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  1. Book: The impact of global change on biological control

    Crowder, David W.

    (Biological control ; 75)

    2014  

    Title variant Special issue: The impact of global change on biological control
    Author's details guest ed.: David W. Crowder
    Series title Biological control ; 75
    Collection
    Language English
    Size 107 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
    Publisher Elsevier
    Publishing place Amsterdam u.a.
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Book
    HBZ-ID HT018350191
    Database Catalogue ZB MED Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  2. Article ; Online: Expansion of organic agriculture.

    Crowder, David W / Illan, Javier G

    Nature food

    2022  Volume 2, Issue 5, Page(s) 324–325

    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2662-1355
    ISSN (online) 2662-1355
    DOI 10.1038/s43016-021-00288-8
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  3. Article: Integrating Community Ecology into Models of Vector-Borne Virus Transmission.

    Lee, Benjamin W / Oeller, Liesl C / Crowder, David W

    Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 12, Issue 12

    Abstract: Vector-borne plant viruses are a diverse and dynamic threat to agriculture with hundreds of economically damaging viruses and insect vector species. Mathematical models have greatly increased our understanding of how alterations of vector life history ... ...

    Abstract Vector-borne plant viruses are a diverse and dynamic threat to agriculture with hundreds of economically damaging viruses and insect vector species. Mathematical models have greatly increased our understanding of how alterations of vector life history and host-vector-pathogen interactions can affect virus transmission. However, insect vectors also interact with species such as predators and competitors in food webs, and these interactions affect vector population size and behaviors in ways that mediate virus transmission. Studies assessing how species' interactions affect vector-borne pathogen transmission are limited in both number and scale, hampering the development of models that appropriately capture community-level effects on virus prevalence. Here, we review vector traits and community factors that affect virus transmission, explore the existing models of vector-borne virus transmission and areas where the principles of community ecology could improve the models and management, and finally evaluate virus transmission in agricultural systems. We conclude that models have expanded our understanding of disease dynamics through simulations of transmission but are limited in their ability to reflect the complexity of ecological interactions in real systems. We also document a need for experiments in agroecosystems, where the high availability of historical and remote-sensing data could serve to validate and improve vector-borne virus transmission models.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-15
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2704341-1
    ISSN 2223-7747
    ISSN 2223-7747
    DOI 10.3390/plants12122335
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  4. Article ; Online: Vector-borne plant pathogens modify top-down and bottom-up effects on insect herbivores.

    Clark, Robert E / Crowder, David W

    Oecologia

    2021  Volume 196, Issue 4, Page(s) 1085–1093

    Abstract: Ecological theory predicts that host-plant traits affect herbivore population growth rates, which in turn modulates predator-prey interactions. However, while vector-borne plant pathogens often alter traits of both host plants and vectors, a few studies ... ...

    Abstract Ecological theory predicts that host-plant traits affect herbivore population growth rates, which in turn modulates predator-prey interactions. However, while vector-borne plant pathogens often alter traits of both host plants and vectors, a few studies have assessed how pathogens may act as interaction modifiers within tri-trophic food webs. By applying a food web motif framework, we assessed how a vector-borne plant pathogen (Pea-enation mosaic virus, PEMV) modified both bottom-up (plant-herbivore) and top-down (predator-prey) interactions. Specifically, we assessed trophic interactions with PEMV-infectious Acyrthosiphon pisum (pea aphid) vectors compared to non-infectious aphids in a factorial experiment that manipulated predator and plant communities. We show that PEMV altered bi-trophic relationships, whereby on certain plant species, PEMV reduced vector performance but also increased their susceptibility to predators. However, on other plant species, PEMV weakened top-down control or increased vector performance. Our results suggest that vector-borne plant pathogens are important interaction modifiers for plant-herbivore-predator dynamics: host-plant response to viruses can decrease herbivore abundance by reducing herbivore performance, but also increase herbivore abundance by weakening top-down control. Broadly speaking, trophic interactions that regulate herbivore outbreaks appear to be modified for herbivores actively transmitting viruses to host plants. Consequently, management and monitoring of outbreaking herbivores should consider the infection status of focal populations.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Aphids ; Food Chain ; Herbivory ; Insect Vectors ; Plants ; Predatory Behavior
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-17
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 123369-5
    ISSN 1432-1939 ; 0029-8549
    ISSN (online) 1432-1939
    ISSN 0029-8549
    DOI 10.1007/s00442-021-04987-8
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  5. Article ; Online: Factors affecting virus prevalence in honey bees in the Pacific-Northwest, USA.

