Growing Health (WP3) - bio-inspired solutions for healthier agroecosystems: Discovery landscapes

Repository project

Project dates01 Apr 2023 to end of 31 Mar 2028
Researchers
Principal InvestigatorAlice Milne
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project numberRP10798
Research fish codeBBS/E/RH/230003C
Grant IDBBS/E/RH/230003C

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An agent-based model of farmer decision making: Application to shared water resources in Arid and semi-arid regions

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El-Fartassi, I., Milne, A. E., Metcalfe, H., El Alami, R., Diarra, A., Alonso Chavez, V., Zawadzka, J., Waine, T. W. and Constanje, R. 2025. An agent-based model of farmer decision making: Application to shared water resources in Arid and semi-arid regions. Agricultural Water Management. 310 (April), p. 109357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109357

Livestock farmer-reported knowledge and attitudes regarding agroforestry planning and management

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De-Sousa, K. T., Wright, M., Cardenas, L. M., Deniz, M., Dittrich, J. R., Hotzel, M. J. and Enriquez-Hidalgo, D. 2025. Livestock farmer-reported knowledge and attitudes regarding agroforestry planning and management. Agroforestry Systems. 99 (28). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-024-01115-2

‘We need workable micronutrient data!’: A qualitative study assessing the need for integrated micronutrient data to support evidence-based decisions by Indian food system stakeholders.

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Sahota, R., Khokhar, J., Deep, A., Adams, K. P., Das, A., Ander, E. L. and Joy, E. J. M. 2025. ‘We need workable micronutrient data!’: A qualitative study assessing the need for integrated micronutrient data to support evidence-based decisions by Indian food system stakeholders. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 8, p. 1469126. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1469126

Early detection strategies for invading tree pests: Targeted surveillance and stakeholder perspectives

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Alonso Chavez, V., Brown, N., Van Den Bosch, F., Parnell, S., Dyke, A., Hall, C., Karlsdottir, B., Marzano, M., Morris, J., O’Brien, L., Williams, D. and Milne, A. E. 2025. Early detection strategies for invading tree pests: Targeted surveillance and stakeholder perspectives. Journal of Applied Ecology. pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70009

Trade-offs between forage nutrition and ruminant carrying capacity in response to fertiliser application – Findings from the Park Grass Long-Term Experiment (1860-2020)

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Cooke, A., Storkey, J., Acquah, G., Lee, M. R. F. and Rivero, M. J. 2025. Trade-offs between forage nutrition and ruminant carrying capacity in response to fertiliser application – Findings from the Park Grass Long-Term Experiment (1860-2020). Field Crops Research. 324 (April), p. 109791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2025.109791

Integrating human behaviour and epidemiological modelling: unlocking the remaining challenges

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Hill, E. M., Ryan, M., Haw, D., Lynche, M. P., McCabe, R., Milne, A. E., Turner, M. S., Vedhara, K., Zeng, F., Barons, M. J., Nixon, E. J., Parnell, S. and Bolton, K. J. 2024. Integrating human behaviour and epidemiological modelling: unlocking the remaining challenges. Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences. 1 (1), p. 2429479. https://doi.org/10.1080/29937574.2024.2429479

How the Global Burden of Animal Diseases links to the Global Burden of Crop Loss: a food systems perspective

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Szyniszewska, A. M., Simpkins, K. M., Thomas, L., Beale, T., Milne, A. E., Brown, M. E., Taylor, B., Oliver, G., Bebber, D. P., Woolman, T., Mahmood, S., Murphy, C., Huntington, B. and Finegold, C. 2024. How the Global Burden of Animal Diseases links to the Global Burden of Crop Loss: a food systems perspective. Scientific and Technical Review. 43, pp. 177-188. https://doi.org/10.20506/rst.43.3530

Validating a cassava production spatial disaggregation model in sub-Saharan Africa

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Hassall, K. L., Alonso Chavez, V., Sint, H. M., Helps, J., Abidrabo, P., Okao-Okuja, G., Eboulem, R. G., Amoakon, W. J., Otron, D. H. and Szyniszewska, A. 2024. Validating a cassava production spatial disaggregation model in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312734

Soil zinc surveillance frameworks can inform human nutrition studies: opportunities in India

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Khokhar, J. S., Broadley, M. and Ander, E. L. 2024. Soil zinc surveillance frameworks can inform human nutrition studies: opportunities in India. Frontiers in Soil Science. 4, p. 1421652. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2024.1421652

What evidence exists relating the impact of different grassland management practices to soil carbon in livestock systems? A systematic map protocol.

