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Toby Bruce

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

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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A new sustainability paradigm beyond the organic brand www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A new sustainability paradigm beyond the organic brand
Producing enough food to feed the world in an environmentally sustainable way represents a major challenge for humanity. It requires a bold paradigm t…
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
#IWC2026Bologna The Panel discussion III: International Collaboration has started! Peter Langridge and Jeff Rosichan are chairing, discussing with Maricelis Acevedo (Cornell University, USA), Filippo Bassi (ICARDA, Marocco), Richard Flavell (John Innes Centre, UK) Josephine Kant (Ptj, Germany)
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Natalia Guayazán Palacios @nataliagupa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
So proud to present the peer reviewed version of the second chapter of my PhD. As a moelcular biologist, it was a pleasure working side-by-side with talented ecologists to contextualize pattern recognition receptors in a complex ecosystem ♡ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A plant immune receptor mediates tritrophic interactions by linking caterpillar detection to predator recruitment
A plant receptor detects caterpillar attack and triggers emission of chemical cues to attract predatory wasps.
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
#IWC2026Bologna LIMITING PESTICIDE USE FOR A SUSTAINABLE WHEAT WITH A LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT session was a great! Thanks to Louise McNamara and @karchuntan.bsky.social for chairing!
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
will hybrid wheat be more competitive against blackgrass weed?
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Details of the @wheatinitiative.bsky.social expert working group on control of pests
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Jessie Alt: Corteva plans to launch hybrid wheat in 2027 #IWC2026Bologna 🌾
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GBIF @gbif.org · 26/05/2026
🦟 The final data papers from a global #TDR/WHO, GBIF and GigaScience Journal initiative have now been published in GigaByte Journal, marking the completion of a four-year effort to expand access to disease vector data! 🎉 Read more: 🔗 gbif.link/vector-dat...
Photograph of a bright brown and purple mosquito on a leaf
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Plotting our crop protection panel discussion for tomorrow @danielleybourne.bsky.social @nicholahawkins.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social #IWC2026Bologna 🌾
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Panel discussion #IWC2026Bologna 🌾 Soil and the Rhizosphere in Wheat Production - The New Frontier for Sustainability
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#IWC2026Bologna
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Meryem Zaim “The crop breeders equation” Genetic variation is important #IWC2026Bologna 🌾
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Genetic diversity from crop wild relatives - providing sources of resistance - can help avert crop disease epidemics
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Leaf rust and Powdery mildew resistance in wheat transferred through introgression of 5U chromosome from Aegilops triuncialis #IWC2026Bologna 🌾
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Satinder Kaur Punjab Ag University Beyond the Cultivated Gene Pool: Mining Hidden Genetic Riches of Wild Germplasm for Wheat Improvement 🧬🌾 #IWC2026Bologna
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Julie King University of Nottingham Introgression of wheat genetic diversity from wheat wild relatives 🧬🌾 #IWC2026Bologna
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
4TH INTERNATIONAL WHEAT CONGRESS #IWC2026Bologna 🌾 www.iwc2026.com/wp-content/u...
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The latest agenda is live!!! Wheat Pests Workshop at 4th International Wheat Congress, Bologna, Italy #IWC2026Bologna Have a look! www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/e...
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🌱🧬Alternative splicing is not random. Chromatin state influences co‑transcriptional splicing, enabling repeatable stress responses Population‑level comparisons, not just condition‑specific studies, will reveal AS contribution to adaptation @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/plant...
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Alternative splicing in plants: emerging order from chaos
Alternative splicing (AS) is a key evolutionary innovation that adds a regulatory layer to gene expression. Being predominantly co-transcriptional, AS is influenced by chromatin state, enabling approp...
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I wonder who chose the event title? 🤔🤣🤣 #pint26 pintofscience.co.uk/event/pests-...
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Pint of Science today — Pests, cannabis and hydrogen: weeding out the truth 😄 @pintofscience.uk pintofscience.co.uk/event/pests-...
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Pests, cannabis and hydrogen: weeding out the truth
Where do we get our energy from? Food? Drugs? Hydrogen? And what about truth? Join us for a fascinating trip through this treacherous landscape.
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Yes, thanks. Your FOI inquiry suggestion was a good idea. The answer was that 3 proposals were funded under the plant health spotlight
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Shalik Ram Sigdel @sigdelshalik.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Happy to be a part of this study on water use patterns of co-occurring species in old-growth vs. younger successional mixed forests. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Water use complementarity in old-growth mixed forests versus competition in younger successional mixed forests
Water use strategies among coexisting species across successional gradients critically influence forest climate resilience and biodiversity conservati…
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 08/05/2026
Pangolins are pursued globally but what regions are most implicated in trafficking? By decoding DNA from museum specimens & seizures, this study reveals hidden #pangolin trade routes & #trafficking hotspots, to inform disruption of the global illegal wildlife trade @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4tkYRDO
Top: A white-bellied pangolin displayed in a local market along a national road extension in Nimba County, Liberia. The animal was kept alive for sale, reflecting consumer preference for freshly slaughtered meat and the impact of road development on wildlife trade. Image credit: Sylvatrop Consulting. Bottom:  Origin tracing of traded white-bellied pangolins (Phataginus tricuspis). Detailed origin tracing maps for (left) Upper Guinea, and (right) Congolia cluster regions. Training locations are red diamonds and seized samples (black circles) are linked to their inferred origins (gray crosses) via gray (domestic) or purple (international) lines. The heatmap highlights likely sourcing density, with red indicating hotspots and heatmap bounds reflecting bootstrap confidence. Base layers include country, road (orange) and port (blue triangles) data from Natural Earth, protected areas (green) from the World Database on Protected Areas, and the modeled species’ range from occurrence data previously collated.