    Pfeiffer, Vera W / Crowder, David W

    Journal of invertebrate pathology

    2021  Volume 187, Page(s) 107703

    Abstract: Global efforts to assess honey bee health show viruses are major stressors that undermine colony performance. Identifying factors that affect virus incidence, such as management practices and landscape context, could aid in slowing virus transmission. ... ...

    Abstract Global efforts to assess honey bee health show viruses are major stressors that undermine colony performance. Identifying factors that affect virus incidence, such as management practices and landscape context, could aid in slowing virus transmission. Here we surveyed viruses in honey bees from 86 sites in the Pacific Northwest, USA, and tested effects of regional bee density, movement associated with commercial pollination, julian date, and hive management on virus prevalence. We also explored patterns of virus co-occurrence and spatial autocorrelation to identify whether local transmission was a primary driver of pathogen distribution. Our surveys found widespread prevalence of Deformed wing virus (DWV), Sacbrood virus (SBV), and Black queen cell virus (BQCV). BQCV and SBV were most prolific in commercial apiaries, while Chronic bee paralysis virus (CPBV) was more common in hobbyist apiaries than commercial apiaries. DWV was most common in urban landscapes and was best predicted by mite prevalence and julian date, while the incidence of both SBV and BQCV were best predicted by regional apiary density. We did not find evidence of additional spatial autocorrelation for any viruses, although high co-occurrence suggests parallel transmission patterns. Our results support the importance of mite management in slowing virus spread and suggest that greater bee density increases transmission. Our study provides support that viruses are widespread in honey bees and connects known mechanisms of virus transmission to the distribution of pathogens observed across the Pacific Northwest.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Bees ; DNA Viruses ; Mites ; Pollination ; Prevalence ; RNA Viruses
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 390885-9
    ISSN 1096-0805 ; 0022-2011
    ISSN (online) 1096-0805
    ISSN 0022-2011
    DOI 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107703
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  6. Article ; Online: Effects of Soil Rhizobia Abundance on Interactions between a Vector, Pathogen, and Legume Plant Host.

    Malhotra, Pooja / Basu, Saumik / Lee, Benjamin W / Oeller, Liesl / Crowder, David W

    Genes

    2024  Volume 15, Issue 3

    Abstract: Soil rhizobia promote nitrogen fixation in legume hosts, maximizing their tolerance to different biotic stressors, plant biomass, crop growth, and yield. While the presence of soil rhizobia is considered beneficial for plants, few studies have assessed ... ...

    Abstract Soil rhizobia promote nitrogen fixation in legume hosts, maximizing their tolerance to different biotic stressors, plant biomass, crop growth, and yield. While the presence of soil rhizobia is considered beneficial for plants, few studies have assessed whether variation in rhizobia abundance affects the tolerance of legumes to stressors. To address this, we assessed the effects of variable soil rhizobia inoculum concentrations on interactions between a legume host (
    MeSH term(s) Fabaceae/genetics ; Rhizobium/genetics ; Soil ; Pisum sativum ; Viruses
    Chemical Substances Soil
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-22
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2527218-4
    ISSN 2073-4425 ; 2073-4425
    ISSN (online) 2073-4425
    ISSN 2073-4425
    DOI 10.3390/genes15030273
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  7. Article ; Online: A high-throughput plate method for nucleic acid extraction from beet leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and potato psyllid (Hemiptera: Triozidae) for pathogen detection.

