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Alison Karley
Since 2004, I have been a researcher in Agroecology at the James Hutton Institute. After reading Natural Sciences at Cambridge, I studied for a D Phil in plant membrane nutrient transport at the University of York and IACR-Rothamsted. Subsequently, I have applied my training in plant nutrient physiology to study plant-insect interactions at scales of the organism and system. Postdoctoral research at the University of York on the nutritional physiology of aphids led to my current post.
I am an Associate Editor for Ecological Entomology, an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Dundee and a Guest Lecturer at the University of St Andrews. I am a member of the British Ecological Society, the Society for Experimental Biology, the Association of Applied Biologists and the Royal Entomological Society.
I am a key staff member leading Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPM) research at the Institute. For details of ongoing IPM research areas and projects, please visit the IPM@hutton website.
Current research interests
I am an agroecologist with 20 years research experience in plant production and ecology, focussing on agroecosystem biodiversity and pest biocontrol under reduced inputs and climate change. My research interests are driven by the wider challenges of how to enhance ecosystem service provision in agroecosystems and optimise sustainable crop production. I have led or co-led research funded by Innovate UK, UK levy boards, Defra, BBSRC, private industry and the Scottish Government.
Optimising plant traits for sustainable agriculture. Identifying the traits that allow arable plants to perform optimally in reduced input conditions has been a key feature of my research. Through Scottish Government and LINK funding, we have identified barley and wheat root traits for reduced input cropping and nitrogen use efficiency. Current work focusses on the impact of crop trait and species diversity on productivity and insect pest populations in arable systems. In soft fruit crops, we have identified plant traits underpinning tolerance or resistance to arthropod pests above- and below-ground. This work is being extended in a new Innovate UK project to apply novel infra-red and hyperspectral imaging methods to phenotype soft fruit responses to biotic and abiotic stress.
Plants, herbivores and natural enemies. Using aphids as a model, I focus on the impact of plant traits (e.g. nutritional quality) and insect traits (e.g. presence of microbial endosymbionts) on the performance of insect herbivores and their natural enemies. I work with institute colleagues, UK and international collaborators to examine the impact of biotic and abiotic factors on the plant-herbivore-natural enemy interaction, for example through climate change, crop management and soil microbial communities. In addition, we have evaluated the nutritional value of faba beans, and their capacity for nitrogen fixation, as a novel and sustainable source of fish and animal feed on a Technology Strategy Board project. I currently supervise or co-supervise six PhD students on projects ranging from insect genomics through to field-scale biodiversity studies.
Bibliography
- Brooker, R.W.; Hewison, R.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C.; Karley, A.J. (In press) Does crop genetic diversity support positive biodiversity effects under experimental drought?, Basic and Applied Ecology.
- Williams, D.; Hackett, C.A.; Karley, A.; McCallum, S.; Smith, K.; Britten, A.; Graham, J. (2021) Seeing the wood for the trees: hyperspectral imaging for high throughput QTL detection in raspberry, a perennial crop species., Fruit Research, 1, Article No. 7.
- Weih, M.; Ajal, J.; Kiær, L.P.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Scherber, C.; Brandmeier, J.; Pappagallo, S.; Tavoletti, S. (2021) Grain yield stability of individual cereal-legume mixtures grown across Europe. , Aspects of Applied Biology, 146, 241-248.
- Leybourne, D.J.; Preedy, K.F.; Valentine, T.A.; Bos, J.I.B.; Karley, A.J. (2021) Drought has negative consequences on aphid fitness and plant vigour: Insights from a meta-analysis., Ecology and Evolution. Published online.
- Humphreys, R.K.; Ruxton, G.D.; Karley, A.J. (2021) Drop when the stakes are high: adaptive, flexible use of dropping behaviour by aphids., Behaviour, 158, 603-623.
- Brandmeier, J.; Reininghaus, H.; Pappagallo, S.; Karley, A.J.; Kiaer, L.P.; Scherber, C. (2021) Intercropping in high input agriculture supports arthropod diversity without risking significant yield losses., Basic and Applied Ecology, 53, 26-38.
- Berghuijs, H.N.C.; Weih, M.; van der Werf, W.; Karley, A.J.; Adam, E.; Villegas-Fernandez, A.M.; Kiaer, L.P.; Newton, A.C.; Scherber, C.; Tavoletti, S.; Vico, G. (2021) Calibrating and testing APSIM for wheat-faba bean pure cultures and intercrops across Europe., Field Crops Research, 264, Article No. 108088.
