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Adrian Newton

Programme: Plant Pathology

Contact

SCRI,
Invergowrie,
Dundee,
DD2 5DA,
Scotland, United Kingdom.

Tel: +44(0) 1382 568536 (direct line)

Email: Adrian.Newton@scri.ac.uk

 

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Recent Publications | Posters

Current Research

  • Population biology of barley leaf blight pathogens, mainly Rhynchosporium secalis.
  • Mechanisms of Rhynchosporium resistance in barley.
  • Analysing epidemic spatial trends and local competition effects in heterogeneous vegetation.

Current Contract Research Activities

  • Barley Pathology (WP1.4): Scottish Government - Profitable and Sustainable Agriculture - Plants.
  • Sustainable Crop Systems (WP1.7): Scottish Government - Profitable and Sustainable Agriculture – Plants.
  • Climate Change Cross-Cutting Theme SCRI Champion.
  • Role of inoculum source in Rhynchosporium dynamics and epidemics on barley: BBSRC-LINK.
  • Association Genetics of UK Elite Barley: BBSRC-LINK.
  • Gene discovery/expression: Commercial.

Research History

  • 2005-present: Principal Research Scientist, Plant Pathology Programme
    SCRI – Resistance to Rhynchosporium, and Ramularia in barley, gene deployment and pathogen variation.
  • 2001-2005: Programme Leader/Co-Leader: Host-Parasite Co-Evolution
    SCRI – Resistance to Rhynchosporium in barley, variation in the pathogen populations and heterogeneous gene deployment.
  • 1994-2001: Principal Research Scientist, Fungal and Bacterial Plant Pathology Department
    SCRI – Resistance to mildew and Rhynchosporium in barley, variation in the pathogen populations and resistance elicitors.
  • 1985-1994: Senior Scientific Officer, Mycology and Bacteriology Department
    SCRI – Resistance to mildew in barley and variation in the pathogen populations.
  • 1982-1985: Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, University of Birmingham, UK
    Genetics of Septoria nodorum.
  • 1979-1982: PhD, Department of Genetics, University of Birmingham, UK
    Genetics of Puccinia striiformis and Septoria nodorum.
  • 1977-1978: Research Assistant, Department of Plant Science, University of Western Ontario, Canada
    Genetics of Ustilago violacea.

Qualifications

  • BSc hons (Agricultural Botany), Reading, UK, 1979
  • PhD (Genetics), Birmingham, UK, 1982

External Duties

  • Editor for Plant Pathology.
  • Member of the Association for Crop Protection in Northern Britain Standing Committee and Programme Committee.
  • UK Management Committee member for EU / ESF COST Action 860: Sustainable low-input cereal production: required varietal characteristics and crop diversity.
  • TIBRE Arable Handbook.
  • Scottish Society of Crop Research - Combinable and Energy Crops Committee.

