Shandong Agricultural University 2 articles published in JoVE Environment Determination of the Absorption, Translocation, and Distribution of Imidacloprid in Wheat Jinhua Wang*1, Chao Cheng*1,2, Changyu Zhao1, Lanjun Wang1 1Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, 2College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University Presented here is a protocol for the determination of the absorption, translocation, and distribution of imidacloprid in wheat under hydroponic conditions using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS). The results showed that imidacloprid can be absorbed by wheat, and imidacloprid was detected in both the wheat roots and leaves. Biochemistry Evaluating the Effect of Pesticides on the Larvae of the Solitary Bees Yingying Song1, Ruiping Li1,2, Lili Li1, Fang Ouyang3, Xingyuan Men1 1Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, 3State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences The present protocol explains a method to feed pesticide-contaminated provisions to the larvae of the solitary bees, Osmia excavata. The procedure examines the ecotoxicity of the pesticide to the larvae of the solitary bees.