Biological Chemistry

Prof John Pickett:

Publication List (2000 - date)

 

A. Tamiru, T. Bruce, C. Woodcock, J. Caulfield, C. Midega, C. Ogol, P. Mayon, M. Birkett, J. Pickett and Z. Khan (2011) Maize landraces recruit egg and larval parasitoids in response to egg deposition by a herbivore. Ecology Letters (in press)

T.J.A. Bruce and J.A. Pickett (2011) Perception of plant volatile blends by herbivorous insects – Finding the right mix.  Phytochemistry 72:1605-1611.

M. Hegde, J.N. Oliveria, J. G. da Costa, E. Bleicher, A.E.G. Santana, T.J.A. Bruce, J. Caulfield, S.Y. Dewhirst, C.M. Woodcock, J.A. Pickett and M.A. Birkett (2011) Identification of semiochemicals released by cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, upon infestation by the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii.  Journal Chemical Ecology 37:741-750.

A.W. Murage, G. Obare, J. Chianu, D.M. Amudavi, J. Pickett and Z.R. Khan (2011) Duration analysis of technology adoption effects of dissemination pathways: A case of ‘push-pull’ technology for control of Striga weeds and stemborers in Western Kenya.  Crop Protection 30:531-538.

J. Zhu, A. Zhang, K-C. Park, T. Baker, B. Lang, R. Jurenka, J.J. Obrycki, W.R. Graves, J.A. Pickett, D. Smiley, K.R. Chauhan and J.A. Klun (2006) Sex pheromone of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsummura and its potential use in semiochemical-based control.  Environmental Entomology 35:2, 249-257.

M. Matthes, T. Bruce, K. Chamberlain, J. Pickett and J. Napier (2011) Emerging roles in plant defense for cis-jasmone-induced cytochrome P450 CYP81D11.  Plant Signaling & Behavior 6:4, 1-3.

M.A. Birkett, A. Hassanali, S. Hoglund, J. Pettersson and J.A. Pickett (2011) Repellent activity of catmint, Nepeta cataria, and iridoid nepatalactone isomers against Afro-tropical mosquitoes, ixodid ticks and red poultry mites.  Phytochemistry 72:109-114.

S. Oluwafemi, T.J.A. Bruce, J.A. Pickett, J. Ton  and M.A. Birkett (2011) Behavioral responses of the Leafhopper, Cicadulina storeyi China, a major vector of maize streak virus, to volatile cues from intact and Leafhopper-damaged maize.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 37:40-48.

Z.R. Khan, C. Midega, J. Pittchar, J. Pickett and T Bruce (2011) Push-Pull technology: a conservation agriculture approach for integrated management of insect pests, weeds and soil health in Africa.  UK government’s Foresight Food and Farming Futures project.  International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 9:1: 162-170.

A.W. Murage, D. M. Amudavi, G. Obare, J. Chianu, C.A.O. Midega, J. A Pickett and Z.R. Khan (2011) Determining smallholder farmers’ preferences for technology dissemination pathways: the case of “push-pull” technology in the control of stemborer and Striga weeds in Kenya, InternationalJournal of Pest Management 57:2:133-145.

C.A.O. Midega, Z.R. Khan, J.A. Pickett and S. Nylin (2011) Host plant selection behaviour of Chilo partellus and its implication for effectiveness of a trap crop. Entomolgia Experimentalis et Applicata 138:40-47.

R. Liu, S. Lehane, X. He, M. Lehane, C. Hertz-Fowler, M. Berriman, J.A. Pickett, L.M. Field and J-J. Zhou (2010) Characterisations of odorant-binding proteins in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans.  Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 67: 919-929.

A. Sasaki-Crawley, R. Curtis, M. Birkett, S. Powers, A. Papadopoulos, J. Pickett, R Blackshaw and B. Kerry (2010)  Signalling and behaviour of potato cyst nematode in the rhizosphere of the trap crop, Solanum sisymbriifolium.  Aspects of Applied Biology 103: 45-51.

 E.N.I. Weeks, M.A. Birkett, M.M. Cameron, J.A. Pickett and J.L. Logan (2010) Semiochemicals of the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera:cimicidae), and their potential for use in monitoring and control.  Pest Management Science. (In press)

S. Ahmad, R. Gordon-Weeks, J. Pickett and J. Ton. (2010) Natural variation in priming of basal resistance: from evolutionary origin to agricultural exploitation.  Molecular Plant Pathology (Available on-line Aug 10 DOI: 10.1111/J.1364-3703.2010.00645.X (In press)

Z.R. Khan, C.A.O. Midega, T.J.A. Bruce, A.M. Hooper and J.A. Pickett (2010) Exploiting phytochemicals for developing a ‘push-pull’ crop protection strategy for cereal farmers in Africa.  Journal of Experimental Botany(published on-line 29 July 2010 – doi:10.1093/jxb/erq229). (In press)

T.B. Toshova, D.I. Velchev, M.A. Subchev, M. Tóth, J. Vuts, J.A. Pickett and S.Y. Dewhirst. (2010) Electrophysiological responses and field attraction of the grey corn weevil, Tanymecus (Episomecus) dilaticollis Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to synthetic plant volatiles.  Chemoecology 20:199-206.

Z. R. Khan, J. A. Pickett, M. L. Hamilton, A. Hassanali, A. M. Hooper, S. P. Kuate, C. A. O. Midega, J. Pittchar and B. Torto. (2010) Control of stem borers and striga in African cereals: a low input push-pull approach with rapidly expanding impact.  Aspects of Applied Biology Agriculture: Africa’s “engine for growth” – Plant Science & biotechnology hold the key 9671-76.

A.M. Hooper, M.K. Tsanuo, K. Chamberlain, K. Tittcomb, J. Scholes, A. Hassanali, Z.R. Khan and J.A. Pickett (2010).  Isoschaftoside, a C-glycosylflavonoid from Desmodium uncinatum root exudates, is an allelochemical against the development of Striga.  Phytochemistry 71: 904-908.

S. Dewhirst and J. A. Pickett (2010) Production of Semiochemicals and allelobiotic agents as a consequence of aphid feeding.  Chemoecology 20:89-96.