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Rousset, C., Segura, C., Gilgen, A., Alfaro, M., Mendes, L. A., Dodd, M., Dashpurev, B., Bastidas, M., Rivera, J., Merbold, L. and Vázquez, E. 2024. What evidence exists relating the impact of different grassland management practices to soil carbon in livestock systems? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 13, p. 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-024-00345-2

An introduction to conducting responsible and reproducible agricultural research

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Sichinga-Ligowe, I., Joy, E., Kangara, G., Pino-Chandia, L., Rivero, M. J., Devkota, M. W., Broadley, M., Haefele, S. M. and McGrath, S. P. 2024. An introduction to conducting responsible and reproducible agricultural research. CABI Reviews. 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.1079/cabireviews.2024.0058

Using a multi-scale approach to examine the effects of field margins and landscape features on predatory carabid communities in crop fields

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Jowett, K., Milne, A. E., Garrett, D., Blumgart, D., Potts, S. G., Senapathi, D. and Storkey, J. 2024. Using a multi-scale approach to examine the effects of field margins and landscape features on predatory carabid communities in crop fields . Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 373 (1 October), p. 109115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109115

Exploration of data for analysis using boundary line methodology

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Miti, C., Milne, A. E., Giller, K. E., Sadras, V. O. and Lark, R. M. 2024. Exploration of data for analysis using boundary line methodology. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 219, p. 108794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2024.108794

Projecting the Contribution of Provitamin A Maize Biofortification and Other Nutrition Interventions to the Nutritional Adequacy and Cost of Diets in Rural Zimbabwe

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Baudron, F., Cairns, J. E., Haefele, S. M., Hassall, K. L., Ndhlela, T., Nyagumbo, I., Kangara, G. and Joy, E. 2024. Projecting the Contribution of Provitamin A Maize Biofortification and Other Nutrition Interventions to the Nutritional Adequacy and Cost of Diets in Rural Zimbabwe. Journal Of Nutrition. 154 (6), pp. 1815-1826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.04.009

Carbon footprint of mixed farming crop-livestock rotational-based grazing beef systems using long term experimental data

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Pereyra, F., Jebari, A., Takahashi, T., Rovira, P., Ayala, W., Lee, M. R. F., Rivero, M. J. and Mcauliffe, G. 2024. Carbon footprint of mixed farming crop-livestock rotational-based grazing beef systems using long term experimental data. Agronomy for Sustainable Development - ASD. 44, p. 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00977-1

Do Growers Using Solo Fungicides Affect the Durability of Disease Control of Growers Using Mixtures and Alternations? The Case of Spot-Form Net Blotch in Western Australia

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Helps, J., Lopez-Ruiz, F., Zerihun, A. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2024. Do Growers Using Solo Fungicides Affect the Durability of Disease Control of Growers Using Mixtures and Alternations? The Case of Spot-Form Net Blotch in Western Australia. Phytopathology. 114 (3), pp. 590-602. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-02-23-0050-R

The Concepts and quantification of yield gap using boundary lines. A review

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Miti, C., Milne, A. E., Giller, K. E. and Lark, R. M. 2024. The Concepts and quantification of yield gap using boundary lines. A review. Field Crops Research. 311 (1 May), p. 109365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109365

Delaying Infection Through Phytosanitary Soybean-Free Periods Contributes to Fungicide Resistance Management in Phakopsora pachyrhizi: A Modelling Analysis

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Corkley, I., Helps, J., Van Den Bosch, F., Paveley, N. D., Milne, A. E., Mikaberidze, A., Sierotzki, H. and Skirvin, D. J. 2024. Delaying Infection Through Phytosanitary Soybean-Free Periods Contributes to Fungicide Resistance Management in Phakopsora pachyrhizi: A Modelling Analysis. Plant Pathology. pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.14074

Comparison of direct and indirect soil organic carbon prediction at farm field scale

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Segura, C., Neal, A. L., Castro-Sardina, L., Harris, P., Rivero, M. J., Cardenas, L. M. and Irisarri, G. 2024. Comparison of direct and indirect soil organic carbon prediction at farm field scale. Journal of Environmental Management. 365 (August), p. 121573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121573

Quantifying the impacts of management and herbicide resistance on regional plant population dynamics in the face of missing data

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Goodsell, R., Comont, D., Hicks, H., Lambert, J., Hull, R. I., Crook, L., Fraccaro, P., Reusch, K., Freckleton, R. and Childs, D. 2024. Quantifying the impacts of management and herbicide resistance on regional plant population dynamics in the face of missing data. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14608

Regrowth dynamics and morpho-physiological characteristics of Plantago lanceolata under different defoliation frequencies and intensities

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Merino, V. M., Aguilar, R., Pina, L. F., Garriga, M., Ostria-Gallardo, E., Lopez, M. D., Noriega, F., Campos, J., Navarrete, S. and Rivero, M. J. 2024. Regrowth dynamics and morpho-physiological characteristics of Plantago lanceolata under different defoliation frequencies and intensities. PLOS ONE. 19 (9), p. e0310009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310009

Increasing fibre in white flour and bread: Implications for health and processing

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Shewry, P. R., Joy, E., Segovia De La Revilla, L., Hansen, A., Brennan, J. and Lovegrove, A. 2023. Increasing fibre in white flour and bread: Implications for health and processing. Nutrition Bulletin. 48 (4), pp. 587-593. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12648

The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands

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Girkin, N. T., Burgess, P. J., Cole, L., Cooper, H., Coronadc, E. H., Davidson, S. J., Hannam, J., Harris, J., Holman, I., McCloskey, C. S., McKeown, M. M., Milner, A. M., Page, S., Smith, J. and Young, D. 2023. The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands. Carbon Management. 14 (1), p. 2275578. https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2023.2275578

Landscape and Micronutrient Fertilizer Effect on Agro-Fortified Wheat and Teff Grain Nutrient Concentration in Western Amhara.

