Protecting Crops and the Environment

TitleProtecting Crops and the Environment
TypeScience Department
InstituteRothamsted Research
HeadJulian Smith
Executive AssistantDiane Roberts

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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

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. bioRxiv. 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

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

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
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

A fungal endophyte induces local cell wall-mediated resistance in wheat roots against take-all disease

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chancellor, T., Smith, D. P., Chen, W., Clark, S. J., Venter, E., Halsey, K., Carrera, E., Mcmillan, V. E., Canning, G., Armer, V., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Palma-Guerrero, J. 2024. A fungal endophyte induces local cell wall-mediated resistance in wheat roots against take-all disease. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15, p. 1444271. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1444271

Phoma stem canker (blackleg) of oilseed rape (canola) and other Brassica crops

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
West, J. S. and King, K. M. 2024. Phoma stem canker (blackleg) of oilseed rape (canola) and other Brassica crops. Plant Health Cases CABI Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1079/planthealthcases.2024.0007

Stacked mutations in wheat homologues of rice SEMI-DWARF1 confer a novel semi-dwarf phenotype

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ndreca, B., Huttly, A. K., Bibi, S., Bayon, C., Lund, G., Ham, J., Alarcon-Reverte, R., Addy, J., Tarkowská, D., Pearce, S., Hedden, P., Thomas, S. G. and Phillips, A. L. 2024. Stacked mutations in wheat homologues of rice SEMI-DWARF1 confer a novel semi-dwarf phenotype. BMC Plant Biology. 24, p. 384. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-05098-1

Massive seasonal high-altitude migrations of nocturnal insects above the agricultural plains of East China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Huang, J., Feng, H., Drake, V. A., Reynolds, D. R., Gao, B., Chen, F., Zhang, G., Zhu, J., Gao, Y., Zhai, B., Li, G., Tian, C., Huang, B., Hug, G. and Chapman, J. W. 2024. Massive seasonal high-altitude migrations of nocturnal insects above the agricultural plains of East China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121 (18), p. e2317646121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2317646121

Yellow rust infection of wheat: How the quantity of light received by wheat seedlings before inoculation affects infection efficiency

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Caulfield, J. C., Boyd, L., Zanella, C., MacCormack, R., Gordon, A., Jones, H. D. and Hubbard, A. 2024. Yellow rust infection of wheat: How the quantity of light received by wheat seedlings before inoculation affects infection efficiency. Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13977

Characterisation of aphid antixenosis in aphid-resistant ancestor wheat, Triticum monococcum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Borg, A. N., Vuts, J., Caulfield, J. C., Withall, D. M., Foulkes M. J. and Birkett, M. A. 2024. Characterisation of aphid antixenosis in aphid-resistant ancestor wheat, Triticum monococcum. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8380

Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Storkey, J., MacLaren, C., Bullock, J. M., Norton, L. R., Redhead, J. W. and Pywell, R. F. 2024. Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13088

Acute imidacloprid exposure alters mitochondrial function in bumblebee flight muscle and brain - Correction / Corrigendum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sargent, C., Ebanks, B., Hardy, I. C. W., Davies, T. G. E., Chakrabarti, L. and Stöger, R. 2024. Acute imidacloprid exposure alters mitochondrial function in bumblebee flight muscle and brain - Correction / Corrigendum. Insect Science. 4, p. 1415939. https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2024.1415939

A one health roadmap towards understanding and mitigating emerging Fungal Antimicrobial Resistance: fAMR

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Fisher, M. C., Burnett, F., Chandler, C., Gow, N. A. R., Gurr, S., Hart, A., Holmes, A., May, R. C., Quinn, J., Soliman, T., Talbot, N. J., West, H. M., West, J. S., White, P. L., Bromley, M. and Armstrong-James, D. 2024. A one health roadmap towards understanding and mitigating emerging Fungal Antimicrobial Resistance: fAMR. npj Antimicrobials and Resistance. 2, p. 36. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44259-024-00055-2

Potential unintended consequences of agricultural land use change driven by dietary transitions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Blackwell, M. S. A., Takahashi, T., Cardenas, L. M., Collins, A. L., Enriquez, D., Griffith, B. A., Hunt, J., Lee, M. R. F., Misselbrook, T. H., Neal, A. L., Rivero, M. J., Shield, I. F., Storkey, J., Wu, L. and Harris, P. 2024. Potential unintended consequences of agricultural land use change driven by dietary transitions. npj sustainable agriculture. 2 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-023-00008-8

Swift manuscript dataset

N - Datasets
Romanowski, H., Shortall, C. R., Jowett, K. and Garrett, D. 2024. Swift manuscript dataset. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.99011

Swift manuscript dataset

N - Datasets
Garrett, D. 2024. Swift manuscript dataset.

The trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol facilitates cell-to-cell invasion during wheat-tissue colonisation by Fusarium graminearum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Armer, V., Urban, M., Ashfield, T., Deeks, M. J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. The trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol facilitates cell-to-cell invasion during wheat-tissue colonisation by Fusarium graminearum. Molecular Plant Pathology. 25 (6), p. e13485. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13485

European soybean to benefit people and the environment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rotundo, J. L., Marshall, R., McCormick, R., Truong, S. K., Styles, D., Gerde, J. A., Gonzalez-Escobar, E., Carmo-Silva, E., Janes-Bassett, V., Logue, J., Annicchiarico, P., Visser, C. D., Dind, A., Dodd, I. C., Dye, L., Long, S. P., Lopes, M. S., Pannecoucque, J., Reckling, M., Rushton, J., Schmid, N., Shield, I. F., Signor, M. and Rufino, C. D. M. &. M. C. 2024. European soybean to benefit people and the environment. Scientific Reports. 14, p. 7612. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57522-z

Quantifying the impact of Psylliodes chrysocephala injury on the productivity of oilseed rape

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Coston, D. J., Clark, S. J., Breeze, T. D., Field, L. M., Potts, S. G. and Cook, S. M. 2024. Quantifying the impact of Psylliodes chrysocephala injury on the productivity of oilseed rape. Pest Management Science. 80 (5), pp. 2383-2392. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7860

Integrated pest control in oilseed crops—new advances from the rapeseed research community

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cook, S. M. and Jędryczka, M. 2024. Integrated pest control in oilseed crops—new advances from the rapeseed research community. Pest Management Science. 80 (5), pp. 2217-2219. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8078

Feeling the Heat: Investigating the dual assault of Zymoseptoria tritici and Heat Stress on Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Conference poster
Blyth, H. R., Zarsav, A., Smith, D., Kanyuka, K., Hassall, K. L., Michaelson, L. V., Rudd, J. J. and Haslam, R. P. 2024. Feeling the Heat: Investigating the dual assault of Zymoseptoria tritici and Heat Stress on Wheat (Triticum aestivum) . 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference. Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA 12 Mar 2024

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