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The North Wyke Farm Platform: Forage Quantity and Quality Data

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential

Hawkins, J. M. B., Beaumont, D. A., Taylor, H., Jones, A.G. and Harris, P. 2025. The North Wyke Farm Platform: Forage Quantity and Quality Data. Rothamsted Research Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.992wy

‘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.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

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

Emerging opportunities and research questions for green ammonia adoption in agriculture and beyond

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Garvey, S. M., Davidson, E. A., Wagner-Riddle, C., Collins, A. L., Houser, M., Li, T., MacDonald, G. K., Kanter, M. T. D., Kyle, P., Wu, N., Congreves, K. A., Wang, Y., Cardenas, L. M. and Zhang, X. 2025. Emerging opportunities and research questions for green ammonia adoption in agriculture and beyond. Nature Reviews Clean Technology. 1, pp. 10-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44359-024-00012-2

Colletotrichum species associated with durian (Durio zibethinus Murray) in Hainan, China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Xu, H., Zhang, Z., Zhou, Z., West, J. S., Wang, J. and Cao, X. 2025. Colletotrichum species associated with durian (Durio zibethinus Murray) in Hainan, China. Crop Protection. 188 (February), p. 107034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.107034

Achieving net-zero agriculture in Africa: perspective on policies, challenges, and opportunities

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Akpensuen, T. T and Rivero, M. J. 2025. Achieving net-zero agriculture in Africa: perspective on policies, challenges, and opportunities. Sustainability Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-025-01666-y

Make African grasslands climate-change resilient

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Akpensuen, T. T., Cartmill, A. D., Perez-Marquez, S, Sheridan, H., Lee, M. R. F. and Rivero, M. J. 2025. Make African grasslands climate-change resilient. Communications Earth & Environment. 6 (111). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02109-3

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

Derived datasets of daily weather, near surface soil status, flow rates and concentrations of nitrogen species from the North Wyke Farm Platform, England

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, Y., Hawkins, J. M. B., Sint, H. M. and Collins, A. L. 2025. Derived datasets of daily weather, near surface soil status, flow rates and concentrations of nitrogen species from the North Wyke Farm Platform, England. Data in Brief. 59 (22 January), p. 111324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111324

Investigating the threat to Sitka spruce from Ips typographus: discrimination and colonization of Britain's principal commercial conifer by a damaging forest pest

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Inward, D., Vuts, J., Thomas, G., Barnard, K., Caulfield, J. C., Powers, S. J., Uglow, A. and Reed, K. 2025. Investigating the threat to Sitka spruce from Ips typographus: discrimination and colonization of Britain's principal commercial conifer by a damaging forest pest. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8644

The Fusarium graminearum effector protease FgTPP1 suppresses immune responses and facilitates Fusarium Head Blight Disease

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Darino, M., Jaiswal, N., Darma, R., Kroll, E., Urban, M., Xiang, Y., Kim, H., Myers, A., Scofield, S., Innes, R. W., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Helm, M. 2025. The Fusarium graminearum effector protease FgTPP1 suppresses immune responses and facilitates Fusarium Head Blight Disease. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. (24 January). https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-08-24-0103-FI

Evolutionary genomics reveals variation in structure and genetic content implicated in virulence and lifestyle in the genus Gaeumannomyces

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Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Hill, R., Grey, M., Fedi, M. O., Smith, D. P., Ward, S. J., Canning, G., Irish, N., Smith, J., Mcmillan, V. E., Hammond, J., Osborne, S., Chancellor, T., Swarbreck, D., Hall, N., Palma-Guerrero, J. and McMullan, M. 2025. Evolutionary genomics reveals variation in structure and genetic content implicated in virulence and lifestyle in the genus Gaeumannomyces. BMC Genomics. 26, p. 239. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11432-0

Soil organic carbon and related properties under conservation agriculture and contrasting conventional fields in Northern Malawi

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Kangara, G., Ligowe, I. S., Tibu, A., Gondwe, T. N., Greathead, H. M. and Galdos, M. 2025. Soil organic carbon and related properties under conservation agriculture and contrasting conventional fields in Northern Malawi. Frontiers in Soil Science. 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2024.1481275

Dose splitting increases selection for both target-site and non-target-site fungicide resistance – a modelling analysis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Corkley, I., Mikaberidze, A., Paveley, N, Van Den Bosch, F., Shaw, M. W. and Milne, A. E. 2025. Dose splitting increases selection for both target-site and non-target-site fungicide resistance – a modelling analysis. Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.14080

A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Kroll, E., Bayon, C., Rudd, J. J., Armer, V., Magaji-Umashankar, A., Ames, R., Urban, M., Brown, N. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2025. A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis. PLOS Pathogens. 21 (1), p. e1012769. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012769

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

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

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

Prioritizing conservation sites for multi-pond systems to maintain protection of water quality in a fragmented agricultural catchment

