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The value of twinned pollinator-pollen metabarcoding: Bumblebee pollination service is weakly partitioned within a UK grassland community (2023)
Journal Article

Predicting ecological impact of declining bumblebee (Bombus) populations requires better understanding of interactions between pollinator partitioning of floral resources and plant partitioning of pollinator resources. Here, we combine Cytochrome Oxi... Read More about The value of twinned pollinator-pollen metabarcoding: Bumblebee pollination service is weakly partitioned within a UK grassland community.

Brenneria tiliae sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic Tilia × moltkei and Tilia × europaea trees in the UK (2022)
Journal Article

Several strains of a previously undescribed bacterial species were isolated from mature Tilia hybrid trees suffering from bleed-ing cankers at various geographic locations in the UK. The strains were Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, and partia... Read More about Brenneria tiliae sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic Tilia × moltkei and Tilia × europaea trees in the UK.

Brassica and Sinapis seeds in medieval archaeological sites: An example of multiproxy analysis for their identification and ethnobotanical interpretation (2022)
Journal Article

The genus Brassica includes some of the most important vegetable and oil crops worldwide. Many Brassica seeds (which can show diagnostic characters useful for species identification) were recovered from two archaeological sites in northern Italy, dat... Read More about Brassica and Sinapis seeds in medieval archaeological sites: An example of multiproxy analysis for their identification and ethnobotanical interpretation.

Broken chocolate: Biomarkers as a method for delivering cocoa supply chain visibility (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: This paper examines the potential of “biomarkers” to provide immutable identification for food products (chocolate), providing traceability and visibility in the supply chain from retail product back to farm. Design/methodology/approach: Thi... Read More about Broken chocolate: Biomarkers as a method for delivering cocoa supply chain visibility.

Identification and distribution of novel badnaviral sequences integrated in the genome of cacao (Theobroma cacao) (2021)
Journal Article

Theobroma cacao is one of the most economically important tropical trees, being the source of chocolate. As part of an ongoing study to understand the diversity of the badnavirus complex, responsible for the cacao swollen shoot virus disease in West... Read More about Identification and distribution of novel badnaviral sequences integrated in the genome of cacao (Theobroma cacao).

Sensor (2020)
Patent

The present invention relates to detecting viral infections in plants, especially Cacao swollen-shoot virus (CSSV) infections. Recombinant viral coat protein antigens and binding reagents that specifically bind to thereto are provided together with a... Read More about Sensor.

Pseudomonas kirkiae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from oak in the United Kingdom, and phylogenetic considerations of the genera Pseudomonas, Azotobacter and Azomonas (2020)
Journal Article

As the current episode of Acute Oak Decline (AOD) continues to affect native British oak in the United Kingdom, ongoing isola-tions from symptomatic and healthy oak have yielded a large Pseudomonas species population. These strains could be divided i... Read More about Pseudomonas kirkiae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from oak in the United Kingdom, and phylogenetic considerations of the genera Pseudomonas, Azotobacter and Azomonas.

Pseudomonas daroniae sp. nov. and Pseudomonas dryadis sp. nov., isolated from pedunculate oak affected by acute oak decline in the UK (2019)
Journal Article

Twenty-two cream-coloured bacterial strains were isolated from oak trees affected by acute oak decline (AOD) in Southern England. Isolates were Gram-negative, motile, slightly curved rods, aerobic, non-spore-forming, catalase positive and oxidase pos... Read More about Pseudomonas daroniae sp. nov. and Pseudomonas dryadis sp. nov., isolated from pedunculate oak affected by acute oak decline in the UK.

CSSV biosensor (WO2020089607-PAMPH-20200507-8395) (2019)
Patent

The present invention relates to detecting viral infections in plants, especially Cacao swollen-shoot virus (CSSV) infections. Recombinant viral coat protein antigens and binding reagents that specifically bind to thereto are provided together with a... Read More about CSSV biosensor (WO2020089607-PAMPH-20200507-8395).

Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel. The recognition that much biodiversity exists outside protected areas is driving research to understand how animals survive in anthropogenic landscapes. In Madagascar, cacao (Theobroma cacao) is grown under a mix of native... Read More about Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar.

