Kirk , William - Keele University - School of Life Sciences

个人简介

I was appointed as a Lecturer at Keele University in 1987 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2005. I obtained a BA (Hons) in Applied Biology from Cambridge University in 1981 and then went on to complete my PhD on "The ecology of thrips in flowers" at Cambridge University in 1984. The award of a Rothmans Fellowship allowed me to do post-doctoral research on thrips at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute (now Waite Campus), University of Adelaide, South Australia in 1985. Further post-doctoral research was supported by a Research Fellowship from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

研究领域

My main research interests are the biology and ecology of thrips, with a view to exploiting this knowledge to develop novel means of managing thrips as pests in agriculture and horticulture. I also carry out research on the foraging behaviour of bees and have kept honeybees for many years. My latest book on "Plants for Bees" is a comprehensive guide to the plants that benefit the bees of the British Isles. I am currently a council member of the International Bee Research Association, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a Life Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and a fellow of the Linnean Society.

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Sudhakar AVS, Kirk WDJ, Murai T, Walters KFA. Identification of the aggregation pheromone of the melon thrips (submitted). PLoS One. doi> Olaniran OA, Sudhakar AVS, Drijfhout FP, Dublon IAN, Hall DR, Hamilton JGC, Kirk WDJ. 2013. A Male-Predominant Cuticular Hydrocarbon, 7-Methyltricosane, is used as a Contact Pheromone in the Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, vol. 39(4), 559-568. link> doi> Sampson C and Kirk WDJ. 2013. Can mass trapping reduce thrips damage and is it economically viable? Management of the Western flower thrips in strawberry. PLoS One, vol. 8(11), e80787. link> doi> Kirk WDJ. 2012. Plants for Bees. (1st ed.). International Bee Research Association. Hamilton JGC, Hall DR, Kirk WDJ. 2005. Identification of a male-produced aggregation pheromone in the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. J Chem Ecol, vol. 31(6), 1369-1379. link> doi>