing Chemical Ecology for Improved Pest Management" 🪲🌿 Deadline: December 31, 2024 📖 Learn more and submit here: scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/... Please share!

Two PhD projects advertised for #MIBTP with me and the team @hau-entomology.bsky.social Details in reply below! Sharing and reposts are appreciated. Apply here, by 16th Jan 2025: jobs.harper-adams.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Insect biotremology—An introduction onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Entomology #Insects

We’re delighted to share our latest preprint from the Hogenhout lab (@saskiahogenhout.bsky.social) on the molecular mechanisms on plant-aphid interactions. Here we show how the aphid Mp10 effector protein acts as a local anaesthetic to suppress the plant perception of aphid attack

I <3 Ecology Supplies! You should follow them! It has been rough losing bioquip but the aesthetic and energy behind ecology supplies is an excellent replacement/upgrade!

Fully-funded PhD position with Gareth Thomas @rothamsted.bsky.social and myself on entomopathogenic fungi and pest-host-parasitoid interactions 🌽 DEADLINE 11 December Apply here 👉 www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...

Snow overnight has made it feel a bit more winter-like at Harper Adams University this morning!

Looks like everyone is here now then…

"Unlock Nature's Potential" Join @drjohnphreade.bsky.social, @ipmtom.bsky.social, @randybenjamin.bsky.social and me for a funded #PhD at HAU! Optimise plant essential oil biopesticides for integrated pest management. More info: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... #Sustainability #AgTech #EcoFriendly

Footprints of predatory lady beetles stimulate increased dispersal of aphid prey, but do not alter feeding behavior or spread of a non-persistently transmitted plant virus doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

First post on BlueSky. I am the Head of the Agriculture and Environment Department at Harper Adams University. My interests include GiS, Food Production & Security, Agri-environment and Agricultural Higher Education and Training, including a focus on Sub-saharan agriculture and land use.

New feed for anyone involved in ecosystem services etc. Will pick up any terms and hashtags related to ecosystem services, disservices, NCP, natural capital bsky.app/profile/did:...

A question for entomologists who take macro photos, what has been your experience of using the Laowa ultra-macro: www.venuslens.net/product/laow...? Interested in getting this lens for some of our smaller species. #entomology #macro #photography

A rare opportunity to wrangle some aphids at the lab bench this morning!

I have finally started my (slow) migration from the social media platform formerly known as Twitter! I am a Lecturer in Integrated Pest Management at Harper Adams University (UK). My specific interests are in using chemical ecology and data science to develop sustainable crop protection tools