C.A.O. Midega, Z.R. Khan, D.A. Amudavi, J. Pittchar and J.A. Pickett (2010).  Integrated management of Striga hermonthica and cereal stemborers in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn), through intercropping with Desmodium intortum. International Journal Pest Management  56:2:145-151.

B. Webster, T. Bruce, J. Pickett and J. Hardie (2010).  Volatiles functioning as host cues in a blend become nonhost cues when presented alone to the black bean aphid.  Animal Behaviour 79:451-457.

J.B. Rayaisse, I. Tirados, D. Kaba, S.Y. Dewhirst, J.G. Logan, A. Diarrassouba, E. Salou, M.O. Omolo, P. Solano, M.J. Lehane, J.A. Pickett, G.A. Vale, S.J. Torr and J. Esterhuizen (2010). Prospects for the Development of Odour Baits to Control the Tsetse Flies Glossina techinoides and G. palpalis s.l. PLoS neglected Tropical Diseases 4:3: e632.

C.A.O. Midega, Z.R. Khan, J. Van den Berg, A.K.P.O. Ogol, T.J. Bruce and J.A. Pickett (2009). Non-target effects of the ‘push-pull’ habitat management strategy: Parasitoid activity and soil fauna abundance.  Crop Protection 28: 1045-1051.

J.A. Pickett, M.A. Birkett, S.Y. Dewhirst, J.G. Logan, M.O. Omolo, B. Torto, J. Pelletier, Z. Syed and  W.S. Leal. (2010) Chemical ecology of animal and human pathogen vectors in a changing global climate. Journal of Chemical Ecology 36:113-121.

T.W. Pope, C.A.M. Campbell, J. Hardie, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams. (2007) Interactions between host-plant volatiles and the sex pheromones of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi and the Damson-hop Aphid, Phorodon humuli.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 33:157-165.

E.N.I. Weeks, J.A. Logan, S.A. Gezan, C.M. Woodcock, M.A. Birkett, J.A. Pickett and M.M Cameron.  (2010) A bioassay for studying behavioural responses of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) to bed bug-derived volatiles.  Bulletin of Entomological Research.

B. Webster, S. Gezan, T. Bruce, J. Hardie and J. Pickett (2010) Between plant and diurnal variation in quantities and ratios of volatile compounds emitted by Vicia faba plants.      Phytochemistry 71:81-89.

T.J.A. Bruce, C.A.O. Midega, M.A. Birkett, J.A. Pickett and Z.R. Khan (2010). Is quality more important than quantity? Insect behavioural responses to changes in a volatile blend after stemborer oviposition on an African grass.  Biol. Lett.6:314-317.

R. Kissen, T.W. Pope, M. Grant, J.A. Pickett, J.T. Rossiter and G. Powell (2009) Modifying the Alkylglucosinolate profile in Arabidopsis thaliana alters the tritrophic interaction with the herbivore Brevicoryne brassicae and Parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 35:958-969.

E. Mendesil, T.J.A. Bruce, C.M. Woodcock, J.C. Caulfield, E. Seyoum and J.A. Pickett (2009) Semiochemicals used in Host Location by the Coffee berry Borer, Hypothenemus hapei. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35:944-950.

M.L. Hamilton, J.C. Caulfield, J.A. Pickett and A.M. Hooper (2009) C-Glucosylflavonoid biosynthesis from 2-hydroxynaringenien by Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) (Fabaceae). Tetrahedron Letters 50: 5656-5659.

H. Takemoto, W. Powell, J. Pickett, Y. Kainoh and J. Takabayashi (2009). Learning is involved in the response of parasitic wasps Aphidius ervi (Haliday) (Hymenoptera:Braconidae) to volatiles from a broad bean plant, Vicia faba (Fabaceae), infested by aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Appl. Entomol. Zool, 44 (1): 23-28.

A.M. Hooper, S. Dufour, X. He, A. Muck, J-J. Zhou, R. Almeida, L.M. Field, A. Svatos and J.A. Pickett (2009) High throughput ESI-MS analysis of binding between the Bombyx mori pheromone-binding protein BmorPBP1, its pheromone components and some analogues.  Chemical Communications. 5725-5727.

D.A. Ukeh, M.A. Birkett, T.J.A. Bruce, E.J. Allan, J.A. Pickett and A.J. Mordue (Luntz) (2009) Behavioural responses of the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, to host (stored-grain) and non-host plant volatiles. Pest Management Science 66:44-50.

R. Sasso, L. Iodice, C.M. Woodcock, J.A. Pickett and E. Guerrieri (2009) Electrophysiological and behavioural responses of Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to tomato plant volatiles. Chemoecology 19:195-201.

E. Obura, C.A.O. Midega, D. Masiga, J.A. Pickett, M. Hassan, S. Koji and Z.R. Khan (2009) Recilia banda Kramer (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of Napier stunt phytoplasma in Kenya.  Naturwissenschaften 96: 1169-1177.

Z.R. Khan, C.A.O. Midega, J.M. Wanyama, D.M. Amudavi, A. Hassanali, J. Pittchar and J.A. Pickett (2009) Integration of edible beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) into the push-pull technology developed for stemborer and Striga control in maize-based cropping systems. Crop Protection 28: 997-1006.

D.M. Amudavi, Z.R. Khan, J.M. Wanyama, C.A.O. Midega, J. Pittchar, I.M. Nyangau, A. Hassanali and J.A. Pickett (2009) Assessment of technical efficiency of farmer teachers in the uptake and dissemination of push-pull technology in Western Kenya.  Crop Protection 28: 987-996.

R. Gordon-Weeks and J.A. Pickett (2009) Role of Natural Products in Nature: Plant-Insect Interations.  Plant-derived Natural Products Chapter 15: 321-347. A.E. Osbourn and V. Lanzotti (eds).

J-J. Zhou, G. Robertson, X. He, S. Dufour, A.M. Hooper, J.A. Pickett, N.H. Keep and L.M. Field (2009).  Characterisation of Bombyx mori odorant-binding proteins reveals that a general odorant-binding protein discriminates between sex pheromone components.  J. Mol. Biol. 389: 529-545.

D.A. Ukeh, M.A. Birkett, J.A. Pickett, A.S. Bowman and A.J Mordue Luntz (2009). Repellent activity of alligator pepper, Aframomum melegueta, and ginger, Zingiber officinale, against the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais.  Phytochemistry 70: 751-758.

M.C.B. Moraes, R.A. Laumann, M. Pareja, F.T.P.S. Sereno, M.F.F. Michereff, M.A.Birkett, J.A. Pickett and M. Borges (2009). Attraction of the stink bug egg parasitoid Telenomus podisi to defence signals from soybean activated by treatment with cis-jasmone.  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 131: 178-188.

J.G. Logan, N.J. Seal, J.I. Cook, N.M. Stanczyk., M.A. Birkett, S.J. Clark, S.A. Gezan, L.J. Wadhams, J.A. Pickett and A.J. Mordue (Luntz) (2009) Identification of human-derived volatile chemicals that interfere with attraction of the Scottish biting midge and their potential use as repellents.  J. Med. Entomol. 46:2 208-219.

M. Matthes, J.A. Pickett and J.A. Napier (2008) Natural variation in responsiveness of
Arabidopsis thaliana to methyl jasmonate is developmentally regulated. Planta 228:1021-1028.

C. Carson, M.A. Birkett, P. Kijatunga, J.G. Logan, B. Myambe, H.V. Pates, J.A. Pickett,
R.T. Rwegoshora and M.M. Cameron (2009) Novel use of Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction (SBSE) in the isolation of oviposition attractants for gravid Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Bulletin of Entomological Research 23:1-7.

J.A. Pickett, M.A. Birkett, C.M. Woodcock and J-J. Zhou. (2009). Insect pheromones: scents and sex.  The Biochemical Society 31:2 28-32.

A. Stewart-Jones, S.Y. Dewhirst, L. Durrant, J.D. Fitzgerald, J. Hardie, A.M. Hooper,
J.A. Pickett and G.M. Poppy. (2007) Structure, ratios and patterns of release in the sex pheromone of an aphid Dysaphis plantaginea.  Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 4225-4344.

A.M. Hooper, A. Hassanali, K. Chamberlain, Z. Khan and J.A. Pickett. (2009) New genetic opportunities from legume intercrops for controlling Striga spp. parasitic weeds.  Pest. Manag. Sci. 65:546-552.

M. Subchev, T. Toshova, C. Koshio, S. Franke, A. Tröger, R. Twele, W. Francke, J. A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock. (2009). Identification and biological activity of sex
pheromone components from females of the plum moth Illiberis rotundata Jordan (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Procridinae).  Chemoecology 19:47-54.

B. Webster, T. Bruce, J. Pickett and J. Hardie.  (2008) Olfactory recognition of host plants in the absence of host-specific volatile compounds.  Communicative and Integrative Biology.  1:2.167-169.

Z.R. Khan, A. Hassanali, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and F. Muyekho (2004) Strategies for
management of cereal stemborers and striga weed in maize-based farming systems in Eastern Africa involving `push-pull’ and allelopathic tactics.  Proceedings 2nd National Pest Management Conference, Wad Medani, Sudan, 6-9 December 2004, pp. 72-84.

F. Frati, K. Chamberlain, M. Birkett, S. Dufour, P. Mayon, C. Woodcock, L. Wadhams, J. Pickett, G. Salerno, E. Conti, and F. Bin (2009) Vicia faba-Lygus rugulipennis Interactions: Induced plant volatiles and sex pheromone enhancement.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 201-208.

D.M. Amudavi, Z.R. Khan, J.M. Wanyama, C.A.O. Midega, J. Pittchar, A. Hassanali and          J.A. Pickett (2009) Evaluation of farmers’ field days as a dissemination tool for push-pull         technology in Western Kenya.  Crop Protection 28: 225-235.

T.W.Pope, R. Kissen, M. Grant., J.A. Pickett, J.T. Rossitor and G. Powell (2008) Comparative innate responses of the aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae to alkenyl glucosinolate derived isothiocyanates, nitriles, and epithionitriles.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 34:1302-1310 (DOI 10.1007/s10886-008-9531-2).

J.A. Pickett, M.A. Birkett and J.G. Logan (2008) DEET repels ORNery mosquitoes.
 Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesUSA 105, 36: 13195-13196. (DOI 10.1073/pnas.0807167105).

B. Webster, T. Bruce, S. Dufour, C Birkemeyer, M. Birkett, J. Hardie and J. Pickett (2008) Identification of volatile compounds used in host location by the Black Bean Aphid, Aphis fabae. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34: 1153-1161 (DOI 10.1007/s10886-008-9510-7).

Z.R. Khan, J.A. Pickett, A. Hassanali, A.M. Hooper and C.A.O. Midega (2008) Desmodium species and associated biochemical traits for controlling Striga species: present and future prospects.  Insights. European Weed Research Society Weed Research 48, 302-306.

M.C. Blassioli Moraes, M.A. Birkett, R Gordon-Weeks, L.E. Smart, J.L. Martin, B.J. Pye, R. Bromilow and J.A. Pickett (2008)  cis-Jasmone induces accumulation of defence compounds in wheat, Triticum aestivum.  Phytochemistry 69, 9-17 (doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem2007.06.020).

A.L. Mauchline, M.A. Birkett, C.M. Woodcock, J.A. Pickett, J.L. Osborne and W. Powell (2008) Electrophysiological and behavioural responses of the pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus, to volatiles from a non-host plant, lavender, Lavandula angustifolia (Lamiaceae).  Arthropod-Plant Interactions 2, 109-115 (DOI 10.1007/s11829-008-9038-3).

M.A. Birkett, S. Al Abassi, T. Kröber, K. Chamberlain, A.M. Hooper, P.M. Guerin, J. Pettersson, J.A. Pickett, R. Slade and L.J. Wadhams (2008)  Antiectoparasitic activity of the gum resin, gum haggar, from the East African plant, Commiphora holtziana.  Phytochemistry 69, 1710-1715 (doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.02.017).

