Protecting Crops and the Environment

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

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Effect of nitrogen fertiliser application on cell wall composition in switchgrass and reed canary grass

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Allison, G. G., Morris, C., Lister, S. J., Barraclough, T. J. P., Yates, N. E., Shield, I. F. and Donnison, I. S. 2012. Effect of nitrogen fertiliser application on cell wall composition in switchgrass and reed canary grass. Biomass & Bioenergy. 40, pp. 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.01.034

Colour choice behaviour in the pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Doring, T. F., Skellern, M. P., Watts, N. P. and Cook, S. M. 2012. Colour choice behaviour in the pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Physiological Entomology. 37 (4), pp. 360-368. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.2012.00850.x

Confidential project report

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Cook, S. M., Baverstock, J. and Skellern, M. P. 2012. Confidential project report.

Identification of mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance in the voltage-gated sodium channel of the tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Haddi, K., Berger, M., Bielza, P., Cifuentes, D., Field, L. M., Gorman, K., Rapisarda, C., Williamson, M. S. and Bass, C. G. 2012. Identification of mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance in the voltage-gated sodium channel of the tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 42, pp. 506-513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.03.008

Confidential Final Report

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Cook, S. M. 2012. Confidential Final Report.

Generalist predators disrupt parasitoid aphid control by direct and coincidental intraguild predation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Traugott, M., Bell, J. R., Raso, L., Sint, D. and Symondson, W. O. C. 2012. Generalist predators disrupt parasitoid aphid control by direct and coincidental intraguild predation. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 102 (2), pp. 239-247. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485311000551

The impact of agricultural intensification and land-use change on the European arable flora

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Storkey, J., Meyer, S., Still, K. S. and Leuschner, C. 2012. The impact of agricultural intensification and land-use change on the European arable flora. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 279, pp. 1421-1429. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1686

Climatic change is advancing the phenology of moth species in Ireland

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
O'Neill, B. F., Bond, K., Tyner, A., Sheppard, R., Bryant, T., Chapman, J. W., Bell, J. R. and Donnelly, A. 2012. Climatic change is advancing the phenology of moth species in Ireland. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 143 (1), pp. 74-88. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01234.x

Quantifying the benefits of spring cropping for control of Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass)

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Moss, S. R. and Hull, R. I. 2012. Quantifying the benefits of spring cropping for control of Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass). Crop Protection in Southern Britain. Aspects of Applied Biology 117 . pp. 1-6

Over-expression of a cytochrome P450 is associated with resistance to pyriproxyfen in the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Karatolos, N., Williamson, M. S., Denholm, I., Gorman, K., Ffrench-Constant, R. H. and Bass, C. 2012. Over-expression of a cytochrome P450 is associated with resistance to pyriproxyfen in the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum. PLOS ONE. 7, p. e31077. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031077

Resistance to spiromesifen in Trialeurodes vaporariorum is associated with a single amino acid replacement in its target enzyme acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Karatolos, N., Williamson, M. S., Denholm, I., Gorman, K., Ffrench-Constant, R. H. and Nauen, R. 2012. Resistance to spiromesifen in Trialeurodes vaporariorum is associated with a single amino acid replacement in its target enzyme acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase. Insect Molecular Biology. 21 (3), pp. 327-334. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01136.x

Mutations in the sodium channel associated with pyrethroid resistance in the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Karatolos, N., Gorman, K., Williamson, M. S. and Denholm, I. 2012. Mutations in the sodium channel associated with pyrethroid resistance in the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum. Pest Management Science. 68 (6), pp. 834-838. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.2334

Is the increasing reliance on residual herbicides for Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) control sustainable?

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Hull, R. I. and Moss, S. R. 2012. Is the increasing reliance on residual herbicides for Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) control sustainable? Crop Protection in Southern Britain. Aspects of Applied Biology 117 . pp. 25-32

Effects of the proportion and spatial arrangement of un-cropped land on breeding bird abundance in arable rotations

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Henderson, I. G., Holland, J. M., Storkey, J., Lutman, P. J. W., Orson, J. and Simper, J. 2012. Effects of the proportion and spatial arrangement of un-cropped land on breeding bird abundance in arable rotations. Journal of Applied Ecology. 49 (4), pp. 883-891. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02166.x

The Rothamsted Insect Survey: old traps, new tricks

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Harrington, R., Taylor, M. S., Shortall, C. R., Alderson, L. J., Mallott, M. and Verrier, P. J. 2012. The Rothamsted Insect Survey: old traps, new tricks. Crop Protection in Southern Britain. Aspects of Applied Biology 117 . pp. 157-164

Are agronomic practices favouring certain brome species?

