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Studying the ecology, behavior, and management of pest/beneficial insects in agriculture @Purdue #predators #pollinators #microbes #volatiles #pesticides
West Lafayette, IN
Joined November 2018
Dependency of Crops on Pollinators and Pollination Deficits: An Approach to Measurement Considering the Influence of Various Reproductive Traits https://t.co/PHV1C9Cl9O
#mdpiagriculture via @AgricultureMdpi
mdpi.com
Pollinators provide crucial ecosystem services, i.e., pollination, which determines crops’ reproductive fitness and yield. As pollinators decline, flowering crops might face pollination-deficit...
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New global meta-analysis of the effects of animal #pollination on food crop quality 🌾 📝 The #SafeguardResearch is co-authored by project partners Elena Gazzea and Prof. Lorenzo Marini from @UniPadova and published in @NatureComms 🔗 https://t.co/OczNBrFNuw
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Responsible use of pesticides includes striving to avoid negative effects on bees and other pollinators. But a new study finds many common methods for minimizing pesticides' impact on bees—even some product-label guidelines—have minimal scientific backing.
entomologytoday.org
Many common methods to minimize pesticides' impact on bees—even some guidelines on product labels—have minimal scientific backing, a new study shows.
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Arthropod Photo of the Week: July 19, 2023 Tobacco hornworm with parasitic wasp pupae Manduca sexta / Cotesia congregate Lepidoptera: Sphingidae / Hymenoptera: Braconidae By Jay Hirsh, Virginia, USA ( https://t.co/0WIOEMHcP5
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Kudos to @Biobest_Group @_PlantProducts for being so receptive to our research and installing queen excluders on all bumble bee colonies sold within the USA. A win-win for 🐝 conservation and pollination! @PovedaLab
https://t.co/HLhNV2mXt2
news.cornell.edu
A Cornell study that revealed commercial eastern common bumblebee hives pose a threat to their wild counterparts has led one major pollination company to quickly adapt the bumblebee hive boxes they...
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.@pecenka26 and @Kaplan_Lab describe the use of integrated pollinator management in crop management, which can provide a more pollinator-suitable environment https://t.co/pfy6sSIChI
nature.com
Scientific Reports - Implementing IPM in crop management simultaneously improves the health of managed bees and enhances the diversity of wild pollinator communities
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In the 1950s, Virginia Ferris was told by a professor to give up a fellowship at @Cornell so that a man could accept it … but she didn’t listen. She later became the first woman appointed to @PurdueAg faculty. Hear more on #ThisIsPurdue! https://t.co/gt1IUfnjiu
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In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Susan Edgell, the daughter of Purdue University trailblazer Virginia Ferris. Virginia was the first woman appointed to the College of Agriculture…
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***New paper alert 📢 Happy to share @pecenka26's 2nd PhD chapter, out in @SciReports, on how IPM affects pollinators in Midwestern US agroecosystems. This part focuses on the health of managed bees & diversity of 41 wild sp. acting as crop pollinators. https://t.co/7wSuEWyglc
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The bug in a teacup – Monitoring arthropod-plant associations with environmental DNA from dried plant material https://t.co/zgP6r0P0da
#eDNA #arthropods #ecosystem #BiologyLetters #SEBconference
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effect sizes are way better than p-values for synthesizing research findings -- but why? In this outtake, I try to make the case 👍 #Rstats #meta-analysis #Statistics See full Youtube video on what makes meta-analysis special here: https://t.co/8KZi8zH81q
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We have a new Research Postdoc position open! The incumbent will work on a new USDA grant about pollinator ecology, silflowers, and improving crop and honey production! If you are interested, pls DM me!!!
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Come work with a great team! Clinical Assistant Professor of Entomology, Insect Diagnostician - Purdue University
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New collaborative work just published with Betty Benrey & colleagues - squash domestication eliminated cucurbitacins from roots, making crops less attractive to striped cucumber beetle larvae https://t.co/x2bckpUxhS
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Beekeeping can be economically rewarding, but a large percent of colonies are lost to pests. Brock @Harpur, assistant professor of @PurdueInsects, is using the @FoundationFAR New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award to help solve this problem.
ag.purdue.edu
Honey bees and mites may be small, but they leave a large footprint. “Between five and eight percent of global crops by weight are pollinated by honeybees,” explained assistant professor of entomol...
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Excited to see the publication of 'Advances in monitoring of native and invasive insect pests of crops' edited by Michelle Fountain @niabgroup and me @HarperAdamsUni and published by @bdspublishing. For more details please see: https://t.co/nORzqi6MHJ
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Been a great few days discussing pests/pollinators with watermelon growers to establish IPPM field trials and then training volunteers for a new statewide bumble bee survey! 🐝🍉
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Be trained as a volunteer to survey, assess habitat and photograph bumble bees as part of a state-wide citizen science project. No experience required – only a love for pollinators! There are 5 opportunities to attend across #Indiana. Register at: https://t.co/HxdILQhDxl
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Tenure track position of Assistant Professor of Pollinator Ecology and Conservation at Iowa State! https://t.co/fOyHaizFS1
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Met with a @diversecornbelt grower today who compared the implementation of on-farm diversification practices to Rodney Dangerfield’s famous Triple Lindy dive in Back to School. This officially made my year.
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Purdue University entomologists @KernenHannah & @AgeOfArthropods inspect the Butler University collection for a study on historical bumble records for Indiana. These collections are important resource for long-term ecological studies. And, they're fun to poke through!
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