Combining in vivo and in vitro approaches to better understand host-pathogen nutritional interactions

Holdbrook, R., Reavey, C. E., Randall, J. L., Andongma, A. A., Tummala, Y., Rice, A., Simpson, S. J., Smith, J. A., Cotter, S. C. & Wilson, K., 30/04/2025, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 94, 4, p. 657-669 13 p.

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Extreme genetic signatures of local adaptation in a notorious rice pest, <i>Chilo suppressalis</i>

Peng, Y., Mao, K., Li, H., Ping, J., Zhu, J., Liu, X., Zhang, Z., Jin, M., Wu, C., Wang, N., Yesaya, A., Wilson, K. & Xiao, Y., 31/03/2025, In: National Science Review. 12, 3, nwae221.

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Combining biological control approaches for managing insect crop pests in the field can generate interactive effects

Crowther, L. I., Wilby, A. & Wilson, K., 30/11/2024, In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 26, 4, p. 470-484 14 p.

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Landscape of structural variants reveals insights for local adaptations in the Asian corn borer

Peng, Y., Mao, K., Zhang, Z., Ping, J., Jin, M., Liu, X., Wu, C., Zhao, C., Wang, P., Duan, X., Yu, S., Li, Z., Liu, J., Li, H., Yesaya, A., Chen, L., Wang, H., Wilson, K. & Xiao, Y., 26/11/2024, In: Cell Reports. 43, 11, 114928.

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Novel Mito‐Nuclear Combinations Facilitate the Global Invasion of a Major Agricultural Crop Pest

Li, H., Liang, X., Peng, Y., Liu, Z., Zhang, L., Wang, P., Jin, M., Wilson, K., Garvin, M. R., Wu, K. & Xiao, Y., 11/09/2024, In: Advanced Science. 11, 34, e2305353.

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The transition from diet to blood: Exploring homeostasis in the insect haemolymph nutrient pool

Holdbrook, R., Andongma, A. A., Randall, J. L., Reavey, C. E., Tummala, Y., Wright, G. A., Simpson, S. J., Smith, J. A., Wilson, K. & Cotter, S. C., 1/09/2024, In: Physiological Entomology. 49, 3, p. 227-243

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A dicistrovirus increases pupal mortality in Spodoptera frugiperda by suppressing protease activity and inhibiting larval diet consumption

Sun, M., Li, T., Liu, Y., Wilson, K., Chen, X., Graham, R. I., Yang, X., Ren, G. & Xu, P., 31/08/2024, In: Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 23, 8, p. 2723-2734 12 p.

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Densovirus infection facilitates plant–virus transmission by an aphid

Dong, Y., Li, T., Hou, Y., Wilson, K., Wang, X., Su, C., Li, Y., Ren, G. & Xu, P., 31/08/2024, In: New Phytologist. 243, 4, p. 1539-1553 15 p.

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The complex interactions between nutrition, immunity and infection in insects

Ponton, F., Tan, Y. X., Forster, C. C., Austin, A. J., English, S., Cotter, S. C. & Wilson, K., 15/12/2023, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 226, 24

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A mixed-model approach for estimating drivers of microbiota community composition and differential taxonomic abundance

Sweeny, A. R., Lemon, H., Ibrahim, A., Watt, K. A., Wilson, K., Childs, D. Z., Nussey, D. H., Free, A. & McNally, L., 31/08/2023, In: mSystems. 8, 4, e0004023.

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The impact of field margins on biological pest control: a meta‑analysis

Crowther, L., Wilson, K. & Wilby, A., 30/08/2023, In: BioControl. 68, 4, p. 387-396 10 p.

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Global genomic signature reveals the evolution of fall armyworm in the Eastern hemisphere

Zhang, L., Li, Z., Peng, Y., Liang, X., Wilson, K., Chipabika, G., Karangwa, P., Uzayisenga, B., Mensah, B. A., Kachigamba, D. L. & Xiao, Y., 28/08/2023, In: Molecular Ecology. 32, 20, p. 5463-5478

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Assessing Biopesticides for Managing Fall Armyworm <i>(Spodoptera frugiperda)</i> in Africa

Bateman, M., Day, R., Rwomushana, I., Subramanian, S., Wilson, K., Babendreier, D., Luke, B. & Edgington, S., 23/08/2023, In: Plant Health Cases. 2023

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Adaptive evolution to the natural and anthropogenic environment in a global invasive crop pest, the cotton bollworm

Jin, M., North, H. L., Peng, Y., Liu, H., liu, B., Pan, R., Zhou, Y., Zheng, W., Liu, K., Yang, B., Zhang, L., Xu, Q., Elfekih, S., Montoya, W. V., Walsh, T., Cui, P., Zhou, Y., Wilson, K., Jiggins, C. & Wu, K. & 1 others, Xiao, Y., 10/07/2023, In: The Innovation. 4, 4, 100454.