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Cook, S. M., Hull, R. I., Ginsburg, D. and Moss, S. R. 2012. Are agronomic practices favouring certain brome species? Crop Protection in Southern Britain. Aspects of Applied Biology 117 . pp. 113-117

Seasonal migration to high latitudes results in major reproductive benefits in an insect

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chapman, J. W., Bell, J. R., Burgin, L. E., Reynolds, D. R., Pettersson, L. B., Hill, J. K., Bonsall, M. B. and Thomas, J. A. 2012. Seasonal migration to high latitudes results in major reproductive benefits in an insect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (37), pp. 14924-14929. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1207255109

Aerobiology and air sampling in plant pathology

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
West, J. S. 2012. Aerobiology and air sampling in plant pathology.

A process-based approach to modelling impacts of climate change on the damage niche of an agricultural weed

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Stratonovitch, P., Storkey, J. and Semenov, M. A. 2012. A process-based approach to modelling impacts of climate change on the damage niche of an agricultural weed. Global Change Biology. 18 (6), pp. 2071-2080. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02650.x

The use of Pluronic F-127 to study the development of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sasaki-Crawley, A., Curtis, R. H. C., Birkett, M. A., Papadopoulos, A., Blackshaw, R. and Pickett, J. A. 2012. The use of Pluronic F-127 to study the development of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida. Nematology. 14, pp. 869-873. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854112X631944

Isolation and characterisation of FcStuA in Fusarium culmorum, causal agent of foot crown rot

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Pasquali, M., Spanu, F., Balmas, V., Scherm, B., Hoffmann, L., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Beyer, M. and Migheli, Q. 2012. Isolation and characterisation of FcStuA in Fusarium culmorum, causal agent of foot crown rot. Abstracts 11th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Marburg, 30 March - 2 April 2012 . pp. 98

Shouldn't enantiomeric purity be included in the minimum information about a bioactive entity? Response from the MIABE group

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Orchard, S., Al-Lazikani, B., Bryant, S., Clark, D., Calder, E., Dix, I., Engkvist, O., Forster, M., Gaulton, A., Gilson, M., Glen, R., Grigorov, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Harland, L., Hopkins, A., Larminie, C., Lynch, N., Mann, R. K., Murray-Rust, P., Lo Piparo, E., Southan, C., Steinbeck, C., Wishart, D., Hermjakob, H., Overington, J. and Thornton, J. 2012. Shouldn't enantiomeric purity be included in the minimum information about a bioactive entity? Response from the MIABE group. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 10, p. 661. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd3503-c2

Estudos avancados para deteccao de genes diferencialmente expressos em trigo infectado por Fusarium graminearum

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Martins, N. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2012. Estudos avancados para deteccao de genes diferencialmente expressos em trigo infectado por Fusarium graminearum. Abstracts 1st Meeting EMBRAPA Researchers and Engineers in Europe, Montpellier, 18 October 2012 .

Barley stripe mosaic virus- mediated tools for investigating gene function in cereal plants and their pathogens: virus-induced gene silencing, host-mediated gene silencing and virus-mediated overexpression of heterologous protein

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lee, W-S., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kanyuka, K. 2012. Barley stripe mosaic virus- mediated tools for investigating gene function in cereal plants and their pathogens: virus-induced gene silencing, host-mediated gene silencing and virus-mediated overexpression of heterologous protein. Plant Physiology. 160, pp. 582-590. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.112.203489

Phytopath - A new bioinformatics resource for plant pathogens

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Pedro, H., Grzebyta, J., Urban, M., Saqi, M., Kerhornou, A., Maheswari, U., Kersey, P. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2012. Phytopath - A new bioinformatics resource for plant pathogens. Abstracts 11th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Marburg, 30 March - 2 April 2012 . pp. 138

The effect of agricultural land use on the nature and dynamics of subsoil

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Gregory, A. S., Dungait, J. A. J., Dixon, E. R., Bol, R. and Whitmore, A. P. 2012. The effect of agricultural land use on the nature and dynamics of subsoil. Abstracts 4th International Congress Eurosoil, Bari, 2-6 July 2012 . pp. 387

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dungait, J. A. J., Hopkins, D. W., Gregory, A. S. and Whitmore, A. P. 2012. Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance. Global Change Biology. 18 (6), pp. 1781-1796. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02665.x

Defining the predicted protein secretome of the fungal wheat leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Do Amaral, A. M., Antoniw, J. F., Rudd, J. J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2012. Defining the predicted protein secretome of the fungal wheat leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. PLOS ONE. 7, p. e49904 (19 pp). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049904

