Number of items: 104.
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SYN-A, a naturally derived synergist, restores pyrethroid efficacy against cabbage stem flea beetle but negatively impacts its parasitoid
Microctonus brassicae. (2026)
Ortega Ramos, P.A, Moores, G. D., Cook, Sam
Agricultural landscape features can mitigate field-edge yield declines: Insights from yield monitor and remote sensing data. (2025)
Metcalfe, Helen, Cook, Sam, Milne, Alice
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Semiochemical applications for managing the grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum Müller), a major pest of arable crops. (2025)
Mustapha, Suleiman, Loveridge, J., Butt, Tariq, Vuts, Jozsef, Ortega-Ramos, Patricia, Cook, Sam
ScannerVision: Scanner-based image acquisition of medically important arthropods for the development of computer vision and deep learning models. (2025)
Ong, S., Pinoy, N., Lim, M. H., Bjerge, K., Peris-Felipo, F. J., Lind, R., Cuff, J. P., Cook, Sam, Hoye, T. T.
Volatile-Mediated Plant Interactions: An Innovative Approach to Cultivar Mixture Selection for Enhanced Pest Resilience. (2025)
Markovic, D., Seimandi-Corda, Gaetan, Harizanova, V., Stoeva, A., Himanen, S., Saussure, S., Radonjic, A., Djuric, G., Lalicevic, I., Kheam, S., Rensing, M., Gallinger, J., Cook, Sam, Ninkovic, V.
Improving the performance of machine learning algorithms for detection of individual pests and beneficial insects using feature selection techniques. (2025)
Aminu, R., Cook, Sam, Ljungberg, D., Hensel, O., Nasirahmadi, A.
Attraction of cabbage stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala) to host plant odors. (2025)
Rude, D., Ulber, B., Cook, Sam, Rostas, M.
Bugs and bytes: Entomological biomonitoring through the integration of deep learning and molecular analysis for merged community and network analysis. (2024)
Suresh, M, Xin, T., Cook, Sam, Evans, D.M
Identifying insect predators using camera traps reveal unexpected predator communities in oilseed rape fields. (2024)
Seimandi-Corda, Gaetan, Hood, T., Hampson, M., Jenkins, Todd, Blumgart, Dan, Hall, Jamie, Jowett, Kelly, Hoye, T. T., Cook, Sam
Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) profiles towards λ-cyhalothrin for key ecosystem service provider (ESP) species across five European countries representing different pedoclimatic zones. (2024)
Blanco-Moreno, J. M., Caballero-Lopez, B., Cook, Sam, Foster, Stephen, Frydryszak, D., Laskowski, R., Ortega-Ramos, Patricia, Rasko, M., Reichardt, P., Sousa, J. P., Sowa, G., Sliwinska-Grochot, R., Winkler, J.
Is Metarhizium brunneum ovicidal against grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum) eggs? (2024)
Mustapha, Suleiman, Loveridge, J., Cook, Sam, Ortega-Ramos, Patricia, Vuts, Jozsef, Butt, Tariq
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Understanding insect predator–prey interactions using camera trapping: A review of current research and perspectives. (2024)
Seimandi-Corda, Gaetan, Hood, T., Cook, Sam
Integrated pest control in oilseed crops—new advances from the rapeseed research community. (2024)
Cook, Sam, Jędryczka, M.
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Quantifying the impact of Psylliodes chrysocephala injury on the productivity of oilseed rape. (2023)
Coston, D. J., Clark, Suzanne, Breeze, T. D., Field, Lin, Potts, S. G., Cook, Sam
Companion plants and straw mulch reduce cabbage stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala) damage on oilseed rape. (2023)
Seimandi-Corda, Gaetan, Winkler, J., Jenkins, Todd, Kirchner, S. M., Cook, Sam
Dynamics of pollen beetle (Brassicogethes aeneus) immigration and colonization of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in Europe. (2023)
Bick, Emily, Sigsgaard, L., Torrance, Martin, Helmreich, S., Still, Laurence, Beck, B., Rashid, R. E., Lemmich, J., Nikolajsen, T., Cook, Sam
Long‐term trends in migrating Brassicogethes aeneus in the UK. (2023)
Shortall, Chris, Cook, Sam, Mauchline, A. L., Bell, James
Banker Plant Bonuses? The Benefits and Risks of Including Brassicas in Field Margins to Promote Conservation Biocontrol of Specialist Pests in Oilseed Rape. (2023)
Skellern, Matthew, Clark, Suzanne, Ferguson, A. W., Watts, Nigel, Cook, Sam
Modelling the factors affecting the spatiotemporal distribution of cabbage stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala) larvae in winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in the UK. (2023)
Ortega-Ramos, Patricia, Mauchline, A. L., Metcalfe, Helen, Cook, Sam, Girling, R. D., Collins, L.
