Research outputs
Selected research outputs
- Genetic diversity in vector populations influences the transmission efficiency of an important plant virus. (Journal article - 2024)
- How does vector diversity influence the transmission efficiency of yellow dwarf virus? Perspectives from a review (Journal article - 2024)
- Sharing the burden: Cabbage stem flea beetle pest pressure and crop damage are lower in rapeseed fields surrounded by other rapeseed crops (Journal article - 2024)
- Thresholds and prediction models to support the sustainable management of herbivorous insects in wheat. A review (Journal article - 2024)
- To tolerate drought or resist aphids? A new challenge to plant science is on the horizon (Journal article - 2023)
- Common resistance mechanisms are deployed by plants against sap-feeding herbivorous insects: insights from a meta-analysis and systematic review (Journal article - 2022)
- Common facultative endosymbionts do not influence sensitivity of cereal aphids to pyrethroids (Journal article - 2023)
- Drought stress increases the expression of barley defence genes with negative consequences for infesting cereal aphids (Journal article - 2022)
- Drought has negative consequences on aphid fitness and plant vigor: Insights from a meta-analysis (Journal article - 2021)
2025
Molecular screening and dose-response assays provide insights into pyrethroid resistance in four agriculturally important aphid species
Leybourne, D. J., Baird, E., Coston, D., Jones, R., & Musa, N. (2025). Molecular screening and dose-response assays provide insights into pyrethroid resistance in four agriculturally important aphid species. CROP PROTECTION, 197. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2025.107315
Genetic diversity and association with bacterial endosymbionts influence phenotype in two important cereal aphid species
Leybourne, D. J. (2025). Genetic diversity and association with bacterial endosymbionts influence phenotype in two important cereal aphid species. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 115(3), 308-316. doi:10.1017/S0007485325000124
PestGPT: Leveraging Large Language Models and IoT for Timely and Customized Recommendation Generation in Sustainable Pest Management
Yuan, Z., Liu, K., Peng, R., Li, S., Leybourne, D., Musa, N., . . . Yang, P. (2025). PestGPT: Leveraging Large Language Models and IoT for Timely and Customized Recommendation Generation in Sustainable Pest Management. IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS MAGAZINE, 8(1), 26-33. doi:10.1109/IOTM.001.2400036
2024
A modelling framework to estimate vector dispersal and disease spread in an important agricultural pathosystem
An effective farmer-centred mobile intelligence solution using lightweight deep learning for integrated wheat pest management
Li, S., Yuan, Z., Peng, R., Leybourne, D., Xue, Q., Li, Y., & Yang, P. (2024). An effective farmer-centred mobile intelligence solution using lightweight deep learning for integrated wheat pest management. JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION INTEGRATION, 42. doi:10.1016/j.jii.2024.100705
How does vector diversity influence the transmission efficiency of yellow dwarf virus? Perspectives from a review
Leybourne, D. J. (2024). How does vector diversity influence the transmission efficiency of yellow dwarf virus? Perspectives from a review. Plant Pathology. doi:10.1111/ppa.13871
Sharing the burden: Cabbage stem flea beetle pest pressure and crop damage are lower in rapeseed fields surrounded by other rapeseed crops
Leybourne, D. J., Pahl, A. M. C., Melloh, P., & Martin, E. A. (2024). Sharing the burden: Cabbage stem flea beetle pest pressure and crop damage are lower in rapeseed fields surrounded by other rapeseed crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 366, 108965. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2024.108965
Genetic diversity in vector populations influences the transmission efficiency of an important plant virus.
Leybourne, D. J., Whitehead, M. A., & Will, T. (2024). Genetic diversity in vector populations influences the transmission efficiency of an important plant virus.. Biology letters, 20(5), 20240095. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2024.0095
Can artificial intelligence be integrated into pest monitoring schemes to help achieve sustainable agriculture? An entomological, management and computational perspective
Leybourne, D. J., Musa, N., & Yang, P. (2024). Can artificial intelligence be integrated into pest monitoring schemes to help achieve sustainable agriculture? An entomological, management and computational perspective. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi:10.1111/afe.12630
Quantifying Nematodes through Images: Datasets, Models, and Baselines of Deep Learning
Thresholds and prediction models to support the sustainable management of herbivorous insects in wheat. A review
Leybourne, D. J., Storer, K. E., Marshall, A., Musa, N., Telling, S., Abel, L., . . . Berry, P. M. (2024). Thresholds and prediction models to support the sustainable management of herbivorous insects in wheat. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 44(3). doi:10.1007/s13593-024-00965-5
Low prevalence of secondary endosymbionts in aphids sampled from rapeseed crops in Germany
Manentzos, A. N., Pahl, A. M. C., Melloh, P., Martin, E. A., & Leybourne, D. J. (2024). Low prevalence of secondary endosymbionts in aphids sampled from rapeseed crops in Germany. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 114(2), 254-259. doi:10.1017/S0007485324000063
Barley yellow dwarf virus transmission: ELISA readings and plant infection from aphid-challenged plants
Leybourne, D. (n.d.). Barley yellow dwarf virus transmission: ELISA readings and plant infection from aphid-challenged plants. doi:10.17638/datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/2607
2023
