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sadeh-agecology.bsky.social
The show must go on...
Congratulations, Umesh KP, on your first PhD paper!
And thanks, all co-authors, for your combined efforts.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

#phytochemicaldiversity #herbivory #plantinsect #plantinsectinteractions #biodiversity
www.biorxiv.org
October 28, 2026 at 3:36 PM
stressbiology.bsky.social
Molecular and transcriptional regulation of plant defense responses to aphid infestation

Vishal Patil, Rizwana Rehsawla & Apurba K. Barman

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#AphidResistance #CalciumAndMAPK #PlantInsectInteractions #ReviewArticle
Molecular and transcriptional regulation of plant defense responses to aphid infestation - Stress Biology
Aphids are one of the important agricultural pests causing substantial yield losses in crops grown across the globe. Aphids are known to cause direct feeding damages and indirect losses due to sooty m...
link.springer.com
October 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
amna007.bsky.social
🔬 Looking for Research Collaborations:
If you’re working in a related area and looking for a research collaborator, please feel free to connect or DM me. #Ecology #Entomology #InvasionEcology #PlantInsectInteractions #AphidEcology #Microbiome
September 29, 2026 at 11:36 AM
oikosjournal.bsky.social
🗺️🍽️The effect of resource concentration on consumer population densities depends on spatial scale and diet breadth

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#CommunityEcology #DietBreadth #Herbivory #PlantInsectInteractions #ResourceConcentration
Map of study plots in Connecticut, USA, with plot layout diagram.
September 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
wslresearch.bsky.social
🐜🌱🛋️#PhDAlert! MSc in #Biology or #EnvironmentalSciences? Experience with #ChemoEcologicalMethods, #PlantInsectInteractions or #ArtificalLightAtNight? We offer a #PhD position in our Forest Entomology group: apply.refline.ch/273855/1816/... #ScienceJobs
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
charachurungi.bsky.social
Ever noticed tiny cone-shaped “hats” on Witch Hazel leaves? They’re galls made by the Witch Hazel Cone Gall Aphid, where a female shelters and raises dozens of young. Nature’s tiny architects!

#InsectWorld #WitchHazel #GallAphid #PlantInsectInteractions #Biodiversitybc
June 29, 2026 at 7:23 PM
respublications.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt

Temperature elevation broadens the dietary niche of an insect herbivore
doi.org/10.1111/een.70132

#Chrysomela #Coleoptera #PlantInsectInteractions
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
August 7, 2026 at 8:01 AM
respublications.bsky.social
Photos: #Phytomyza agromyzina mines in #Cornus canadensis (credit: Maria Duynisveld)

#GBIF #PlantInsectInteractions
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social @utas.edu.au @inaturalist.bsky.social
July 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
brittanysbarker.bsky.social
My open-source models to help guide the release of a new biocontrol insect for invasive yellow starthistle are officially published! academic.oup.com/jee/article-... @entsocamerica.bsky.social

#model #insect #plantinsectinteractions #climate #invasivespecies #yellowstarhistle #weed #ipm #weevil
Climate matching models for Ceratapion basicorne (Coleoptera: Apionidae), a biocontrol agent of yellow starthistle
Abstract. Ceratapion basicorne (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Apionidae), a weevil native to Europe and western Asia, shows promise for enhancing the control of ye
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
earthdotcom.bsky.social
An 8-year-old’s backyard discovery about ants changed Earth science: Nature’s connections can show up in the most unassuming places.

#AntBehavior #WaspGalls #PlantInsectInteractions #Myrmecochory #ScientificDiscovery#EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
An 8-year-old’s backyard discovery about ants changed Earth science
Children and scientists discover how wasps trick ants into protecting their larvae, changing our understanding of nature's connections.
www.earth.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
earthdotcom.bsky.social
Herbicides are disrupting plant-insect interactions: Morning glory plants resist glyphosate and insects, reshaping plant-insect interactions and agriculture strategies.

#HerbicideImpact #PlantInsectInteractions #EnvironmentalScience #BiodiversityLoss #SustainableFarming #EarthDotCom #Earth
Herbicides disrupt the co-evolution of plants and insects
Morning glory plants resist glyphosate and insects, reshaping plant-insect interactions and agriculture strategies.
www.earth.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:25 PM
evobiouppsala.bsky.social
PREPRINT ALERT!
No preference for performance: Host plant preference, offspring performance and host plant distribution in the butterfly Aricia artaxerxes
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#Ecology #Evolution #HostPlantPreference #Butterflies #BehaviouralEcology #PlantInsectInteractions #Lepidoptera
www.biorxiv.org
March 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
merinrejichacko.bsky.social
Spotted this swallowtail caterpillar munching on wild carrot by the Limmat River in #Zürich. A quiet reminder that urban #biodiversity is not to be underestimated!🌿🐛

#UrbanEcology #PlantInsectInteractions #TrophicInteractions
A swallowtail caterpillar (I think?) munching on wild carrot by the Limmat River in Zürich.
July 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
wisdeppes.bsky.social
Marvelous 2025 paper by Walthaus et al.:

Biomechanical components of the plant–insect herbivore arms race: a model test in leaf-cutter ants

tinyurl.com/bdffsma9

#WIS

#PlantandEnvironmentalSciences

#Plants

#Herbivory

#PlantInsectInteractions

Fig.1
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM