Assoc Prof Phil Batterham

 

Prof Derek Russell

Duration: 26 min 34 sec
Format: MP3

Our guests for this episode are:

Associate Professor Phil Batterham, Bio21 Institute, and CESAR
Professor Derek Russell, Department of Genetics, CEASAR, and NRI at the University of Greenwich (UK)

"It's mind blowing that the annual cost of a pest could be 5 billion dollars and that a few million dollars is not expended one off to really look for long term solutions." - Assoc Prof Phil Batterham

Useful Information

Associate Professor Phil Batterham

Phil Batterham is the Research Director of the ARC Special Research Centre CESAR (Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research at the University of Melbourne. CESAR has a broad focus looking at the impact of climate change and the use of insects as biomonitors to assess the wellbeing of the environment.

Phil's research focuses on the genetic responses to chemical stresses in the environment, particularly insecticides. The insecticide research utilizes pest and model insect systems, combined with the best of modern molecular technologies, creating the potential for safe and sustainable insect pest control.

Phil is the Secretary of the International Genetics Federation, an Ambassador for the events industry in the City of Melbourne, a recent winner of a national Carrick Citation for his role as a research supervisor and mentor and he was shortlisted for the elite Eureka Prize for Promoting the Understanding of Science. He is also an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Science with responsibility for Community Engagement and Development.

Assoc Prof Phil Batterham's web page in the Department of Genetics

Assoc Prof Phil Batterham's web page in the CESAR website

Bio21 Institute

Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research (CESAR)

Australia Genome Alliance

Fight the Moth

Images

Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa) caterpilliar	Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa) adult

Indian cotton farmers


Professor Derek Russell

Professor Russell is a Pheromone Entomologist & Cotton Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Specialist at the University of Melbourne and at the University of Greenwich. He specializes in cotton IPM, insecticide resistance management, pheromone use, crop and pest modelling. Professor Russell has worked extensively in East Africa, Egypt, India, China and Pakistan. He is currently leading projects on: sustainable control of cotton pests in India, China and Pakistan (CFC-funded); and farmer-appropriateness of Bt cotton in China (EU-funded).

Prof. Derek Russell's web page in the Department of Genetics in the University of Melbourne

Prof. Derek Russell's web page in the University of Greenwich (UK)

Natural Resources Institute, The University of Greenwich

Collaboration on Insect Management for Brassicas in Asia and Africa (CIMBAA)

Recent Publications

Assoc Prof Phil Batterham

Refereed Journals

• Daborn, P. J., Lumb, C., Boey, A., Wong, W., ffrench-Constant, R., and P. Batterham. (2007). Evaluating the insecticide resistance potential of eight Drosophila melanogaster cytochrome P450 genes by transgenic over-expression. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (in press).
• Chung, H., M. R. Bogwitz, C. McCart, A. Andrianopoulos, R. H. ffrench-Constant, P. Batterham and P. J. Daborn (2007). Tissue Specific Enhancers in the Accord Retrotransposon Result in Insecticide Resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 175(3):1071-7
• Willoughby, L., Chung, H., Lumb, C., Robin, C., Batterham, P., and P. J. Daborn. (2006). A comparison of Drosophila melanogaster detoxification gene induction responses for six insecticides, caffeine and phenobarbital. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 36:934-942
• Bogwitz, M.R., Chung, H., Magoc, L., Rigby, S., Wong, W., O'Keefe, M., McKenzie, J.A., Batterham, P. and P.J. Daborn (2005). Cyp12a4 confers lufenuron resistance in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 102(36):12807-12
• Daborn, JP., Yen, LJ., Bogwitz, MR., Goff, LG., Feil, E., Jeffers, S., Tijet, N., Perry, T., Heckel, DG., Batterham, P., Feyereisen, R., Wilson, GT.,French-Constant, HR., (2002). A single P450 allele associated with insecticide resistance in Drosophila. Science. 297:2253-2256

Professor Derek Russell

Journals

• RUSSELL, D.A. and KRANTHI, K.R. (2006) Improved cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) control in small-scale cotton production systems. In: Sustainability: Biotechnology and Crop Management -papers presented at the Technical Seminar at the 65th Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee, Goiania, Brazil, September 2006, pp 20-26.
• RUSSELL, D.A. and DEGUINE, J-P. (2006) Durabilit? de la culture de cotonniers transg?niques en Chine et en Inde. Cahiers Agricultures 15 (1), 54-59
• RUSSELL, D.A. (2005) Insecticides in sustainable control of the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) in small-scale cotton production systems. International Cotton Advisory Committee Recorder Dec 2005 9-19.

Books and Chapters

• RUSSELL, D.A. and KRANTHI, K.R. (2006) Handbook of sustainable control of cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera. Pp160 Surya Press, India. Single copies are available free from
• KRANTHI, K.R., JADHAV, D.R., KRANTHI, S. and RUSSELL, D.A. (2005) Insecticide resistance managment strategies for Helicoverpa. In: Sharma H.C.(Ed) Heliothis/Helicoverpa management !V Emerging trends and strategies for future research. Chapt 22 pp 405-430. Oxford and IHB Publishing Co, New Delhi pp 469.
• RUSSELL, D.A. (2004) Integrated pest management for insect pests of cotton in less developed countries. Pp 141-180 in A.R.Horowitz and I. Ishaaya Insect Pest Management !V Field and Protected Crops. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidleberg, New York.

Credits

Host: Dr Shane Huntington
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