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Machine-learning techniques can enhance dairy cow estrus detection using location and acceleration data (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Bell, M., Liu, X., & Liu, G. (2020). Machine-learning techniques can enhance dairy cow estrus detection using location and acceleration data. Animals, 10(7), Article 1160. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10071160

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The aim of this study was to assess combining location, acceleration and machine learning technologies to detect estrus in dairy cows. Data were obtained from 12 cows, which were monitored con... Read More about Machine-learning techniques can enhance dairy cow estrus detection using location and acceleration data.

Soil as an extended composite phenotype of the microbial metagenome (2020)
Journal Article
Neal, A. L., Bacq-Labreuil, A., Zhang, X., Clark, I. M., Coleman, K., Mooney, S. J., …Crawford, J. W. (2020). Soil as an extended composite phenotype of the microbial metagenome. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 10649. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67631-0

© 2020, The Author(s). We use a unique set of terrestrial experiments to demonstrate how soil management practises result in emergence of distinct associations between physical structure and biological functions. These associations have a significant... Read More about Soil as an extended composite phenotype of the microbial metagenome.

Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals (2020)
Journal Article
Stewart, J. A., Robinson, L. F., Day, R. D., Strawson, I., Burke, A., Rae, J. W., …Pryer, H. (2020). Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 545, Article 116412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116412

© 2020 The Author(s) The Li/Mg, Sr/Ca and oxygen isotopic (δ18O) compositions of many marine biogenic carbonates are sensitive to seawater temperature. Corals, as cosmopolitan marine taxa with carbonate skeletons that can be precisely dated, represen... Read More about Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals.

Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: Co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts (2020)
Journal Article
Abdi, M. K., Lupi, D., Jucker, C., & Hardy, I. C. (2020). Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: Co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(4), 627-641. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa046

© 2020 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020, 130, 627-641 Explanations for the highest levels of sociality typically invoke the concept of inclusive fitness. Sclerodermus, a genus of parasitoid hymenopterans,... Read More about Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: Co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts.

Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: Co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation (2020)
Journal Article
Abdi, M. K., Hardy, I. C., Jucker, C., & Lupi, D. (2020). Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: Co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(4), 642-660. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa047

© 2020 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020, 130, 642-660 Sclerodermus brevicornis is a parasitoid that exhibits cooperative multi-foundress brood production. Prior work showed that the time lag to paralysis... Read More about Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: Co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation.

Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae (2020)
Journal Article
Abdi, M. K., Jucker, C., De Marchi, B., Hardy, I. C., & Lupi, D. (2021). Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 169(1), 64-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12946

© 2020 The Netherlands Entomological Society Biological control efficiency can be improved by developing effective mass-rearing systems to produce large numbers of high-quality parasitoids. This study explored an alternative host for rearing Sclerode... Read More about Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae.

Suberin plasticity to developmental and exogenous cues is regulated by a set of MYB transcription factors (2020)
Working Paper
Shukla, V., Han, J., Cléard, F., Legendre-Lefebvre, L., Gully, K., Flis, P., …Barberon, M. Suberin plasticity to developmental and exogenous cues is regulated by a set of MYB transcription factors

Suberin is a hydrophobic biopolymer that can be deposited at the periphery of cells, forming protective barriers against biotic and abiotic stress. In roots, suberin forms lamellae at the periphery of endodermal cells where it plays crucial roles in... Read More about Suberin plasticity to developmental and exogenous cues is regulated by a set of MYB transcription factors.

A generalised model for generalised transduction: the importance of co-evolution and stochasticity in phage mediated antimicrobial resistance transfer (2020)
Journal Article
Arya, S., Todman, H., Baker, M., Hooton, S., Millard, A., Kreft, J. U., …Stekel, D. J. (2020). A generalised model for generalised transduction: the importance of co-evolution and stochasticity in phage mediated antimicrobial resistance transfer. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96(7), https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa100

© FEMS 2020. Antimicrobial resistance is a major global challenge. Of particular concern are mobilizable elements that can transfer resistance genes between bacteria, leading to pathogens with new combinations of resistance. To date, mathematical mod... Read More about A generalised model for generalised transduction: the importance of co-evolution and stochasticity in phage mediated antimicrobial resistance transfer.

