Protecting Crops and the Environment
| Title | Protecting Crops and the Environment |
|---|---|
| Type | Science Department |
| Institute | Rothamsted Research |
| Head | Julian Smith |
| Executive Assistant | Diane Roberts |
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Exploring the susceptibility of cereal species to Phialophora fungi
C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Osborne, S., Mcmillan, V. E., Whalley, W. R., Foulkes, J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. Exploring the susceptibility of cereal species to Phialophora fungi. Abstracts Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens Conference (MBPP), University of West England, Bristol, 8-9 April, 2015. pp. 56
The effects of Nosema ceranae on honey bee flight distance
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wells, T., Nicholls, B., Wolf, S., Groll, H., Lim, K. S., Clark, S. J., Swain, J. L., Osborne, J. L. and Haughton, A. J. 2015. The effects of Nosema ceranae on honey bee flight distance. British bee journal. (2), p. 6.
Guilty until proven innocent
G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Field, L. M. 2015. Guilty until proven innocent. New Statesman. Supplement 20-26 March 2015, p. 11.
Geranyl hexanoate, the female-produced pheromone of Agriotes sordidus Illiger (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and its activity on both sexes
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Toth, M., Furlan, L., Vuts, J., Szarukan, I., Ujvary, I., Yatsynin, V. G., Tolasch, T. and Francke, W. 2015. Geranyl hexanoate, the female-produced pheromone of Agriotes sordidus Illiger (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and its activity on both sexes. Chemoecology. 25, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-014-0170-5
Soil water uptake from SRC willow simulated using the process-based model LUCASS
C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Richard, B., Cunniff, J., Cerasuolo, M., Barraclough, T. J. P., Gregory, A. S. and Richter, G. M. 2015. Soil water uptake from SRC willow simulated using the process-based model LUCASS. Biomass and Energy Crops V. Aspects of Applied Biology 131 . Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) Wellesbourne Warwick . pp. 251-255
The effect of farmers' decisions on pest control with Bt crops: a billion dollar game of strategy
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Milne, A. E., Bell, J. R., Hutchison, W. D., Van Den Bosch, F., Mitchell, P. D., Crowder, D., Parnell, S. and Whitmore, A. P. 2015. The effect of farmers' decisions on pest control with Bt crops: a billion dollar game of strategy. PLOS Computational Biology. 11, p. e1004483. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004483
Leptosphaeria maculans - an aggressive OSR pathogen and air pollutant
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Jedryczka, M., Kaczmarek, J., Dawidziuk, A., Aubertot, J. N., Latunde-Dada, A. O., West, J. S., Sadys, M., Kennedy, R., Gilski, M., Grinn-Gofron, A. and Strzelczak, A. 2015. Leptosphaeria maculans - an aggressive OSR pathogen and air pollutant. Abstracts 14th International Rapeseed Congress, Saskatoon, 5-9 July 2015 . pp. 98
Unseen dangers of inappropriate legislation in agriculture
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Field, L. M. 2015. Unseen dangers of inappropriate legislation in agriculture. Food and Energy Security. 4 (1), pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.55
Detection of flow direction in high-flying insect and songbird migrants
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chapman, J. W., Nilsson, C., Lim, K. S., Backman, J., Reynolds, D. R., Alerstam, T. and Reynolds, A. M. 2015. Detection of flow direction in high-flying insect and songbird migrants. Current Biology. 25, pp. R751-R752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.074
Insecticide synergists: good or bad for honey bees?
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Alptekin, S., Philippou, D., Field, L. M., Wegorek, P., Zamojska, J. and Moores, G. D. 2015. Insecticide synergists: good or bad for honey bees? Outlooks on Pest Management. 26, pp. 75-77. https://doi.org/10.1564/v26_apr_07
A restatement of recent advances in the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Godfray, H. C. J., Blacquiere, T., Field, L. M., Hails, R. S., Potts, S. G., Raine, N. E., Vanbergen, A. J. and Mclean, A. R. 2015. A restatement of recent advances in the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 282, p. 20151821. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1821
Toxic effectors from the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Kettles, G. J., Cairns, C., Haynes, K., Kanyuka, K. and Rudd, J. J. 2015. Toxic effectors from the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Abstracts MonoGram 2015, Harpenden, 29 April-1 May 2015 .