- Weih, M.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Kiær, L.P.; Scherber, C.; Rubiales, D.; Adam, E.; Ajal, J.; Brandmeier. J.; Pappagallo, S.; Villegas-Fernández, A.; Reckling, M.; Tavoletti, S, (2021) Grain yield stability of cereal-legume intercrops is greater than sole crops in more productive conditions., Agriculture, 11, Article No. 255.
- Brooker, R.W.; George, T.S.; Homulle, Z.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C. (2021) Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming., Journal of Ecology, 109, 2054-2067.
- Herman, N.C.; Berghuijs, M.W.; van der Werf, W.; Karley, A.J.; Adam, E.; Villegas-Fernández, A.M.; Kiær, L.P.; Newton, A.C.; Scherber, C.; Tavoletti, S.; Vico, G. (2021) Calibrating and testing APSIM for wheat-faba bean pure cultures and intercrops across Europe., Field Crops Research, 264, Article No. 108088.
- Morera-Margarit, P.; Pope, T.W.; Mitchell, C.; Karley, A.J. (2021) Could bacterial associations determine the success of weevil species?, Annals of Applied Biology, 178, 51-61.
- Morera-Margarit, P.; Karley, A.J.; Mitchell, C.; Graham, R.I.; Pope, T.W. (2020) Geographic origin may not influence vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabricius) susceptibility to the entomopathogenioc fungus Metarhiziumbrunneum (Petch)., Biocontrol Science and Technology, 30, 1018-1025.
- Leybourne, D.J.; Valentine, T.A.; Bos J.I.B.; Karley, A.J. (2020) A fitness cost resulting from Hamiltonella defensa infection is associated with altered probing and feeding behaviour in Rhopalosiphum padi., Journal of Experimental Biology, 223, Article No. jeb207936.
- Preedy, K.; Chaplain, M.; Leybourne, D.; Marion, G.; Karley, A.J. (2020) Learning-induced switching costs in a parasitoid can maintain diversity of host aphid phenotypes although biocontrol is destabilised under abiotic stress., Journal of Animal Ecology, 89, 1216-1229.
- Malm, L.E.; Pearce-Higgins, J.W.; Littlewood, N.A.; Karley, A.J.; Karaszewska, E.; Jaques, R.; Pakeman, R.J.; Redpath, S.M.; Evans, D.M. (2020) Livestock grazing impacts components of the breeding productivity of a common upland insectivorous passerine: Results from a long-term experiment., Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, 1514-1523.
- Leybourne, D.J.; Bos, J.I.B.; Valentine, T.A.; Karley, A.J. (2020) The price of protection: a defensive endosymbiont impairs nymph growth in the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi., Insect Science, 27, 69-85.
- Pakeman, R.J.; Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Mitchell, C.; Hewison, R.L.; Pollenus, J.; Guy, D.C.; Schöb, C. (2020) Increased crop diversity reduces the functional space available for weeds., Weed Research, 60, 121-131.
- Vasconcelos, M.W.; Grusak, M.A.; Pinto, E.; Gomes, A.; Ferreira, H.; Balázs, B.; Centofanti, T.; Ntatsi, G.; Savvas, D.; Karkanis, A.; Williams, M.; Vandenberg, A.; Toma, L.; Shrestha, S.; Akaichi, F.; Barrios, C.O.; Gruber, S.; James, E.K.; Maluk, M.; Karkey, A.J.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2020) The biology of legumes and their agronomic, economic, and social impact., In: Hasanuzzaman, M., Araújo, S. & Singh Gill, S. (eds.). The Plant Family Fabaceae: The Biology and Physiological Responses to Environmental Issues. Springer Nature, Singapre, Chapter 1, pp3-25.
- Hawes, C.; Young, M.W.; Banks, G.; Begg, G.S.; Christie, A.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R. (2019) Whole-systems analysis of environmental and economic sustainability in arable cropping systems: a case study., Agronomy, 9, Article No. 438.
- Leybourne, D.L.; Valentine, T.A.; Robertson, J.A.H.; Perez-Fernandez, E.; Main, A.M.; Karley, A.J.; Bos, J.I.B. (2019) Defence gene expression and phloem quality contribute to mesophyll and phloem resistance to aphids in wild barley., Journal of Experimental Botany, 70, 4011-4026.
- Morera-Margarit, P.; Bulgarelli, D.; Pope T.W.; Graham, R.I.; Mitchell, C.; Karley, A.J. (2019) The bacterial community associated with adult vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) in UK populations growing on strawberry is dominated by Candidatus Nardonella., Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 167, 186-196.
