Kaplan Lab

Studying the ecology, behavior, and management of pest/beneficial insects in agriculture @Purdue #predators #pollinators #microbes #volatiles #pesticides

[Dr Kit Prendergast @BeeBabette]

Dependency of Crops on Pollinators and Pollination Deficits: An Approach to Measurement Considering the Influence of Various Reproductive Traits https://t.co/PHV1C9Cl9O #mdpiagriculture via @AgricultureMdpi

[Safeguard @Safeguard2021]

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

🔗 https://t.co/OczNBrFNuw

[Entomological Society of America @EntsocAmerica]

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. https://t.co/clF0EtH4e3

[Entomological Society of America @EntsocAmerica]

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 (https://t.co/0WIOEMHcP5

[Kaplan Lab @Kaplan_Lab]

@EdStrawBio We found this very odd too! Just tested it here:
https://t.co/X3GS508d6v
Not much of an effect of spray timing (AM vs PM).

[McArt Lab @McArtLab]

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
https://t.co/HLhNV2mXt2

[Scientific Reports @SciReports]

.@pecenka26 and @Kaplan_Lab describe the use of integrated pollinator management in crop management, which can provide a more pollinator-suitable environment
https://t.co/pfy6sSIChI

[Kaplan Lab @Kaplan_Lab]

@moniquejrivera Thank you! 😀

[Purdue Entomology @PurdueInsects]

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!
https://t.co/gt1IUfnjiu

[Kaplan Lab @Kaplan_Lab]

***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.

https://t.co/7wSuEWyglc

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

The bug in a teacup – Monitoring arthropod-plant associations with environmental DNA from dried plant material https://t.co/zgP6r0P0da #eDNA #arthropods #ecosystem #BiologyLetters #SEBconference

[Marc J. Lajeunesse @LajeunesseLab]

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: https://t.co/8KZi8zH81q

[Dr. Hongmei Li-Byarlay @libyarlaybeedr.bsky.social @Insect_Sciences]

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!!!

[Kaplan Lab @Kaplan_Lab]

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

[Laura L Ingwell @Ingwell_vegIPM]

Come work with a great team! Clinical Assistant Professor of Entomology, Insect Diagnostician - Purdue University https://t.co/KdM1W1r2qB

[Kaplan Lab @Kaplan_Lab]

New collaborative work just published with Betty Benrey & colleagues - squash domestication eliminated cucurbitacins from roots, making crops less attractive to striped cucumber beetle larvae

https://t.co/x2bckpUxhS

[Purdue Agriculture @PurdueAg]

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. https://t.co/Wci6JRUy2Y

[Kaplan Lab @Kaplan_Lab]

@ar_meier @SUNYPlattsburgh 👏👏👏

[Kaplan Lab @Kaplan_Lab]

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! 🐝🍉

[Purdue Entomology @PurdueInsects]

Be trained as a volunteer to survey, assess habitat and photograph bumble bees as part of a state-wide citizen science project. No experience required – only a love for pollinators!

There are 5 opportunities to attend across #Indiana. Register at: https://t.co/HxdILQhDxl