Relative efficiency of methods to estimate cabbage stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala) larval infestation in oilseed rape (Brassica napus). (2022)
Seimandi-Corda, Gaetan, Hall, Jamie, Jenkins, Todd, Cook, Sam
Uniting RNAi Technology and Conservation Biocontrol to Promote Global Food Security and Agrobiodiversity. (2022)
Willow, J., Cook, Sam, Veromann, E, Smagghe, G
How contradictory EU policies led to the development of a pest - the story of oilseed rape and the cabbage stem flea beetle. (2022)
Ortega-Ramos, Patricia, Cook, Sam, Mauchline, A. L.
Integrated pest management strategies for cabbage stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala) in oilseed rape. (2022)
Ortega-Ramos, Patricia, Coston, Duncan, Seimandi-Corda, Gaetan, Mauchline, A. L., Cook, Sam
RNAi targets in Agricultural Pest Insects: Advancements, knowledge gaps, and IPM. (2021)
Willow, J., Taning, C. N. T., Cook, Sam, Sulg, S., Silva, A. I., Smagghe, G., Veromann, E.
Impacts of field margin orientation on populations of soil-dwelling invertebrates in relation to the direction and intensity of field traffic. (2021)
Carlesso, Lea, Beadle, A., Cook, Sam, Hartwell, G., Mead, Andrew, Ritz, K., Sparkes, D., Wu, Lianhai, Murray, Phil
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Sampling pollen beetle (Brassicogethes aeneus) pressure in oilseed rape: which method is best? (2021)
Seimandi-Corda, Gaetan, Jenkins, Todd, Cook, Sam
Advances in automatic identifcation of flying insects using optical sensors and machine learning. (2021)
Kirkeby, C, Rydhmer, K, Cook, Sam, Strand, A, Torrance, Martin, Swain, Jennifer, Prangsma, J, Johnen, A, Jensen, M, Brydegaard, M, Graesboll, K
Invertebrate community structure predicts natural pest control resilience to insecticide exposure. (2020)
Greenop, A., Cook, Sam, Wilby, A., Pywell, R. F., Woodcock, B. A.
Equivocal Evidence for Colony Level Stress Effects on Bumble Bee Pollination Services. (2020)
Greenop, A., Mica-Hawkyard, N., Walkington, S., Wilby, A., Cook, Sam, Pywell, R. F., Woodcock, B. A.
Two common invertebrate predators show varying responses to different types of sentinel prey in a mesocosm study. (2019)
Greenop, A., Cecelja, A., Woodcock, B. A., Wilby, A., Cook, Sam, Pywell, R. F.
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Soil compaction effects upon litter decomposition in an arable field and implications for management of crop residues and headlands. (2018)
Carlesso, Lea, Beadle, A., Cook, Sam, Graham, H., Ritz, K., Sparkes, D., Wu, Lianhai, Murray, Phil
Functional diversity positively affects prey suppression by invertebrate predators: a meta-analysis. (2018)
Greenop, A., Woodcock, B. A., Wilby, A., Cook, Sam, Pywell, R. F.
Prospects for improved off-crop habitat management for pollen beetle control in oilseed rape. (2018)
Cook, Sam, Skellern, Matthew
The potential of crop management practices to reduce pollen beetle damage in oilseed rape. (2017)
Skellern, Matthew, Cook, Sam
Semiochemical-based alternatives to synthetic toxicant insecticides for pollen beetle management. (2017)
Mauchline, A. L., Hervé, M. R., Cook, Sam
Development of a statistical crop model to explain the relationship between seed yield and phenotypic diversity within the Brassica napus genepool. (2017)
Bennett, E., Brignell, C., Carion, P. W. C., Cook, Sam, Eastmond, Peter, Teakle, G., Hammond, J. P., Love, C., King, G. J., Roberts, J. A., Wagstaff, C.
