Browsing by Author "S. West, Jon"

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Contrasting Responses of Rhizosphere Bacterial, Fungal, Protist and Nematode Communities to Nitrogen Fertilisation and Crop Genotype in Field Grown Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus)

Picot, Emma; C. Hale, Chris; Hilton, Sally; Teakle, Graham; Schäfer, Hendrik; Huang, Yongju; Perryman, Sarah; S. West, Jon; D. Bending, Gary (2021-04-08)

The rhizosphere microbiome is considered to play a key role in determining crop health. However, current understanding of the factors which shape assembly and composition of the microbiome is heavily biased toward bacterial ...
Efficient qPCR estimation and discrimination of airborne inoculum of Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa, the causal organisms of phoma leaf spotting and stem canker of oilseed rape : qPCR detection of Leptosphaeria airborne inoculum

Kaczmarek, Joanna; S. West, Jon; King, Kevin M.; Canning, Gail; Latunde-Dada, Akinwunmi O.; Huang, Yongju; Fitt, Bruce; Malgorzata Jedryczka, Malgorzata (2023-12-06)

BACKGROUND: Detection of the inoculum of phytopathogens greatly assists in the management of diseases, but is difficult for pathogens with airborne fungal propagules. Here, we present experiments to determine the abundance ...