- Slater, J.M.; Gilbert, L.; Johnson, D.; Karley, A.J. (2019) Limited effects of the maternal rearing environment on the behaviour and fitness of an insect herbivore and its natural enemy., PLoS ONE, 14, Article No. e0209965.
- Graham, J.; Karley, A.J.; Dolan, A.; Williams, D.; Jennings, N. (2019) Advances and challenges in sustainable raspberry/blackberry cultivation., In: Lang, G. (ed.). Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Temperate Zone Tree Fruits and Berries. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Volume 2: Case Studies, Chapter 13, pp397-422.
- Clarke, H.V.; Foster, S.P.; Oliphant, L.; Waters, E.W.; Karley, A.J. (2018) Co-occurrence of defensive traits in the potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae., Ecological Entomology, 43, 538-542.
- Hawes, C.; Alexander, C.J.; Begg, G.S.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R.; Young, M. (2018) Plant responses to an integrated cropping system designed to maintain yield whilst enhancing soil properties and biodiversity., Agronomy, 8, Article No. 229.
- Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2018) Crop presence, but not genetic diversity, impacts on the rare arable plant Valerianella rimosa., Plant Ecology and Diversity, 10, 495-507.
- Williams, D.; Aitkenhead, M.; Karley, A.J.; Graham, J.; Jones, H.G. (2018) Use of imaging technologies for high throughput phenotyping., In: Graham, J. & Brennan, R. (eds.). Raspberry: Breeding, Challenges and Advances. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Chapter 9, pp145-158.
- Mitchell, C.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Birch, A.N.E.; Begg, G.; Karley, A. (2018) An agroecological approach for weed, pest and disease management in Rubus plantations., In: Graham, J. & Brennan, R. (eds.). Raspberry: Breeding, Challenges and Advances. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Chapter 5, pp63-81.
- Karley, A.J.; Emslie-Smith, M.; Bennett, A.E. (2017) Potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae performance is determined by aphid genotype and not mycorrhizal fungi or water availability., Insect Science, 24, 1015-1024.
- Clarke, H.V.; Cullen, D.; Hubbard, S.F.; Karley, A.J. (2017) Susceptibility of Macrosiphum euphorbiae to the parasitoid Aphidius ervi: larval development depends on host aphid genotype., Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 162, 148-158.
- Rasmann, S.; Bennett, A.; Biere, A.; Karley, A.; Guerrieri, E. (2017) Root symbionts: powerful drivers of plant above- and belowground indirect defenses., Insect Science, 24, 947-960.
- Wade, R.N.; Karley, A.J.; Johnson, S.N.; Harley, S.E. (2017) Impact of predicted precipitation scenarios on multitrophic interactions., Functional Ecology, 31, 1647-1658.
- Johnson, S.N.; Karley, A.J.; Gregory, P.J.; Brennan, R.M. (2017) Editorial: Crop traits for defense against pests and disease: durability, breakdown and future prospects., Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, Article No. 209.
- Schoeb, C.; Hortal, S.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Powell, J.R.; Anderson, I.C.; Brooker, R.W. (2017) Species but not genotype diversity strongly impacts the establishment of rare colonisers., Functional Ecology, 31, 1462-1470.
- Williams, D.; Britten, A.; McCallum, S.; Jones, H.; Aitkenhead, M.;Karley, A.; Loades, K.; Prashar, A.; Graham, J. (2017) A method for automatic segmentation and splitting of hyperspectral images of raspberry plants collected in field conditions., Plant Methods, 13, Article No. 74.
- Iannetta, P.P.M.; Begg, G.; Black, K.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.j.; James, E.K.; Maluk, M.; Newton, A.; Squire, G.R.; Walker, G.; White, P. (2017) Teaming up for good: intercropping and farming-science partnership at the James Hutton Institute., NGO Report for www.LEAF.org, 8 November 2017.
- Iannetta, P.P.M.; Begg, G.; Black, K.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.J.; James, E.K.; Maluk, M.; Newton, A.C.; Squire, G.R.; Walker, G.; White, P.J. (2017) Sustainable legume systems for improved primary produce., SAB Annual Report, May 2017.
- Brooker, R.; Iannetta, P.; Karley, A.; Newton, A.; Pakeman, R. (2017) Crop mixtures in the Strategic Research Programme., Workshop Report, James Hutton Institute, Dundee, 27 July 2017. Report circulated to workshop attendees.