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Zhang, H., Bao, Y., He, X., Lv, J., Tang, Q., Qin, X. and Collins, A. L. 2025. Prioritizing conservation sites for multi-pond systems to maintain protection of water quality in a fragmented agricultural catchment. Water Research. 268 (B), p. 122763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122763

Developmental constraint underlies the replicated evolution of grass awns

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Patterson, E. L., Macgregor, D., Heeney, M., Gallagher, J. P., Nuesslein, B., Cartwright, A. and Bartlett, M. 2025. Developmental constraint underlies the replicated evolution of grass awns. New Phytologist. 245 (2), pp. 835-848. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20268

Identifying insect predators using camera traps reveal unexpected predator communities in oilseed rape fields

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Seimandi-Corda, G., Hood, T., Hampson, M., Jenkins, T., Blumgart, D., Hall, J., Jowett, K., Hoye, T. T. and Cook, S. M. 2024. Identifying insect predators using camera traps reveal unexpected predator communities in oilseed rape fields. Biological Control. 198, p. 105636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105636

Maternal selenium deficiency was positively associated with the risk of selenium deficiency in children aged 6–59 months in rural Zimbabwe

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Mutonhodza, B., Kangara, G., Bailey, E. H., Matsungo, T. M. and Chopera, P. 2024. Maternal selenium deficiency was positively associated with the risk of selenium deficiency in children aged 6–59 months in rural Zimbabwe. PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 4 (7), p. e0003376. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003376

Invasion and spread of the neotropical leafhopper Curtara insularis (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) in Africa and North America and the role of high-altitude windborne migration in invasive insects

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Nartey, R., Chamorro, L., Buffington, M., Afrane, Y. A., Mohammed, A. R., Owusu-Asenso, C. M., Akosah-Brempong, G., Pambit-Zong, C. M., Hendrix, S. V., Dao, A., Yaro, A. S., Diallo, M., Sanogo, Z. L., Djibril, S., Halbert, S. E., Bamou, R., Nance, C. E., Bartlett, C. R., Reynolds, D. R., Chapman, J. W., Obiri-Danso, K. and Lehmann, T. 2024. Invasion and spread of the neotropical leafhopper Curtara insularis (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) in Africa and North America and the role of high-altitude windborne migration in invasive insects. NeoBiota. 96, pp. 173-189. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.96.130615

Measuring the transition to regenerative agriculture in the UK with a co-designed experiment: design, methods and expected outcomes

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Berthon, K., Jaworski, C. C., Beacham, J. D., Jackson, P., Leake, J., McHugh, N. M., Capstick, L., Daniell, T., Krzywoszynska, A., Cameron, D., Holland, J., Hartley, S., Desneux, N., Jowett, K., Zhao, Y., Warr, P. J. and Dicks, L. V. 2024. Measuring the transition to regenerative agriculture in the UK with a co-designed experiment: design, methods and expected outcomes. Environmental Research Food Systems. 1 (2), p. 025007. https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/ad7bbe

Encapsulating Spatially Varying Relationships with a Generalized Additive Model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Comber, A., Harris, P., Murakami, D., Nakaya, T., Tsutsumida, N., Yoshida, T. and Brunsdon, C. 2024. Encapsulating Spatially Varying Relationships with a Generalized Additive Model. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 13 (12), p. 459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi13120459

A computationally efficient algorithm to leverage average information REML for (co)variance component estimation in the genomic era

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Stranden, I., Mantysaari, E. A., Lidauer, M. H., Thompson, R. and Gao, H. 2024. A computationally efficient algorithm to leverage average information REML for (co)variance component estimation in the genomic era. Genetics Selection Evolution. 56, p. 73. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-024-00939-x

Role of Liming and Nitrogen Input in Determining Low Nitrogen Leaching Losses in Volcanic Soils

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Alfaro, M. A., Cardenas, L. M., Salazar F., Hatch, D. and Ramirez, L. 2024. Role of Liming and Nitrogen Input in Determining Low Nitrogen Leaching Losses in Volcanic Soils. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-024-02184-z

Understanding plant–soil interactions underpins enhanced sustainability of crop production

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Wang, X., Cheng, L., Xiong, C., Whalley, W. R., Miller, A. J., Rengel, Z., Zhang, F. and Shen, J. 2024. Understanding plant–soil interactions underpins enhanced sustainability of crop production. Trends in Plant Science. 29 (11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.05.008

Genetic analysis of grain protein content and deviation in wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Richard, R., Lovegrove, A., Tosi, P., Casebow, R., Poole, M., Wingen, L. U., Griffiths, S. and Shewry, P. R. 2024. Genetic analysis of grain protein content and deviation in wheat. Journal of Cereal Science. 121 (30 December), p. 104099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2024.104099

Soil nitrogen and phosphorus regulate decomposition of organic nitrogen compounds in the rothamsted experiment

