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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Michael A BirkettSummaryAffiliation: Institute for Animal Health Country: UK Publications
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Developments in aspects of ecological phytochemistry: the role of cis-jasmone in inducible defence systems in plantsJohn A Pickett
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
Phytochemistry 68:2937-45. 2007....
Antiectoparasitic activity of the gum resin, gum haggar, from the East African plant, Commiphora holtzianaMichael A Birkett
Centre for Sustainable Pest and Disease Management, Biological Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
Phytochemistry 69:1710-5. 2008..These findings provide a scientific basis for the observed anti-tick properties of gum haggar, and demonstrate the potential for its development as a general acarine repellent for use in animal husbandry systems...- Repellent activity of catmint, Nepeta cataria, and iridoid nepetalactone isomers against Afro-tropical mosquitoes, ixodid ticks and red poultry mitesMichael A Birkett
Biological Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
Phytochemistry 72:109-14. 2011..e. unfractionated, Nepeta spp. oils offer potentially greater protection, due to the presence of both nepetalactone isomers and other components such as (E)-(1R,9S)-caryophyllene... 
cis-Jasmone induces Arabidopsis genes that affect the chemical ecology of multitrophic interactions with aphids and their parasitoidsToby J A Bruce
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:4553-8. 2008....- Response of economically important aphids to components of Hemizygia petiolata essential oilToby Ja Bruce
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
Pest Manag Sci 61:1115-21. 2005..In field plot experiments, numbers of A. pisum were significantly reduced in plots treated with a slow release formulation of the oil, when compared with control plots... - Identification of human-derived volatile chemicals that interfere with attraction of the Scottish biting midge and their potential use as repellentsJames G Logan
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
J Med Entomol 46:208-19. 2009..4, 74.2, and 31.6% at hours 0, 1, 2, and 3, respectively) in the field and have the potential to be developed as novel repellents... - Dolichodial: a new aphid sex pheromone component?Sarah Y Dewhirst
Biological Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
J Chem Ecol 34:1575-83. 2008..This is the first report of electrophysiological and behavioral responses from any aphid morph to (1S,2R,3S)-dolichodial. Whether or not (1S,2R,3S)-dolichodial is a third component of the aphid sex pheromone is discussed... - Aphid alarm pheromone produced by transgenic plants affects aphid and parasitoid behaviorMichael H Beale
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:10509-13. 2006..Here, we report the transformation of a plant to produce an insect pheromone and demonstrate that the resulting emission affects behavioral responses at two trophic levels... - Identification of human-derived volatile chemicals that interfere with attraction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoesJames G Logan
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
J Chem Ecol 34:308-22. 2008..Thus, unattractiveness of individuals may result from a repellent, or attractant "masking," mechanism... - Is quality more important than quantity? Insect behavioural responses to changes in a volatile blend after stemborer oviposition on an African grassToby J A Bruce
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK
Biol Lett 6:314-7. 2010..Our results show that insect responses are dependent on the quality of volatile emission rather than merely the quantity in this multitrophic interaction... - Antennal electrophysiological responses of three parasitic wasps to caterpillar-induced volatiles from maize (Zea mays mays), cotton (Gossypium herbaceum), and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)Sandrine Gouinguené
BCH Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
J Chem Ecol 31:1023-38. 2005..These results indicate that wasps are able to detect many odorant compounds released by the plants. It remains to be determined how this information is processed and leads to the specific behavior of the parasitoids... - Activation of defence in sweet pepper, Capsicum annum, by cis-jasmone, and its impact on aphid and aphid parasitoid behaviourSarah Y Dewhirst
Biological Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, UK
Pest Manag Sci 68:1419-29. 2012..Therefore, sweet pepper plants were treated with the naturally occurring plant defence activator cis-jasmone, and its impact upon the behaviour and development of aphids and aphid parasitoids was investigated... - DEET repels ORNery mosquitoesJohn A Pickett
Department of Biological Chemistry, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:13195-6. 2008 - Aphid sex pheromones: from discovery to commercial productionMichael A Birkett
Biological Chemistry Division, Rothamsted Research, Hertfordshire, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK
Phytochemistry 62:651-6. 2003.... - Response of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius funebris to volatiles from undamaged and aphid-infested Centaurea nigraMartín Pareja
Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, UK
J Chem Ecol 33:695-710. 2007..A. funebris appears to be using a combination of chemical cues to locate host-infested plants... - Responses of female orange wheat Blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana, to wheat panicle volatilesMichael A Birkett
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
J Chem Ecol 30:1319-28. 2004..However, the six-component blend and a blend of acetophenone, (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, and 3-carene, in the same ratio and concentration as in a natural sample, was as attractive to female S. mosellana as the whole air entrainment sample... - Isolation and identification of host cues from mango, Mangifera indica, that attract gravid female oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalisPagadala D Kamala Jayanthi
