2025
Islam, T., Anwar, S., Cazzonelli, C.I., Moore, B.D. & Johnson, S.N. (2025) Plant silicon defence disrupts cryptic colouration in an insect herbivore by restricting carotenoid sequestration into the haemolymph. Physiological Entomology, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12492
Islam, T., Brown, M.S. & Koppenhöfer, A.M. (2025) Harnessing plant silicon defenses for biological control of herbivorous insects. Trends in Plant Science, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.004.
Hassan, K., Carrillo, Y., Islam, T. & Nielsen, U.N. (2025) Prolonged drought legacies influence the performance of foliar herbivores on legumes through shifts in plant–soil biotic interactions. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 173: 60-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13514
2024
Ali, J., Tonğa, A., Islam, T., Mir, S., Mukarram, M., Konôpková A. S., & Chen, R. (2024) Defense strategies and associated phytohormonal regulation in Brassica plants in response to chewing and sap-sucking insects. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15:1376917. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1376917
Putra, R., Islam, T., Cibils-Stewart, X., Hartley, S. E., & Johnson, S. N. (2024). Agroecological consequences of silicon supplementation for a legume cultivation: Two-year-long field observations. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 365, 108893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108893
2023
Cibils-Stewart, X., Putra, R., Islam, T., Fanna, D. J., Wuhrer, R., Mace, W. J., Hartley, S. E., Popay, A. J., & Johnson, S. N. (2023). Silicon and Epichloë-endophyte defences in a model temperate grass diminish feeding efficiency and immunity of an insect folivore. Functional Ecology, 37, 3177–3192. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.1445
Islam, T., Moore, B.D. & Johnson, S.N. 2023. Silicon fertilisation affects morphological and immune defences of an insect pest and enhances plant compensatory growth. Journal of Pest Science, 96: 41-53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-022-01478-4
Johnson, S. N., Barton, C.V.M., Biru, F.N., Islam, T., Mace, W.J., Rowe, R.C., & Cibils–Stewart, X. 2023. Elevated atmospheric CO2 suppresses silicon accumulation and exacerbates endophyte reductions in plant phosphorus. Functional Ecology, 00, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14342
2022
Islam, T., Moore, B.D. & Johnson, S.N. 2022. Plant silicon defences reduce the performance of a chewing insect herbivore which benefits a contemporaneous sap-feeding insect. Ecological Entomology, 47: 951-958. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13183
Islam, T., Moore, B.D. & Johnson, S.N. 2022. Silicon suppresses a ubiquitous mite herbivore and promotes natural enemy attraction by altering plant volatile blends. Journal of Pest Science, 95(1): 423-434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01384-1
2021
Biru, F.N., Islam, T., Cibils‐Stewart, X., Cazzonelli, C.I., Elbaum, R. and Johnson, S.N. 2021. Anti‐herbivore silicon defences in a model grass are greatest under Miocene levels of atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology, 27: 2959-2969. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15619
2020
Islam, T., Moore, B.D. and Johnson, S.N. 2020. Novel evidence for systemic induction of silicon defences in cucumber following attack by a global insect herbivore. Ecological Entomology, 45: 1373-1381. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12922
Islam, T., Roknuzzaman, A.H.M., Hassan, K., and Ullah, M.S. 2020. Temperature impacts on the eggplant shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis: a life table approach. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 20: 351-360. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-019-00086-7
Presentations
Seminar Talk
A multifaceted defense: impacts of silicon fertilization on plant defenses against herbivorous insect pests. 1 Dec, 2023, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Conferences and Symposiums
1. Protection from below: Silicon supplementation and entomopathogenic nematodes to manage turfgrass insects. Oral presentation delivered at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Phoenix, AZ, 2024, 10-13 Nov.
2. Silicon fertilization to induce resistance to annual bluegrass weevil. Oral presentation delivered at the 33rd Rutgers Turfgrass Research Symposium, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 2024, 14 Mar.
3. Silicon fertilization to induce resistance to annual bluegrass weevil in annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass. Oral presentation delivered at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, National Harbor, MD, 2023, 5-8 Nov.
4. Priming grasses to fight back: silicon supply enhances annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass resistance to annual bluegrass weevil. Poster presented at the Postdoctoral Research Symposium at Rutgers University, New Jersey, 2023, 22 Sep.
5. Can plant silicon defense play a part in biocontrol of herbivorous arthropods? Oral presentation delivered at the 3rd joint meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology and the Asia-Pacific Association of Chemical Ecologists, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2022, 8-12 Aug.
6. Silicon augments plant tolerance to insect herbivory. Poster-vlog presented at the 17th Symposium on Insect-Plant relationships, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2021, online, 25-30 Jul.
7. Is silicon a double-edged sword against insect herbivores? Oral presentation delivered at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2021, online, 19–30 Apr.
8. Toughen up or cry for help? How silicon affects direct and indirect defences in plants. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, Brisbane, Queensland.2019, 1-4 Dec.
9. Physical resistance versus bodyguard recruitment: impacts of silicon on direct and indirect herbivore defences in plants. Poster presented at the 59th National Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia, Tasmania, 2019, 24-29 Nov.
10. Susceptibility, fecundity, and damage potential of papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus in exposure to different groups of pesticides under laboratory conditions. Poster presented at 1st International Conference on Challenges for Future Agriculture, organized by Progressive Agriculturists, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2018, 27-28 Jan.
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