Observations of cabbage stem flea beetle abundance, associated crop damage and levels of larval infestation, and arthropod trapping data for oilseed rape fields in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Leybourne, D. (n.d.). Observations of cabbage stem flea beetle abundance, associated crop damage and levels of larval infestation, and arthropod trapping data for oilseed rape fields in Lower Saxony, Germany.. Lower Saxony, Germany. doi:10.17638/datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/2511
Online decision support systems, remote sensing and artificial intelligence applications for wheat pest management
Leybourne, D. J., Ramsden, M., White, S., Wang, R., Huang, H., Xe, C., & Yang, P. (2023). Online decision support systems, remote sensing and artificial intelligence applications for wheat pest management. In Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science (pp. 411-444). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi:10.19103/as.2022.0114.21
Common facultative endosymbionts do not influence sensitivity of cereal aphids to pyrethroids
Leybourne, D. J., Melloh, P., & Martin, E. A. (2023). Common facultative endosymbionts do not influence sensitivity of cereal aphids to pyrethroids. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY, 25(2), 344-354. doi:10.1111/afe.12539
Advances in pest risk assessment techniques focusing on invertebrate pests of European outdoor crops
Ramsden, M. W., Telling, S., Leybourne, D. J., Alonso, N., White, S., & Georgantzis, N. (2023). Advances in pest risk assessment techniques focusing on invertebrate pests of European outdoor crops. In Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science (pp. 243-264). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi:10.19103/as.2022.0113.10
Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades
Luke, S. H., Roy, H. E., Thomas, C. D., Tilley, L. A. N., Ward, S., Watt, A., . . . Dicks, L. V. (2023). Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades. INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY, 16(2), 173-189. doi:10.1111/icad.12637
To tolerate drought or resist aphids? A new challenge to plant science is on the horizon
Ramírez, C. C., Gundel, P. E., Karley, A. J., & Leybourne, D. J. (2023). To tolerate drought or resist aphids? A new challenge to plant science is on the horizon. Journal of Experimental Botany. doi:10.1093/jxb/erad012
2022
Common resistance mechanisms are deployed by plants against sap-feeding herbivorous insects: insights from a meta-analysis and systematic review
Leybourne, D. J., & Aradottir, G. I. (2022). Common resistance mechanisms are deployed by plants against sap-feeding herbivorous insects: insights from a meta-analysis and systematic review. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-022-20741-3
Drought stress increases the expression of barley defence genes with negative consequences for infesting cereal aphids
Leybourne, D. J., Valentine, T. A., Binnie, K., Taylor, A., Karley, A. J., & Bos, J. I. B. (2022). Drought stress increases the expression of barley defence genes with negative consequences for infesting cereal aphids. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 73(7), 2238-2250. doi:10.1093/jxb/erac010
Development of a pest threshold decision support system for minimising damage to winter wheat from wheat bulb fly, Delia coarctata
Leybourne, D. J., Storer, K. E., Berry, P., & Ellis, S. (2022). Development of a pest threshold decision support system for minimising damage to winter wheat from wheat bulb fly, <i>Delia coarctata</i>. ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY, 180(1), 118-131. doi:10.1111/aab.12718
2021
Drought has negative consequences on aphid fitness and plant vigor: Insights from a meta-analysis
Leybourne, D. J., Preedy, K. F., Valentine, T. A., Bos, J. I. B., & Karley, A. J. (2021). Drought has negative consequences on aphid fitness and plant vigor: Insights from a meta-analysis. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 11(17), 11915-11929. doi:10.1002/ece3.7957
Plant resistance in different cell layers affects aphid probing and feeding behaviour during non-host and poor-host interactions
Escudero-Martinez, C., Leybourne, D. J., & Bos, J. I. B. (2021). Plant resistance in different cell layers affects aphid probing and feeding behaviour during non-host and poor-host interactions. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 111(1), 31-38. doi:10.1017/S0007485320000231
2020
Learning-induced switching costs in a parasitoid can maintain diversity of host aphid phenotypes although biocontrol is destabilized under abiotic stress.
Preedy, K. F., Chaplain, M. A. J., Leybourne, D. J., Marion, G., & Karley, A. J. (2020). Learning-induced switching costs in a parasitoid can maintain diversity of host aphid phenotypes although biocontrol is destabilized under abiotic stress.. The Journal of animal ecology, 89(5), 1216-1229. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13189
The price of protection: a defensive endosymbiont impairs nymph growth in the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi.
Leybourne, D. J., Bos, J. I. B., Valentine, T. A., & Karley, A. J. (2020). The price of protection: a defensive endosymbiont impairs nymph growth in the bird cherry-oat aphid, <i>Rhopalosiphum padi</i>. INSECT SCIENCE, 27(1), 69-85. doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12606
A fitness cost resulting from Hamiltonella defensa infection is associated with altered probing and feeding behaviour in Rhopalosiphum padi.
Leybourne, D. J., Valentine, T. A., Bos, J. I. B., & Karley, A. J. (2020). A fitness cost resulting from <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> infection is associated with altered probing and feeding behaviour in <i>Rhopalosiphum padi</i>. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 223(1). doi:10.1242/jeb.207936
2019
Defence gene expression and phloem quality contribute to mesophyll and phloem resistance to aphids in wild barley
Leybourne, D. J., Valentine, T. A., Robertson, J. A. H., Perez-Fernandez, E., Main, A. M., Karley, A. J., & Bos, J. I. B. (2019). Defence gene expression and phloem quality contribute to mesophyll and phloem resistance to aphids in wild barley. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 70(15), 4011-4026. doi:10.1093/jxb/erz163