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Tang, S., Pan, W., Zhou, J., Ma, Q., Yang, X., Wanek, W., Marsden, K. A., Kuzyakov, Y., Chadwick, D. R., Wu, L., Gregory, A. S. and Jones, D. L. 2024. Soil nitrogen and phosphorus regulate decomposition of organic nitrogen compounds in the rothamsted experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 196, p. 109502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109502

Assessment of the influence of inhibitors on carbon dioxide and methane emissions from soils irrigated with alternative water resources

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Tao, Z., Li, Z., Li, S., Zhao, L., Gregory, A. S., Fan, X., Liu, C., Hu, C. and Liu, Y. 2024. Assessment of the influence of inhibitors on carbon dioxide and methane emissions from soils irrigated with alternative water resources. Irrigation Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-024-00988-6

Primed to persevere: Hypoxia regulation from epigenome to protein accumulation in plants

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Gibbs, D. J., Theodoulou, F. L. and Bailey-Serres, J. 2024. Primed to persevere: Hypoxia regulation from epigenome to protein accumulation in plants. Plant Physiology. 197 (1), p. kiae584. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae584

Exploiting lipid droplet metabolic pathway to foster lipid production: oleosin in focus

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Kaur, M., Sinha, K., Eastmond, P. J. and Bhunia, R. 2024. Exploiting lipid droplet metabolic pathway to foster lipid production: oleosin in focus. Plant Cell Reports. 44 (12). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-024-03390-w

Flight of the persciae

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Jowett, K. 2024. Flight of the persciae. Consilience - Journal of sustainable development. 19 (INSECTS).

Genetic variation in leaf photosynthesis and associated traits in elite and landrace-derived genotypes in wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Kareem, S. H. S., De Silva, J., Weerasinghe, M., Hawkesford, M. J., Griffiths, S., Howell, P. and Foulkes, M. J. 2024. Genetic variation in leaf photosynthesis and associated traits in elite and landrace-derived genotypes in wheat. The Journal of Agricultural Science. pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002185962400056X

Seasonal dynamics of forage nutrition in smallholder goat production systems in Malawi

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Cooke, A., Mvula, W., Nalivata, P., Ventura-Cordero, J., Gwiriri, L. C., Takahashi, T., Morgan, E. R., Lee, M. R. and Safalaoh, A. 2024. Seasonal dynamics of forage nutrition in smallholder goat production systems in Malawi. African Journal of Range & Forage Science. https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2428295

A Moroccan soil spectral library use framework for improving soil property prediction: Evaluating a geostatistical approach

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Gashaw-Asrat, T., Breure, T., Sakrabani, R., Corstanje, R., Hassall, K. L., Hamma, A., Kebede, F. and Haefele, S. M. 2024. A Moroccan soil spectral library use framework for improving soil property prediction: Evaluating a geostatistical approach. Geoderma. 452 (December), p. 117116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117116

Can grain P concentration be used as an indicator of fertilizer requirements in winter wheat?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Haefele, S. M., Gregory, A. S., Poulton, P. R., Hernandez, J. M. B., White, R. P. and McGrath, S. P. 2024. Can grain P concentration be used as an indicator of fertilizer requirements in winter wheat? Field Crops Research. 322 (1 March), p. 109691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109691

The effect of nitrogen input on methane uptake in a wet and a dry year from a temperate desert steppe

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Yue, P., Li, K., Hu, Y., Qiao, J., Song, Z., Wang, S., Misselbrook, T. H. and Zuo, X. 2024. The effect of nitrogen input on methane uptake in a wet and a dry year from a temperate desert steppe. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 261 (15 Feb), p. 110327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110327

Long-term effects of lime and phosphorus application on soil extractable (Olsen) phosphorus differ between two arable UK soils

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White, R. P., Haefele, S. M., Goulding, K. W. T., McGrath, S. P. and Glendining, M. J. 2024. Long-term effects of lime and phosphorus application on soil extractable (Olsen) phosphorus differ between two arable UK soils. Soil Use and Management. 40 (4), p. e13160. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.13160

Loss of trace elements from agricultural soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Comber, S. D. W, Schindler, R. J., Blackwell, M. S. A. and Darch, T. 2024. Loss of trace elements from agricultural soil. Environmental Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2024.2423907

Enhancing food security amid climate change through rewilding and de novo domestication

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Hawkesford, M. J. 2024. Enhancing food security amid climate change through rewilding and de novo domestication. Frontiers in Science. 2, p. 1531043. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsci.2024.1531043

Management choices in cereal production: Lessons from the Broadbalk Long-term trial

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Poulton, P. R., Powlson, D. S., Gregory, A. S., Glendining, M. J., White, R. P., Clark, S. J., Wilmer, W. S., Macdonald, A. J. and Johnston, A. E. 2024. Management choices in cereal production: Lessons from the Broadbalk Long-term trial. Proceedings of the International Fertiliser Society. 891, pp. 1-60. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamstedlong-term-experiments-guide-2018

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