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Dr Michael Garratt Research Fellow Room: GU 11 Tel: +44 (0)118 3786149 Email: m.p.garratt@reading.ac.uk |
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2000 – 2003 2004 – 2005 2005 – 2009 2009 2010 2011 – date |
BSc, Natural Science, University of Birmingham MSc, Applied Entomology, Imperial College PhD - Crops, Insect Pests and Natural Enemies: Effects of Organic and Conventional Fertilisers, Imperial College Field Conservationist, Mauritian Wildlife Foundation Research Biologist, Bat Conservation Trust Research Fellow, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research |
- Insect pollination ecology and crop production
- Effects of agricultural systems on pests and natural enemies
- Trophic influences of soil fertility in agricultural systems
- Cereal aphid ecology
CÆR Projects
- Sustainable Pollination for UK Crops – exploring which wild and managed pollinators contribute to pollination of UK crops and whether a lack of pollinators limits agricultural production in UK landscapes, if so why and what can we do about it?
- Royal Entomological Society (RES)
- British Ecological Society (BES)
Garratt M.P.D, Wright D.J., & Leather S.R. (2011) The effect of farming system and fertilisers on pests and natural enemies: A synthesis of current research. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 141, 261-270.
Garratt M.P.D, Leather S.R., & Wright D.J. (2010) Tritrophic effects of organic and conventional fertilisers on a cereal-aphid-parasitoid system. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 134, 119-211.
Garratt M.P.D, Wright D.J., & Leather S.R. (2010) The effects of organic and conventional fertilisers on cereal aphids and their natural enemies. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 12, 307-318.