Meteorological and landscape influences on pollen beetle immigration into oilseed rape crops. (2017)
Skellern, Matthew, Welham, Sue, Watts, Nigel, Cook, Sam
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) as a resource for farmland insect pollinators: quantifying floral traits in conventional varieties and breeding systems. (2017)
Carruthers, J. M., Cook, Sam, Wright, G. A., Osborne, J. L., Clark, Suzanne, Swain, Jennifer, Haughton, Alison
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Migratory flight behaviour of the pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus. (2017)
Mauchline, A. L., Cook, Sam, Powell, W., Chapman, Jason, Osborne, J. L.
Manipulating field margins to increase predation intensity in fields of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum). (2017)
Mansion-Vaquie, A., Ferrante, M., Cook, Sam, Pell, J. K., Lovei, G. L.
A functional overview of conservation biological control. (2016)
Begg, G. S., Cook, Sam, Dye, R., Ferrante, M., Franck, P., Lavigne, C., Lovei, G. L., Mansion-Vaquie, A., Pell, J. K., Petit, S., Quesada, N., Ricci, B., Wratten, S. D., Birch, A. N. E.
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The potential of decision support systems to improve risk assessment for pollen beetle management in winter oilseed rape. (2016)
Ferguson, A. W., Skellern, M. P., Johnen, A., Von Richthofen, J-S., Watts, Nigel, Bardsley, E., Murray, D. A., Cook, Sam
Temperature-activity relationships in Meligethes aeneus: implications for pest management. (2015)
Ferguson, A. W., Nevard, L. M., Clark, Suzanne, Cook, Sam
Effects of non-host plant odour on Melingethes aeneus during immigration to oilseed rape. (2013)
Mauchline, A. L., Cook, Sam, Powell, W., Osborne, J. L.
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Red oilseed rape? The potential for manipulation of petal colour in control strategies for the pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus). (2013)
Cook, Sam, Skellern, M. P., Doring, T. F., Pickett, John
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Colour choice behaviour in the pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). (2012)
Doring, T. F., Skellern, M. P., Watts, Nigel, Cook, Sam
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Odour-mediated orientation behaviour of the lily beetle Lilioceris lilii. (2012)
Salisbury, A., Cook, Sam, Powell, W., Hardie, J.
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Ecological approaches to the control of pollen beetles in oilseed rape. (2008)
Cook, Sam, Denholm, Ian
Behavioural and chemical ecology underlying the success of turnip rape (Brassica rapa) trap crops in protecting oilseed rape (Brassica napus) from the pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus). (2007)
Cook, Sam, Rasmussen, H. B., Birkett, Mike, Murray, D. A., Pye, B. J., Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
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Responses of Phradis parasitoids to volatiles of lavender, Lavendula angustifolia - a possible repellent for their host, Meligethes aeneus. (2007)
Cook, Sam, Jonsson, M., Skellern, M. P., Murray, D. A., Anderson, P., Powell, W.
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Use of pollen colour and odour cues and effect of reward quality in foraging by the honey bee. (2007)
Cook, Sam
The use of push-pull strategies in integrated pest management. (2006)
Cook, Sam, Khan, Z. R., Pickett, John
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Exploitation of host plant preferences in pest management strategies for oilseed rape (Brassica napus). (2006)
Cook, Sam, Smart, Lesley, Martin, Janet, Murray, D. A., Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
Could learning of pollen odours by honey bees (Apis mellifera ) play a role in their foraging behaviour? (2005)
Cook, Sam, Sandoz, J-C., Martin, A. P., Murray, D. A., Poppy, G. M., Williams, I. H.
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Effect of a turnip rape (Brassica rapa ) trap crop on stem-mining pests and their parasitoids in winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus ). (2005)
Barari, H., Cook, Sam, Clark, Suzanne, Williams, I. H.
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Pushing pests around: a 'push-pull' strategy for oilseed rape. (2005)
Cook, Sam
Do pollen beetles need pollen? The effect of pollen on oviposition, survival and development of a flower-feeding herbivore. (2004)
Cook, Sam, Murray, D. A., Williams, I. H.
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Are honey bees' foraging preferences affected by pollen amino acid composition. (2003)
Cook, Sam, Awmack, C. S., Murray, D. A., Williams, I. H.
