Publications
Selected publications
- How does vector diversity influence the transmission efficiency of yellow dwarf virus? Perspectives from a review (Journal article - 2024)
- Genetic diversity in vector populations influences the transmission efficiency of an important plant virus (Preprint - 2024)
- Sharing the burden: Cabbage stem flea beetle pest pressure and crop damage are lower in rapeseed fields surrounded by other rapeseed crops (Journal article - 2024)
- To tolerate drought or resist aphids? A new challenge to plant science is on the horizon (Journal article - 2023)
- Common resistance mechanisms are deployed by plants against sap-feeding herbivorous insects: insights from a meta-analysis and systematic review. (Journal article - 2022)
- Common facultative endosymbionts do not influence sensitivity of cereal aphids to pyrethroids (Journal article - 2023)
- Drought stress increases the expression of barley defence genes with negative consequences for infesting cereal aphids (Journal article - 2022)
- Drought has negative consequences on aphid fitness and plant vigor: Insights from a meta-analysis. (Journal article - 2021)
- Thresholds and prediction models to support the sustainable management of herbivorous insects in wheat. A review (Journal article - 2024)
2024
How does vector diversity influence the transmission efficiency of yellow dwarf virus? Perspectives from a review
Leybourne, D. J. (n.d.). How does vector diversity influence the transmission efficiency of yellow dwarf virus? Perspectives from a review. Plant Pathology. doi:10.1111/ppa.13871
Sharing the burden: Cabbage stem flea beetle pest pressure and crop damage are lower in rapeseed fields surrounded by other rapeseed crops
Leybourne, D. J., Pahl, A. M. C., Melloh, P., & Martin, E. A. (2024). Sharing the burden: Cabbage stem flea beetle pest pressure and crop damage are lower in rapeseed fields surrounded by other rapeseed crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 366, 108965. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2024.108965
Genetic diversity in vector populations influences the transmission efficiency of an important plant virus.
Leybourne, D. J., Whitehead, M. A., & Will, T. (2024). Genetic diversity in vector populations influences the transmission efficiency of an important plant virus.. Biology letters, 20(5), 20240095. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2024.0095
Can artificial intelligence be integrated into pest monitoring schemes to help achieve sustainable agriculture? An entomological, management and computational perspective
Leybourne, D. J., Musa, N., & Yang, P. (2024). Can artificial intelligence be integrated into pest monitoring schemes to help achieve sustainable agriculture? An entomological, management and computational perspective. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi:10.1111/afe.12630
Quantifying Nematodes through Images: Datasets, Models, and Baselines of Deep Learning
Thresholds and prediction models to support the sustainable management of herbivorous insects in wheat. A review
Leybourne, D. J., Storer, K. E., Marshall, A., Musa, N., Telling, S., Abel, L., . . . Berry, P. M. (2024). Thresholds and prediction models to support the sustainable management of herbivorous insects in wheat. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 44(3). doi:10.1007/s13593-024-00965-5
Low prevalence of secondary endosymbionts in aphids sampled from rapeseed crops in Germany.
Manentzos, A. N., Pahl, A. M. C., Melloh, P., Martin, E. A., & Leybourne, D. J. (2024). Low prevalence of secondary endosymbionts in aphids sampled from rapeseed crops in Germany.. Bulletin of entomological research, 114(2), 254-259. doi:10.1017/s0007485324000063
Genetic diversity in vector populations influences the transmission efficiency of an important plant virus
2023
PestDSS: An Integrated Decision Support System for Sustainable Pest Management in Agriculture
Yuan, Z., Li, S., Peng, R., Leybourne, D., Yang, P., & Li, Y. (2023). PestDSS: An Integrated Decision Support System for Sustainable Pest Management in Agriculture. In 2023 IEEE 32nd International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. doi:10.1109/isie51358.2023.10228070
Online decision support systems, remote sensing and artificial intelligence applications for wheat pest management
Leybourne, D. J., Ramsden, M., White, S., Wang, R., Huang, H., Xe, C., & Yang, P. (2023). Online decision support systems, remote sensing and artificial intelligence applications for wheat pest management. In Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science (pp. 411-444). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi:10.19103/as.2022.0114.21
Common facultative endosymbionts do not influence sensitivity of cereal aphids to pyrethroids
Leybourne, D. J., Melloh, P., & Martin, E. A. (2023). Common facultative endosymbionts do not influence sensitivity of cereal aphids to pyrethroids. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY, 25(2), 344-354. doi:10.1111/afe.12539
Advances in pest risk assessment techniques focusing on invertebrate pests of European outdoor crops
Ramsden, M. W., Telling, S., Leybourne, D. J., Alonso, N., White, S., & Georgantzis, N. (2023). Advances in pest risk assessment techniques focusing on invertebrate pests of European outdoor crops. In Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science (pp. 243-264). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi:10.19103/as.2022.0113.10
Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades
Luke, S. H., Roy, H. E., Thomas, C. D., Tilley, L. A. N., Ward, S., Watt, A., . . . Dicks, L. V. (2023). Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades. INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY, 16(2), 173-189. doi:10.1111/icad.12637
To tolerate drought or resist aphids? A new challenge to plant science is on the horizon
Ramírez, C. C., Gundel, P. E., Karley, A. J., & Leybourne, D. J. (2023). To tolerate drought or resist aphids? A new challenge to plant science is on the horizon. Journal of Experimental Botany. doi:10.1093/jxb/erad012
2022
Common resistance mechanisms are deployed by plants against sap-feeding herbivorous insects: insights from a meta-analysis and systematic review.
