'Smart' cereals for management of stemborer pests in staple cereals in Africa

Project (past)

Project dates01 Aug 2012 to end of 28 Feb 2017
Researchers
Principal InvestigatorToby Bruce
Co-InvestigatorJohn Pickett
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project numberS5233
5233
DepartmentBiological Chemistry and Crop Protection (BCCP)
Research fish codeBB/J011371/1
Grant IDBB/J011371/1

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Chemical cues modulating electrophysiological and behavioural responses in the parasitic wasp Cotesia sesamiae

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Tamiru, A., Bruce, T. J. A., Woodcock, C. M., Birkett, M. A., Midega, C. A. O., Pickett, J. A. and Khan, Z. R. 2015. Chemical cues modulating electrophysiological and behavioural responses in the parasitic wasp Cotesia sesamiae. Canadian Journal Of Zoology. 93, pp. 281-287. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2014-0266

New directions for improving crop resistance to insects by breeding for egg induced defence

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Tamiru, A., Khan, Z. R. and Bruce, T. J. A. 2015. New directions for improving crop resistance to insects by breeding for egg induced defence. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 9 (June), pp. 51-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2015.02.011

Behaviour and biology of Chilo partellus on maize landraces

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Mutyambai, D. M., Midega, C. A. O., Bruce, T. J. A., Van Den Berg, J., Pickett, J. A. and Khan, Z. R. 2014. Behaviour and biology of Chilo partellus on maize landraces. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 153 (2), pp. 170-181. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12237

Variation in plant responsiveness to defense elicitors caused by genotype and environment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bruce, T. J. A. 2014. Variation in plant responsiveness to defense elicitors caused by genotype and environment. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5, p. 349. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00349