Candidate necrotrophic effectors from the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Kettles, G. J., Cairns, C., Haynes, K., Kanyuka, K. and Rudd, J. J. 2015. Candidate necrotrophic effectors from the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Abstracts 28th Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, 17-22 March 2015 . pp. 134
Plant fungal resistance gene. WO2017103582 (A1)
H1 - Patents granted
Kanyuka, K., Saintenac, C., Cambon, F., Langin, T., Lee, W-S. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. Plant fungal resistance gene. WO2017103582 (A1).
Incidence, spread and mechanisms of pyrethroid resistance in European populations of the cabbage stem flea beetle, Psylliodes chrysocephala L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hojland, D. H., Nauen, R., Foster, S. P., Williamson, M. S. and Kristensen, M. 2015. Incidence, spread and mechanisms of pyrethroid resistance in European populations of the cabbage stem flea beetle, Psylliodes chrysocephala L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). PLOS ONE. 10, p. e0146045. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146045
Responses to plant pathogens
B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Jones, J. D. G. 2015. Responses to plant pathogens. in: Jones, R. L., Buchanan, B. B. and Gruissem, W. (ed.) Biochemistry and molecular biology of plants, 2nd ed John Wiley & Sons Chichester, West Sussex. pp. 984-1050
Investigating a potential link between take-all disease progression and root system phenotypes in two important elite winter wheat cultivars
G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Baggs, E., Moughan, J., Mcmillan, V. E. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. Investigating a potential link between take-all disease progression and root system phenotypes in two important elite winter wheat cultivars. BSPP News. 78, pp. 34-35.
Susceptibility of adult cat fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) to insecticides and status of insecticide resistance mutations at the Rdl and knockdown resistance loci
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rust, M. K., Vetter, R., Denholm, I., Blagburn, B., Williamson, M. S., Kopp, S., Coleman, G., Hostetler, J., Davis, W., Mencke, N., Rees, R., Foit, S., Bohm, C. and Tetzner, K. 2015. Susceptibility of adult cat fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) to insecticides and status of insecticide resistance mutations at the Rdl and knockdown resistance loci. Parasitology Research. 114 (Supplement 1), pp. S7-S18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4512-1
Growing innovations for the bioeconomy
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Karp, A., Beale, M. H., Beaudoin, F., Eastmond, P. J., Neal, A. L., Shield, I. F., Townsend, B. J. and Dobermann, A. 2015. Growing innovations for the bioeconomy. Nature Plants. 1, p. 15193. https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.193
Integrated pest management of insect pests of rapeseed
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Cook, S. M. 2015. Integrated pest management of insect pests of rapeseed. Abstracts 14th International Rapeseed Congress, Saskatoon, 5-9 July 2015 .
