Common facultative endosymbionts do not influence sensitivity of cereal aphids to pyrethroids

DJ Leybourne, P Melloh… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cereal aphids, including the bird cherry‐oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi, and the grain
aphid, Sitobion avenae, can transmit viruses that significantly reduce crop yields. To mitigate …

First report of the kdr pyrethroid resistance mutation in a French population of the English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae

S Fontaine, L Caddoux, B Barrès - Crop Protection, 2023 - Elsevier
The lack of recent insecticide innovations and the withdrawal of efficient, but ecotoxic
molecules (eg neonicotinoids) may lead to a shift to older insecticidal active substances …

Thresholds and prediction models to support the sustainable management of herbivorous insects in wheat. A review

DJ Leybourne, KE Storer, A Marshall, N Musa… - Agronomy for …, 2024 - Springer
Wheat is one of the most important arable crops grown worldwide, providing a significant
proportion of the daily calorific intake for countries across the globe. Wheat crops are …

Evaluating the impact of pyrethroid insecticide resistance on reproductive fitness in Sitobion avenae

LE Walsh, O Schmidt, SP Foster, C Varis… - Annals of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Resistance to insecticides used to control pests is an issue of increasing concern for
agriculture. The grain aphid, Sitobion avenae, is a pest of cereals and grasses worldwide …

Genetic diversity in vector populations influences the transmission efficiency of an important plant virus

DJ Leybourne, MA Whitehead, T Will - Biology Letters, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The transmission efficiency of aphid-vectored plant viruses can differ between aphid
populations. Intra-species diversity (genetic variation, endosymbionts) is a key determinant …

Genome sequence of the English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae and its endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola

S Byrne, M Schughart, JC Carolan, M Gaffney… - G3, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae, is a major agricultural pest of wheat,
barley and oats, and one of the principal vectors of barley yellow dwarf virus leading to …

Barley yellow dwarf virus in winter barley: Control in light of resistance issues and loss of neonicotinoid insecticides

LM Namara, S Lacey, S Kildea… - Annals of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is the most widespread viral disease of cereal crops
vectored by aphids, causing stunting of the crop and significant yield loss. Management …

Achievements in breeding cereals with durable disease resistance in Northwest Europe

JKM Brown - 2021 - library.oapen.org
Breeding cereals in Northwest Europe for durable resistance has made an important
contribution to control of almost all economically significant diseases and pests of wheat …

Impact of a total mixed ration or pasture/pasture silage-based feeding strategy in the initial stages of lactation of spring-calving dairy cows on milk production …

ZC McKay, FJ Mulligan, EL Brady, M O'Sullivan… - Irish Journal of …, 2022 - JSTOR
The objective of this experiment was to investigate the effect of feeding strategy on milk
production, composition and selected processability parameters in the initial stages of …

A modelling framework to estimate vector dispersal and disease spread in an important agricultural pathosystem

KF Preedy, L McNamara, MM Mostafiz, M Schughart… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Cereals are some of the most agriculturally important crops grown worldwide. Cereal aphids
are small sap-feeding insects that infest cereals and vector devastating cereal pathogens …