    Gorman, Christopher J / Crowder, David W / Swisher Grimm, Kylie D

    Journal of economic entomology

    2023  Volume 116, Issue 5, Page(s) 1876–1884

    Abstract: Plant pathogens that are transmitted by insect vectors cause considerable damage to crops when pests or pathogens are not detected early in the season and populations are not controlled. Knowledge of pathogen prevalence in insect pest populations can aid ...

    Abstract Plant pathogens that are transmitted by insect vectors cause considerable damage to crops when pests or pathogens are not detected early in the season and populations are not controlled. Knowledge of pathogen prevalence in insect pest populations can aid growers in their insect pest management decisions but requires the timely dissemination of results. This process requires that specimen capture, identification, nucleic acid extraction, and molecular detection of a pathogen(s) occur alongside a platform for sharing results. The potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli, Sulc; Hemiptera: Triozidae) and beet leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus, Baker; Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) transmit pathogens to potato and other vegetable or seed crops each season in the northwestern United States. While the potato psyllid has been tested for pathogen occurrence for the past decade, testing of the beet leafhopper is a new endeavor and substantially increases the specimen number that must be tested by our laboratories each season. To aid in the rapid processing of individual insect specimens, we optimized and validated a new high-throughput 96-well plate nucleic acid extraction method for use in place of a standard 1.5-ml single-tube extraction method. Processing efficiency, in terms of total specimens processed over a 2-day period, improved 2.5-fold, and the cost associated with processing a single sample was nearly cut in half with this newly developed plate nucleic acid extraction method. Overall, this method has proven to be an excellent tool for the rapid testing of large numbers of small, individual insect vectors to enable timely dissemination of data on pathogen prevalence to growers.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 3031-4
    ISSN 1938-291X ; 0022-0493
    ISSN (online) 1938-291X
    ISSN 0022-0493
    DOI 10.1093/jee/toad153
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  8. Article ; Online: Drought stress affects interactions between potato plants, psyllid vectors, and a bacterial pathogen.

    Cohen, Abigail / Basu, Saumik / Crowder, David W

    FEMS microbiology ecology

    2022  Volume 99, Issue 1

    Abstract: Transmission of insect-borne pathogens is mediated by interactions between insects and plants across variable environments. Water stress, for example, affects the physiology, defense, chemistry, and nutritional balance of plants in ways that alter their ... ...

    Abstract Transmission of insect-borne pathogens is mediated by interactions between insects and plants across variable environments. Water stress, for example, affects the physiology, defense, chemistry, and nutritional balance of plants in ways that alter their tolerance to herbivores and pathogens. However, few studies have explored interactions between water stress and insect-borne pathogens as well as the molecular mechanisms mediating these interactions. Here, we address these knowledge gaps by assessing effects of plant water stress on the transmission of a bacterial pathogen, Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLs), by the vector Bactericera cockerelli Šulc (potato psyllid). We hypothesized that plant water stress would promote pathogen transmission by inducing plant gene transcripts and phytohormones involved in defense. Our results showed water stress was associated with decreased CLs titer with two psyllid haplotypes. Our analysis of plant gene transcripts suggested water stress affected phytohormone pathways in ways that altered plant tolerance to the CLs pathogen. Our study shows that abiotic stressors like drought may mediate the spread of plant pathogens by altering plant signaling pathways in ways that affect pathogen transmission.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Hemiptera/microbiology ; Solanum tuberosum/microbiology ; Rhizobiaceae/genetics ; Droughts ; Dehydration ; Plant Diseases/microbiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-23
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 283722-5
    ISSN 1574-6941 ; 0168-6496
    ISSN (online) 1574-6941
    ISSN 0168-6496
    DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiac142
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  9. Article: Factors affecting virus prevalence in honey bees in the Pacific-Northwest, USA

    Pfeiffer, Vera W. / Crowder, David W.

    Journal of invertebrate pathology. 2022 Jan., v. 187

    2022  

    Abstract: Global efforts to assess honey bee health show viruses are major stressors that undermine colony performance. Identifying factors that affect virus incidence, such as management practices and landscape context, could aid in slowing virus transmission. ... ...

