Kaplan Lab

Dependency of Crops on Pollinators and Pollination Deficits: An Approach to Measurement Considering the Influence of Various Reproductive Traits mdpi.com/2421438 #mdpiagriculture via @AgricultureMdpi

New global meta-analysis of the effects of animal #pollination on food crop quality 🌾 📝 The #SafeguardResearch is co-authored by project partners Elena Gazzea and Prof. Lorenzo Marini from @UniPadova and published in @NatureComms 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4146…

Responsible use of pesticides includes striving to avoid negative effects on bees and other pollinators. But a new study finds many common methods for minimizing pesticides' impact on bees—even some product-label guidelines—have minimal scientific backing. entomologytoday.org/2023/07/18/do-…

Arthropod Photo of the Week: July 19, 2023 Tobacco hornworm with parasitic wasp pupae Manduca sexta / Cotesia congregate Lepidoptera: Sphingidae / Hymenoptera: Braconidae By Jay Hirsh, Virginia, USA (bio.as.virginia.edu/people/jh6u

@EdStrawBio We found this very odd too! Just tested it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… Not much of an effect of spray timing (AM vs PM).

Some measures like 'avoid spraying during bee activity times' are very widespread requirements on pesticides, but have ZERO papers testing if they work.

🐝🐝New Paper!! 🐝🐝 Do measures to reduce pesticide impacts on bees actually work? Answer: We have no idea! Farmers are told to do lots of things to make pesticide applications safer for bees. We looked at if they were supported by scientific evidence. doi.org/10.1093/jee/to…

Kudos to @Biobest_Group @_PlantProducts for being so receptive to our research and installing queen excluders on all bumble bee colonies sold within the USA. A win-win for 🐝 conservation and pollination! @PovedaLab news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/0…

.@pecenka26 and @Kaplan_Lab describe the use of integrated pollinator management in crop management, which can provide a more pollinator-suitable environment #Sec9?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=organic&utm_term=null&utm_campaign=CONR_41598_AWA1_GL_PHSS_BRAND_OAXOrganic" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4159…

@moniquejrivera Thank you! 😀

cool paper from @Kaplan_Lab ❗️

In the 1950s, Virginia Ferris was told by a professor to give up a fellowship at @Cornell so that a man could accept it … but she didn’t listen. She later became the first woman appointed to @PurdueAg faculty. Hear more on #ThisIsPurdue! stories.purdue.edu/podcast/purdue…

***New paper alert 📢 Happy to share @pecenka26's 2nd PhD chapter, out in @SciReports, on how IPM affects pollinators in Midwestern US agroecosystems. This part focuses on the health of managed bees & diversity of 41 wild sp. acting as crop pollinators. rdcu.be/dgjjU

The bug in a teacup – Monitoring arthropod-plant associations with environmental DNA from dried plant material ow.ly/pl9W50JynSl #eDNA #arthropods #ecosystem #BiologyLetters #SEBconference

effect sizes are way better than p-values for synthesizing research findings -- but why? In this outtake, I try to make the case 👍 #Rstats #meta-analysis #Statistics See full Youtube video on what makes meta-analysis special here: youtu.be/3XkC_jetn-U

We have a new Research Postdoc position open! The incumbent will work on a new USDA grant about pollinator ecology, silflowers, and improving crop and honey production! If you are interested, pls DM me!!!

@BrianSpiesman @KStateEntom Our lab just gave it a test - correctly ID'd all the pics! Very, very nice job on this program 👍👏

Come work with a great team! Clinical Assistant Professor of Entomology, Insect Diagnostician - Purdue University careers.entsoc.org/jobs/18546645/…

New collaborative work just published with Betty Benrey & colleagues - squash domestication eliminated cucurbitacins from roots, making crops less attractive to striped cucumber beetle larvae doi.org/10.1007/s00425…

Beekeeping can be economically rewarding, but a large percent of colonies are lost to pests. Brock @Harpur, assistant professor of @PurdueInsects, is using the @FoundationFAR New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award to help solve this problem. ag.purdue.edu/news/2023/04/a…

@ar_meier @SUNYPlattsburgh 👏👏👏

I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor of Biology @SUNYPlattsburgh this fall! I’m looking forward to starting an undergrad-focused lab investigating microbe-plant-insect interactions in agroecosystems.

Been a great few days discussing pests/pollinators with watermelon growers to establish IPPM field trials and then training volunteers for a new statewide bumble bee survey! 🐝🍉