J.-J. Zhou, X.-L. He, J.A. Pickett and L.M. Field (2008)  Identification of odorant-binding proteins of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti:  genome annotation and comparative analyses.  Insect Molecular Biology 17, 147-163.

Z.R. Khan, C.A.O. Midega, E.M. Njuguna, D.M.Amudavi, J.W. Wanyama and J.A. Pickett (2008)  Economic performance of the 'push-pull' technology for stemborer and Striga control in smallholder farming systems in western Kenya.  Crop Protection 27, 1084-1097.(doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2008.01.005).

Z.R. Khan, D.G. James,  C.A.O. Midega and J.A. Pickett (2008)  Chemical ecology and conservation biological control.  Biological Control 45, 210-224.(doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.11.009).

T.J.A. Bruce, M.C. Matthes, K. Chamberlain, C.M. Woodcock, A. Mohib, B. Webster. L.E. Smart, M.A. Birkett, J.A. Pickett and J.A. Napier (2008)  cis-Jasmone induces Arabidopsis genes that affect the chemical ecology of multitrophic interactions with aphids and their parasitoids.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105, 4553-4558.

J.G. Logan, M.A. Birkett, S.J. Clark, S. Powers, N.J. Seal, L.J. Wadhams, A.J. Mordue (Luntz) and J.A. Pickett (2008)  Identification of human-derived volatile chemicals that interfere with attraction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 308-322.

K. Schönrogge, E.K.V. Napper, M.A. Birkett, C.M. Woodcock, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and J.A. Thomas (2008)  Host recognition by the specialist hoverfly Microdon mutabilis, a social parasite of the ant Formica lemani.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 168-178. (DOI 10.1007/s10886-007-9417-8).

C.A.O. Midega, Z.R. Khan, J. van den Berg, C.K.P.O. Ogol, A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2008)  Response of ground-dwelling arthropods to a ‘push-pull’ habitat management system:  spiders as an indicator group.  Journal of Applied Entomology 132, 248-254.

Z.R. Khan, D.M. Amudavi, C.A.O. Midega, J.M. Wanyama and J.A. Pickett (2008)  Farmers’ perceptions of a ‘push-pull’ technology for control of cereal stemborers and Striga weed in western Kenya.  Crop Protection 27, 976-987.

Z.R. Khan, C.A.O. Midega, D.M. Amudavi, A. Hassanali and J.A. Pickett (2008)  On-farm evaluation of the ‘push-pull’ technology for the control of stemborers and striga weed on maize in western Kenya.  Field Crops Research 106, 224-233.

A. Hassanali, H. Herren, Z.R. Khan, J.A. Pickett and C.M. Woodcock (2008)  Integrated pest management:  the push-pull approach for controlling insect pests and weeds of cereals, and its potential for other agricultural systems including animal husbandry.   Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B 363, 611-621.

J.A. Pickett, M.A. Birkett, T.J.A. Bruce, K. Chamberlain, R. Gordon-Weeks, M.C. Matthes, J.A. Napier, L.E. Smart and C.M. Woodcock (2007)  Developments in aspects of ecological phytochemistry:  the role of cis-jasmone in inducible defence systems in plants.  Phytochemistry  68, 2937-2945.  (PSE 50 Special Issue).

T.J.A. Bruce, M.C. Matthes, J.A. Napier and J.A. Pickett (2007)  Stressful “memories” of plants: evidence and possible mechanisms.  Plant Science 173, 603-608.

S.M. Guchu, A. Yenesew, M.K. Tsanuo, N.K. Gikonyo, J.A. Pickett, A.M. Hooper and A. Hassanali (2007)  C-methylated and C-prenylated isoflavonoids from root extract of Desmodium uncinatum.  Phytochemistry 68, 646-651.

J.A. Pickett and R.T. Glinwood (2007)  Chemical Ecology.  In:  Aphids as Crop Pests, pp. 235-260.  Editors H.F. van Emden and R.H. Harrington.  (CABI, Wallingford).

Z.R. Khan, C.A.O. Midega, A. Hassanali and J.A. Pickett (2007)  Field developments on Striga control by Desmodium intercrops in a “push-pull” strategy.  In:  Integrating New Technologies for Striga Control:  Towards Ending the Witch-hunt, pp. 241-252.  Editors G. Ejeta and J. Gressel.  (World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London).

J.A. Pickett, Z.R. Khan, A. Hassanali and A.M. Hooper (2007)  Chemicals involved in post-germination inhibition of Striga by Desmodium:  opportunities for utilizing the associated allelopathic traits.  In:  Integrating New Technologies for Striga Control:  Towards Ending the Witch-hunt, pp. 61-70.  Editors G. Ejeta and J. Gressel.  (World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London).

A.M. Hooper, S. Dufour, S. Willaert, S. Pouvreau and J.A. Pickett (2007)  Synthesis of (2S,7S)-dibutyroxynonane, the sex pheromone of the orange wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana (Géhin) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), by diastereoselective silicon-tethered ring-closing metathesis.  Tetrahedron Letters 48, 5991-5994.

T.J.A. Bruce and J.A. Pickett (2007)  Plant defence signalling induced by biotic attacks.  Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10, 387-392.

E. Kazana, T.W. Pope, L. Tibbles, M. Bridges, J.A. Pickett, A.M. Bones, G. Powell and J.T. Rossiter (2007)  The cabbage aphid:  a walking mustard oil bomb.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274, 2271-2277.

Z.R. Khan, C.A.O. Midega, L.J. Wadhams, J.A. Pickett and A. Mumuni (2007)  Evaluation of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) varieties for use as trap plants for the management of African stemborer (Busseola fusca) in a push-pull strategy.  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 124, 201-211.

H.M. Mohamed, Z.R. Khan, J.M. Mueke, A. Hassanali, E. Kairu and J.A. Pickett (2007)  Behaviour and biology of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) on Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. infested and uninfested maize plants.  Crop Protection 26, 998-1005.

J.D. Blande, J.A. Pickett and G.M. Poppy (2007)  A comparison of semiochemically mediated interactions involving specialist and generalist Brassica-feeding aphids and the braconid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 33, 767-779.

Z.R. Khan, C.A.O. Midega, A. Hassanali, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2007)  Assessment of different legumes for the control of Striga hermonthica in maize and sorghum.  Crop Science 47, 728-734.

