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April, 2019

 

 

Our research on sorghum-aphid interactions was recently published in J. of Chemical Ecology, and this is a news article based on it

https://news.psu.edu/story/567254/2019/04/03/research/insect-deterring-sorghum-compounds-may-be-eco-friendly-pesticide

 

See the link below for the manuscript

 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-019-01062-8

 

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March, 2019

 

 

The lab recently received a grant from the 

UTRGV Transforming Our World Strategic Plan call. 

 

Our collaborators, experimental details, and project reports are online here

 

https://www.utrgv.edu/strategic-plan/resources/17-18-awarded-proposals/insect-dynamics/index.htm 

 

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2018

 

Our research based video won the Webby award (with ETH Zurich- Profs. Consuelo De Moraes and Mark Mescher

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gha8eF5xk4I

Research in news:

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Quanta Magazine:

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The thorny truth about spine evolution:

Christie WIlcox. June 14, 2017

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ETH News:

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Obstacle course for caterpillars

Maja Schaffner . 12.07.2017 

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Science alert:

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Plant Spines Are a Defensive Win Against

Threats Big And Small.

Not just there to prick fingers and mouths.

MIKE MCRAE. 21 JUN 2017

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Research Highlight:

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Crop Science Society of America News

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