- Greenland, A.G.; Bentley, S.; Jones, H.; Karley, A.; Lee, D.; Sherlock, D.; Valentine, T.; White, C.; Young. P. (2017) New wheat root ideotypes for improved resource use efficiency and yield performance in reduced input agriculture., AHDB Project Report, Reference No. RD-2008-3575.
- Karley, A.J.; Mitchell, C.; Brookes, C.; McNicol, J.; O'Neill, T.; Roberts, H.; Graham, J.; Johnson, S.N. (2016) Exploiting physical defence traits for crop protection: leaf trichomes of Rubus idaeus have deterrent effects on spider mites but not aphids., Annals of Applied Biology, 168, 159-172.
- Williams, D.; Hackett, C.A.; Karley, A.; McCallum, S.; Smith, K.; Britten, A.; Graham, J. (2021) Seeing the wood for the trees: hyperspectral imaging for high throughput QTL detection in raspberry, a perennial crop species., Fruit Research, 1, Article No. 7.
- Weih, M.; Ajal, J.; Kiær, L.P.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Scherber, C.; Brandmeier, J.; Pappagallo, S.; Tavoletti, S. (2021) Grain yield stability of individual cereal-legume mixtures grown across Europe. , Aspects of Applied Biology, 146, 241-248.
- Leybourne, D.J.; Preedy, K.F.; Valentine, T.A.; Bos, J.I.B.; Karley, A.J. (2021) Drought has negative consequences on aphid fitness and plant vigour: Insights from a meta-analysis., Ecology and Evolution. Published online.
- Humphreys, R.K.; Ruxton, G.D.; Karley, A.J. (2021) Drop when the stakes are high: adaptive, flexible use of dropping behaviour by aphids., Behaviour, 158, 603-623.
- Brandmeier, J.; Reininghaus, H.; Pappagallo, S.; Karley, A.J.; Kiaer, L.P.; Scherber, C. (2021) Intercropping in high input agriculture supports arthropod diversity without risking significant yield losses., Basic and Applied Ecology, 53, 26-38.
- Berghuijs, H.N.C.; Weih, M.; van der Werf, W.; Karley, A.J.; Adam, E.; Villegas-Fernandez, A.M.; Kiaer, L.P.; Newton, A.C.; Scherber, C.; Tavoletti, S.; Vico, G. (2021) Calibrating and testing APSIM for wheat-faba bean pure cultures and intercrops across Europe., Field Crops Research, 264, Article No. 108088.
- Weih, M.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Kiær, L.P.; Scherber, C.; Rubiales, D.; Adam, E.; Ajal, J.; Brandmeier. J.; Pappagallo, S.; Villegas-Fernández, A.; Reckling, M.; Tavoletti, S, (2021) Grain yield stability of cereal-legume intercrops is greater than sole crops in more productive conditions., Agriculture, 11, Article No. 255.
- Brooker, R.W.; George, T.S.; Homulle, Z.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C. (2021) Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming., Journal of Ecology, 109, 2054-2067.
- Herman, N.C.; Berghuijs, M.W.; van der Werf, W.; Karley, A.J.; Adam, E.; Villegas-Fernández, A.M.; Kiær, L.P.; Newton, A.C.; Scherber, C.; Tavoletti, S.; Vico, G. (2021) Calibrating and testing APSIM for wheat-faba bean pure cultures and intercrops across Europe., Field Crops Research, 264, Article No. 108088.
- Morera-Margarit, P.; Pope, T.W.; Mitchell, C.; Karley, A.J. (2021) Could bacterial associations determine the success of weevil species?, Annals of Applied Biology, 178, 51-61.
- Morera-Margarit, P.; Karley, A.J.; Mitchell, C.; Graham, R.I.; Pope, T.W. (2020) Geographic origin may not influence vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabricius) susceptibility to the entomopathogenioc fungus Metarhiziumbrunneum (Petch)., Biocontrol Science and Technology, 30, 1018-1025.
- Leybourne, D.J.; Valentine, T.A.; Bos J.I.B.; Karley, A.J. (2020) A fitness cost resulting from Hamiltonella defensa infection is associated with altered probing and feeding behaviour in Rhopalosiphum padi., Journal of Experimental Biology, 223, Article No. jeb207936.
- Preedy, K.; Chaplain, M.; Leybourne, D.; Marion, G.; Karley, A.J. (2020) Learning-induced switching costs in a parasitoid can maintain diversity of host aphid phenotypes although biocontrol is destabilised under abiotic stress., Journal of Animal Ecology, 89, 1216-1229.