A..C. Skelton, M.A. Birkett, J.A. Pickett and M.M. Cameron (2007)  Olfactory responses of medically and economically important mites (Acari: Epidermoptidae and Acaridae) to volatile chemicals.  Journal of Medical Entomology 44, 367-371.

J.A. Pickett, M.A. Birkett, M.C. Blassioli Moraes, T.J.A. Bruce, K. Chamberlain, R. Gordon-Weeks, M.C. Matthes, J.A. Napier, L.E. Smart, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2007)  cis-Jasmone as allelopathic agent in inducing plant defence.  Allelopathy Journal 19, 109-118.

S.M. Cook, Z.R. Khan and J.A. Pickett (2007)  The use of push-pull strategies in integrated pest management.  Annual Review of Entomology 52, 375-400.

Z.R. Khan, C.A.O. Midega, A. Hassanali, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and A. Wanjoya (2006)  Management of witchweed, Striga hermonthica, and stemborers in sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, through intercropping with greenleaf desmodium, Desmodium intortum.  International Journal of Pest Management 52, 297-302.

Birkett, M.A., Chamberlain, K., Khan, Z.R., Pickett, J.A., Toshova, T., Wadhams, L.J. and Woodcock, C.M. (2006)  Electrophysiological responses of the lepidopterous stemborers Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca to volatiles from wild and cultivated host plants.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 32, 2475-2487.

K. Schönrogge, M.G. Gardner, G.W. Elmes, E.K.V. Napper, D.J. Simcox, J.C. Wardlaw, J. Breen, B. Barr, J.J. Knapp, J.A. Pickett and J.A. Thomas (2006)  Host propagation permits extreme local adaptation in a social parasite of ants.  Ecology Letters 9, 1032-1040.

I.M. Prosser, R.J. Adams, M.H. Beale, N.D. Hawkins, A.L. Phillips, J.A. Pickett and L.M. Field (2006)  Cloning and functional characterisation of a cis-muuroladiene synthase from black peppermint (Mentha x piperita) and direct evidence for a chemotype unable to synthesise farnesene.  Phytochemistry 67, 1564-1571.

Kalule, Z.R. Khan, G. Bigirwa, J. Alupo, S. Okanya, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2006)  Farmers’ perceptions of importance, control practices and alternative hosts of maize stemborers in Uganda.  International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 26, 71-77.

Z.R. Khan, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams, A. Hassanali and C.A.O. Midega (2006)  Combined control of Striga hermonthica and stemborers by maize-Desmodium spp. intercrops.  Crop Protection 25, 989-995.

A.M. Hooper, J-B. Farcet, N.P. Mulholland and J.A. Pickett (2006)  Synthesis of 9-methylgermacrene B, racemate of the sex pheromone of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lapinha), from the renewable resource, Geranium macrorrhizum essential oil.  Green Chemistry 8, 513-515.

M.H. Beale, M.A. Birkett, T.J. Bruce, K. Chamberlain, L.M. Field, A.K. Huttly, J.L. Martin, R. Parker, A.L. Phillips, J.A. Pickett, I.M. Prosser, P.R. Shewry, L.E. Smart, L.J. Wadhams, C.M. Woodcock and Y. Zhang (2006)  Aphid alarm pheromone produced by transgenic plants affects aphid and parasitoid behaviour.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103, 10509-10513.

K. Chamberlain, Z.R. Khan, J.A. Pickett, T. Toshova and L.J. Wadhams (2006)  Diel periodicity in the production of green leaf volatiles by wild and cultivated host plants of stemborer moths, Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 32, 565-577.

C.A.O. Midega, Z.R. Khan, J. van den Berg, C.K.P.O. Ogol, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2006)  Maize stemborer predator activity under ‘push-pull’ system and Bt-maize:  a potential component in managing Bt resistance.  International Journal of Pest Management 52, 1-10.

.R. Khan, A. Hassanali and J.A. Pickett (2006)  Managing polycropping to enhance soil system productivity:  a case study from Africa.  In Biological Approaches to Sustainable Soil Systems, ed. N. Uphoff, CRC Press, pp. 575-586.

J-J.Zhou, Y. Kan, J. Antoniw, J.A. Pickett and L.M. Field (2006)  Genome and EST analyses and expression of a gene family with putative functions in insect chemoreception.  Chemical Senses (advance access published March 31, 2006), 1-13.

A. Couty, H. van Emden, J.N. Perry, J. Hardie, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2006) 
The roles of olfaction and vision in host-plant finding by the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella.  Physiological Entomology 31, 134-145.

.J.E. Bailey, M.A. Birkett, A. Ingvarsdóttir, A.J. Mordue (Luntz), W. Mordue, B. O’Shea, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2006)  The role of semiochemicals in host location and non-host avoidance by salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) copepodids.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63, 448-456.

J.A. Pickett, T.J.A. Bruce, K. Chamberlain, A. Hassanali, Z.R. Khan, M.C. Matthes, J.A. Napier, L.E. Smart, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2006)  Plant volatiles yielding new ways to exploit plant defence.  In:  Chemical ecology:  from gene to ecosystem, pp. 161-173.  Editors M. Dicke and W. Takken.  (Springer, Netherlands).

J. Pettersson, V. Ninkovic, R. Glinwood, M.A. Birkett and J.A Pickett (2005)  Foraging in a complex environment – semiochemicals support searching behaviour of the seven spot ladybird.  European Journal of Entomology 102, 365-370.

S.P. Jacobs, A.P. Liggins, J-J. Zhou, J.A. Pickett, X. Jin and L.M. Field (2005)  OS-D-like genes and their expression in aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae).  Insect Molecular Biology 14, 423-432.

M.D. Soler Cruz, M.C. Vega Robles, J.B. Jespersen, O. Kilpinen, M. Birkett, S. Dewhirst and J. Pickett (2005)  Scanning electron microscopy of foreleg tarsal sense organs of the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae (DeGeer) (Acari:  Dermanyssidae).  Micron 36, 415-421.

