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Potato is the second most important food crop in the UK, and the underpinning seed potato industry contributes >£1 billion to Scotland’s economy. Aphid-vectored viruses threaten potato harvests because infected crops are downgraded or destroyed. Historically, Scotland has maintained low virus levels in potato crops, but this is changing due to the warming climate, new virus variants, loss of crop protection products, and aphid resistance to insecticides. New practices and efficient dissemination are needed urgently to protect the potato sector and prevent virus infections becoming more severe
Peter is a Research Leader in the Information and Computational Sciences department at the James Hutton Institute. He is a plant disease epidemiologist with 15 years’ research experience in epidemiological modelling, with a focus on developing decision support tools for agriculture. Area of Strategic Research Programme: Lead of Topic Line A1 (Plant Disease), institute Lead of Theme A (Plant & Animal Disease), Lead PI for project JHI-A1-1 “Epidemiology of key pests and diseases.”
Eugene is a research leader in virology in the Molecular plant pathology group within the Cell and Molecular Sciences department of JHI. His research focuses on virus-host interactions in plants and invertebrates and includes the discovery of novel viruses, analysis of virus population structure and diversity, host antiviral defenses and viral counter-defenses, the impact of viruses on the host physiology, and the wider effect of microbes on agricultural and natural ecosystems. Areas of Strategic Research Programme Theme A: plant and animal health Topic line: plant disease. RESAS project JHI
Poster by Eugene Ryabov, Graham Cowan and Ingo Hein about 'Understanding the genetic mechanisms of resistance to Potato leafroll virus in potato'
Poster by Eugene Ryabov and Graham Cowan on 'understanding the effects of virus genetics and potato variety on potato leafroll virus symptoms'
SACAPP presentation by Alison Karley on 'aphids: the secrets of their success'
SSCR presentation by Alison Karley on 'the highs and lows of aphid control using alternatives to pesticides'
Workshop by SAC potatoes team on farm saved seed
Fluctuating environmental conditions severely impact Scottish crop production affecting crop yields, nutritional quality and food security. Growth in indoor environments such as vertical farms (VF) offers opportunities to extend food security by providing year-round production in precise, pest-free, optimised environments for year-round production of high-quality crops irrespective of external conditions. However, VFs require significant energy for lighting and the maintenance of optimised temperature and humidity limiting their application. To address this problem, we have conducted research
Akis is an experienced plant scientist with expertise in genomics, plant nematology and the application of next-generation sequencing techniques and analyses. In his current role as Research Scientist within the Molecular Physiology & Genetics group at The James Hutton Institute, he works towards understanding the interactions between plants and abiotic or biotic factors using molecular biology tools and genomic approaches. Area of Strategic Research Programme Theme B: Sustainable food system and supply; Project B1-5: Crop improvement for sustainable production in a changing environment