Investigating ROS, RNS, and H2S-sensitive signaling proteins (2019)
Book Chapter

© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019. The modification of proteins is a key way to alter their activity and function. Often thiols, cysteine residues, on proteins are attractive targets for such modification. Assuming... Read More about Investigating ROS, RNS, and H2S-sensitive signaling proteins.

The use of chloroplast markers for the traceability of certified sustainably produced cacao (Theobroma cacao) in the chocolate industry (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Recently the chocolate industry has changed to a higher demand for sustainably certified cacao (Rainforest Alliance, UTZ, and FairTrade) and closer attention is being paid to how this sustainably produced cocoa can be traced. Companies like Mars, Her... Read More about The use of chloroplast markers for the traceability of certified sustainably produced cacao (Theobroma cacao) in the chocolate industry.

Electropenetrography application and molecular-based virus detection in mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) vectors of Cacao swollen shoot virus on Theobroma cacao L. (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) is a peril exclusive to the West African cacao-growing countries; causing the Cacao swollen shoot virus disease. This study was set out (1) to analyse the feeding behaviour of two West African and one non-West... Read More about Electropenetrography application and molecular-based virus detection in mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) vectors of Cacao swollen shoot virus on Theobroma cacao L..

Molecular evidence of Cacao swollen shoot virus acquisition and retention by Planococcus citri (Risso) and Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti) and Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret) Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (2018)
Journal Article

Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) remains a significant viral pathogen endemic in West African cacao-growing countries. Eradication of affected trees (complete removal) and resistance breeding in existing cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) germplasm have not... Read More about Molecular evidence of Cacao swollen shoot virus acquisition and retention by Planococcus citri (Risso) and Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti) and Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret) Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae).

Next generation sequencing elucidates cacao badnavirus diversity and reveals the existence of more than ten viral species (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Cacao swollen shoot virus is a member of the family Caulimoviridae, genus Badnavirus and is naturally transmitted to Theobroma cacao (L.) by several mealybug species. CSSV populations in West African countries are highly variable... Read More about Next generation sequencing elucidates cacao badnavirus diversity and reveals the existence of more than ten viral species.

Residual ground-water levels of the neonicotinoid thiacloprid perturb chemosensing of Caenorhabditis elegans (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). This study investigated the neurological effects of residual ground-water levels of thiaclopridon the non-target organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Nematodes treated with thiacloprid showed a dose-dependent and significantly incr... Read More about Residual ground-water levels of the neonicotinoid thiacloprid perturb chemosensing of Caenorhabditis elegans.

GM risk assessment: Pollen carriage from Brassica napus to B. rapa varies widely between pollinators (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Gesellschaft für Ökologie Characterizing insect pollen carriage between closely related plant species is especially challenging where source species possess morphologically identical pollen and share many pollinators in common. Here, we use an... Read More about GM risk assessment: Pollen carriage from Brassica napus to B. rapa varies widely between pollinators.

Rapid identification of bacteria associated with Acute Oak Decline by high-resolution melt analysis (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Society for Applied Microbiology Two Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae, Gibbsiella quercinecans and Brenneria goodwinii, are frequently isolated from oak suffering from Acute Oak Decline. These two species are difficult to identify based on... Read More about Rapid identification of bacteria associated with Acute Oak Decline by high-resolution melt analysis.

A novel biosensor for prediction of global hypomethylation by decitabine and azacytadine in leukaemic cells (2015)
Journal Article

Decitabine (DAC) and azacytidine (AZA) are cytidine ana- logues and hypomethylating agents used in the manage- ment of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), where the main goal is to prevent transformation to acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), wh... Read More about A novel biosensor for prediction of global hypomethylation by decitabine and azacytadine in leukaemic cells.

Using DNA metabarcoding to identify the floral composition of honey: A new tool for investigating honey bee foraging preferences (2015)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2015 Hawkins et al. Identifying the floral composition of honey provides a method for investigating the plants that honey bees visit. We compared melissopalynology, where pollen grains retrieved from honey are identified morphologically,... Read More about Using DNA metabarcoding to identify the floral composition of honey: A new tool for investigating honey bee foraging preferences.