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Ian Denholm is affiliated with the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the agricultural and biological sciences, with specific attention to plant science, insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, soil science, and pollution. The breadth of their work spans both fundamental and applied aspects of these fields.

The scientist has a number of recent publications covering diverse areas of study. These include:

  • Global patterns in genomic diversity underpinning the evolution of insecticide resistance in the aphid crop pest Myzus persicae, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Zero Tillage Systems Conserve Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Enhancing Soil Glomalin and Water Stable Aggregates with Implications for Soil Stability, 2021, Soil Systems
  • Detection of resistance to pyrethroid and neonicotinoid insecticides in the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westw.) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), 2021, Crop Protection
  • The Tripartite Rhizobacteria-AM Fungal-Host Plant Relationship in Winter Wheat: Impact of Multi-Species Inoculation, Tillage Regime and Naturally Occurring Rhizobacteria Species, 2021, Plants
  • In situ morphometric survey elucidates the evolutionary systematics of the orchid genus Gymnadenia in the British Isles, 2021, Systematics and Biodiversity

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Richard M. Bateman
  • Martin S. Williamson
  • Thomas I Wilkes
  • Douglas Warner
  • Veronica Edmonds-Brown

Ian Denholm has published repeatedly in several scientific journals, demonstrating a pattern of engagement with these venues:

  • Kew Bulletin
  • Communications Biology
  • Soil Systems
  • Crop Protection
  • Plants

Their main topics of research encompass several aspects of plant and insect biology, including but not limited to:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies

These research interests illustrate a focus on the interactions between plants, insects, fungi, and soil systems, with implications for agricultural sustainability and pest management. Their work includes studies on insecticide resistance mechanisms, microbial interactions in soil, and evolutionary systematics in plants.

Best Publications

  • The global status of insect resistance to neonicotinoid insecticides

    Chris Bass;Ian Denholm;Martin S. Williamson;Ralf Nauen

  • Resistance of insect pests to neonicotinoid insecticides: current status and future prospects.

    Ralf Nauen;Ian Denholm

  • The evolution of insecticide resistance in the peach–potato aphid, Myzus persicae

    Chris Bass;Alin M. Puinean;Christoph T. Zimmer;Ian Denholm

  • Insect-resistant transgenic plants

    Tanja H Schuler;Guy M Poppy;Brian R Kerry;Ian Denholm

  • Tactics for managing pesticide resistance in arthropods: theory and practice

    I Denholm;M W Rowland

  • Amplification of a cytochrome P450 gene is associated with resistance to neonicotinoid insecticides in the aphid Myzus persicae.

    Alin M. Puinean;Stephen P. Foster;Linda Oliphant;Ian Denholm

  • A nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mutation conferring target-site resistance to imidacloprid in Nilaparvata lugens (brown planthopper)

    Zewen Liu;Martin S. Williamson;Stuart J. Lansdell;Ian Denholm

  • Over-expression of cytochrome P450 CYP6CM1 is associated with high resistance to imidacloprid in the B and Q biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae)

    Iris Karunker;Juergen Benting;Bettina Lueke;Tanja Ponge

  • Discovery and characterization of sulfoxaflor, a novel insecticide targeting sap-feeding pests.

    Yuanming Zhu;Michael R Loso;Gerald B Watson;Thomas C Sparks

  • Baseline determination and detection of resistance to imidacloprid in Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

    Matthew Cahill;Kevin Gorman;Sara Day;Ian Denholm

  • Mutation of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β subunit is associated with resistance to neonicotinoid insecticides in the aphid Myzus persicae

    Chris Bass;Alin M Puinean;Melanie Andrews;Penny Cutler

  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: targets for commercially important insecticides

    Neil S. Millar;Ian Denholm

  • Knockdown resistance (kdr) to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides maps to a sodium channel gene locus in the housefly (Musca domestica)

    Martin S. Williamson;Ian Denholm;Caroline A. Bell;Alan L. Devonshire

  • Mitochondrial heteroplasmy and the evolution of insecticide resistance: Non-Mendelian inheritance in action

    Thomas Van Leeuwen;Bartel Vanholme;Steven Van Pottelberge;Pieter Van Nieuwenhuyse

  • Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci biotype Q (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from China

    C. Luo;C. M. Jones;G. Devine;F. Zhang

  • Pyrethroid and organophosphate resistance in the tobacco whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae).

    Matthew Cahill;Frank J. Byrne;Kevin Gorman;Ian Denholm

  • Insecticide Resistance on the Move

    I. Denholm;G. J. Devine;M. S. Williamson

  • Challenges with managing insecticide resistance in agricultural pests, exemplisfied by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci

    I. Denholm;M. Cahill;T. J. Dennehy;A. R. Horowitz

  • Characterisation of Insensitive Acetylcholinesterase in Insecticide-Resistant Cotton Aphids,Aphis gossypiiGlover (Homoptera: Aphididae)

    Graham D. Moores;Xiwu Gao;Ian Denholm;Alan L. Devonshire

  • Parasitoid behaviour and Bt plants.

    Tanja H. Schuler;Roel P. J. Potting;Ian Denholm;Guy M. Poppy

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin S. Williamson
Martin S. Williamson Rothamsted Research
Alan L. Devonshire
Alan L. Devonshire The Hertz Corporation
Gregor J. Devine
Gregor J. Devine QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Guy M. Poppy
Guy M. Poppy University of Southampton
Ralf Nauen
Ralf Nauen Bayer (Germany)
Byron L. Blagburn
Byron L. Blagburn Auburn University
Norbert Mencke
Norbert Mencke Bayer (Germany)
Michael K. Rust
Michael K. Rust University of California, Riverside
Richard Harrington
Richard Harrington Rothamsted Research
Michael W. Dryden
Michael W. Dryden Kansas State University

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