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Population-genomics provide insights into the evolution and adaptation of the Asia corn borer

Peng, Y., Jin, M., Li, Z., Li, H., Zhang, L., Yu, S., Zhang, Z., Fan, R., Liu, J., Qi, X., Wilson, K. & Xiao, Y., 31/05/2023, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40, 5, msad112.

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Gut microbial community supplementation and reduction modulates African armyworm susceptibility to a baculovirus

Donkersley, P., Rice, A., Graham, R. I. & Wilson, K., 31/01/2023, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99, 1, 11 p., fiac147.

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Chromosome-level genome of black cutworm provides novel insights into polyphagy and seasonal migration in insects

Jin, M., Liu, B., Zheng, W., Liu, C., Liu, Z., He, Y., Li, X., Wu, C., Wang, P., Liu, K., Wu, S., Liu, H., Chakrabarty, S., Yuan, H., Wilson, K., Wu, K., Fan, W. & Xiao, Y., 5/01/2023, In: BMC Biology. 21, 1, 17 p., 2.

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Biological control interventions reduce pest abundance and crop damage while maintaining natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis

Ratto, F., Bruce, T., Chipabika, G., Mwamakamba, S., Mkandawire, R., Khan, Z., Mkindi, A., Pittchar, J., Sallu, S. M., Whitfield, S., Wilson, K. & Sait, S. M., 7/12/2022, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289, 1988, 12 p., 20221695.

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Long-term temporal trends in gastrointestinal parasite infection in wild Soay sheep

Hayward, A. D., Behnke, J. M., Childs, D. Z., Corripio-Miyar, Y., Fenton, A., Fraser, M. D., Kenyon, F., McNeilly, T. N., Pakeman, R. J., Pedersen, A. B., Pemberton, J. M., Sweeny, A. R., Wilson, K. & Pilkington, J. G., 2/11/2022, In: Parasitology. 149, 13, p. 1749-1759 11 p.

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Regional Monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) Using Early Warning Systems

Buchaillot, M. L., Cairns, J., Hamadziripi, E., Wilson, K., Hughes, D., Chelal, J., McCloskey, P., Kehs, A., Clinton, N., Araus, J. L. & Kefauver, S. C., 8/10/2022, In: Remote Sensing. 14, 19, 19 p., 5003.

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The distribution of covert microbial natural enemies of a globally invasive crop pest, fall armyworm, in Africa: enemy-release and spillover events

Withers, A. J., Rice, A., de Boer, J., Donkersley, P., Pearson, A. J., Chipabika, G., Karangwa, P., Uzayisenga, B., Mensah, B. A., Mensah, S. A., Nkunika, P. O. Y., Kachigamba, D., Smith, J. A., Jones, C. M. & Wilson, K., 30/09/2022, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 91, 9, p. 1826-1841 16 p.

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Predicting potential global and future distributions of the African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) using Species Distribution Models

Gomez, I., Musavi, F., Mushobozi, W. L., David, G., Day, R., Early, R. & Wilson, K., 28/09/2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1

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Biological control interventions and botanical pesticides for insect pests of crops in sub-Saharan Africa: A mapping review

Ratto, F., Bruce, T., Chipabika, G., Mwamakamba, S., Mkandawire, R., Khan, Z., Mkindi, A., Pittchar, J., Chidawanyika, F., Sallu, S. M., Whitfield, S., Wilson, K. & Sait, S. M., 28/07/2022, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6, 16 p., 883975.

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Genomic features of the polyphagous cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis

Wu, C., Zhang, L., Liu, B., Gao, B., Huang, C., Zhang, J., Jin, M., Wang, H., Peng, Y., Rice, A., Hegazi, E., Wilson, K., Xu, P. & Xiao, Y., 7/05/2022, In: BMC Genomics. 23, 1, 14 p., 353.

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Partiti-like viruses from African armyworm increase larval and pupal mortality of a novel host: the Egyptian cotton leafworm

Xu, P., Rice, A., Li, T., Wang, J., Yang, X., Yuan, H., Graham, R. I. & Wilson, K., 30/04/2022, In: Pest Management Science. 78, 4, p. 1529-1537 19 p.

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Microsatellites reveal that genetic mixing commonly occurs between invasive fall armyworm populations in Africa

Withers, A., de Boer, J., Chipabika, G., Zhang, L., Smith, J. A., Jones, C. M. & Wilson, K., 21/10/2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 11 p., 20757.

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Rapid spread of a densovirus in a major crop pest following wide-scale adoption of bt-cotton in china

Xiao, Y., Li, W., Yang, X., Xu, P., Jin, M., Yuan, H., Zheng, W., Soberón, M., Bravo, A., Wilson, K. & Wu, K., 15/07/2021, In: eLife. 10, 25 p., e66913.

