Vasthi Alonso-Chavez

Name	Vasthi Alonso-Chavez
Job title	Research Scientist - Modelling
Email address	vasthi.alonso-chavez@rothamsted.ac.uk
Department	Net Zero and Resilient Farming
Research cluster	BCP: Surveillance and Monitoring
Preferred citation	Alonso Chavez, V.
Office	Harpenden

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Research outputs

Host map of Ash trees in Great Britain

Brown, N., Alonso Chavez, V., Milne, A. E. and Parnell, S. 2023. Host map of Ash trees in Great Britain. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98y37

Modelling in cassava production and pest management under biotic and abiotic constraints

Alonso Chavez, V., Milne, A. E., Van Den Bosch, F., Pita, J. and Mcquaid, C. F. 2021. Modelling in cassava production and pest management under biotic and abiotic constraints. Plant Molecular Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-021-01170-8

Modelling lifestyle changes in Insect endosymbionts, from insect mutualist to plant pathogen

Manning-Smith, R., Alonso Chavez, V., Helps, J., Shaw, M. W. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2020. Modelling lifestyle changes in Insect endosymbionts, from insect mutualist to plant pathogen. Evolutionary Ecology. 34, p. 867–891. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-020-10071-z

What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?

Milne, A., Gottwald, T., Parnell, S. R., Alonso Chavez, V. and Vandenbosch, F. 2020. What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen? PLOS Computational Biology. 16 (2), p. e1007570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007570

Variability in commercial demand for tree saplings affects the probability of introducing exotic forest diseases

Alonso Chavez, V., Gilligan, C. A. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2018. Variability in commercial demand for tree saplings affects the probability of introducing exotic forest diseases. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56 (1), pp. 80-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13242

Stress and sexual reproduction affect the dynamics of the wheat pathogen effector AvrStb6 and strobilurin resistance

Kema, G. H. J., Mirzadi Gohari, A., Aouini, L., Gibriel, H. A. Y., Ware, S. B., Van Den Bosch, F., Manning-Smith, R., Alonso Chavez, V., Helps, J., Ben M’Barek, S., Mehrabi, R., Diaz-Trujillo, C., Zamani, E., Schouten, H. J., Van Der Lee, T. A. J., Waalwijk, C., de Waard, M. A., de Wit, P. J. G. M., Verstappen, E. C. P., Thomma, B. P. H. J., Meijer, H. J. G. and Seidl, M.l F. 2018. Stress and sexual reproduction affect the dynamics of the wheat pathogen effector AvrStb6 and strobilurin resistance. Nature Genetics. 50 (3), pp. 375-380. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0052-9

A method of determining where to target surveillance efforts in heterogeneous epidemiological systems

Mastin, A. J., Van Den Bosch, F., Gottwald, T. R., Alonso Chavez, V. and Parnell, S. R. 2017. A method of determining where to target surveillance efforts in heterogeneous epidemiological systems. PLOS Computational Biology. 13 (8), p. e1005712. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005712

Monitoring invasive pathogens in plant nurseries for early-detection and to minimise the probability of escape

Alonso Chavez, V., Parnell, S. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2016. Monitoring invasive pathogens in plant nurseries for early-detection and to minimise the probability of escape. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 407, pp. 290-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.07.041

Designing strategies for epidemic control in a tree nursery: the case of ash dieback in the UK

Alonso Chavez, V., Parnell, S. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2015. Designing strategies for epidemic control in a tree nursery: the case of ash dieback in the UK. Forests. 6 (11), pp. 4135-4145. https://doi.org/10.3390/f6114135

Early detection surveillance for an emerging plant pathogen: a rule of thumb to predict prevalence at first discovery

Parnell, S., Gottwald, T. R., Cunniffe, N. J., Alonso Chavez, V. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2015. Early detection surveillance for an emerging plant pathogen: a rule of thumb to predict prevalence at first discovery. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 282, p. 20151478. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1478