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Biological ChemistryToby Bruce

Dr Toby JA Bruce:
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  • Tamiru A, Bruce TJA, Woodcock CM, Caulfield JC, Midega CAO, Ogol CKPO, Mayon P, Birkett MA, Pickett JA, Khan ZR (2011) Maize landraces recruit egg and larval parasitoids in response to egg deposition by a herbivore. Ecology Letters 14: 1075–1083

  • Bruce TJA & Pickett JA (2011) Perception of plant volatile blends by herbivorous insects – Finding the right mix Phytochemistry 72: 1605-11 doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.04.011

  • Bruce TJA, Martin JL, Smart LE, Pickett JA (2011) Development of semiochemical attractants for monitoring bean seed beetle, Bruchus rufimanus. Pest Management Science doi: 10.1002/ps.2186

  • Matthes MC, Bruce TJA, Chamberlain K, Pickett JA, Napier JA (2011) Emerging roles in plant defense for cis-jasmone-induced cytochrome P450 CYP81D11 Plant Signalling and Behavior 6: 563 - 565

  • Oluwafemi S, Bruce TJA, Pickett JA, Ton J & Birkett MA (2011) Behavioral Responses of the Leafhopper, Cicadulina storey China, a Major Vector of Maize Streak Virus, to Volatile Cues from Intact and Leafhopper-Damaged Maize. J. Chem. Ecol. 37: 40-48

  • Bruce TJA, Smart LE & Pickett JA (2010) Insect pests of wheat: a worldwide perspective. In “The World Wheat Book – a history of wheat breeding – vol 2” Eds.  A Bonjean, W Angus &  M van Ginkel,  Lavoisier, Paris.

  • Padmaja PG, Woodcock CM, Bruce TJA (2010) Electrophysiological and Behavioral Responses of Sorghum Shoot Fly, Atherigona soccata, to Sorghum Volatiles. J. Chem. Ecol. 36: 1346-1353

  • Birkett MA, Bruce TJA and Pickett JA (2010) Repellent activity of Nepeta grandiflora and Nepeta clarkei (Lamiaceae) against the cereal aphid, Sitobion avenae (Homoptera: Aphididae).  Phytochemistry Letters 3:139-142

  • Matthes M, Pickett JA, Bruce TJA, Ton J & Napier JA (2010) The transcriptome of cis-jasmone induced resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana and its role in indirect defence. Planta (in press)

  • Khan ZR, Midega CAO, Bruce TJA, Hooper AM & Pickett JA (2010) Exploiting phytochemicals for developing a ‘push–pull’ crop protection strategy for cereal farmers in Africa. J Exp. Bot. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erq229

  • Bruce TJA, Smart LE & Pickett (2010) Insect pests of wheat: a worldwide perspective. In “World Wheat Book 2” Eds.  A Bonjean, W Angus &  M van Ginkel,  Limagrain (in press)

  • Bruce TJA (2010) Tackling the threat to food security caused by crop pests in the new millennium. Food Security 2: 133-141 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-010-0061-8

  • Bruce TJA (2010) Exploiting plant signals in sustainable agriculture. In “Plant Communication from Ecological Perspective” Eds. Velemir Ninkovic & František Baluška Ch 12 Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

  • Bruce TJA, Midega CAO, Birkett MA, Pickett JA & Khan ZR (2010) Is quality more important than quantity? Insect behavioural responses to changes in a volatile blend after stemborer oviposition on an African grass. Biology Letters 6: 314-317http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0953

  • Webster B, Bruce TJA, Hardie J & Pickett JA (2009) Volatiles functioning as host cues in a blend become non-host cues when presented alone to the black bean aphid. Animal Behaviour 9: 451-457 doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.11.02

  • Webster B, Gezan S, Bruce TJA, Hardie J & Pickett JA (2009) Between plant and diurnal variation in quantities and ratios of volatile compounds emitted by Vicia faba plants. Phytochemistry 71: 81-89 doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.09.029

  • Ukeh DA, Birkett MA, Bruce TJA, Allan EJ, Pickett JA, Mordue AJ (2009) Behavioural responses of the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, to host (stored-grain) and non-host plant volatiles. Pest Management Science http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.1828

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

  • Mendesil, E, Bruce, TJA, Woodcock, CM, Caulfield, J, Seyoum, E & Pickett, JA (2009) Semiochemicals used in Host Location by the Coffee berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei. J. Chem. Ecol. 35: 944 – 950. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-009-9685-6

  • Whitney HM, Chittka L, Bruce TJA, Glover BJ (2009) Conical epidermal cells allow bees to grip flowers and increase foraging efficiency. Current Biology 19: 948-953

  • Bruce TJA, Smart LE (2009) Orange wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana, management. Outlooks Pest Manag. 20: 89-92.

  • Webster B, Bruce TJA, Pickett JA & Hardie J. (2008) Olfactory recognition of host plants in the absence of host-specific volatile compounds: Host location in the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae. Communicative & Integrative Biology 1: 167-169.

