Studying the ecology, behavior, and management of pest/beneficial insects in agriculture @Purdue #predators #pollinators #microbes #volatiles #pesticides
Joined November 2018
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13 Aug 2023
Dependency of Crops on Pollinators and Pollination Deficits: An Approach to Measurement Considering the Influence of Various Reproductive Traits mdpi.com/2421438 #mdpiagriculture via @AgricultureMdpi
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
27 Jul 2023
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
🔗 nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
ALT Image: Fig. 1 from the article: Schematic visualisation of the pollination metrics used to quantify quality change.
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
18 Jul 2023
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. entomologytoday.org/2023/07/…
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
19 Jul 2023
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 (bio.as.virginia.edu/people/j…
ALT Closeup of a large bright-green caterpillar hanging on a green plant stem running diagonally from top-left of the image to bottom right. The caterpillar has faint black markings along the lower part of its body and several black-and-white diagonal stripes spaced out along the upper part of its body. All over the caterpillar’s body are small white fuzzy cocoons, akin to grains of white rice, attached to it.
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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
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
14 Jul 2023
.@pecenka26 and @Kaplan_Lab describe the use of integrated pollinator management in crop management, which can provide a more pollinator-suitable environment
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
6 Jul 2023
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!
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7 Jul 2023
***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.
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
5 Jul 2023
The bug in a teacup – Monitoring arthropod-plant associations with environmental DNA from dried plant material ow.ly/pl9W50JynSl #eDNA #arthropods #ecosystem #BiologyLetters #SEBconference
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
23 May 2023
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: youtu.be/3XkC_jetn-U
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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!!!
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
10 May 2023
Come work with a great team! Clinical Assistant Professor of Entomology, Insect Diagnostician - Purdue University careers.entsoc.org/jobs/1854…
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5 May 2023
New collaborative work just published with Betty Benrey & colleagues - squash domestication eliminated cucurbitacins from roots, making crops less attractive to striped cucumber beetle larvae
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
27 Apr 2023
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. ag.purdue.edu/news/2023/04/a…
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13 Apr 2023
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! 🐝🍉
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31 Mar 2023
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: bit.ly/3TYp4rR
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
27 Feb 2023
Tenure track position of Assistant Professor of Pollinator Ecology and Conservation at Iowa State!
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22 Feb 2023
Met with a @diversecornbelt grower today who compared the implementation of on-farm diversification practices to Rodney Dangerfield’s famous Triple Lindy dive in Back to School. This officially made my year.
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
20 Feb 2023
🎉 Just published: Smart orchard design improves crop pollination
Increase #pollination service🐝 and nut set of #macadamia by the spatial arrangement of orchards and #naturalHabitat. We discuss new ways of #ecologicaIntensification.
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Kaplan Lab retweeted
17 Feb 2023
New research: honeybees and bumblebees respond differently to weather conditions..a thread link.springer.com/article/10… 1/12
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