Animating tree colonization and growth (2016)
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(2016). Animating tree colonization and growth. Dendrochronologia, 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2016.11.006

In the early twentieth century the woodland at Heald Brow, north-west England, was largely a tree-less pasture, but changing land management practices lead to natural tree colonization and the development of a mixed deciduous woodland with ash (Fraxi... Read More about Animating tree colonization and growth.

Dynamics of cell wall assembly during early embryogenesis in the brown alga Fucus. (2016)
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Torode, T., Siméon, A., Marcus, S., Jam, M., Le Moigne, M., Duffieux, D., …Hervé, C. (2016). Dynamics of cell wall assembly during early embryogenesis in the brown alga Fucus. Journal of Experimental Botany, 6089 - 6100. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erw369

Zygotes from Fucus species have been used extensively to study cell polarization and rhizoid outgrowth, and in this model system cell wall deposition aligns with the establishment of polarity. Monoclonal antibodies are essential tools for the in situ... Read More about Dynamics of cell wall assembly during early embryogenesis in the brown alga Fucus..

Virus Infection of Plants Alters Pollinator Preference: A Payback for Susceptible Hosts? (2016)
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Groen, S., Jiang, S., Murphy, A., Cunniffe, N., Westwood, J., Davey, M., …Carr, J. (2016). Virus Infection of Plants Alters Pollinator Preference: A Payback for Susceptible Hosts?. PLOS pathogens a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science, e1005790 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005790

Plant volatiles play important roles in attraction of certain pollinators and in host location by herbivorous insects. Virus infection induces changes in plant volatile emission profiles, and this can make plants more attractive to insect herbivores,... Read More about Virus Infection of Plants Alters Pollinator Preference: A Payback for Susceptible Hosts?.

An Indirect Defence Trait Mediated through Egg-Induced Maize Volatiles from Neighbouring Plants. (2016)
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Mutyambai, D., Khan, Z., Midega, C., Pickett, J., Bruce, T., & van den Berg, J. (2016). An Indirect Defence Trait Mediated through Egg-Induced Maize Volatiles from Neighbouring Plants. PloS one, e0158744 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158744

Attack of plants by herbivorous arthropods may result in considerable changes to the plant's chemical phenotype with respect to emission of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). These HIPVs have been shown to act as repellents to the attacking i... Read More about An Indirect Defence Trait Mediated through Egg-Induced Maize Volatiles from Neighbouring Plants..

Predatory mites double the economic injury level of the Frankliniella occidentalis in strawberry (2016)
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(2016). Predatory mites double the economic injury level of the Frankliniella occidentalis in strawberry. BioControl, 661-669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-016-9747-y

The western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) causes bronzing to strawberry fruit. Management of insecticide-resistant strains relies on the integration of predators with carefully timed use of the few inse... Read More about Predatory mites double the economic injury level of the Frankliniella occidentalis in strawberry.