Dr Charles Whitfield

Biography

Currently working at NIAB EMR, United Kingdom.

Research Interest

Overall my research interests lie within in the broad area of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). I am interested in researching and developing crop protection methods and tools that allow farmers to minimise environmental damage, are cost effective, whilst improving crop yields. Much of my research has been in how we can utilise the compounds that plants and insects naturally produce to control insect behaviour in order to protect our crops. As many insect species rely on volatile compounds (odours) to sense the world around them, including their hosts, we can use these cues to manipulate insect behaviour in order to protect our crops.