A refinement of the predicted secretome for the wheat leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Do Amaral, A. M., Antoniw, J. F., Rudd, J. J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2012. A refinement of the predicted secretome for the wheat leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. Abstracts IS-MPMI 2012 15th International Congress, Kyoto, 29 July - 2 August 2012 . pp. 104

Unique features of odorant-binding proteins of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis revealed by genome annotation and comparative analyses

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Vieira, F. G., Foret, S., He, X., Rozas, J., Field, L. M. and Zhou, J-J. 2012. Unique features of odorant-binding proteins of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis revealed by genome annotation and comparative analyses. PLOS ONE. 7, p. e43043. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043034

The sex pheromones of mealy plum (Hayalopterus pruni) and leaf-curl plum (Brachycaudus helichrysi) aphids: identification and field trapping of male and gynoparous aphids in prune orchards

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Symmes, E. J., Dewhirst, S. Y., Birkett, M. A., Campbell, C. A. M., Chamberlain, K., Pickett, J. A. and Zalom, F. G. 2012. The sex pheromones of mealy plum (Hayalopterus pruni) and leaf-curl plum (Brachycaudus helichrysi) aphids: identification and field trapping of male and gynoparous aphids in prune orchards. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 38 (5), pp. 576-583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0121-y

Isotope fractionation factors controlling isotopologue signatures of soil-emitted N2O produced by denitrification processes of various rates

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Well, R., Cardenas, L. M., Matthews, P., Misselbrook, T. H., Bol, R., Whalley, W. R. and Gregory, A. S. 2012. Isotope fractionation factors controlling isotopologue signatures of soil-emitted N2O produced by denitrification processes of various rates. Abstracts 6th International Symposium on Isotopomers, Washington, DC, 18-22 June 2012 . pp. 51

Virus-induced gene silencing as a tool to study wheat gene function in the interaction with the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Lee, W-S., Marshall, R., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Rudd, J. J. and Kanyuka, K. 2012. Virus-induced gene silencing as a tool to study wheat gene function in the interaction with the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola. Abstracts Plant Biology Congress, Freiburg, 29 July-3 August 2012 . pp. 709

A dual porous model to predict the effects of soil structure on denitrification and N2O emission

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Laudone, G. M., Matthews, G. P., Bird, N. R. A., Whalley, W. R., Cardenas, L. M. and Gregory, A. S. 2012. A dual porous model to predict the effects of soil structure on denitrification and N2O emission. Abstracts 4th International Congress Eurosoil 2012, Bari, 2-6 July 2012 .

Phytopath: new pathogen resource launched

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Kersey, P., Pedro, H., Maheswari, U., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Urban, M., Saqi, M. and Grzebyta, J. 2012. Phytopath: new pathogen resource launched. GARNish Newsletter. 17, p. 8.

Susceptibility of standard clones and European field populations of the green peach potato aphid, Myzus persicae, and the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii, (Hemiptera: Aphididae), to the novel anthranilic diamide insecticide cyantraniliprole

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Foster, S. P., Denholm, I., Rison, J-L., Portillo, H. E., Margaritopoulis, J. and Slater, R. 2012. Susceptibility of standard clones and European field populations of the green peach potato aphid, Myzus persicae, and the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii, (Hemiptera: Aphididae), to the novel anthranilic diamide insecticide cyantraniliprole. Pest Management Science. 68 (4), pp. 629-633. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.2306

Effects of climate change on sugar beet and arable crop diseases in the UK

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
West, J. S. and Stevens, M. 2012. Effects of climate change on sugar beet and arable crop diseases in the UK. British Sugar Beet Review. 80(1), pp. 24-27.

Alligator pepper, Aframomum melegueta, and ginger, Zingiber officinale, reduce stored maize infestation by the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais in traditional African granaries

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ukeh, D. A., Umoetok, S. B. A., Bowman, A. S., Mordue (Luntz), A. J., Pickett, J. A. and Birkett, M. A. 2012. Alligator pepper, Aframomum melegueta, and ginger, Zingiber officinale, reduce stored maize infestation by the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais in traditional African granaries. Crop Protection. 32, pp. 99-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2011.10.013

The role of chitin signalling in the wheat - M. graminicola interaction

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Lee, W-S., Rudd, J. J., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kanyuka, K. 2012. The role of chitin signalling in the wheat - M. graminicola interaction. Abstracts Rank Prize Funds Mini-Symposium on New Horizons in Plant-Pathogen Interactions, Grasmere, 30 April-3 May 2012 .

Adapt and overcome

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Harrington, R., Taylor, M. S., Mallott, M., Shortall, C. R., Alderson, L. J., Foster, S., Oliphant, L., Hallsworth, P. and Stevens, M. 2012. Adapt and overcome. British Sugar Beet Review. 80(2), pp. 26-27.

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