N. Ngumbi, A.J. Ngi-Song, E.N.M. Njagi, R. Torto, L.J. Wadhams, M.A. Birkett, J.A. Pickett, W.A. Overholt and B. Torto (2005)  Responses of the stem borer larval endoparasitoid Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to plant derived synomones:  laboratory and field cage experiments.  Biocontrol Science and Technology 15, 271-279.

S. Gouinguené, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams, M.A. Birkett and T.C.J. Turlings (2005)  Antennal electrophysiological responses of three parasitic wasps to caterpillar-induced volatiles from maize (Zea mays mays), cotton (Gossypium herbaceum), and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata).  Journal of Chemical Ecology 31, 1023-1038.

J. Zhu, J.J. Obrycki, S.A. Ochieng, T.C. Baker, J.A. Pickett and D. Smiley (2005)  Attraction of two lacewing species to volatiles produced by host plants and aphid prey.  Naturwissenschaften 92, 277-281.

Z-X. Li, J.A. Pickett, L.M. Field and J-J. Zhou (2005)  Identification and expression of odorant-binding proteins of the malaria-carrying mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis.  Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 58, 175-189.

A.M. Hooper, E. Napper and J.A. Pickett (2004)  Alarm pheromones of insects.  In Encyclopedia of Entomology, Vol. 3, 50-59.  Editor John L. Capinera.  Kluwer Academic Publishers.

M.A. Birkett, N. Agelopoulos, K.-M.V. Jensen, J.B. Jespersen, J.A. Pickett, H.J. Prijs, G. Thomas, J.J. Trapman, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2004)  The role of volatile semiochemicals in mediating host location and selection by nuisance and disease-transmitting cattle flies.  Medical and Veterinary Entomology 18, 313-322.

H.M. Whitney, O. Sayanova, J.A. Pickett and J.A. Napier (2004)  Isolation and expression pattern of two putative acyl-ACP desaturase cDNAs from Bassia scoparia.  Journal of Experimental Botany 55, 787-789.

J.D. Blande, J.A. Pickett and G.M. Poppy (2004)  Attack rate and success of the parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae on specialist and generalist feeding aphids.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 30, 1781-1795.

S. Textor, S. Bartram, J. Kroymann, K.L. Falk, A. Hick, J.A. Pickett and J. Gershenzon (2004)  Biosynthesis of methionine-derived glucosinolates in Arabidopsis thaliana:  recombinant expression and characterization of methylthioalkylmalate synthase, the condensing enzyme of the chain-elongation cycle.  Planta 218, 1026-1035.

Z.R. Khan and J.A. Pickett (2004)  The ‘push-pull’ strategy for stemborer management:  a case study in exploiting biodiversity and chemical ecology.  In:  Ecological Engineering for Pest Management:  Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods, pp. 155-164.  Editors G. Gurr, S. Wratten and M. Altieri.  (CSIRO Publishing, Australia).

S.M. Kimani, S.C. Chhabra, W. Lwande, Z.R. Khan, A. Hassanali and J.A. Pickett (2000)  Airborne volatiles from Melinis minutiflora P. Beauv., a non-host plant of the spotted stem borer. Journal of Essential Oil Research 12, 221-224.

K.-M.V. Jensen, J.B. Jespersen, M.A Birkett, J.A. Pickett, G. Thomas, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2004)  Variation in the load of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans, in cattle herds is determined by the presence or absence of individual heifers.  Medical and Veterinary Entomology 18, 275-280.

J.A. Pickett. (2004)  New opportunities in neuroscience, but a great danger that some may be lost.  In:  Neurotox ‘03:  Neurotoxicological Targets from Functional Genomics and Proteomics, pp. 1-10.  Editors D.J. Beadle, I.R. Mellor and P.N.R. Usherwood.  (Society of Chemical Industry, London).

K.L. Falk, C. Vogel, S. Textor, S. Bartram, A. Hick, J.A. Pickett and J. Gershenzon (2004)  Glucosinolate biosynthesis:  demonstration and characterization of the condensing enzyme of the chain elongation cycle in Eruca sativa.  Phytochemistry 65, 1073-1084.

Y. Nakashima, M.A. Birkett, B.J. Pye, J.A. Pickett and W. Powell (2004)  The role of semiochemicals in the avoidance of the seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata, by the aphid parasitoid, Aphidius ervi.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 30, 1103-1116.

E. Bartlet, M.M. Blight, J.A. Pickett, L.E. Smart, G. Turner and C.M. Woodcock (2004)  Orientation and feeding responses of the pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus, to candytuft, Iberis amara.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 30, 913-925.

T.O. Olagbemiro, M.A. Birkett, A.J. Mordue (Luntz) and J.A. Pickett (2004)  Laboratory and field responses of the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, to plant-derived Culex spp. oviposition pheromone and the oviposition cue skatole.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 30, 965-976. 

S.H. Goldansaz, S. Dewhirst, M.A. Birkett, A.M. Hooper, D.W.M. Smiley, J.A. Pickett, L. Wadhams and J.N. McNeil (2004)  Identification of two sex pheromone components of the potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas).  Journal of Chemical Ecology 30, 819-834.

A.M. Hooper and J.A. Pickett (2004)  Semiochemistry.  In Encyclopaedia of Supramolecular Chemistry, 1270-1277, Marcel Dekker, New York.

M.A. Birkett, C.J. Dodds, I.F. Henderson, L.D. Leake, J.A. Pickett, M.J. Selby and P. Watson (2004)  Antifeedant compounds from three species of Apiaceae active against the field slug, Deroceras reticulatum (Müller).  Journal of Chemical Ecology 30, 563-576.

J-J. Zhou, W. Huang, G-A. Zhang, J.A. Pickett and L.M. Field (2004)  “Plus-C” odorant-binding protein genes in two Drosophila species and the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae.  Gene 327, 117-129.

J-J. Zhou, G-A. Zhang, W. Huang, M.A. Birkett, L.M. Field, J.A. Pickett and P. Pelosi (2004)  Revisiting the odorant-binding protein LUSH of Drosophila melanogaster:  evidence for odour recognition and discrimination.  FEBS Letters 558, 23-26.

