Healthy Pollinators: Evaluating Pesticides with Molecular Medicine Approaches

Federico López-Osorio; Yannick Wurm

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2019.12.012

Healthy Pollinators: Evaluating Pesticides with Molecular Medicine Approaches

Trends Ecol Evol. 2020 May;35(5):380-383. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.12.012. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

Authors

Federico López-Osorio¹, Yannick Wurm²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Organismal Biology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.
² Department of Organismal Biology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK; Alan Turing Institute, London NW1 2DB, UK. Electronic address: y.wurm@qmul.ac.uk.

PMID: 32294420
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.12.012

Abstract

Pollinators have been declining worldwide, and pesticides have contributed to these declines. High-resolution approaches from molecular medicine can provide unparalleled insight into organismal physiology and health. Applying these approaches to pollinators can significantly improve the efficiency and sensitivity of pesticide research and evaluation, and thus the sustainability of modern agriculture.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Agriculture
Molecular Medicine
Pesticides*

Substances

Pesticides