{"id":98,"date":"2022-03-28T13:56:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/?p=98"},"modified":"2022-03-28T13:56:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:56:19","slug":"2022-ben-kellys-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/2022\/03\/28\/2022-ben-kellys-project\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Ben Kelly&#8217;s project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image001-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image001-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image001-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image001-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image001-5-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image001-5.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">I\u2019m currently out in the Kilombero valley in Tanzania carrying out research on the Yellow Sugarcane Aphid. his North American native causes no end of trouble for farmers out here, affecting crop yield and thus livelihoods. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of my research out here is to evaluate the efficacy of biopesticides on this pest, with the hope that this may lead to more environmentally friendly pest control methods in the future. Alongside this, I\u2019m investigating drivers of YSA populations to determine other suitable habitats, such that future pest management methods might target these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image002-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image002-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/?attachment_id=100\" class=\"wp-image-100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image002-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image002-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image002-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image002-3.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image003-4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"101\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image003-4.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/?attachment_id=101\" class=\"wp-image-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image003-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image003-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image003-4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/files\/2022\/03\/image003-4.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m currently out in the Kilombero valley in Tanzania carrying out research on the Yellow Sugarcane Aphid. his North American native causes no end of trouble for farmers out here, affecting crop yield and thus livelihoods. The aim of my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/2022\/03\/28\/2022-ben-kellys-project\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,3,4],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-crop-pests","tag-sugarcane","tag-tanzania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/mresecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}