Minerals and potentially toxic elements in corn silage from tropical and subtropical Brazil (2020)
Journal Article
Motta, A. C. V., Araujo, E. M., Broadley, M. R., Young, S. D., Barbosa, J. Z., Prior, S. A., & Schmidt, P. (2020). Minerals and potentially toxic elements in corn silage from tropical and subtropical Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 49, https://doi.org/10.37496/rbz4920190214

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided th... Read More about Minerals and potentially toxic elements in corn silage from tropical and subtropical Brazil.

UK consumers' willingness to pay for laying hen welfare (2020)
Journal Article
Dunne, C., & Siettou, C. (2020). UK consumers' willingness to pay for laying hen welfare. British Food Journal, 122(9), 2867-2880. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-12-2019-0914

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: This study investigates UK consumers’ perception and willingness to pay (WTP) for egg attributes associated with laying hen welfare, namely with beak-trimming practices and injurious feather pecking (IP).... Read More about UK consumers' willingness to pay for laying hen welfare.

Impact of fruit orientation and pelleting material on water uptake and germination performance in artificial substrate for sugar beet (2020)
Journal Article
Blunk, S., Hoffer, J., Brosda, S., de Heer, M. I., Sturrock, C. J., & Mooney, S. J. (2020). Impact of fruit orientation and pelleting material on water uptake and germination performance in artificial substrate for sugar beet. PLoS ONE, 15(5), Article e0232875. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232875

© 2020 Blunk et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are cred... Read More about Impact of fruit orientation and pelleting material on water uptake and germination performance in artificial substrate for sugar beet.

Potential Use of Rice Husk Biochar and Compost to Improve P Availability and Reduce GHG Emissions in Acid Sulfate Soil (2020)
Journal Article
Phuong, N. T. K., Khoi, C. M., Ritz, K., Sinh, N. V., Tarao, M., & Toyota, K. (2020). Potential Use of Rice Husk Biochar and Compost to Improve P Availability and Reduce GHG Emissions in Acid Sulfate Soil. Agronomy, 10(5), Article 685. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050685

© 2020 by the authors. Acid sulfate soil (ASS) has major problems related to phosphorus deficiency and high potential for N2O emissions, as well as strong acidity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of rice husk biochar and compo... Read More about Potential Use of Rice Husk Biochar and Compost to Improve P Availability and Reduce GHG Emissions in Acid Sulfate Soil.

Detection and quantification of pore, solid and gravel spaces in CT images of a 3D soil sample (2020)
Journal Article
Ojeda-Magaña, B., Ruelas, R., Quintanilla-Domínguez, J., Robledo-Hernández, J. G., Sturrock, C. J., Mooney, S. J., & Tarquis, A. M. (2020). Detection and quantification of pore, solid and gravel spaces in CT images of a 3D soil sample. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 85, 360-377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2020.04.021

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. In this study, we scanned the core of a cylindrical soil sample (60mm diameter and 100mm height) by X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) producing 300 consecutive 2D digital images with 16-bit gray level depth and a resolution of 32 mi... Read More about Detection and quantification of pore, solid and gravel spaces in CT images of a 3D soil sample.

Strigolactones control root system architecture and tip anatomy in solanum lycopersicum l. Plants under p starvation (2020)
Journal Article
Schubert, A., Santoro, V., Sturrock, C. J., Gresta, F., Ertani, A., Cardinale, F., …Celi, L. (2020). Strigolactones control root system architecture and tip anatomy in solanum lycopersicum l. Plants under p starvation. Plants, 9(5), Article 612. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9050612

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The hormones strigolactones accumulate in plant roots under phosphorus (P) shortage, inducing variations in plant phenotype. In this study, we aimed at understanding whether strigolactones con... Read More about Strigolactones control root system architecture and tip anatomy in solanum lycopersicum l. Plants under p starvation.

