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Tony Hooper

Biological Chemistry


Dr Tony M Hooper:

Selected Publication List

  • T. J. A. Bruce, A. M. Hooper, L. Ireland, O. T. Jones, J. L. Martin, L. E. Smart, J. Oakley and L. J. Wadhams. Development of a pheromone trap monitoring system for orange wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana, in the UK. Pest Manag. Sci., (in press)


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


  • C. N. Spiegel, P. Jeanbourquin, P. M. Guerin, A. M. Hooper, S. Claude, R. Tabacchi, S. Sano, K. Mori. J. Insect Physiol., 2005, 51, 1366-1375. (1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-?-himachalene from the male sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) induces neurophysiological responses and attracts both males and females.


  • S. H. Goldansaz, S. Dewhirst, M. A. Birkett, A. M. Hooper, D. W. M. Smiley, J. A. Pickett, L. Wadhams, J. McNeil, J. Chem., Ecol., 2004, 30, 4, 819-834. Identification of two sex pheromone components of the potato aphid, Macrosiphon euphorbiae (Thomas).


  • M. K. Tsanuo, A. Hassanali, A. M. Hooper, Z. Khan, F. Kaberia, J. A. Pickett, L. J. Wadhams, Phytochemistry, 2003, 64, 1, 265-273. Isoflavanones from the allelopathic aqueous root exudate of Desmodium uncinatum.


  • Z. R. Khan, A. Hassanali, W. Overholt, T. M. Khamis, A. M. Hooper, J. A. Pickett, L. J. Wadhams, C. M. Woodcock, J. Chem. Ecol., 2002, 28, 9, 1871-1885. Control of the witchweed Striga hermonthica by intercropping with Desmodium uncinatum spp., and the mechanism defined as allelopathic.


  • A. M. Hooper, B. Donato, C. M. Woodcock, J. H. Park, R. L. Paul, K. S. Boo, J. Hardie and J. A. Pickett, J. Chem. Ecol., 2002, 28, 4, 829-851. Characterization of (1R,4S,4aR,7S,7aR)-dihydronepetalactol as a semiochemical for lacewings, including Chrysopa spp. and Peyerimhoffina gracilis.


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


  • J. G. C. Hamilton, A. M. Hooper, H. C. Ibbotson, S. Kurosawa, K. Mori, S. Muto, J. A. Pickett, Chem. Commun., 1999, 2335-2336. 9-Methylgermacrene-B is confirmed as the sex pheromone of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Laphina, Brazil and the relative stereochemistry defined as S.


  • J. G. C. Hamilton, A. M. Hooper, K. Mori, J. A. Pickett, S. Sano, Chem. Commun., 1999, 355-356. 3-Methyl-?-himachalene is confirmed, and the relative stereochemistry defined, by synthesis as the sex pheromone of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Jacobina, Brazil.