M. Subchev, A. Mircheva, J. Pickett, L. Wadhams, C. Woodcock, A. dos Santos, S. Franke and W. Francke (2003)  Sex pheromone of the leaf-miner Phyllonorycter platani:  (Z10)-tetradecenyl acetate. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29, 2391-2396.

L.S. Gohole, W.A. Overholt, Z.R. Khan, J.A. Pickett and L.E.M. Vet (2003)  Effects of molasses grass, Melinis minutiflora volatiles on the foraging behavior of the cereal stemborer parasitoid, Cotesia sesamiae.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 29, 731-745.

C.H. Hansen, L. Du, P. Naur, C.E. Olsen, K.B. Axelsen, A.J. Hick, J.A. Pickett and B.A. Halkier (2001)  CYP83B1 is the oxime-metabolizing enzyme in the glucosinolate pathway in Arabidopsis.  The Journal of Biological Chemistry 276, 24790-24796.

C.A.M. Campbell, F.J. Cook, J.A. Pickett, T.W. Pope, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2003) Responses of the aphids Phorodon humuli and Rhopalosiphum padi to sex pheromone stereochemistry in the field.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 29, 2225-2234.

H.M. Whitney, L.V. Michaelson, O. Sayanova, J.A. Pickett and J.A. Napier (2003)  Functional characterisation of two cytochrome b5-fusion desaturases from Anemone leveillei:  the unexpected identification of a fatty acid Δ6-desaturase.  Planta 217, 983-992.

M. Matthes, J.A. Napier, J.A. Pickett & C.M. Woodcock (2003)  New chemical signals in plant protection against herbivores and weeds.  Proceedings BCPC International Congress – Crop Science & Technology 2003, 10-12 November, SECC Glasgow, 9C-4, 1227-1236.

M.K. Tsanuo, A. Hassanali, A.M. Hooper, Z.R. Khan, F. Kaberia, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2003)  Isoflavanones from the allelopathic aqueous root exudate of Desmodium uncinatum.  Phytochemistry 64, 265-273.

T.J.A. Bruce, J.L. Martin, J.A. Pickett, B.J. Pye, L.E. Smart and L.J. Wadhams (2003)  cis-Jasmone treatment induces resistance in wheat plants against the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (Homoptera: Aphididae).  Pest Management Science 59, 1031-1036.

M.A. Birkett, K. Chamberlain, E. Guerrieri, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and T. Yasuda (2003)Volatiles from whitefly-infested plants elicit a host-locating response in the parasitoid, Encarsia formosa.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 29, 1589-1600.

.J. Bruce, J.A. Pickett and L.E. Smart (2003)  Cis-jasmone switches on plant defence against insects.  Pesticide Outlook 14, 96-98.

K.S. Boo, S.S. Kang, J.H. Park, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2003)  Field trapping of Chrysopa cognata (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) with aphid sex pheromone components in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 6, 29-36.

R. Glinwood, J. Pettersson, E. Ahmed, V. Ninkovic, M. Birkett and J. Pickett (2003)  Change in acceptability of barley plants to aphids after exposure to allelochemicals from couch-grass (Elytrigia repens).  Journal of Chemical Ecology 29, 261-274.

S. Chen, E. Glawischnig, K. Jørgensen, P. Naur, B. Jørgensen, C-E. Olsen, C.H. Hansen, H. Rasmussen, J.A. Pickett and B.A. Halkier (2003)  CYP79F1 and CYP79F2 have distinct functions in the biosynthesis of aliphatic glucosinolates in Arabidopsis.  The Plant Journal 33, 923-937.

G. Jones, C.A.M. Campbell, J. Hardie, J.A. Pickett, B.J. Pye and L.J. Wadhams (2003)  Integrated management of two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae on hops using hop β-acids as an antifeedant together with the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis. Biocontrol Science and Technology 13, 241-252.

M.A. Birkett and J.A. Pickett (2003)  Aphid sex pheromones:  from discovery to commercial production.  (Molecules of Interest Review).  Phytochemistry 62, 651-656.

J.A. Pickett, H.B. Rasmussen, C.M. Woodcock, M. Matthes and J.A. Napier (2003)  Plant stress signalling:  understanding and exploiting plant-plant interactions.  Biochemical Society Transactions 31, 123-127.

W. Powell and J.A. Pickett (2003)  Manipulation of parasitoids for aphid pest management:  progress and prospects.  Pest Management Science 59, 149-155.

A. Ingvarsdóttir, M.A. Birkett, I. Duce, W. Mordue, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and A.J. Mordue (Luntz) (2002)  Role of semiochemicals in mate location by parasitic sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 28, 2107-2117.

Z.R. Khan, A. Hassanali, W. Overholt, T.M. Khamis, A.M. Hooper, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2002)  Control of witchweed Striga hermonthica by intercropping with Desmodium spp., and the mechanism defined as allelopathic.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 28, 1871-1885.

Prosser, A.L. Phillips, S. Gittings, M.J. Lewis, A.M. Hooper, J.A. Pickett and M.H. Beale (2002)  (+)-(10R)-Germacrene A synthase from goldenrod, Solidago canadensis;. cDNA isolation, bacterial expression and functional analysis.  Phytochemistry 60, 691-702.

A.M. Hooper, B. Donato, C.M. Woodcock, J.H. Park, R.L. Paul, K.S. Boo, J. Hardie and J.A. Pickett (2002)  Characterization of (1R,4S,4aR,7S,7aR)-dihydronepetalactol as a semiochemical for lacewings, including Chrysopa spp. and Peyerimhoffina gracilis.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 28, 849-864.

A. Ingvarsdóttir, M.A. Birkett, I. Duce, R.L. Genna, W. Mordue, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and A.J. Mordue (Luntz) (2002)  Semiochemical strategies for sea louse control:  host location cues.  Pest Management Science 58, 537-545.

Z.R. Khan, J.A. Pickett, L. Wadhams and F. Muyekho (2001)  Habitat management strategies for the control of cereal stemborers and striga in maize in Kenya.  Insect Science and Its Application. 21, 375-380. 

J.A. Pickett and T.O. Olagbemiro (2002)  Repellents.  In Encyclopedia of Pest Management, pp. 696-697.  (Marcel Dekker).