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The role of pollen odour in the attraction of pollen beetles to oilseed rape flowers. (2002)
Cook, Sam, Bartlet, E., Murray, D. A., Williams, I. H.
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Appendix 4. Effect of brassica field margins on arthropod biodiversity and biocontrol in a wheat-oilseed rape rotation. (2015)
Cook, Sam, Skellern, M. P., Torrance, Martin, Nevard, L., Watts, Nigel, Clark, Suzanne, Pell, J. K.
Development of an integrated pest management strategy for control of pollen beetles in winter oilseed rape (HGCA Project Report No 504). (2013)
Cook, Sam, Doring, T. F., Ferguson, A. W., Martin, Janet, Skellern, Matthew, Smart, Lesley, Watts, Nigel, Welham, Sue, Woodcock, Christine, Pickett, John, Bardsley, E., Bowman, J., Burns, S., Clarke, M., Davies, J., Gibbard, C., Johnen, A., Jennaway, R., Meredith, R., Murray, D., Nightingale, M., Padbury, N., Patrick, C., Von Richthofen, J-S., Taylor, P., Tait, M., Werner, P.
Confidential Final Report. (2012)
Cook, Sam
Confidential project report. (2012)
Cook, Sam, Baverstock, J., Skellern, M. P.
Oilseed rape crop ecology: optimising crop husbandry for conservation biological control and greater biodiversity. Final report on DEFRA project AR0316. (2008)
Ferguson, A. W., Williams, I. H., Cook, Sam, Clark, Suzanne, Frearson, D. J. T., Holdgate, R., Isger, E. A., Mason, N. S., Watts, Nigel, Todd, A.
Conference or Workshop Item
Forecasting sclerotinia infection in UK oilseed rape. (2018)
Young, C., Canning, Gail, West, Jon
Integrated pest management of insect pests of rapeseed. (2015)
Cook, Sam
The effect of sowing date (autumn vs. spring) on the flowering period of biennial margin mixes and their resource value for enemies of crop pests. (2015)
Baverstock, J., Torrance, Martin, Skellern, M. P., Pell, J. K., Hartwell, G., Cook, Sam
Field margins for biocontrol and biodiversity across crop rotations: overview of the aims and approaches of Defra project IF01122. (2014)
Baverstock, J., Pell, J. K., Storkey, Jonathan, Torrance, Martin, Cook, Sam
Flight of Meligethes aeneus at a range of altitudes. (2014)
Mauchline, A. L., Cook, Sam, Powell, W., Chapman, Jason, Osborne, J. L.
Results of a small survey amongst farmers and advisers in the UK on their evaluation of the proPlant pollen beetle migration tool and its influence on their practice. (2014)
Ferguson, A. W., Cook, Sam
Comparing the performance of two decision-support systems for management of pollen beetles in oilseed rape in the UK. (2013)
Ferguson, A. W., Johnen, A., Bardsley, E., Von Richthofen, J-S., Skellern, M. P., Watts, Nigel, Cook, Sam
Effects of monitoring position and time of day on pollen beetle numbers in crops of oilseed rape. (2013)
Kaasik, R., Watts, Nigel, Murray, D. A., Veromann, E., Cook, Sam
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Designing an integrated pest management strategy for pollen beetles in oilseed rape. (2012)
Cook, Sam
An investigation into the development of monitoring and risk assessment systems for pollen beetles in winter oilseed rape. (2012)
Nicholls, C. J., Cook, Sam
Developing IPM tactics for pollen beetles in oilseed rape. (2010)
Cook, Sam, Ferguson, A. W., Martin, J. A., Skellern, M. P., Smart, Lesley, Watts, Nigel, Pickett, John
Responses of pollen beetles to petal colour: towards habitat management via manipulation of visual signals used in host-plant location. (2008)
Cook, Sam, Skellern, M. P., Pickett, John
Spectral sensitivity and colour choice in the pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus. (2008)
Doring, T. F., Cook, Sam
Trap crops for pollen beetles in oilseed rape: is push-pull compatible with conservation biocontrol? (2008)
Ferguson, A. W., Cook, Sam
Trapping tactics for reducing insecticide use in pollen beetle control. (2007)
Cook, Sam, Denholm, Ian
The use of pollen cues by free-flying honey bees (Apis mellifera). (2007)
Cook, Sam, Poppy, G. M., Williams, I. H.
