David Comont

Name	David Comont
Job title	Sustainable Weed Management: Senior Research Scientist
Email address	david.comont@rothamsted.ac.uk
Department	Protecting Crops and the Environment
Research cluster	BCP: Pesticide Resistance
ORCID	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5235-1035
Office	Harpenden

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Research outputs

Acting pre‑emptively reduces the long‑term costs of managing herbicide resistance

Varah, A., Ahodo, K., Childs, D., Comont, D., Crook, L., Freckleton, R., Goodsell, R., Hicks, H., Hull, R. I., Neve, P. and Norris, K. 2024. Acting pre‑emptively reduces the long‑term costs of managing herbicide resistance. Scientific Reports. 14 (1), p. 6201. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56525-0

Quantifying the impacts of management and herbicide resistance on regional plant population dynamics in the face of missing data

Goodsell, R., Comont, D., Hicks, H., Lambert, J., Hull, R. I., Crook, L., Fraccaro, P., Reusch, K., Freckleton, R. and Childs, D. 2024. Quantifying the impacts of management and herbicide resistance on regional plant population dynamics in the face of missing data. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14608

RNA and protein biomarkers for detecting enhanced metabolic resistance to herbicides mesosulfuron-methyl and fenoxaprop-ethyl in black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides)

Lowe, C., Onkokesung, N, Goldberg, A, Beffa, R, Neve, P., Edwards, R and Comont, D. 2024. RNA and protein biomarkers for detecting enhanced metabolic resistance to herbicides mesosulfuron-methyl and fenoxaprop-ethyl in black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides). Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7960

The role of interspecific variability and herbicide pre-adaptation in the cinmethylin response of Alopecurus myosuroides

Comont, D., Crook, L., Hull, R. I., Sievernich, B., Kevis, S. and Neve, P. 2024. The role of interspecific variability and herbicide pre-adaptation in the cinmethylin response of Alopecurus myosuroides. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8021

Sequence Characterization of Extra-Chromosomal Circular DNA Content in Multiple Blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides) Populations.

Fu, W., Macgregor, D., Comont, D. and Saski, C. A. 2023. Sequence Characterization of Extra-Chromosomal Circular DNA Content in Multiple Blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides) Populations. Genes. 14 (10), p. 1905. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14101905

Novel and holistic approaches are required to realise allelopathic potential for weed management

Hickman, D., Comont, D., Rasmussen, A. and Birkett, M. A. 2023. Novel and holistic approaches are required to realise allelopathic potential for weed management. Ecology and Evolution. 13 (4), p. e10018. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10018

The blackgrass genome reveals patterns of non-parallel evolution of polygenic herbicide resistance

Cai, L., Comont, D., Macgregor, D., Lowe, C., Beffa, R., Saski, C. A. and Neve, P. 2022. The blackgrass genome reveals patterns of non-parallel evolution of polygenic herbicide resistance. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18655

A Deep Learning Application to Map Weed Spatial Extent from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Imagery

Fraccaro, P., Butt, J., Edwards, B., Freckleton, R. P., Childs, D. Z., Reusch, K. and Comont, D. 2022. A Deep Learning Application to Map Weed Spatial Extent from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Imagery. Remote Sensing. 14 (17), p. 4197. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14174197

Dissecting weed adaptation: fitness and trait correlations in herbicide resistant Alopecurus myosuroides

Comont, D., Macgregor, D., Crook, L., Hull, R. I., Nguyen, L., Freckleton, R. P., Childs, D. Z. and Neve, P. 2022. Dissecting weed adaptation: fitness and trait correlations in herbicide resistant Alopecurus myosuroides. Pest Management Science. 78 (7), pp. 3039-3050. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6930

Population genomics of selectively neutral genetic structure and herbicide resistance in UK populations of Alopecurus myosuroides

Dixon, A., Comont, D., Slavov, G. and Neve, P. 2020. Population genomics of selectively neutral genetic structure and herbicide resistance in UK populations of Alopecurus myosuroides. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6174

Evolution of generalist resistance to herbicide mixtures reveals a trade-off in resistance management

Comont, D., Lowe, C., Hull, R. I., Crook, L., Hicks, H., Onkokesung, N., Beffa, R., Childs, D., Edwards, R., Freckleton, R. and Neve, P. 2020. Evolution of generalist resistance to herbicide mixtures reveals a trade-off in resistance management. Nature Communications. 11, p. 3086. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16896-0

Adopting epidemiological approaches for herbicide resistance monitoring and management

Comont, D. and Neve, P. 2020. Adopting epidemiological approaches for herbicide resistance monitoring and management. Weed Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12420

The costs of human-induced evolution in an agricultural system

Varah, A., Ahodo, K., Coutts, S. R., Hicks, H. L., Comont, D., Crook, L., Hull, R. I., Neve, P., Childs, D. Z., Freckleton, R. P. and Norris, K. 2019. The costs of human-induced evolution in an agricultural system. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0450-8

Alterations in life-history associated with non-target-site herbicide resistance in Alopecurus myosuroides

Comont, D., Knight, C., Crook, L., Hull, R. I., Beffa, R. and Neve, P. 2019. Alterations in life-history associated with non-target-site herbicide resistance in Alopecurus myosuroides. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00837

Evolutionary epidemiology predicts the emergence of glyphosate resistance in a major agricultural weed

Comont, D., Hicks, H., Crook, L., Hull, R. I., Cocciantelli, E., Hadfield, J., Childs, D., Freckleton, R. and Neve, P. 2019. Evolutionary epidemiology predicts the emergence of glyphosate resistance in a major agricultural weed. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15800

Vegetation and edaphic factors influence rapid establishment of distinct fungal communities on former coal-spoil sites

Detheridge, A. P., Comont, D., Callaghan, T. M., Bussell, J., Brand, G., Gwynn-Jones, D., Scullion, J. and Griffith, G. W. 2018. Vegetation and edaphic factors influence rapid establishment of distinct fungal communities on former coal-spoil sites. Fungal Ecology. 33 (June), pp. 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.02.002

The factors driving evolved herbicide resistance at a national scale

Hicks, H., Comont, D., Coutts, S. R., Crook, L., Hull, R. I., Norris, K., Neve, P., Childs, D. Z. and Freckleton, R. 2018. The factors driving evolved herbicide resistance at a national scale. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, pp. 529-536. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0470-1

Measuring the effectiveness of management interventions at regional scales by integrating ecological monitoring and modelling

Freckleton, R. P., Hicks, H. L., Comont, D., Crook, L., Hull, R. I., Neve, P. and Childs, D. Z. 2018. Measuring the effectiveness of management interventions at regional scales by integrating ecological monitoring and modelling. Pest Management Science. 74 (10), pp. 2287-2295. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4759