Protecting Crops and the Environment
| Title | Protecting Crops and the Environment |
|---|---|
| Type | Science Department |
| Institute | Rothamsted Research |
| Head | Julian Smith |
| Executive Assistant | Sheila Bishop |
| Diane Roberts |
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De novo root regeneration from leaf explant: a mechanistic review of key factors behind cell fate transition
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Asghar, S., Hayat, F., Zhao, Z., Zheng, Z., Ghori, N., Lu, Z., Li, Y. and Chen, C. 2025. De novo root regeneration from leaf explant: a mechanistic review of key factors behind cell fate transition. Planta. 261 (33). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-025-04616-1
Urease Inhibitors Weaken the Efficiency of Nitrification Inhibitors in Mitigating N2O 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. 2025. Urease Inhibitors Weaken the Efficiency of Nitrification Inhibitors in Mitigating N2O Emissions from Soils Irrigated with Alternative Water Resources. Water Air And Soil Pollution. 236 (26). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-024-07670-9
Nature–based nutrient management through returning agricultural organic waste enhances soil aggregate organic carbon stability
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, Y., Yao, Y., Han, B., Willcock, S., Storkey, J., Dong, X., Zhong, Y., Wang, X., Deng, Y., Zhang, W., Li, Q., Chen, X. and Li, Z. 2025. Nature–based nutrient management through returning agricultural organic waste enhances soil aggregate organic carbon stability. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 381 (109467). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109467
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
A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is vital for maintaining cell wall integrity 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 vital for maintaining cell wall integrity and host plant pathogenesis . PLOS Pathogens. 21 (1), p. e1012769. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012769
Developmental constraint underlies the replicated evolution of grass awns
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
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
Soil nitrogen and phosphorus regulate decomposition of organic nitrogen compounds in the rothamsted experiment
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
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
Flight of the persciae
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jowett, K. 2024. Flight of the persciae. Consilience - Journal of sustainable development. 19 (INSECTS).
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
Management choices in cereal production: Lessons from the Broadbalk Long-term trial
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
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
Bugs and bytes: Entomological biomonitoring through the integration of deep learning and molecular analysis for merged community and network analysis
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Suresh, M, D., Xin, T., Cook, S. M. and Evans, D.M 2024. Bugs and bytes: Entomological biomonitoring through the integration of deep learning and molecular analysis for merged community and network analysis. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12667
Using dynamic headspace collections for bacterial volatile sampling
D - Report
Novakova, B., Caulfield, J. C., Withall, D., Birkett, M. A., Vuts, J. and Thomas, G. 2024. Using dynamic headspace collections for bacterial volatile sampling. protocols.io https://doi.org/dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.kqdg3q4eev25/v1
Understanding the mechanisms of host-tissue colonisation by Fusarium graminearum
F - Theses
Armer, V.J. 2024. Understanding the mechanisms of host-tissue colonisation by Fusarium graminearum. F - Theses University of Exeter / Rothamsted Research Protecting Crops and the Environment
How Tillage System Affects the Soil Carbon Dioxide Emission and Wheat Plants Physiological State
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sawinska, Z., Radzikowska-Kujawska, D., Blecharczyk, A., Switek, S., Piechota, T., Cieslak, A., Cardenas, L. M., Louro-Lopez, A., Gregory, A. S., Coleman, K. and Lark, R. M. 2024. How Tillage System Affects the Soil Carbon Dioxide Emission and Wheat Plants Physiological State. Agronomy. 14 (10), p. 2220. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14102220
Development and application of a qPCR-based method coupled with spore trapping to monitor airborne pathogens of wheat causing stripe rust, powdery mildew, and Fusarium head blight
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
A, Wang, Z, Shang, R, Jiang, M, Zhang, J, Wang, H, Li, B, Zhang, H, Tang, F, Xu, X, Hu, W, Liu, J, Fan, Y, Zhou and West, J. S. 2024. Development and application of a qPCR-based method coupled with spore trapping to monitor airborne pathogens of wheat causing stripe rust, powdery mildew, and Fusarium head blight. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-24-0548-SR
Impact of natural biochar on soil water retention capacity and quinoa plant growth in different soil textures
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Daraei, E., Bayat, H. and Gregory, A. S. 2024. Impact of natural biochar on soil water retention capacity and quinoa plant growth in different soil textures. Soil & Tillage Research. 244 (December), p. 106281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2024.106281
Prey nutrient content is associated with the trophic interactions of spiders and their prey selection under field conditions
