Emeritus ProfessorJim Hardie

Emeritus Professor of Insect Physiology

Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park) - Faculty of Natural Sciences

  • Emeritus Professor of Insect Physiology
    Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park) - Faculty of Natural Sciences
  • Lees, Silwood Park, United Kingdom

BIO

My interests focus on the biology of aphids and their natural enemies.  They extend from the environmental and physiological control of adult form and the mode of reproduction to the chemical communication between plants, aphids and beneficial insects.

Tosh, C.R., Powell, G. and Hardie, J. 2003. Reproductive response of generalist and specialist aphid morphs with the same genotype to plant secondary chemicals and amino acids. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49 , 1173-1182.

Park, K.C. and Hardie, J. 2004. Electrophysiological characterisation of olfactory sensilla in the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae. Journal of Insect Physiology, 50 , 647-655.

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Natural Sciences

POSITION NAME

  • Emeritus Professor of Insect Physiology

FIELDS OF RESEARCH