Co?foundress confinement elicits kinship effects in a naturally sub?social parasitoid (2020)
Journal Article
Khadar Abdi, M., Lupi, D., & Hardy, I. (2020). Co?foundress confinement elicits kinship effects in a naturally sub?social parasitoid. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(8), 1068-1085. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13635

Kinship among interacting individuals is often associated with sociality and also with sex ratio effects. Parasitoids in the bethylid genus Goniozus are sub-social, with single foundress females exhibiting post-ovipositional maternal care via short-t... Read More about Co?foundress confinement elicits kinship effects in a naturally sub?social parasitoid.

Peat Properties, Dominant Vegetation Type and Microbial Community Structure in a Tropical Peatland (2020)
Journal Article
Girkin, N. T., Lopes dos Santos, R. A., Vane, C. H., Ostle, N., Turner, B. L., & Sjögersten, S. (2020). Peat Properties, Dominant Vegetation Type and Microbial Community Structure in a Tropical Peatland. Wetlands, 40, 1367–1377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-020-01287-4

Tropical peatlands are an important carbon store and source of greenhouse gases, but the microbial component, particularly community structure, remains poorly understood. While microbial communities vary between tropical peatland land uses, and with... Read More about Peat Properties, Dominant Vegetation Type and Microbial Community Structure in a Tropical Peatland.

Roots or Flowers? Take a Guess (2020)
Book Chapter
Ajmera, I., Stekel, D., Band, L., & Hodgman, C. (2020). Roots or Flowers? Take a Guess. In F. Matthäus, S. Matthäus, S. Harris, & T. Hillen (Eds.), The Art of Theoretical Biology (66-67). Springer

Phosphorus is a growth-limiting nutrient for plants. The use of phosphate (Pi) fertiliser is unsustainable because its stocks are non-renew-able and the run-off of surplus fertiliser damages the environment.

Factors associated with inbreeding in charollais lambs (2020)
Journal Article
Sercombe, K., & Bell, M. J. (2020). Factors associated with inbreeding in charollais lambs. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch, 5(02), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.35410/IJAEB.2020.5495

Inbreeding within sheep populations is a relatively understudied area due to limited pedigree information. This study assessed the level of inbreeding within a Charollais sheep population. Data were obtained from35,220 Charollais lambs between the ye... Read More about Factors associated with inbreeding in charollais lambs.

Bacteriophage ZCSE2 is a Potent Antimicrobial against Salmonella enterica Serovars: Ultrastructure, genomics and efficacy (2020)
Journal Article
Mohamed, A., Taha, O., El-Sherif, H. M., Connerton, P. L., Hooton, S. P., Bassim, N. D., …El-Shibiny, A. (2020). Bacteriophage ZCSE2 is a Potent Antimicrobial against Salmonella enterica Serovars: Ultrastructure, genomics and efficacy. Viruses, 12(4), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12040424

© 2020 by the authors. Developing novel antimicrobials capable of controlling multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens is essential to restrict the use of antibiotics. Bacteriophages (phages) constitute a major resource that can be harnessed as an alt... Read More about Bacteriophage ZCSE2 is a Potent Antimicrobial against Salmonella enterica Serovars: Ultrastructure, genomics and efficacy.

Selenium deficiency risks in sub-Saharan African food systems and their geospatial linkages (2020)
Journal Article
Ligowe, I. S., Phiri, F. P., Ander, E. L., Bailey, E. H., Chilimba, A. D. C., Gashu, D., …Broadley, M. R. (2020). Selenium deficiency risks in sub-Saharan African food systems and their geospatial linkages. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79(4), 457-467. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665120006904

Selenium (Se) is an essential element for human health. However, our knowledge of the prevalence of Se deficiency is less than for other micronutrients of public health concern such as iodine, iron and zinc, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). St... Read More about Selenium deficiency risks in sub-Saharan African food systems and their geospatial linkages.