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Christine M. Woodcock

Christine M. Woodcock

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
13882
World Ranking
13676
National Ranking
1067

Overview

Christine M. Woodcock is affiliated with Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom and works primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research focuses on several subfields including Plant Science, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Genetics. The main topics covered by their work are Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect Pest Control Strategies, Plant Virus Research Studies, Agricultural Pest Management Studies, and Insect Utilization and Effects.

Woodcock has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Some notable recent papers include:

  • Different Plant Viruses Induce Changes in Feeding Behavior of Specialist and Generalist Aphids on Common Bean That Are Likely to Enhance Virus Transmission (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Three Aphid-Transmitted Viruses Encourage Vector Migration From Infected Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Plants Through a Combination of Volatile and Surface Cues (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Identification of Semiochemicals from Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, for Low-input Management of the Legume Pod Borer, Maruca vitrata (2020, Journal of Chemical Ecology)
  • Responses of the putative trachoma vector, Musca sorbens, to volatile semiochemicals from human faeces (2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases)
  • Chemical Identity and Functional Characterization of Semiochemicals That Promote the Interactions between Rice Plant and Rice Major Pest Nilaparvata lugens (2021, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry)

Their frequent coauthors include John A. Pickett, John C. Caulfield, Michael A. Birkett, József Vuts, and Francis O. Wamonje. Woodcock's work has appeared in several publication venues with multiple contributions to Frontiers in Plant Science, as well as articles published in Journal of Chemical Ecology, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, and Die Naturwissenschaften.

Best Publications

  • Insect host location: a volatile situation.

    Toby J.A. Bruce;Lester J. Wadhams;Christine M. Woodcock

  • The Chemical Ecology of Aphids

    J. A. Pickett;L. J. Wadhams;C. M. Woodcock;J. Hardie

  • New roles for cis-jasmone as an insect semiochemical and in plant defense.

    Michael A. Birkett;Colin A. M. Campbell;Keith Chamberlain;Emilio Guerrieri

  • Identification of Semiochemicals Released During Aphid Feeding That Attract Parasitoid Aphidius ervi

    Yongjun Du;Guy M. Poppy;Wilf Powell;John A. Pickett

  • Intercropping increases parasitism of pests

    Z. R. Khan;K. Ampong-Nyarko;P. Chiliswa;A. Hassanali

  • Exploiting chemical ecology and species diversity : stem borer and striga control for maize and sorghum in Africa

    Zeyaur R Khan;John A Pickett;Johnnie van den Berg;Lester J Wadhams

  • Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack

    Zdenka Babikova;Lucy Gilbert;Toby J. A. Bruce;Michael Birkett

  • Aphid alarm pheromone produced by transgenic plants affects aphid and parasitoid behavior

    Michael H. Beale;Michael A. Birkett;Toby J. A. Bruce;Keith Chamberlain

  • Integrated pest management: the push-pull approach for controlling insect pests and weeds of cereals, and its potential for other agricultural systems including animal husbandry.

    Ahmed Hassanali;Hans Herren;Zeyaur R Khan;John A Pickett

  • Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of Aphids to host and nonhost plant volatiles.

    Stephen F. Nottingham;Jim Hardie;Glenn W. Dawson;Alastair J. Hick

  • Push-pull farming systems.

    John A Pickett;Christine M Woodcock;Charles A O Midega;Zeyaur R Khan

  • Control of witchweed Striga hermonthica by intercropping with Desmodium spp., and the mechanism defined as allelopathic.

    Zeyaur R. Khan;Ahmed Hassanali;William Overholt;Tsanuo M. Khamis

  • Maize landraces recruit egg and larval parasitoids in response to egg deposition by a herbivore

    Amanuel Tamiru;Toby J. A. Bruce;Christine M. Woodcock;John C. Caulfield

  • Exploiting semiochemicals in insect control

    Nicky Agelopoulos;Michael A Birkett;Alastair J Hick;Anthony M Hooper

  • Methyl salicylate and (−)-(1R,5S)-myrtenal are plant-derived repellents for black bean aphid,Aphis fabae Scop. (Homoptera: Aphididae)

    Jim Hardie;I Rufus Isaacs;John A. Pickett;Lester J. Wadhams

  • cis-Jasmone induces Arabidopsis genes that affect the chemical ecology of multitrophic interactions with aphids and their parasitoids.

    Toby J. A. Bruce;Michaela C. Matthes;Keith Chamberlain;Christine M. Woodcock

  • Winter host component reduces colonization by Bird-cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Homoptera, Aphididae), and other aphids in cereal fields

    J. Pettersson;J. A. Pickett;B. J. Pye;A. Quiroz

  • Identification of an aphid sex pheromone

    G. W. Dawson;D. C. Griffiths;N. F. Janes;A. Mudd

  • Response of the seven-spot ladybird to an aphid alarm pheromone and an alarm pheromone inhibitor is mediated by paired olfactory cells.

    S. Al Abassi;M. A. Birkett;J. Pettersson;J. A. Pickett

  • Developing sustainable pest control from chemical ecology

    J.A. Pickett;L.J. Wadhams;C.M. Woodcock

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Pickett
John A. Pickett Cardiff University
Lester J. Wadhams
Lester J. Wadhams Rothamsted Research
Michael A. Birkett
Michael A. Birkett Rothamsted Research
Toby J. A. Bruce
Toby J. A. Bruce Keele University
Keith Chamberlain
Keith Chamberlain Rothamsted Research
Zeyaur R. Khan
Zeyaur R. Khan International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Johnathan A. Napier
Johnathan A. Napier Rothamsted Research
Wilf Powell
Wilf Powell Rothamsted Research
Ahmed Hassanali
Ahmed Hassanali Kenyatta University
Charles A. O. Midega
Charles A. O. Midega International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

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