Dr Joe Roberts
@joe-roberts.bsky.social
Applied Chemical Ecologist • Reader in Integrated Pest Management at Harper Adams University • Fellow and Trustee of the Royal Entomological Society • Associate Editor for Crop Protection
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!
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!
December 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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!
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 | PNAS
“One Health” needs ecology
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December 14, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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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...
Understanding your biases in collecting organismal VOCs
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
December 9, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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...
Understanding your biases in collecting organismal VOCs
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
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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-... 🧪
December 12, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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
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#Entomology #SciComm #EntoPapers
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#Entomology #SciComm #EntoPapers
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December 11, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Plant chemical diversity enhances defense against herbivory
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#Entomology #SciComm #EntoPapers
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#Entomology #SciComm #EntoPapers
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🚩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
December 10, 2024 at 11:21 AM
🚩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
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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
December 10, 2024 at 10:06 AM
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!
December 4, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Preparing the aphids ahead of @hau-entomology.bsky.social insect physiology and behaviour module next week!
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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
December 2, 2024 at 9:13 AM
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
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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
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
IPM Guidance for UK Growers
IPM crop specific guides: IPM specific guidance for Oilseed Rape in the UK IPM specific guidance for Pulses grown in the UK IPM specific guidance for Potatoes in the UK IPM specific guidance for Sugar...
farmpep.net
November 29, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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
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
Full paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s118...
#AgriScience #FoodSecurity
November 28, 2024 at 6:21 PM
🌱 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
Full paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s118...
#AgriScience #FoodSecurity
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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
Find more of HAU's entomology group here: linktr.ee/hau_entomology
Entomology @ HAU | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Educating the next generation of entomologists at
Harper Adams University
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November 24, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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
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
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Entomology #IPM #Pesticides #NaturalEnemies
Deconstructing the IOBC tiered method: Are we overestimating the compatibility of pesticides and natural enemies?
Accurately estimating the risk of sensitive populations subjected to toxicant disturbances is central to our ability to protect ecosystem services. Wh…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Deconstructing the IOBC tiered method: Are we overestimating the compatibility of pesticides and natural enemies?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Entomology #IPM #Pesticides #NaturalEnemies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Entomology #IPM #Pesticides #NaturalEnemies
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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!
Deadline: December 31, 2024
📖 Learn more and submit here:
scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
Please share!
Pest Management Science Call for Papers Special issue: Harnessing Chemical Ecology for Improved Pest management.
This special issue welcomes original research and review papers relating to all aspects of how chemical ecology can be used to address crop security challenges, including the following suggested topics:
scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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!
Deadline: December 31, 2024
📖 Learn more and submit here:
scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
Please share!
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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...
Details in reply below! Sharing and reposts are appreciated.
Apply here, by 16th Jan 2025: jobs.harper-adams.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Harper Adams University: Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) PhD
Apply here for a Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) PhD at Harper Adams University. Please see https://www.harper-adams.ac.uk/research/598/possible-funded-mibtp-projects for...
jobs.harper-adams.ac.uk
November 24, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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...
Details in reply below! Sharing and reposts are appreciated.
Apply here, by 16th Jan 2025: jobs.harper-adams.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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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
The conserved aphid saliva chemosensory protein effector Mp10 targets plant AMSH deubiquitinases at cellular membranes to suppress pattern-triggered immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.15.622802v1
The conserved aphid saliva chemosensory protein effector Mp10 targets plant AMSH deubiquitinases at cellular membranes to suppress pattern-triggered immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.15.622802v1
Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are a conserved family present in insects and other arthropods, recogni
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November 18, 2024 at 9:58 AM
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
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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!
Hello, we are Ecology Supplies! 🐜🐝🦋🌿
Our company was created to fill a major gap in the entomological collection and preservation space.
Our mission is to provide the scientific community with innovative equipment through a community informed approach.
#Entomology
Our company was created to fill a major gap in the entomological collection and preservation space.
Our mission is to provide the scientific community with innovative equipment through a community informed approach.
#Entomology
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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!
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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...
DEADLINE 11 December
Apply here 👉
www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
November 19, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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...
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!
November 19, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Snow overnight has made it feel a bit more winter-like at Harper Adams University this morning!
Looks like everyone is here now then…
November 17, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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
Optimise plant essential oil biopesticides for integrated pest management.
More info: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
#Sustainability #AgTech #EcoFriendly
October 30, 2023 at 5:47 PM
"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
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...
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
October 28, 2023 at 6:56 AM
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...
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
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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.
October 22, 2023 at 1:31 PM
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.