• Are fungal epizootics a sign of successful biological control of cereal aphids? 

      Saussure, Stephanie; Hjelkrem, Anne-Grete Roer; Klingen, Ingeborg; Meadow, Richard; Holst, Niels (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Pandora neoaphidis is a common entomopathogenic fungus on Sitobion avenae, which is an important aphid pest on cereals in Europe. Pandora neoaphidis is known to cause epizootics (i.e. an unusually high prevalence of infected ...
    • Can aphids be controlled by fungus? A mathematical model 

      Britton, Nicholas F.; Bulai, Iulia Martina; Saussure, Stephanie; Holst, Niels; Venturino, Ezio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The control of insect pests in agriculture is essential for food security. Chemical controls typically damage the environment and harm beneficial insects such as pollinators, so it is advantageous to identify targetted ...
    • Effects of limited volatiles release by plants in tritrophic interactions 

      Buonomo, Bruno; Giannino, Francesco; Saussure, Stephanie; Venturino, Ezio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We introduce a mathematical model to describe the tritrophic interaction between crop, pest and the pest natural enemy where the release of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) by crop is taken into account. The VOCs may be ...
    • Entomophthoralean fungi overwinter with the bird cherry-oat aphid on bird cherry trees 

      Saussure, Stephanie; Jensen, Annette Bruun; Davey, Marie Louise; Schjøll, Annette; Westrum, Karin; Klingen, Ingeborg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In Scandinavia, the bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi overwinter as eggs on the bird cherry tree Prunus padus. Branches of P. padus were collected at the late February / early March from 17 locations in Norway over ...