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Overview

Ian Kaplan is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Insect Science, Plant Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Plant and animal studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Insect Pest Control Strategies, and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Ian Kaplan's publication record includes contributions to several journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecological Entomology

Some recent papers by Ian Kaplan include:

  • Emerging strategies for precision microbiome management in diverse agroecosystems, 2021, Nature Plants
  • IPM reduces insecticide applications by 95% while maintaining or enhancing crop yields through wild pollinator conservation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Insects as a source of phenolic compounds and potential health benefits, 2021, Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
  • The urgency of transforming the Midwestern U.S. landscape into more than corn and soybean, 2020, Agriculture and Human Values
  • Synergism between local- and landscape-level pesticides reduces wild bee floral visitation in pollinator-dependent crops, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ian Kaplan include:

  • Laramy Enders
  • Laura L. Ingwell
  • Jacob Pecenka
  • Keng-Lou James Hung
  • Karen Goodell

Best Publications

  • Biosynthesis, function and metabolic engineering of plant volatile organic compounds.

    Natalia Dudareva;Antje Klempien;Joëlle K. Muhlemann;Ian Kaplan

  • Associational Resistance and Associational Susceptibility: Having Right or Wrong Neighbors

    Pedro Barbosa;Jessica Hines;Ian Kaplan;Holly Martinson

  • Interspecific interactions in phytophagous insects revisited: a quantitative assessment of competition theory

    Ian Kaplan;Robert F. Denno

  • Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities

    Peter W. Price;Robert F. Denno;Micky D. Eubanks;Deborah L. Finke

  • Insect Ecology: Taxonomic Index

    Peter W. Price;Robert F. Denno;Micky D. Eubanks;Deborah L. Finke

  • CONSTITUTIVE AND INDUCED DEFENSES TO HERBIVORY IN ABOVE-AND BELOWGROUND PLANT TISSUES

    Ian Kaplan;Rayko Halitschke;André Kessler;Sandra Sardanelli

  • Attracting carnivorous arthropods with plant volatiles: The future of biocontrol or playing with fire?

    Ian Kaplan

  • Emerging strategies for precision microbiome management in diverse agroecosystems.

    Elizabeth French;Ian Kaplan;Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi;Cindy H. Nakatsu

  • Steering Soil Microbiomes to Suppress Aboveground Insect Pests

    Ana Pineda;Ian Kaplan;T. Martijn Bezemer

  • Insect Ecology: Species interactions

    Peter W. Price;Robert F. Denno;Micky D. Eubanks;Deborah L. Finke

  • Physiological integration of roots and shoots in plant defense strategies links above- and belowground herbivory.

    Ian Kaplan;Rayko Halitschke;Andre Kessler;Brian J. Rehill

  • Field responses of predaceous arthropods to methyl salicylate: A meta-analysis and case study in cranberries

    Cesar Rodriguez-Saona;Ian Kaplan;Joseph Braasch;Durairaj Chinnasamy

  • APHIDS ALTER THE COMMUNITY‐WIDE IMPACT OF FIRE ANTS

    Ian Kaplan;Micky D. Eubanks

  • Compensatory mechanisms for ameliorating the fundamental trade-off between predator avoidance and foraging

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Scott H. McArt;Ian Kaplan

  • Disruption of Cotton Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)—Natural Enemy Dynamics by Red Imported Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Ian Kaplan;Micky D. Eubanks

  • Eco-evolutionary factors drive induced plant volatiles: a meta-analysis.

    Elizabeth Rowen;Ian Kaplan

  • Ecological Communities: Plant-mediated interactions in herbivorous insects: mechanisms, symmetry, and challenging the paradigms of competition past

    Robert F. Denno;Ian Kaplan

  • Long distance root–shoot signalling in plant–insect community interactions

    Roxina Soler;Matthias Erb;Ian Kaplan

  • Conditioning the soil microbiome through plant‐soil feedbacks suppresses an aboveground insect pest

    Ana Pineda;Ian Kaplan;S. Emilia Hannula;Wadih Ghanem

  • IPM reduces insecticide applications by 95% while maintaining or enhancing crop yields through wild pollinator conservation

    Jacob R. Pecenka;Laura L. Ingwell;Rick E. Foster;Christian H. Krupke

  • Tillage compromises weed seed predator activity across developmental stages

    Carmen K. Blubaugh;Ian Kaplan

  • Cover crops increase foraging activity of omnivorous predators in seed patches and facilitate weed biological control

    Carmen K. Blubaugh;James R. Hagler;Scott A. Machtley;Ian Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert F. Denno
Robert F. Denno University of Maryland, College Park
Micky D. Eubanks
Micky D. Eubanks Texas A&M University
Peter W. Price
Peter W. Price Northern Arizona University
Jennifer S. Thaler
Jennifer S. Thaler Cornell University
Galen P. Dively
Galen P. Dively University of Maryland, College Park
Michael E. Scharf
Michael E. Scharf Purdue University West Lafayette
Natalia Dudareva
Natalia Dudareva Purdue University West Lafayette
André Kessler
André Kessler Cornell University
T. Martijn Bezemer
T. Martijn Bezemer Leiden University
Matthias Erb
Matthias Erb University of Bern

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