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Trans-generational viral transmission and immune priming are dose-dependent

Wilson, K., 30/06/2021, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 90, 6, p. 1560-1569 10 p.

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Updated assessment of potential biopesticide options for managing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Africa

Bateman, M. L., Day, R. K., Rwomushana, I., Subramanian, S., Wilson, K., Babendreier, D., Luke, B. & Edgington, S., 30/06/2021, In: Journal of Applied Entomology. 145, 5, p. 384-393 10 p.

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Genetic structure and insecticide resistance characteristics of fall armyworm populations invading China

Zhang, L., Liu, B., Zhang, W., Liu, C., Zhang, D., Zhao, S., Li, Z., Xu, P., Wilson, K., Withers, A., Jones, C. M., Smith, J., Chipabika, G., Kachigamba, D. L., Nam, K., d'Alencon, E., Liu, B., Liang, X., Jin, M. & Wu, C. & 11 others, Chakrabarty, S., Yang, X., Jiang, Y., Liu, J., Liu, X., Quan, W., Wang, G., Fan, W., Qian, W., Wu, K. & Xiao, Y., 1/11/2020, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 20, 6, p. 1682-1696 15 p.

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A Novel Formulation Technology for Baculoviruses Protects Biopesticide from Degradation by Ultraviolet Radiation

Wilson, K., Grzywacz, D., Curcic, I., Scoates, F., Harper, K., Rice, A., Paul, N. & Dillon, A., 6/08/2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 10 p., 13301.

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Osmolality as a novel mechanism explaining diet effects on the outcome of infection with a blood parasite

Wilson, K., Holdbrook, R., Reavey, C., Randall, J., Tummala Munuswamy, Y., Ponton, F., Simpson, S. J., Smith, J. & Cotter, S., 6/07/2020, In: Current Biology. 30, 13, p. 2459-2467 9 p.

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Novel partiti-like viruses are conditional mutualistic symbionts in their normal lepidopteran host, African armyworm, but parasitic in a novel host, Fall armyworm

Xu, P., Yang, L., Yang, X., Li, T., Graham, R., Wu, K. & Wilson, K., 22/06/2020, In: PLoS Pathogens. 16, 6, 26 p., e1008467.

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Macronutrients modulate survival to infection and immunity in Drosophila

Ponton, F., Morimoto, J., Robinson, K., Kumar, S. S., Cotter, S. C., Wilson, K. & Simpson, S. J., 1/02/2020, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 89, 2, p. 460-470 11 p.

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Survival costs of reproduction are mediated by parasite infection in wild Soay sheep

Leivesley, J. A., Bussiere, L. F., Pemberton, J. M., Pilkington, J. G., Wilson, K. & Hayward, A. D., 1/08/2019, In: Ecology Letters. 22, 8, p. 1203-1213 11 p.

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Reproductive effort influences intra‐seasonal variation in parasite‐specific antibody responses in wild Soay sheep

Hayward, A. D., Pilkington, J. G., Wilson, K., McNeilly, T. N. & Watt, K. A., 1/07/2019, In: Functional Ecology. 33, 7, p. 1307-1320 14 p.

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Diet modulates the relationship between immune gene expression and functional immune responses

Cotter, S. C., Reavey, C. E., Tummala Munuswamy, Y., Randall, J. L., Holdbrook, R. T. K., Ponton, F., Simpson, S. J., Smith, J. & Wilson, K., 1/06/2019, In: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 109, p. 128-141 14 p.

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The influence of temperature on nutrient supply and demand: host plant quality is temperature dependent

Clissold, F. J., Woodman, J. D., Wilson, K. & Simpson, S. J., 1/03/2019, In: INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. 59, Suppl. 1, p. E39-E39 1 p.

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The interactive impact of temperature and nutrition on disease resistance

Clissold, F. J., Woodman, J. D., Wilson, K. & Simpson, S. J., 1/03/2019, In: INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. 59, Suppl. 1, p. E39-E39 1 p.

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Goodbye and farewell to print

Wilson, K., Sheldon, B. C., Gaillard, J. M., Sanders, N. J., Hoggart, S. P. G. & Newton, E., 1/01/2019, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 88, 1, p. 4-7 4 p.

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Discovery and characterization of a novel picorna-like RNA virus in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera

Yang, X., Xu, P., Yuan, H., Graham, R. I., Wilson, K. & Wu, K., 01/2019, In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 160, p. 1-7 7 p.

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The tethered flight technique as a tool for studying life-history strategies associated with migration in insects

Minter, M., Pearson, A., Lim, K. S., Wilson, K., Chapman, J. W. & Jones, C. M., 08/2018, In: Ecological Entomology. 43, 4, p. 397-411 15 p.

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