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
@ruralspatialj.bsky.social nice talk @keeleuniversity.bsky.social thanks!! I did some rough calculations and in 1980 a farmer could buy a tractor with 75 tonnes of wheat; in 2026 that number has gone up to 187 tonnes of wheat (2.5 x more)
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Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 24/04/2026
There's only a week left to apply for 1 of our paid #PlantHealth Undergraduate Studentships! Projects are available at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social, @niab-uk.bsky.social, @johninnescentre.bsky.social & more! 📆 Applications close Fri 28 Apr Apply now: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health-ug-studentships
A person holding a seedling in a large greenhouse. Text says applications close soon! Gain paid research experience in plant health, apply by 28 April
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy #EarthDay 💚 I MILLION species face extinction here are the five major drivers of by biodiversity loss
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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
New research in #RESPhysEnt #Traffic noise leads to cardiac stress reactions in two urban-tolerant #Trichonephila #spiders, but in different ways doi.org/10.1111/phen.70042 #AnthropogenicDisturbance @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Starmer and Yvette Cooper are a disgrace
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
probably need this in the UK now some of our beaches are awash with sewage after Brexit deregulation
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 20/04/2026
Artificial wetlands can treat wastewater using natural processes like plants, soil and water flow. In Costa Rica, a constructed wetland is helping keep polluted water out of rivers and sea. Backed by UNEP & @thegef.bsky.social, it shows how nature-based solutions can #BeatPollution: bit.ly/4qcZf6C
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
mindset matters
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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Once lost, now found: Five “missing” bird species rediscovered in 2025, offering hope news.mongabay.com/2026/04/once...
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Once lost, now found: Five "missing" bird species rediscovered in 2025, offering hope
Five “missing” bird species — not seen, heard or documented in the wild for a decade or more — were “found” in 2025, according to the 2026 annual update to the Lost Birds List. It’s a tally of species...
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Lecture on chemical pollution for @keeleuniversity.bsky.social biodiversity crisis module youtu.be/e7KDsAY2AXY?...
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Chemical Pollution vs Biodiversity
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Nature @nature.com · 18/04/2026
Scientists have long pulled DNA from water and soil, but they have only just started to see the air as a source of genetic information go.nature.com/4tUdRcA
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The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
Nature - Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify humans.
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Frédéric Suffert @wheatpath.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Exciting position open @aarhusuniint.bsky.social: Professor in Epidemiology/Pathology for agricultural crop plants www.au.dk/om/stillinge...
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Professor in Epidemiology/Pathology for Agricultural Crop Plants - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Agroøkologi - Plantepatologi og Mikrobiologi, Aarhus Universitet
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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
“Plants are so unlike people that it’s difficult for us to appreciate fully their complexity and sophistication.” #NowReading The Botany of Desire & loving it!
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 15/04/2026
3 years into conflict, Sudan faces the world’s largest food crisis. Half the population is acutely hungry. Crop production is down 22%, livestock support is minimal and global attention is fading. Sudan cannot wait. It needs real action now. 🔗 bit.ly/3QaJeB3
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Starmer and Yvette Cooper are a disgrace
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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
New #OpenAccess research in #RESPhysEnt Effect of blood meals and mating on biodemographic characteristics of #Aedes albopictus doi.org/10.1111/phen.70039 #Culicidae #InsectVectors @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
In the US "Agricultural Health Study," control groups are essential for comparing the health outcomes of pesticide applicators and their spouses with those who are not exposed to pesticides, allowing researchers to identify potential health risks associated with pesticide use. aghealth.nih.gov
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The US “Agricultural Health Study” has followed 52,000 pesticide applicators (mostly farmers) and 32,000 of their spouses for three decades. More than 80% of them use or used glyphosate. The study has found no glyphosate-cancer link.
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I’m trying to reply and the account has blocked me 🤷🤣🤣
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The US “Agricultural Health Study” has followed 52,000 pesticide applicators (mostly farmers) and 32,000 of their spouses for three decades. More than 80% of them use or used glyphosate. The study has found no glyphosate-cancer link.
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Science Media Centre UK @smclondon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
expert reaction to analysis of UK government pesticide usage data by the Pesticide Action Network www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
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Toby Bruce @tobybruce.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
SEEDBALL from @royentsoc.bsky.social
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