- Malm, L.E.; Pearce-Higgins, J.W.; Littlewood, N.A.; Karley, A.J.; Karaszewska, E.; Jaques, R.; Pakeman, R.J.; Redpath, S.M.; Evans, D.M. (2020) Livestock grazing impacts components of the breeding productivity of a common upland insectivorous passerine: Results from a long-term experiment., Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, 1514-1523.
- Leybourne, D.J.; Bos, J.I.B.; Valentine, T.A.; Karley, A.J. (2020) The price of protection: a defensive endosymbiont impairs nymph growth in the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi., Insect Science, 27, 69-85.
- Pakeman, R.J.; Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Mitchell, C.; Hewison, R.L.; Pollenus, J.; Guy, D.C.; Schöb, C. (2020) Increased crop diversity reduces the functional space available for weeds., Weed Research, 60, 121-131.
- Hawes, C.; Young, M.W.; Banks, G.; Begg, G.S.; Christie, A.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R. (2019) Whole-systems analysis of environmental and economic sustainability in arable cropping systems: a case study., Agronomy, 9, Article No. 438.
- Leybourne, D.L.; Valentine, T.A.; Robertson, J.A.H.; Perez-Fernandez, E.; Main, A.M.; Karley, A.J.; Bos, J.I.B. (2019) Defence gene expression and phloem quality contribute to mesophyll and phloem resistance to aphids in wild barley., Journal of Experimental Botany, 70, 4011-4026.
- Morera-Margarit, P.; Bulgarelli, D.; Pope T.W.; Graham, R.I.; Mitchell, C.; Karley, A.J. (2019) The bacterial community associated with adult vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) in UK populations growing on strawberry is dominated by Candidatus Nardonella., Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 167, 186-196.
- Slater, J.M.; Gilbert, L.; Johnson, D.; Karley, A.J. (2019) Limited effects of the maternal rearing environment on the behaviour and fitness of an insect herbivore and its natural enemy., PLoS ONE, 14, Article No. e0209965.
- Clarke, H.V.; Foster, S.P.; Oliphant, L.; Waters, E.W.; Karley, A.J. (2018) Co-occurrence of defensive traits in the potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae., Ecological Entomology, 43, 538-542.
- Hawes, C.; Alexander, C.J.; Begg, G.S.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R.; Young, M. (2018) Plant responses to an integrated cropping system designed to maintain yield whilst enhancing soil properties and biodiversity., Agronomy, 8, Article No. 229.
- Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2018) Crop presence, but not genetic diversity, impacts on the rare arable plant Valerianella rimosa., Plant Ecology and Diversity, 10, 495-507.
- Karley, A.J.; Emslie-Smith, M.; Bennett, A.E. (2017) Potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae performance is determined by aphid genotype and not mycorrhizal fungi or water availability., Insect Science, 24, 1015-1024.
- Clarke, H.V.; Cullen, D.; Hubbard, S.F.; Karley, A.J. (2017) Susceptibility of Macrosiphum euphorbiae to the parasitoid Aphidius ervi: larval development depends on host aphid genotype., Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 162, 148-158.
- Rasmann, S.; Bennett, A.; Biere, A.; Karley, A.; Guerrieri, E. (2017) Root symbionts: powerful drivers of plant above- and belowground indirect defenses., Insect Science, 24, 947-960.
- Wade, R.N.; Karley, A.J.; Johnson, S.N.; Harley, S.E. (2017) Impact of predicted precipitation scenarios on multitrophic interactions., Functional Ecology, 31, 1647-1658.
- Johnson, S.N.; Karley, A.J.; Gregory, P.J.; Brennan, R.M. (2017) Editorial: Crop traits for defense against pests and disease: durability, breakdown and future prospects., Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, Article No. 209.
- Schoeb, C.; Hortal, S.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Powell, J.R.; Anderson, I.C.; Brooker, R.W. (2017) Species but not genotype diversity strongly impacts the establishment of rare colonisers., Functional Ecology, 31, 1462-1470.
- Williams, D.; Britten, A.; McCallum, S.; Jones, H.; Aitkenhead, M.;Karley, A.; Loades, K.; Prashar, A.; Graham, J. (2017) A method for automatic segmentation and splitting of hyperspectral images of raspberry plants collected in field conditions., Plant Methods, 13, Article No. 74.
- Hawes, C.; Begg, G.S.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R. (2016) A whole-systems approach for assessing measures to improve arable ecosystem sustainability., Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2, Article No. e01252.