  • Webster B, Bruce TJA, Dufour S, Birkemeyer C, Birkett MA, Hardie, J & Pickett, JA (2008) Identification of volatile compounds used in host location by the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae. J. Chem. Ecol. 34: 1153-1161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-008-9510-7

  • Toby J.A. Bruce, Michaela C. Matthes, Keith Chamberlain, Christine M. Woodcock, Abdul Mohib, Ben Webster, Lesley E. Smart, Michael A. Birkett, John A. Pickett, Johnathan A. Napier (2008) cis-Jasmone induces Arabidopsis genes that affect the chemical ecology of multitrophic interactions with aphids and their parasitoids. PNAS 105: 4553-4558 http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/0710305105v1

  • Bruce, TJA, Matthes, MC, Napier, JA & Pickett, JA (2007) Stressful "memories" of plants: evidence and possible mechanisms. Plant Science 173: 603-608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2007.09.002

  • Bruce, TJA & Pickett, JA (2007) Plant defence signalling induced by biotic attacks. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10: 387-392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2007.05.002

  • Bayram A, Gultekin A, Bruce TJ & Gezan, S (2007) Factors associated with mortality of the overwintering generation of Sesamia nonagrioides under field conditions Phytoparasitica 35: 490-506.

  • Pickett, JA, Birkett, MA, Blassioloi Moraes, MC, Bruce, TJA, Chamberlain, K, Gordon-Weeks, R, Matthes, MC, Napier, JA, Smart, LE, Wadhams, LJ & Woodcock, CM (2007) cis-Jasmone as an allelopathic agent in inducing plant defence. Allelopathy Journal 19: 109-118

  • Bruce, TJA, Hooper, AM, Ireland, LA, Jones, OT, Martin, JL, Smart, LE, Oakley, J & Wadhams, LJ (2007) Development of a pheromone trap monitoring system for orange wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana, in the UK. Pest Management Science 63: 49-56
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.1307

  • Beale, MH, Birkett, MA, Bruce, TJA, Chamberlain, K, Field, LM, Huttly, AK, Martin, JL, Parker, R, Phillips, AL, Pickett, JA, Prosser, IM, Shewry, PR, Smart, LE, Wadhams, LJ, Woodcock, CM & Zhang, Y (2006) Aphid alarm pheromone produced by transgenic plants affects aphid and parasitoid behavior. PNAS 103: 10509-13
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0603998103

  • Pickett, JA, Bruce, TJA, Chamberlain, K, Hassanali, A, Khan, ZR, Matthes, MC, Napier, JA, Smart, LE, Wadhams, LJ & Woodcock, CM (2006) Plant volatiles yielding new ways to exploit plant defence. In "Chemical Ecology: from Gene to Ecosystem." Eds. M Dicke & W Takken. Springer, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Ch. 11. pp. 161-173


  • Bruce, TJA, Birkett, MA, Blande, J, Hooper, AM, Martin, JL, Khambay, B, Prosser, I, Smart, LE & Wadhams, LJ (2005) Response of economically important aphids to components of Hemizygia petiolata essential oil. Pest Management Science 61: 1115-1121
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.1102

  • Bruce, TJA, Wadhams, LJ & Woodcock, CM (2005) Insect host location: a volatile situation. Trends in Plant Science 10:269-274
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2005.04.003

  • Oakley, JN, Talbot, GE, Bruce, TJA , Smart, LE, Wadhams, LJ, Hooper, AH, Jones, OT, Casagrande, ED, and Brown, NJ (2005) Development of a pheromone trap for monitoring the orange wheat blossom midge (Sitodiplosis mosellana). BCPC Conference Proceedings 2005 867-872.


  • Birkett, MA, Bruce, TJA, Martin, JA, Smart, LE, Oakley, J & Wadhams, LJ (2004). Responses of female orange wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana, to wheat panicle volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30, 1319-1328
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEC.0000037742.05022.9f

  • Bruce, TJA, Martin, JL, Pickett, JA, Pye, BJ, Smart, LE & Wadhams, LJ (2003) cis-Jasmone treatment induces resistance in wheat plants against the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Pest Management Science 59: 1031 - 1036
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.730

  • Bruce, TJA, Pickett, JA & Smart, LE (2003) cis-Jasmone switches on plant defence against insects. Pesticide Outlook 14: 96 - 98
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b305499n

  • Bruce, TJ, Martin, JL, Pye, BJ, Smart, LE & Wadhams, LJ (2002) Semiochemicals for Control of Cereal Pests. Proceedings 2002 Brighton Crop Protection Conference - Pests and Diseases, 685 - 690.


  • Bruce, TJ, Cork, A, Hall, DR & Dunkelblum, E (2002) Laboratory and field evaluation of floral odours from African marigold, Tagetes erecta, and sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus, as kairomones for the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera IOBC wprs Bulletin Vol 25


  • Bruce, TJ & Cork, A (2001) Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of female Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) to compounds identified in flowers of African marigold, Tagetes erecta. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27: 1119 - 1131
    • http://www.springerlink.com/content/h156436qk4w83431/