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Chemical Ecology Group

Current projects:

Chemical ecology of pest and beneficial arthropods : Identification, biosynthesis and scaled production of pheromones and other semiochemicals.   Funded by BBSRC

Chemical ecology of pest and beneficial arthropods : Understanding and exploiting semiochemical based mechanisms.   Funded by BBSRC

The molecular basis of responses by insects to semiochemicals.   Funded by BBSRC

Detection of volatile indicator compounds for biological  contamination and deterioration of food .   Funded by BBSRC LINK

The mechanism of suppression by the legume Demodium uncinatum of the parasitic weed Striga.   Funded by BBSRC

Exploring adaptive immunity in plants.    Funded by BBSRC

Purification and functional characterisation of COMATOSE, a peroxisomal ABC transporter from Arabidopsis thaliana.   Funded by BBSRC

Towards incorporating the biosynthetic transformation required for Striga inhibition from Desmodium into edible legume intercrops.   Funded by BBSRC

The potential to control insects and other organisms antagonistic to wheat by the up regulation of hydroxamic acids.

A new generation of  insect resistant GM crops : Transgenic wheat synthesising the aphid alarm signal.   Funded by BBSRC

Further development of a framework for the practical application of semiochemicals in field crops. (PS2113) Funded by DEFRA

Integrated control of the seed bean beetle Bruchus Rufimanus   Funded by DEFRA LINK.

The development of an integrated pest management strategy for control of pollen beetle in winter OSR   Funded by DEFRA LINK

Tsetse flies and the control of African sleeping sickness – TFCASS   Funded by EU

Industrial Crops producing added value Oils for Novel chemicals – ICON.   Funded by EU

European network for advanced research on olfaction for Malaria transmitting insect control. (ENAROMATIC)   Funded by EU

Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC): Vector population monitoring.    Funded by Gates via LSTM

Creating smallholder led growth through ‘push-pull’ technologies in Eastern Africa.   Funded by KILIMO.

Vector bases control of Human African Trypanosonmiasis using bait technology allied to a better understanding of vector population structures – TCC.   Funded by Gates via LSTM

Identification of semiochemicals for bedbug Cimex lectularius (Cimicidae) monitoring and potential control.    Funded by BBSRC

Flies and eyes : developing traps for sampling the trachoma vector, Musca sorbens.   Funded by BBSRC DTA/MRC

Genetic and modular basis for different attraction of Aedes aegypti mosquitos to human-derived volatile semiochemicals.   Funded by Lawes Trust