Prof of Insect Chemical Ecology @KeeleUniversity Director of Centre for Applied Entomology, Parasites &Pathogens (CAEPP). Insect-plant interactions

Joined November 2011
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10 Nov 2025
Replying to @elonmusk
@elonmusk, $6B on ag tech to end hunger or just hype? @BillGates outdid you-step up! #SDG2 #GatesVsMusk
31 Oct 2021
Replying to @DrEliDavid
If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it.
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👉 bsky.app/profile/tobybruce.b… find me at #bluesky🦋 peace out #eXodus

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Toby Bruce retweeted
24 Nov 2025
Eventually, after some delay, the UK National Action Plan was published earlier this year: gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Toby Bruce retweeted
25 Nov 2025
But it's not much of a plan for the future. It’s more like a roundup of case studies of what’s already been done. There’s no bold vision to provide a co-ordinated strategy for provision of alternative approaches to help farmers fill the gap left by removal of pesticide options.
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Toby Bruce retweeted
25 Nov 2025
No UK plant health strategy targeting the key pests, weeds, and diseases yet!
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25 Nov 2025
🧵2012 - 2025 and still no UK plant health strategy targeting the key pests, weeds, and diseases yet! @DefraGovUK 🧵👇
24 Nov 2025
Remember this?
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21 Aug 2012
May change over next 10yrs... "@Matt_Goode: Many think #foodsecurity not an issue for them but for developing nations- bit.ly/OUu8tA"
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24 Nov 2025
precision breeding act -> potentially new opportunities for crop genetic improvement in England #IPPM2025
Great to see @jonathandgjones promoting use of genetic technologies @Groundswellaguk The recent precision breeding bill allows generation of cisgenic potatoes 🥔 with 5 resistant genes…. within Maris Piper and Charlotte varieties! Very exciting potential.
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24 Nov 2025
This is weird - can you see my posts? @support Public/logged-out view shows 'hasn't posted' despite original posts visible when logged in.
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24 Nov 2025
is my account restricted?!🤔
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10 Nov 2025
Replying to @elonmusk
@elonmusk, $6B on ag tech to end hunger or just hype? @BillGates outdid you-step up! #SDG2 #GatesVsMusk
31 Oct 2021
Replying to @DrEliDavid
If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it.
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10 Nov 2025
There is a @gatesfoundation But where is the Musk Foundation? #GatesVsMusk 🤔
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10 Nov 2025
where is the MF? #GatesVsMusk 🫣☺️🌾🌾🛰️
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10 Nov 2025
Replying to @elonmusk
@elonmusk, $6B on ag tech to end hunger or just hype? @BillGates outdid you-step up! #SDG2 #GatesVsMusk
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An economic vision that is silent about investment in R&D (a well known way of stimulating innovation and productivity) sounds ominous Does Farage like science?
This is Reform UK’s economic vision for Britain. Watch my full speech in London today. ⬇️
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Summary comparison of Labour and Reform’s R&D investment plans: x.com/leicesterliz/status/19…
We are investing a record amount in R&D, supporting research that will transform lives, boost growth and create jobs. A future that works for all.
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31 Oct 2025
What’s really causing economic stagnation in the UK and will Reform fix it? Productivity gap is the biggest root cause.
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31 Oct 2025
R&D investment is one of the strongest levers to help address the productivity gap but which political party plans to pull it? Reform would axe. Others flatline. Greens might increase but have science restrictions.
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31 Oct 2025
more about the productivity gap issue
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plant pathogen being investigated by the FBI It already exists in the USA though what is the evidence that it was imported to cause harm?
New... I can confirm that the FBI arrested a Chinese national within the United States who allegedly smuggled a dangerous biological pathogen into the country. The individual, Yunqing Jian, is alleged to have smuggled a dangerous fungus called "Fusarium graminearum," which is an agroterrorism agent, into the U.S. to research at the University of Michigan, where she works. This fungus can cause a disease called "head blight," a disease of wheat, barley, maize, and rice, causing significant health issues in both humans and livestock. It is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year. Evidence also indicates Jian had expressed loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and had received funding from the Chinese government for similar work on this pathogen in China. Jian’s boyfriend, Zunyong Liu — also charged in the complaint — works at a Chinese university where he conducts research on the same pathogen. Liu is alleged to have first lied, then admitted, to also smuggling Fusarium graminearum into America—through the Detroit Metropolitan Airport—so that he too could conduct research the University of Michigan. Both individuals have been charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements, and visa fraud. This case is a sobering reminder that the CCP is working around the clock to deploy operatives and researchers to infiltrate American institutions and target our food supply, which would have grave consequences... putting American lives and our economy at serious risk. Your FBI will continue working tirelessly to be on guard against it. Our @FBIDetroit team did excellent work in this case partnering with @CBP. Justice will be done.
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plant disease research by the accused postdoc @UMich seems geared towards understanding how to control the disease: scholar.google.com/citations…

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