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cuff, J. P., Tercel, M. P. T. G., Vaughan, I. P., Drake, L. E., Wilder, S. M., Bell, J. R., Muller, C. T., Wengel, P. O. and Symondson, W. O. C. 2024. Prey nutrient content is associated with the trophic interactions of spiders and their prey selection under field conditions. Oikos. p. e10712. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10712
Dynamic Retrieval Augmented Generation of Ontologies using Artificial Intelligence (DRAGON-AI)
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Toro, S., Anagnostopoulos, A. V., Bello, S. M., Blumberg, K., Cameron, R., Carmody, L., Diehl, A. D., Dooley, D. M., Duncan, W. D., Fey, P., Gaudet, P., Harris, N. L., Joachimiak, M. P., Kiani, L., Lubiana, T., Munoz-Torres, M. C., O‘Neil, S., Osumi-Sutherland, D., Puig-Barbe, A., Reese, J. T., Reiser, L., Robb, S. M., Ruemping, T., Seager, J., Sid, E., Stefancsik, R., Weber, M., Wood, V., Haendel, M. A. and Mungall, C. J. 2024. Dynamic Retrieval Augmented Generation of Ontologies using Artificial Intelligence (DRAGON-AI). Journal of Biomedical Semantics. 15 (19). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13326-024-00320-3
Unmanaged grasslands are a reservoir of Alternaria and other important fungal species with differing emission patterns
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Apangu, G., Frisk, C. A., Petch, G. M., Hanson, M. and Skjoth, C. A. 2024. Unmanaged grasslands are a reservoir of Alternaria and other important fungal species with differing emission patterns. Journal of Environmental Management. 370 (November), p. 122416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122416
Identifying the Fusarium effector proteases that play a role in pathogenesis in wheat
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Srivastava, M., Kroll, E., Darino, M., Smith, D., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. Identifying the Fusarium effector proteases that play a role in pathogenesis in wheat. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 37 (5 supplement), p. S1.24. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-37-5-S1.1
Exploring the function of two paralogous F. graminearum effectors reveals an alternative genetic pathway required for virulence on wheat spikes.
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Rudd, J. J. and Kanja, C. 2024. Exploring the function of two paralogous F. graminearum effectors reveals an alternative genetic pathway required for virulence on wheat spikes. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 37 (5 supplement), p. S1.65. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-37-5-S1.1
A Fusarium graminearum trichothecene mycotoxin facilitates plasmodesmatal crossings by hyphae during wheat infection.
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Armer, V., Deeks, M. J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. A Fusarium graminearum trichothecene mycotoxin facilitates plasmodesmatal crossings by hyphae during wheat infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 37 (5 supplement), p. S1.138. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-37-5-S1.118
PHI-base - The multi-species Pathogen-Host Interaction Database in 2025
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Urban, M., Cuzick, A., Seager, J., Nonavinakere, N., Sahu, J., Sahu, P., Iyer, V. L., Khamari, L., Martinez, M. C. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. PHI-base - The multi-species Pathogen-Host Interaction Database in 2025. Nucleic Acids Research. 53 (D1), p. D826–D838. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1084
A new species to Europe of East Asian aphid, Longicaudinus corydalisicola (Tao, 1962) (Aphidinae: Macrosiphini), recorded from Britain and Ireland
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Greenslade, A. F. C., Lester, L., Pichon, A., Alderson, L. J., Kruger, T., Martin, M., Gizycka, H., Garrett, D., Webb, H., Buchard, C. and Carnegie, M. 2024. A new species to Europe of East Asian aphid, Longicaudinus corydalisicola (Tao, 1962) (Aphidinae: Macrosiphini), recorded from Britain and Ireland. Zootaxa. 5523 (3), p. 396–398. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.3.8
Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) profiles towards λ-cyhalothrin for key ecosystem service provider (ESP) species across five European countries representing different pedoclimatic zones
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Blanco-Moreno, J. M., Caballero-Lopez, B., Cook, S. M., Foster, S. P., Frydryszak, D., Laskowski, R., Ortega-Ramos, P., Rasko, M., Reichardt, P., Sousa, J. P., Sowa, G., Sliwinska-Grochot, R. and Winkler, J. 2024. Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) profiles towards λ-cyhalothrin for key ecosystem service provider (ESP) species across five European countries representing different pedoclimatic zones. Science of the Total Environment. 954 (1 December), p. 176412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176412
An array of Zymoseptoria tritici effectors suppress plant immune responses
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Thynne, E., Ali, H., Seong, K., Abukhalaf, M., Guerreiro, M. A., Flores-Nunez, V. M., Hansen, R., Bergues, A., Salman, M. J., Rudd, J. J., Kanyuka, K., Tholey, A., Krasileva, K. V., Kettles, G. J. and Stukenbrock, E. H. 2024. An array of Zymoseptoria tritici effectors suppress plant immune responses. Molecular Plant Pathology. 25 (10), p. e13500. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13500
Predatory beetles
B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Jowett, K. 2024. Predatory beetles. in: RES Insects - Discover the science and secrets behind the world of Insects Royal Entomological Society of London.
Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long-term Rothamsted Insect Survey
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Petsopoulos, D., Cuff, J. P., Bell, J. R., Kitson, J. J. N., Collins, L., Boonham, N., Morales-Hojas, R. and Evans, D. M. 2024. Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long-term Rothamsted Insect Survey. Environmental DNA. 6 (3), p. e542. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.542
Loving your carabids
G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Jowett, K. 2024. Loving your carabids. The Organic Grower. 68 (Autumn), pp. 26-27.
Adoption of no-tillage alters the pools of SOM with various thermal stability and their chemical composition by changing their sources in Northeast China
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Qin, S., Niu, Y., Li, X., Gregory, A. S., Du, Z., Zhu, K., Ren, T. and Gao, W. 2024. Adoption of no-tillage alters the pools of SOM with various thermal stability and their chemical composition by changing their sources in Northeast China. Soil & Tillage Research. 244 (Dec), p. 106242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2024.106242
Black-Grass Monitoring Using Hyperspectral Image Data Is Limited by Between-Site Variability
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Goodsell, R., Coutts, S., Oxford, W., Hicks, H., Comont, D., Freckleton, R. and Childs, D. 2024. Black-Grass Monitoring Using Hyperspectral Image Data Is Limited by Between-Site Variability. Remote Sensing. 16 (24), p. 4749. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16244749
Data from: A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is vital for maintaining cell wall integrity and host plant pathogenesis
N - Datasets
Kroll, E., Bayon, C., Rudd, J. J., Armer, V., Magaji-Umashankar, A., Ames, R., Urban, M., Brown, N. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. Data from: A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is vital for maintaining cell wall integrity and host plant pathogenesis. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.99163
Understanding insect predator–prey interactions using camera trapping: A review of current research and perspectives
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Seimandi-Corda, G., Hood, T. and Cook, S. M. 2024. Understanding insect predator–prey interactions using camera trapping: A review of current research and perspectives. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12646
Identifying pathways to more sustainable farming using archetypes and Multi-Objective Optimisation
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Butikofer, L., Goodwin, C. E., Varma, V., Evans, P. M., Redhead, J. W., Bullock, J. M., Pywell, R. F., Mead, A., Richter, G. M. and Storkey, J. 2024. Identifying pathways to more sustainable farming using archetypes and Multi-Objective Optimisation. Ecological Indicators. 166 (sept), p. 112433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112433
Sensitivities in associating land-system archetypes with sustainability metrics Insights from simulations
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Varma, V., Evans, P. M., Butikofer, L., Goodwin C. E. D., Pywell, R. F., Redhead, J. W., Storkey, J., Bullock, J. M. and Mead, A. 2024. Sensitivities in associating land-system archetypes with sustainability metrics Insights from simulations. Methods in ecology and evolution. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.01.606212v1
A Bayesian approach to analyzing long-term agricultural experiments
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Addy, J., Maclaren, C. and Lang, R. 2024. A Bayesian approach to analyzing long-term agricultural experiments . European Journal of Agronomy. 159 (Sept), p. 127227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127227
Navigating the Fusarium species complex: Host-range plasticity and genome variations
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Armer, V., Kroll, E., Darino, M., Smith, D., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. Navigating the Fusarium species complex: Host-range plasticity and genome variations. Fungal Biology. 128 (8B), pp. 2439-2459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2024.07.004
Threeruns Carabid dataset
N - Datasets
Jowett, K., Milne, A. E., Garrett, D., Blumgart, D., Potts, S. G., Senapathi, D. and Storkey, J. 2024. Threeruns Carabid dataset. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.990y0
The most remarkable migrants - systematic analysis of the Western European insect flyway at a Pyrenean mountain pass
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hawkes, W. L., Doyle, T., Massy, R., Weston, S. T., Davies, K., Cornelius, E., Collier, C., Chapman, J. W., Reynolds, D. R. and Wotton, K. R. 2024. The most remarkable migrants - systematic analysis of the Western European insect flyway at a Pyrenean mountain pass. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, p. 20232831. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2831
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