RESEARCH PROFILE

Dave is a microbiologist and entomologist, and conducts research into invertebrate microbial interactions. His main areas of interest are biological pest control, Integrated Pest Management, and bee health.

BACKGROUND

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• LINK PROJECT: Biological, Semiochemical and Selective Chemical Management Methods for Insecticide Resistant Western Flower Thrips on Protected Strawberry., Funded by: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Project Start Date: 01/04/2010 Project End Date: 31/03/2015
• Unravelling the impact of the mite varroa destructor on the interaction between the honeybee and its viruses, with Professor David J Evans, Life Sciences, Dr James C Bull - Biological Sciences Prof Nigel J Burroughs - Systems Biology Centre Dr Eugene V Ryabov - Warwick HRI Dr David Chandler - Warwick HRI Dr Yiguo Hong - Warwick HRI, Funded by: BBSRC, Project Start Date: 01/01/2011 Project End Date: 31/12/2013
• Protected edible crops: biological control of plant diseases using insect pathogenic fungi with dual activity against plant pathogens: 2 year version, with Dr John P Clarkson - Applied Crop Research Centre Dr Julie E Jones - Life Sciences, Funded by: AHDB (Formerly HDC), Project Start Date: 01/05/2011 Project End Date: 30/04/2013
• Combining biopesticides and other treatments to increase pest control, with Dr Rosemary H Collier, Applied Crop Research Centre, Dr David Chandler - Life Sciences, Funded by: AHDB (Formerly HDC), Project Start Date: 01/04/2011 Project End Date: 31/03/2013
• Collaboration on "The Effect of Pathogens on Honey Bee Learning and Foraging Behaviour" (student Emma Wright), Funded by: Rothamsted Research, Project Start Date: 01/10/2008 Project End Date: 30/09/2012
• Honeybee population dynamics: Integrating the effects of factors within the hive and in the landscape, Funded by: BBSRC, Project Start Date: 01/10/2009 Project End Date: 30/09/2012
  
  

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Bennett Amanda J; Bending Gary D; Chandler David; et al.(2012) 'Meeting the demand for crop production: the challenge of yield decline in crops grown in short rotations.' Biological Reviews 87 (1), 52 - 71 (1469-185X)
• Chandler David; Bailey Alastair S.; Tatchell G. Mark; et al.(2011) 'The development, regulation and use of biopesticides for integrated pest management' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 (1573), 1987 - 1998 (0962-8436)
• Moore, J., et al.(2011) 'Recombinants between Deformed wing virus and Varroa destructor virus-1 may prevail in Varroa destructor-infested honeybee colonies' Journal Of General Virology 92 156 - 161 (0022-1317) [article]
• Roy Helen E.; Brodie Eoin L.; Chandler Dave; et al.(2010) 'Deep space and hidden depths: understanding the evolution and ecology of fungal entomopathogens' Biocontrol 55 (1), 1 - 6 (1386-6141)
• Vega, F. E., Goettel, M. S., Blackwell, M., Chandler, D., Jackson, M. A., Keller, S., Koike, M., Maniania, N. K., Monzón, A., Ownley, B. H., Pell, J. K., Rangel, D. E. N. and Roy, H. E.(2009) 'Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology' Fungal Ecology 2 (4), 149 - 159 (1754-5048) [article]

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