    Abstract Global efforts to assess honey bee health show viruses are major stressors that undermine colony performance. Identifying factors that affect virus incidence, such as management practices and landscape context, could aid in slowing virus transmission. Here we surveyed viruses in honey bees from 86 sites in the Pacific Northwest, USA, and tested effects of regional bee density, movement associated with commercial pollination, julian date, and hive management on virus prevalence. We also explored patterns of virus co-occurrence and spatial autocorrelation to identify whether local transmission was a primary driver of pathogen distribution. Our surveys found widespread prevalence of Deformed wing virus (DWV), Sacbrood virus (SBV), and Black queen cell virus (BQCV). BQCV and SBV were most prolific in commercial apiaries, while Chronic bee paralysis virus (CPBV) was more common in hobbyist apiaries than commercial apiaries. DWV was most common in urban landscapes and was best predicted by mite prevalence and julian date, while the incidence of both SBV and BQCV were best predicted by regional apiary density. We did not find evidence of additional spatial autocorrelation for any viruses, although high co-occurrence suggests parallel transmission patterns. Our results support the importance of mite management in slowing virus spread and suggest that greater bee density increases transmission. Our study provides support that viruses are widespread in honey bees and connects known mechanisms of virus transmission to the distribution of pathogens observed across the Pacific Northwest.
    Keywords Black queen cell virus ; Chronic bee paralysis virus ; Deformed wing virus ; Sacbrood virus ; apiaries ; autocorrelation ; honey ; honey bees ; landscapes ; mites ; pathogens ; pollination ; virus transmission ; viruses
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-01
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 390885-9
    ISSN 1096-0805 ; 0022-2011
    ISSN (online) 1096-0805
    ISSN 0022-2011
    DOI 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107703
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  10. Article ; Online: Risk assessment for non‐crop hosts of pea enation mosaic virus and the aphid vector Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Clark, Robert E. / Basu, Saumik / Eigenbrode, Sanford D. / Oeller, Liesl C. / Crowder, David W.

    Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 2023 Aug., v. 25, no. 3 p.427-434

    2023  

    Abstract: Viral insect‐borne plant pathogens have devastating impacts in agroecosystems. Vector‐borne pathogens are often transmitted by generalist insects that move between non‐crop and crop hosts. Insect vectors can have wide diet breadths, but it is often ... ...

    Abstract Viral insect‐borne plant pathogens have devastating impacts in agroecosystems. Vector‐borne pathogens are often transmitted by generalist insects that move between non‐crop and crop hosts. Insect vectors can have wide diet breadths, but it is often unknown which hosts serve as pathogen reservoirs and which non‐crop host harbours the highest density of vectors. In the Pacific Northwest USA, the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) is a key virus vector in pulse crops. Despite pea aphid having a large number of potential non‐crop plant hosts occuring in the region, no reservoir has yet been identified for the economically‐costly pathogen Pea Enation Mosaic Virus (PEMV). We addressed these issues by linking field surveys of an aphid vector and plant virus with statistical models to develop risk assessments for common non‐crop legumes; in 2018, we completed a 65‐site survey where aphids were surveyed in weedy legumes within and outside dry pea fields. We quantified the abundance of pea aphids on 17 hosts, and plant tissue was tested for PEMV. Relatively high densities of A. pisum were found in habitats dominated by hairy vetch (Vicia villosa), which was the only legume other than cultivated dry pea where PEMV was detected. Our results indicate that V. villosa is a key alternative host for PEMV, and that pest management practices in this region should consider the distribution and abundance of this weedy host in viral disease mitigation efforts for pulses.
    Keywords Acyrthosiphon pisum ; Vicia villosa ; agroecosystems ; alternative hosts ; diet ; entomology ; forests ; insects ; pathogens ; peas ; pest management ; plant tissues ; risk ; risk assessment ; surveys ; viruses ; Northwestern United States
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-08
    Size p. 427-434.
    Publishing place Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Document type Article ; Online
    Note JOURNAL ARTICLE
    ZDB-ID 1444210-3
    ISSN 1461-9563 ; 1461-9555
    ISSN (online) 1461-9563
    ISSN 1461-9555
    DOI 10.1111/afe.12564
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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