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BSc (Hons) (Biological Sciences) La Trobe University
(1988)
PhD (Biological Sciences) Monash University
(2006)
Research
Interests:
Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.)
Insecticide resistance in P. xylostella
Population genetics (Lepidoptera)
Population structure of Aedes aegypti
Insect dispersal
Integrated Pest Management in Brassica
crops
Current Research:
The genetic structure of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in Australia, Vietnam and Thailand.
Research Interests
2007 - Current – Population structure of the dengue
fever vector, Aedes aegypti in Australia,
Vietnam and Thailand
- The study is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
2006 - 2007– Investigation of the origin and
insecticide resistance status of diamondback moth populations infesting canola
in Western Australia,
using genetic markers - The study was funded by the Grains Research and
Development Corporation and the Australian Research Council via their Special Research
Centre program.
2001 – 2005 - The molecular genetic
structure of Australian populations of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella - The
study was funded by an Australian Research Council Strategic Partnership with
Industry Research & Training Grant, Department of Primary Industries
Victoria (Industry Partner) and the Australian Research Council via their
Special Research Centre program.
Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.),
a major pest throughout the world, causes problems for the Brassica vegetable
industry in Australia
and, in recent years, has also had devastating effects in canola and forage Brassica
crops. I have been using microsatellite markers to understand gene flow in
Australian populations of P. xylostella to optimise management of insecticide
resistance and improve control strategies for this pest. The study showed that populations of P. xylostella
within Australia and New Zealand are
not genetically differentiated based on microsatellite loci, which likely
reflects current gene flow patterns. However, large genetic differences exist
between these populations and samples from Asia and Africa
suggesting that gene flow is limited between these areas and the Australia/New
Zealand region.
1989 – 2001 - Integrated pest management in
Brassica vegetable crops and insecticide resistance in diamondback moth, Plutella
xylostella - Studies funded by Victorian State Government Initiatives,
Horticulture Australia Limited, AIRAC.
Publications
Endersby NM, Ridland PM and Hoffmann AA (2008 ). The effects of local selection versus dispersal on insecticide
resistance patterns: longitudinal evidence from diamondback moth (Plutella
xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)) in Australia evolving resistance to
pyrethroids. Bulletin of Entomological Research 98: 145-157
Endersby NM, Hoffmann AA, McKechnie SW and
Weeks AR (2007). Is there genetic structure in populations of Helicoverpa armigera
in Australia?
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 122: 253-263.
Endersby NM, McKechnie SW, Ridland PM and
Weeks AR (2006). Microsatellites reveal a lack of structure in Australian
populations of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.). Molecular Ecology
15: 107-118.
Endersby NM, McKechnie SW, Vogel H, Gahan
LJ, Baxter SW, Ridland PM and Weeks AR (2005). Microsatellites isolated from
diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), for studies of dispersal in
Australian populations. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 51-53.
Endersby NM, Morgan WC, Stevenson BC and Waters CT (1992). Alternatives to regular insecticide applications
for control of lepidopterous pests of Brassica oleracea var. capitata. Biological
Agriculture and Horticulture 8: 189-203.
Endersby NM and Morgan WC (1991).
Alternatives to synthetic chemical insecticides for use in crucifer
crops. Biological Agriculture and
Horticulture 8: 33-52.
Endersby NM, New TR and Thornton IWB (1990).
Psocoptera from the Grampians and Mt.
Arapiles, western Victoria - a biogeographic analysis. Journal
of the Australian Entomological Society 29: 215-224.
Selected
publications as– co-author
Hamilton AJ, Endersby NM, Schellhorn NA, Ridland PM, Rogers PM,
Jevremov D and Baker G (2006). Evaluation of fixed sample-size plans for Plutella
xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on broccoli crops in Australia. Journal
of Economic Entomology 99: 2171-2176.
Saw J, Endersby NM
and McKechnie SW (2006). Low mtDNA diversity among widespread Australian
diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (L.) suggests isolation and a founder
effect. Insect Science 13: 237-241.
Hamilton AJ, Endersby NM, Ridland PM, Zhang J and Neal M (2005).
Effects of cultivar on oviposition preference, larval feeding and development
time of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae),
on some Brassica oleracea vegetables in Victoria.
Australian Journal of Entomology 44: 284-287.
Hamilton AJ, Versace V, Hepworth G, Stagnitti F, Dawson J, Ridland PM,
Endersby NM, Schellhorn NA, Mansfield C and Rogers PM (2005). Attending to risk
in sequential sampling plans. In Environmental Health Risk III, C.A.
Brebbia, V. Popov, & D. Fayzieva (eds.). The Sustainable World series, vol.
13. Wessex Institute of Technology. pp. 11-20.
Hamilton AJ, Schellhorn NA, Ridland PM, Endersby NM
and Ward SA (2004). A dynamic binomial sequential sampling plan for diamondback
moth, Plutella xylostella. Journal of Economic Entomology 96: 127-135.
Endersby NM & Ridland PM eds (2004). The
management of diamondback moth and other crucifer pests: Proceedings of the 4th
International Workshop, Melbourne,
Australia,
26-29 November 2001.
Vickers R, Ridland PM and Endersby NM
(2001). Australia
leads the way in the fight against the diamondback moth. Pesticide Outlook 12:
185-187.
Donald C, Endersby NM,
Ridland PM, Porter I and Lawrence J (2000). Field guide to pests, diseases and
disorders of vegetable brassicas. Department of Natural Resources and
Environment, Victoria, Australia.
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