Leybourne, D. J., & Aradottir, G. I. (2022). Common resistance mechanisms are deployed by plants against sap-feeding herbivorous insects: insights from a meta-analysis and systematic review.. Scientific reports, 12(1), 17836. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-20741-3
Drought stress increases the expression of barley defence genes with negative consequences for infesting cereal aphids
Leybourne, D. J., Valentine, T. A., Binnie, K., Taylor, A., Karley, A. J., & Bos, J. I. B. (2022). Drought stress increases the expression of barley defence genes with negative consequences for infesting cereal aphids. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 73(7), 2238-2250. doi:10.1093/jxb/erac010
Development of a pest threshold decision support system for minimising damage to winter wheat from wheat bulb fly, Delia coarctata
Leybourne, D. J., Storer, K. E., Berry, P., & Ellis, S. (2022). Development of a pest threshold decision support system for minimising damage to winter wheat from wheat bulb fly, <i>Delia coarctata</i>. ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY, 180(1), 118-131. doi:10.1111/aab.12718
2021
Drought has negative consequences on aphid fitness and plant vigor: Insights from a meta-analysis.
Leybourne, D. J., Preedy, K. F., Valentine, T. A., Bos, J. I. B., & Karley, A. J. (2021). Drought has negative consequences on aphid fitness and plant vigor: Insights from a meta-analysis.. Ecology and evolution, 11(17), 11915-11929. doi:10.1002/ece3.7957
Plant resistance in different cell layers affects aphid probing and feeding behaviour during non-host and poor-host interactions
Escudero-Martinez, C., Leybourne, D. J., & Bos, J. I. B. (2021). Plant resistance in different cell layers affects aphid probing and feeding behaviour during non-host and poor-host interactions. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 111(1), 31-38. doi:10.1017/S0007485320000231
2020
Learning-induced switching costs in a parasitoid can maintain diversity of host aphid phenotypes although biocontrol is destabilized under abiotic stress.
Preedy, K. F., Chaplain, M. A. J., Leybourne, D. J., Marion, G., & Karley, A. J. (2020). Learning-induced switching costs in a parasitoid can maintain diversity of host aphid phenotypes although biocontrol is destabilized under abiotic stress.. The Journal of animal ecology, 89(5), 1216-1229. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13189
The price of protection: a defensive endosymbiont impairs nymph growth in the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi.
Leybourne, D. J., Bos, J. I. B., Valentine, T. A., & Karley, A. J. (2020). The price of protection: a defensive endosymbiont impairs nymph growth in the bird cherry-oat aphid, <i>Rhopalosiphum padi</i>. INSECT SCIENCE, 27(1), 69-85. doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12606
A fitness cost resulting from Hamiltonella defensa infection is associated with altered probing and feeding behaviour in Rhopalosiphum padi.
Leybourne, D. J., Valentine, T. A., Bos, J. I. B., & Karley, A. J. (2020). A fitness cost resulting from <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> infection is associated with altered probing and feeding behaviour in <i>Rhopalosiphum padi</i>. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 223(1). doi:10.1242/jeb.207936
2019
Defence gene expression and phloem quality contribute to mesophyll and phloem resistance to aphids in wild barley
Leybourne, D. J., Valentine, T. A., Robertson, J. A. H., Perez-Fernandez, E., Main, A. M., Karley, A. J., & Bos, J. I. B. (2019). Defence gene expression and phloem quality contribute to mesophyll and phloem resistance to aphids in wild barley. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 70(15), 4011-4026. doi:10.1093/jxb/erz163