- Bennett, A.E.; Millar, N.S.; Gedrovics, E.; Karley, A.J. (2016) Plant and insect microbial symbionts alter the outcome of plant-herbivore-parasitoid interactions: implications for invaded, agricultural and natural systems., Journal of Ecology, 104, 1734-1744.
- Mitchell, C.; Brennan, R.M.; Graham, J.; Karley, A.J. (2016) Plant defense against herbivorous pests: exploiting resistance and tolerance traits for sustainable crop protection., Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No. 1132.
- Johnson, S.N.; Benefer, C.M.; Frew, A.; Griffiths, B.S.; Hartley, S.E.; Karley, A.J.; Rasmann, S.; Schumann, M.; Sonnemann, I.; Robert, C.A.M. (2016) New frontiers in belowground ecology for plant protection from root-feeding insects., Applied Soil Ecology, 108, 96-107.
- Karley, A.J.; Mitchell, C.; Brookes, C.; McNicol, J.; O'Neill, T.; Roberts, H.; Graham, J.; Johnson, S.N. (2016) Exploiting physical defence traits for crop protection: leaf trichomes of Rubus idaeus have deterrent effects on spider mites but not aphids., Annals of Applied Biology, 168, 159-172.
- Donald, K.J.; Clarke, H.V.; Mitchell, C.; Cornwell, R.M.; Hubbard, S.F.; Karley, A.J. (2016) Protection of pea aphids associated with coinfecting bacterial symbionts persists during superparasitism by a braconid wasp., Microbial Ecology, 71, 1-4.
- Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2016) Facilitation and sustainable agriculture: a mechanistic approach to reconciling crop production and conservation., Functional Ecology, 30, 98-107.
- Pakeman, R.J.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Morcillo, L.; Brooker, R.W.; Schob, C. (2015) A trait-based approach to crop-weed interactions., European Journal of Agronomy, 70, 22-32.
- Brooker, R.W.; Bennett, A.E.; Cong, W.F.; Daniell, T.J.; George, T.S.; Hallett, P.D.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Jones, H.G.; Karley, A.J.; Li, L.; McKenzie, B.M.; Pakeman, R.J.; Paterson, E.; Schob, C.; Shen, J.; Squire, G.; Watson, C.A.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, J.; White, P.J. (2015) Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology., New Phytologist, 206, 107-117.
- Schoeb, C.; Kerle, S.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Pakeman, R.J.; Newton, A.C.; Brooker, R.W. (2015) Intraspecific genetic diversity and composition modify species-level diversity-productivity relationships., New Phytologist, 205, 720-730.
- Vasconcelos, M.W.; Grusak, M.A.; Pinto, E.; Gomes, A.; Ferreira, H.; Balázs, B.; Centofanti, T.; Ntatsi, G.; Savvas, D.; Karkanis, A.; Williams, M.; Vandenberg, A.; Toma, L.; Shrestha, S.; Akaichi, F.; Barrios, C.O.; Gruber, S.; James, E.K.; Maluk, M.; Karkey, A.J.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2020) The biology of legumes and their agronomic, economic, and social impact., In: Hasanuzzaman, M., Araújo, S. & Singh Gill, S. (eds.). The Plant Family Fabaceae: The Biology and Physiological Responses to Environmental Issues. Springer Nature, Singapre, Chapter 1, pp3-25.
- Graham, J.; Karley, A.J.; Dolan, A.; Williams, D.; Jennings, N. (2019) Advances and challenges in sustainable raspberry/blackberry cultivation., In: Lang, G. (ed.). Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Temperate Zone Tree Fruits and Berries. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Volume 2: Case Studies, Chapter 13, pp397-422.
- Williams, D.; Aitkenhead, M.; Karley, A.J.; Graham, J.; Jones, H.G. (2018) Use of imaging technologies for high throughput phenotyping., In: Graham, J. & Brennan, R. (eds.). Raspberry: Breeding, Challenges and Advances. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Chapter 9, pp145-158.
- Mitchell, C.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Birch, A.N.E.; Begg, G.; Karley, A. (2018) An agroecological approach for weed, pest and disease management in Rubus plantations., In: Graham, J. & Brennan, R. (eds.). Raspberry: Breeding, Challenges and Advances. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Chapter 5, pp63-81.
- Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Ianetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Begg, G. (2016) Ecosystem services from croplands., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R. (eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp24-25.
- Brooker, R.; Karley, A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Newton, A.; Schob, C.; Morcillo, L. (2016) Biodiversity and function., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R.J.(eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp6-7.
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