Secreted biomolecules in fungal plant pathogenesis
B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Brown, N. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. Secreted biomolecules in fungal plant pathogenesis. in: Gupta, V. K., Sreenivasaprasad, S. and Mach, R. L. (ed.) Fungal biomolecules: sources, applications and recent developments John Wiley & Sons Chichester, West Sussex. pp. 263-310
The effect of sowing date (autumn vs. spring) on the flowering period of biennial margin mixes and their resource value for enemies of crop pests
C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Baverstock, J., Torrance, M. T., Skellern, M. P., Pell, J. K., Hartwell, G. and Cook, S. M. 2015. The effect of sowing date (autumn vs. spring) on the flowering period of biennial margin mixes and their resource value for enemies of crop pests. Proceedings BASF Farm Network Conference, Bad Durkheim, 23-24 November 2015 . pp. 6-11
Grassland biodiversity bounces back from long-term nitrogen addition
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Storkey, J., Macdonald, A. J., Poulton, P. R., Scott, T., Kohler, I. H., Schnyder, H., Goulding, K. W. T. and Crawley, M. J. 2015. Grassland biodiversity bounces back from long-term nitrogen addition. Nature. 528, pp. 401-404. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16444
Breeding willow for short rotation coppice energy cropping
B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Shield, I. F., Macalpine, W. J., Hanley, S. J. and Karp, A. 2015. Breeding willow for short rotation coppice energy cropping. in: Cruz, V. M. V. and Dierig, D. A. (ed.) Industrial crops. Handbook of Plant Breeding 9 Springer, New York. pp. 67-80
Evidence for a pervasive 'idling-mode' activity template in flying and pedestrian insects
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M., Jones, H. B. C., Hill, J. K., Pearson, A. J., Wilson, K., Wolf, S., Lim, K. S., Reynolds, D. R. and Chapman, J. W. 2015. Evidence for a pervasive 'idling-mode' activity template in flying and pedestrian insects. Royal Society Open Science. 2, p. 150085. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150085
Nitrous oxide emissions from fertilised UK arable soils: fluxes, emission factors and mitigation
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bell, M. J., Hinton, N., Cloy, J. M., Topp, C. F. E., Rees, R. M., Cardenas, L. M., Scott, T., Webster, C. P., Ashton, R. W., Whitmore, A. P., Williams, J. R., Balshaw, H., Paine, F., Goulding, K. W. T. and Chadwick, D. R. 2015. Nitrous oxide emissions from fertilised UK arable soils: fluxes, emission factors and mitigation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 212, pp. 134-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2015.07.003
Responses of parasitoids to volatiles induced by Chilo partellus oviposition on teosinte, a wild ancestor of maize
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Mutyambai, D. M., Bruce, T. J. A., Midega, C. A. O., Woodcock, C. M., Caulfield, J. C., Van Den Berg, J., Pickett, J. A. and Khan, Z. R. 2015. Responses of parasitoids to volatiles induced by Chilo partellus oviposition on teosinte, a wild ancestor of maize. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 41, pp. 323-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0570-1
An analysis of Pseudomonas genomic diversity in take-all infected wheat fields reveals the lasting impact of wheat cultivars on the soil microbiota
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Mauchline, T. H., Chedom-Fotso, D., Chandra, G., Samuels, T., Greenaway, N., Backhaus, A., Mcmillan, V. E., Canning, G., Powers, S. J., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Hirsch, P. R., Clark, I. M., Mehrabi, Z., Roworth, J., Burnell, J. and Malone, J. G. 2015. An analysis of Pseudomonas genomic diversity in take-all infected wheat fields reveals the lasting impact of wheat cultivars on the soil microbiota. Environmental Microbiology. 17 (11), pp. 4764-4778. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13038
Over 150 years of long-term fertilization alters spatial scaling of microbial biodiversity
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liang, Y., Wu, Liyou, Clark, I. M., Xue, K., Yang, Y., Van Nostrand, J. D., Deng, Y., He, Z., McGrath, S. P., Storkey, J., Hirsch, P. R., Sun, B. and Zhou, J. 2015. Over 150 years of long-term fertilization alters spatial scaling of microbial biodiversity. mBio. 6, pp. e00240-15. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00240-15
The biosynthesis of allelopathic di-C-glycosylflavones from the roots of Desmodium incanum (G. Mey) DC
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hao, B., Caulfield, J. C., Hamilton, M. L., Pickett, J. A., Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., Wang, J. R. and Hooper, A. M. 2015. The biosynthesis of allelopathic di-C-glycosylflavones from the roots of Desmodium incanum (G. Mey) DC. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 13, pp. 11663-11673. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ob01926e
