Dr. Robinson's research interests are in the field of Pest and Pesticide
Management. He has conducted studies on pesticide contamination in the Jamaican
environment, with emphasis on pesticide residue transport and levels in ground
and surface water systems. In addition, he has investigated the management of
crop pests (e.g. citrus root weevil and the coffee berry borer) using such methods
as nematodes, companion crops and botanical formulations. Dr. Robinson is currently
conducting research on West Indian Sea Island Cotton, organic agriculture and the
biological activity of extracts from selected Jamaican plant species.
Publications
- Mansingh A, Robinson DE & Dalip KM (2003). Use, fate and ecotoxicity of pesticides in
Jamaica and the Commonwealth Caribbean. In Pesticide Residues in Coastal Tropical
Ecosystems. Eds. M. D. Taylor, S. J. Klaine, F. P. Carvalho, D. Barcelo and J. Everaarts.
Pub. Taylor and Francis; London and New York. ISBN 0-415-23917-6. p 425 -463.
- Robinson DE, Henry C & Mansingh A. (2002). Ecotoxicity studies in Jamaican
environment. II. Toxicity, bioaccumulation, elimination and tissue partitioning
of dieldrin by the shrimp, Macrobrachium faustinum. Environmental
Technology 23 (11) 1275¬1284.
- Mansingh, A., Robinson, D.E., Henry, C. & Lawrence, V. 2000. Pesticide contamination
of the Jamaican environment. II. Insecticide residues in the rivers and shrimps of Rio
Cobre basin, 1982-1996. Env. Monit. & Assess. 63: 459-480.
- Robinson, D. E., Mansingh, A. and Dasgupta, T.P. 1999. Fate and transport of
ethoprophos in the Jamaican environment. Sc. Total Env. 237/238: 373-378
- Witter, J.V., Robinson, D.E., Mansingh, A. and Dalip, K.M. 1999. Insecticide contamination
of Jamaican environment. V. Island-wide rapid survey of residues in surface and ground
water. Env. Monit. & Assess. 56: 257-267.
- Robinson, D. E. and Mansingh, A. 1999. Insecticide contamination of Jamaican
environment. IV. Transport of residues from coffee plantations in the Blue Mountains to
coastal waters in eastern Jamaica. Env. Monit. & Assess. 54: 125-141.
- Robinson, D. E., Mansingh, A. and Dasgupta, T. P. 1997. Fate of endosulfan in river
and coastal waters of Jamaica. Proc. Int. Symp. on the Use of nuclear and related
techniques for studying environmental behaviour of crop protection chemicals, IAEA,
Vienna, July 1 - 5, 1996, p. 301-311.
- Mansingh, A., Robinson, D.E. and Dalip, K.M. 1997. Insecticide contamination of the
Jamaican environment. Trends in Anal. Chem. 16 (3): 115-123.
- Mansingh, A., Robinson, D.E. and Wilson, A. 1995. Insecticide contamination of
Jamaican environment. I. Pattern of fluctuations in residue levels in the rivers of
Hope watershed during 1989 - 1991. Jamaica J. Sci. and Tech. 6: 52-67.
- Reid, J. C. and Robinson, D.E. 1994. Assessment of different insecticides for the
suppression of an outbreak of the coffee leaf miner, Perileucoptera coffeella in
Jamaica, W. I. Turrialba. 44 (1): 112-116.
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