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Kangara, G., Amede, T., Bailey, E. H., Wilson, L., Mossa, A. W., Tirfessa, D., Desta, M. K., Asrat, T. G., Agegnehu, G., Sida, T. S., Desta, G., Amare, T., Alemayehu, B., Haefele, S. M., Lark, R. M., Broadley, M. and Gameda, S. 2023. Landscape and Micronutrient Fertilizer Effect on Agro-Fortified Wheat and Teff Grain Nutrient Concentration in Western Amhara. Agronomy. 13 (10), p. 2598. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13102598

Multi-experiment assessment of soil nitrous oxide emissions in sugarcane

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Galdos, M. V., Soares, J. R., Lourenco, K. S., Harris, P., Zeri, M., Cunha-Zeri, G., Vargas, V. P., Degaspari, I. A. M. and Cantarella, H. 2023. Multi-experiment assessment of soil nitrous oxide emissions in sugarcane. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 127, pp. 375-392. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10321-w

Wheat and teff grain mineral micronutrient concentration and field data from GeoNutrition on-farm field experiments in Western Amhara region, Ethiopia

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Manzeke-Kangara, M.G., Amede, T., Bailey, E.H., Wilson, L., Mossa, A.W., Tirfessa, D., Kebede-Desta, M., Gashaw-Asrat, T., Agegnehu, G., Sida, T.S., Desta, G., Amare, T., Alemayehu, B., Haefele, S. M., Lark, R. M., Broadley, M. and Gameda, S. 2023. Wheat and teff grain mineral micronutrient concentration and field data from GeoNutrition on-farm field experiments in Western Amhara region, Ethiopia. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98y40

Host map of Ash trees in Great Britain

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Brown, N., Alonso Chavez, V., Milne, A. E. and Parnell, S. 2023. Host map of Ash trees in Great Britain. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98y37

Sequence Characterization of Extra-Chromosomal Circular DNA Content in Multiple Blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides) Populations.

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Fu, W., Macgregor, D., Comont, D. and Saski, C. A. 2023. Sequence Characterization of Extra-Chromosomal Circular DNA Content in Multiple Blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides) Populations. Genes. 14 (10), p. 1905. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14101905

Linking soil adsorption-desorption characteristics with grain zinc concentrations and uptake by teff, wheat and maize in different landscape positions in Ethiopia

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Kebede-Desta, M., Broadley, M., McGrath, S. P., Hernandez-Allica, J., Hassall, K. L., Gameda, S., Amede, T. and Haefele, S. M. 2023. Linking soil adsorption-desorption characteristics with grain zinc concentrations and uptake by teff, wheat and maize in different landscape positions in Ethiopia. Frontiers in Agronomy. 5, p. 1285880. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1285880

Three environmental dimensions of beef cattle in tropical feedlot - Water, nutrients and land

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Novelli, T. I., Pascale Palhares, J. C., Silva Martello, L., Raposo de Medeiros, S. and Rivero, M. J. 2023. Three environmental dimensions of beef cattle in tropical feedlot - Water, nutrients and land. Science of the Total Environment. 904, p. 166733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166733

Grazing livestock move by Levy walks: Implications for soil health and environment

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Romero-Ruiz, A., Rivero, M. J., Milne, A. E., Morgan, S., De-Meo-Filho, P., Pulley, S., Segura, C., Harris, P., Lee, M. R. F., Coleman, K., Cardenas, L. M. and Whitmore, A. P. 2023. Grazing livestock move by Levy walks: Implications for soil health and environment. Journal of Environmental Management. 345 (1), p. 118835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118835

The soil organic carbon: Clay ratio in North Devon, UK: Implications for marketing soil carbon as an asset class

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Pulley, S., Taylor, H., Prout, J., Haefele, S. M. and Collins, A. L. 2023. The soil organic carbon: Clay ratio in North Devon, UK: Implications for marketing soil carbon as an asset class. Soil Use and Management. 39 (3), pp. 1068-1081. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12920

Livestock heat stress risk in response to the extreme heat event (heatwave) of July 2022 in the UK

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Cooke, A. and Rivero, M. J. 2023. Livestock heat stress risk in response to the extreme heat event (heatwave) of July 2022 in the UK . bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.18.541284