X-ray micro-computed tomography in willow reveals tissue patterning of reaction wood and delay in programmed cell death
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Brereton, N. J. B., Ahmed, F., Sykes, D., Ray, M. J., Shield, I. F., Karp, A. and Murphy, R. J. 2015. X-ray micro-computed tomography in willow reveals tissue patterning of reaction wood and delay in programmed cell death. BMC Plant Biology. 15, p. 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-015-0438-0
Stable expression and functional characterisation of the diamondback moth ryanodine receptor G4946E variant conferring resistance to diamide insecticides
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Troczka, B. J., Williams, A. J., Williamson, M. S., Field, L. M., Luemmen, P. and Davies, T. G. E. 2015. Stable expression and functional characterisation of the diamondback moth ryanodine receptor G4946E variant conferring resistance to diamide insecticides. Scientific Reports. 5, p. 14680. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14680
Pest control and resistance management through release of insects carrying a male-selecting transgene
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Harvey-Samuel, T., Morrison, N. I., Walker, A. S., Marubbi, T., Yao, J., Collins, H. L., Gorman, K., Davies, T. G. E., Alphey, N., Warner,S., Shelton, A. M. and Alphey, L. 2015. Pest control and resistance management through release of insects carrying a male-selecting transgene. BMC Biology. 13, p. 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-015-0161-1
Probing the basis of soil resilience
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Corstanje, R., Deeks, L. R., Whitmore, A. P., Gregory, A. S. and Ritz, K. 2015. Probing the basis of soil resilience. Soil Use and Management. 31 (Suppl. 1), pp. 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12107
Host to a stranger: Arabidopsis and Fusarium ear blight
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Brewer, H. C. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. Host to a stranger: Arabidopsis and Fusarium ear blight. Trends in Plant Science. 20, pp. 651-663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2015.06.011
Impact of climate change on diseases in sustainable arable crop systems: CLIMDIS (HGCA Project Report No. 539)
D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
West, J. S., Fitt, B. D. L., Townsend, J. A., Stevens, M., Edwards, S. G., Turner, J. A., Ellerton, D., Flind, A., King, J., Hasler, J., Werner, C. P., Tapsell, C., Holdgate, S., Summers, R., Angus, B. and Edmonds, J. 2015. Impact of climate change on diseases in sustainable arable crop systems: CLIMDIS (HGCA Project Report No. 539). Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) Stoneleigh.
Efficient method for rapid multiplication of clean and healthy willow clones via in vitro propagation with broad genotype applicability
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Palomo-Rios, E., Macalpine, W. J., Shield, I. F., Amey, J. S., Karaoglu, C., West, J., Hanley, S. J., Krygier, R., Karp, A. and Jones, H. D. 2015. Efficient method for rapid multiplication of clean and healthy willow clones via in vitro propagation with broad genotype applicability. Canadian Journal Of Forest Research. 45 (11), pp. 1662-1667. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2015-0055
A review of the impacts of degradation threats on soil properties in the UK
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gregory, A. S., Ritz, K., McGrath, S. P., Quinton, J. N., Goulding, K. W. T., Jones, R. J. A., Harris, J. A., Bol, R., Wallace, P., Pilgrim, E. S. and Whitmore, A. P. 2015. A review of the impacts of degradation threats on soil properties in the UK. Soil Use and Management. 31 (S1), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12212
Scientific opinion on hot water treatment of Vitis sp. for Xylella fastidiosa
D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Parnell, S. and West, J. S. 2015. Scientific opinion on hot water treatment of Vitis sp. for Xylella fastidiosa. European Food Safety Authority,. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4225
Identification of non-host semiochemicals for the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae), from tick-resistant beagles, Canis lupus familiaris
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Borges, L. M. F., Filho, J. G. De O., Ferreira, L. L., Louly, C. C. B., Pickett, J. A. and Birkett, M. A. 2015. Identification of non-host semiochemicals for the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae), from tick-resistant beagles, Canis lupus familiaris. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 6, pp. 676-682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.05.014
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