Determining the sex of insect pests of oilseed rape for behavioural bioassays. (2006)
Cook, Sam, Watts, Nigel, Castle, L. M., Williams, I. H.
Development of a push-pull strategy for control of oilseed rape pests. (2006)
Cook, Sam, Smart, Lesley, Skellern, M. P., Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
'Push-pull' strategies for pest management in agroecosystems. (2006)
Cook, Sam
Responses of pollen beetles (Meligethes aeneus) to conspecific odours. (2006)
Cook, Sam, Murray, D. A., Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
Responses of pollen beetles (Meligethes aeneus) to petal colour. (2006)
Cook, Sam, Skellern, M. P., Smith, M. J., Williams, I. H.
Working Group Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops (1979-present). (2006)
Koopmann, B., Cook, Sam, Williams, I. H., Paul, V. H.
Responses of pollen beetles (Meligethes aeneus) to conspecific odours. (2005)
Cook, Sam, Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
Responses of pollen beetles (Meligethes aeneus) to petal colour. (2005)
Cook, Sam, Skellern, M. P., Smith, M., Williams, I. H.
Sex determination of insect pests of oilseed rape for behavioural assays. (2005)
Cook, Sam, Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
The behavioural responses of the pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus )to floral colours and odours: designing a 'push-pull' pest management strategy. (2005)
Cook, Sam, Rasmussen, H. B., Skellern, M. P., Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H., Powell, W.
Effects of a turnip rape trap crop on the spatial distribution of Meligethes aeneus and Ceutorhynchus assimilis in oilseed rape. (2004)
Cook, Sam, Watts, Nigel, Hunter, F., Smart, Lesley, Williams, I. H.
Effects of turnip rape (Brassica rapa ) trap crop and insecticide treatment on infestation of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus ) by coleopteran stem-mining pests and their parasitoids. (2004)
Barari, H., Cook, Sam, Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
Pushing insects around: the use of 'push-pull' strategies in integrated pest management. (2004)
Cook, Sam, Powell, W., Smart, Lesley, Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
Rearing and identification of the larval parasitoids of Psylliodes chrysocephala and Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus from field-collected specimens. (2004)
Barari, H., Cook, Sam, Williams, I. H.
Effects of a turnip rape (Brassica rapa ) trap crop and insecticide treatment on infestation of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus ) by coleopteran stem-mining pests and their parasitoids. (2003)
Barari, H., Cook, Sam, Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
Push-pull strategies to reduce insecticide input to oilseed rape (Brassica napus ): potential of low alkenyl glucosinolate oilseed rape varieties (push!) and turnip rape (Brassica rapa ) trap crops (pull!). (2003)
Cook, Sam, Smart, Lesley, Rasmussen, H. B., Bartlet, E., Martin, Janet, Murray, D. A., Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
Push-pull strategies to reduce insecticide input to oilseed rape (Brassica napus ): potential of low alkenyl glucosinolate oilseed rape varieties (push!), and turnip rape (Brassica rapa ) trap crops (pull!). (2003)
Cook, Sam, Smart, Lesley, Rasmussen, H. B., Bartlet, E., Martin, Janet, Murray, D. A., Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
Differential response of pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus to different varieties of oilseed rape. (2002)
Rasmussen, H. B., Cook, Sam, Birkett, Mike, Woodcock, Christine, Pickett, John
Turnip rape (Brassica rapa) as a trap crop to protect oilseed rape (Brassica napus) from infestation by insect pests: potential and mechanisms of action. (2002)
Cook, Sam, Smart, Lesley, Potting, R. J. P., Bartlet, E., Martin, Janet, Murray, D. A., Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
Turnip rape as a trap crop to protect oilseed rape from infestation by insect pests: potential and mechanisms of action. (2002)
Cook, Sam, Smart, Lesley, Potting, R. P. J., Bartlet, E., Martin, Janet, Murray, D. A., Watts, Nigel, Williams, I. H.
The role of pollen odour in the attraction of pollen beetles to oilseed rape flowers. (2001)
Cook, Sam, Bartlet, E., Murray, D. A., Williams, I. H.
Pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus Fabricius, incidence in the composite hybrid winter oilseed rape, Synergy. (1999)
Cook, Sam, Murray, D. A., Williams, I. H.