Department of Biological Chemistry, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, UK
J Chem Ecol 38:361-9. 2012..001), and in a choice test, fruit flies did not show any preference for the natural samples over the synthetic blends. Results are discussed in relation to developing a lure for female B. dorsalis to bait traps with... - Semiochemicals for biting fly control: their identification and exploitationJames G Logan
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
Pest Manag Sci 63:647-57. 2007..Exciting new chemical ecology tools and control technologies for the future are discussed... - Chemical ecology of animal and human pathogen vectors in a changing global climateJohn A Pickett
Centre for Sustainable Pest and Disease Management, Biological Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
J Chem Ecol 36:113-21. 2010.... - Identification of host kairomones from maize, Zea mays, for the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamaisDonald A Ukeh
Department of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
J Chem Ecol 38:1402-9. 2012..A 3-component synthetic blend of the identified compounds was significantly attractive to both sexes of the weevil. These host kairomones could be deployed in semiochemical based monitoring and management of S. zeamais in the tropics... - Revisiting the odorant-binding protein LUSH of Drosophila melanogaster: evidence for odour recognition and discriminationJing Jiang Zhou
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
FEBS Lett 558:23-6. 2004.... - Antifeedant compounds from three species of Apiaceae active against the field slug, Deroceras reticulatum (Muller)Michael A Birkett
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden Herts AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
J Chem Ecol 30:563-76. 2004..maculatum. The role of potentially toxic alkaloids as semiochemicals and the potential for using such compounds as crop protection agents to prevent slug feeding damage is discussed... - Aphid antixenosis in cotton is activated by the natural plant defence elicitor cis-jasmoneMahabaleshwar Hegde
Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Pin 580005, Karnataka, India
Phytochemistry 78:81-8. 2012..gossypii was present. The results in this study show that CJ can induce the production of A. gossypii-induced VOCs from G. hirsutum, with potential for deployment in novel crop protection strategies... - Semiochemical strategies for sea louse control: host location cuesAnna Ingvarsdottir
Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, UK
Pest Manag Sci 58:537-45. 2002..Future work involving linked GC-MS techniques using behaviour, electrophysiological responses, and organolepsis will establish further host location cues specific to Atlantic salmon... - The role of semiochemicals in the avoidance of the seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata, by the aphid parasitoid, Aphidius erviYoshitaka Nakashima
Laboratory of Entomology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
J Chem Ecol 30:1103-16. 2004..The ecological significance of intraguild avoidance behavior and implications for possible use of the semiochemicals involved in future biological control programs are discussed... - Identification of two sex pheromone components of the potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas)Seyed H Goldansaz
, , Ste-Foy, Quebec Canada G1K 7P4
J Chem Ecol 30:819-34. 2004..Under field conditions, few M. euphorbiae males were captured in traps baited with different ratios of the synthetic pheromone. Possible reasons for the different responses under laboratory and field conditions are discussed... - Role of semiochemicals in mate location by parasitic sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonisAnna Ingvarsdottir
Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
J Chem Ecol 28:2107-17. 2002..This research provides evidence that small, lipophilic organic molecules are used by sea lice as sex pheromone signals to locate a member of the opposite sex... - Laboratory and field responses of the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, to plant-derived Culex spp. oviposition pheromone and the oviposition cue skatoleTimothy O Olagbemiro
Department of Chemistry, Abubakar Tafewa Balewa University, PMB 248 Bauchi, Nigeria
J Chem Ecol 30:965-76. 2004..Furthermore, the efficacy of mosquito pheromone produced from a cheap, renewable botanical source has been demonstrated... - Chemically mediated intraguild predator avoidance by aphid parasitoids: interspecific variability in sensitivity to semiochemical trails of ladybird predatorsYoshitaka Nakashima
Laboratory of Entomology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan
J Chem Ecol 32:1989-98. 2006..septempunctata trails than in those of A. bipunctata. The trails of the two species also differ qualitatively in the other hydrocarbons present... - cis-Jasmone induces accumulation of defence compounds in wheat, Triticum aestivumMaria C Blassioli Moraes
Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Cx Postal 02372, Cep 70849 970 Brasília DF, Brazil
Phytochemistry 69:9-17. 2008..These results show, for the first time, that cis-jasmone also induces selective production of secondary metabolites that are capable of directly reducing development of pests, diseases and weeds... - Behavioral and olfactory responses of female Salaria pavo (Pisces: Blenniidae) to a putative multi-component male pheromoneRui M Serrano
CCMAR CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005 139 Faro, Portugal
J Chem Ecol 34:647-58. 2008..The putative anal gland pheromone is possibly comprised of hydrophilic odorants, whereas the other component(s), presumably of gonadal origin, may be less water-soluble... - Host recognition by the specialist hoverfly Microdon mutabilis, a social parasite of the ant Formica lemaniKarsten Schonrogge
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Wallingford, UK
J Chem Ecol 34:168-78. 2008..Results are discussed in the context of four phases of host location behavior, and of the characteristics, which volatile cues should provide to be useful for an extreme specialist such as M. mutabilis...