E.N. Barata, H. Mustaparta, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and J. Araujo (2002)  Encoding of host and non-host plant odours by receptor neurones in the eucalyptus woodborer, Phoracantha semipunctata (Coleoptera:  Cerambycidae).  Journal of Comparative Physiology A 188, 121-133.

J.S. Waterhouse, M. Hudson, J.A. Pickett and P.J. Weldon (2001)  Volatile components in dorsal gland secretions of the white-lipped peccary, Tayassu pecari, from Bolivia.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 27, 2459-2469.

Z.R. Khan, A. Hassanali, T.M. Khamis, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2001)  Mechanisms of Striga hermonthica suppression by Desmodium spp.  Proceedings of the BCPC Conference – Weeds 2001, Brighton, UK, 12-15 November 2001, 895-900.

C. Costantini, M.A. Birkett, G. Gibson, J. Ziesmann, N'F. Sagnon, H.A. Mohammed, M. Coluzzi and J.A. Pickett (2001)  Electroantennogram and behavioural responses of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to human-specific sweat components.  Medical and Veterinary Entomology 15, 259-266.

K. Chamberlain, E. Guerrieri, F. Pennachio, J. Pettersson, J.A. Pickett, G.M. Poppy, W. Powell, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2001)  Can aphid-induced plant signals be transmitted aerially and through the rhizosphere?  Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 29, 1063-1074.

M.A. Birkett, K. Chamberlain, A.M. Hooper and J.A. Pickett (2001)  Does allelopathy offer real promise for practical weed management and for explaining rhizosphere interactions involving higher plants?  Plant and Soil 232, 31-39.

B. Donato, S.J. Brooks, J.A. Pickett and J. Hardie (2001)  Peyerimhoffina gracilis (Schneider, 1851) (Neur.: Chrysopidae):  a green lacewing new to Britain.  Entomologist’s Record 113, 131-135.

C.M. Hartfield, C.A.M. Campbell, J. Hardie, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2001)  Pheromone traps for the dissemination of an entomopathogen by the damson-hop aphid Phorodon humuli.  Biocontrol Science and Technology 11, 401-410.

C.H. Hansen, U. Wittstock, C.E. Olsen, A.J. Hick, J.A. Pickett and B.A. Halkier (2001)  Cytochrome P450 CYP79F1 from Arabidopsis catalyzes the conversion of dihomomethionine and trihomomethionine to the corresponding aldoximes in the biosynthesis of aliphatic glucosinolates.  The Journal of Biological Chemistry 276, 11078-11085.

J.A. Pickett and G.M. Poppy (2001)  Switching on plant genes by external chemical signals.  Trends in Plant Science 6, 137-139.

S. Al Abassi, M.A. Birkett, J. Pettersson, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2001)  Response of the ladybird parasitoid Dinocampus coccinellae to toxic alkaloids from the seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 27, 33-43.

H. Whitney, O. Sayanova, M.J. Lewis, J. Pickett and J.A. Napier (2000)  Isolation of two putative acyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase enzymes from Kochia scoparia.  Biochemical Society Transactions 28, 623-624.

L.M. Field, J.A. Pickett and L.J. Wadhams (2000)  Molecular studies in insect olfaction.  Insect Molecular Biology 9, 545-551.

Z.R. Khan, J.A. Pickett, J. van den Berg, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2000)  Exploiting chemical ecology and species diversity:  stem borer and striga control for maize and sorghum in Africa.  Pest Management Science 56, 957-962.

E.N. Barata, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams, C.M. Woodcock and H. Mustaparta (2000)  Identification of host and nonhost semiochemicals of eucalyptus woodborer Phoracantha semipunctata by gas chromatography-electronantennography.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 1877-1895.

G.J. Devine, A. Ingvarsdóttir, W. Mordue, A.W. Pike, J.A. Pickett, I. Duce and A.J. Mordue (Luntz) (2000)  Salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, exhibit specific chemotactic responses to semiochemicals originating from the salmonid, Salmo salar. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 1833-1847.

S. Al Abassi, M.A. Birkett, J. Pettersson, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2000)  Response of the seven-spot ladybird to an aphid alarm pheromone and an alarm pheromone inhibitor is mediated by paired olfactory cells.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 1765-1771.

L.E.G. Mboera, W. Takken, K.Y. Mdira, G.J. Chuwa and J.A. Pickett (2000)  Oviposition and behavioral responses of Culex quinquefasciatus to skatole and synthetic oviposition pheromone in Tanzania.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 1193-1203.

L.E.G. Mboera, W. Takken, K.Y. Mdira and J.A. Pickett (2000)  Sampling gravid Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Tanzania with traps baited with synthetic oviposition pheromone and grass infusions.  Journal of Medical Entomology 37, 172-176.

M.A. Birkett, C.A.M. Campbell, K. Chamberlain, E. Guerrieri, A.J. Hick, J.L. Martin, M. Matthes, J.A. Napier, J. Pettersson, J.A. Pickett, G.M. Poppy, E.M. Pow, B.J. Pye, L.E. Smart, G.H. Wadhams, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2000)  New roles for cis-jasmone as an insect semiochemical and in plant defense.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97, 9329-9334.

W. Francke, E. Plass, N. Zimmermann, H. Tietgen, T. Tolasch, S. Franke, M. Subchev, T. Toshova, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2000)  Major sex pheromone component of female herald moth Scoliopteryx libatrix is the novel branched alkene (6Z,13)-methylheneicosene.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 1135-1149.

K.S. Boo, M.Y. Choi, I.B. Chung, V.F. Eastop, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock (2000)  Sex pheromone of the peach aphid, Tuberocephalus momonis, and optimal blends for trapping males and females in the field.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 601-609.

N.G. Agelopoulos, K. Chamberlain and J.A. Pickett (2000)  Factors affecting volatile emissions of intact potato plants, Solanum tuberosum:  variability of quantities and stability of ratios.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 497-511.

K. Chamberlain, J.A. Pickett and C.M. Woodcock (2000)  Plant signalling and induced defence in insect attack.  Molecular Plant Pathology 1, 67-72.