Recent Publications

  • Gregory, P.J., Johnson, S.N., Newton, A.C., Ingram, J.S.I. 2009. Integrating pests and pathogens into the climate change/food security debate. Journal of Experimental Botany. (doi:10.1093/jxb/erp080)
  • Newton, A.C., Begg, G., Swanston, J.S. 2009. Deployment of diversity for enhanced crop function. Annals of Applied Biology 154, 309-322.
  • Newton, A.C., Guy, D.C. 2009. The effects of uneven, patchy cultivar mixtures on disease control and yield in winter barley. Field Crops Research 110, 225-228.
  • Marshall, B., Newton, A.C., Zhan, J. 2009. Quantitative evolution of aggressiveness of powdery mildew in a two-cultivar barley mixture. Plant Pathology 58, 378-388.
  • Newton, A.C., Hackett, C.A., Swanston, J.S. 2008. Analysing the contribution of component cultivars and cultivar combinations to malting quality, yield and disease in complex mixtures. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 88, 2142-2152.
  • Zhan, J., Fitt, B.D.L., Pinnschmidt, H.O., Oxley, S.J.P., Newton, A.C., 2008. Resistance, epidemiology and sustainable management of Rhynchosporium secalis populations on barley. Plant Pathology 57, 1-14.
  • Walters, D., Lyon, G.D., Newton , A.C. 2007. Induced resistance in crop protection: the future, drivers and barriers. In: Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: a sustainable approach to crop protection. Eds: Dale Walters, Gary Lyon and Adrian Newton, pp. 243-250. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK.
  • Newton, A.C., Pons-Kohnemann, J. 2007. Induced resistance in natural ecosystems and pathogen population biology: exploiting interactions. In: Induced resistance for plant defence: a sustainable approach to crop protection, pp. 133-142. Eds. Dale Walters, Adrian Newton, Gary Lyon, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK.
  • Newton, A.C., McRoberts, N., Hughes, G. 2006. Information technology in plant disease epidemiology. In: The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases, Second Edition, Ed: D. Gareth Jones and B.M. Cooke, pp. 335-356. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
  • Swanston, J.S., Newton, A.C., Hoad, S., Spoor, W. 2006. Variation across environments in patterns of water uptake and endosperm modification in barley varieties and variety mixtures. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 86, 826-833.
  • Walters, D., Walsh, D., Newton, A., Lyon, G. 2005. Induced resistance for plant disease control: maximising the efficacy of resistance elicitors. Phytopathology 95, 1368-1373.
  • Swanston, J.S., Newton, A.C., Hoad, S., Spoor, W. 2005. Barleys grown as cultivar mixtures, compared with blends made before and after malting, for effects on malting performance. Journal of the Institute of Brewing 111, 144-152.
  • Walters, D., Newton, A.C., Lyon, G.D. 2005. Induced resistance: helping plants to help themselves in the fight against disease. The Biologist 52, 28-33.
  • Swanston, J.S., Newton, A.C., Brosnan, J.M., Broadhead, A. 2005. Determining the Spirit Yield of Wheat Varieties and Variety Mixtures. Journal of Cereal Science 42, 127-134.
  • Newton, A.C., Toth, I.K., Neave, P.,  Hyman, L. 2004. Bacterial inoculum from a previous crop affects fungal disease development on subsequent non-host crops. New Phytologist 163, 133-138.
  • Newton, A.C., Hackett, C., Lowe, R., Wale, S. 2004. Relationship between canopy reflectance and yield loss due to disease in barley. Annals of Applied Biology 145, 95-106.

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Posters

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[file] Barley cultivar mixtures in theory and practice56.81 KB
[file] Disease resistance mapping in spring barley372.11 KB
[file] The effect of inoculum pressure fertiliser and component number on severity of mildew and scald yield and malting quality in mixtures of barley cultivars156.62 KB
[file] Resistance elicitors as crop protectants197.19 KB
[file] The effects of spatial scaling in host heterogeneity on epidemics of a plant pathogen314.04 KB
[file] Resistance to Spots and Blotches in Spring Barley197.33 KB
[file] Mitigating and adapting to climate change: Research at SCRI for northern Britain560.65 KB
[file] Do mixed cultivars outperform monocultures under defined soil tillage regimes?289.42 KB
[file] How do cultivar mixtures perform under defined soil tillage regimes?411.09 KB
[file] Mapping Resistance to Spots and Blotches in Spring Barley189.35 KB
[file] Adaptation of cropping systems in northern latitudes to environmental change: consequences for food security1.67 MB
[file] Assessing the contribution of component cultivars to malting quality yield and disease in complex cultivar mixtures917.88 KB
[file] Deployment of disease resistance in barley: theoretical expectations and interactions with cultivation methods875.34 KB
[file] Deployment of heterogeneity in cereals for disease control and yield enhancement996.82 KB
[file] Potassium deficiency and defence signalling1.72 MB
[file] Adapting our crop and soil systems to climate change755.92 KB
[file] Potassium Deficiency and JA-dependent Responses to Biotic Stress in Barley1.33 MB
[file] Role of Seed-Borne Infection in Rhynchosporium Epidemics in Barley719.31 KB
[file] Potassium Deficiency and JA-dependent Responses to Biotic Stress in Barley216.78 KB