Louise Gamble

Certified soft fruit production manager & Plant health officer
Cell and Molecular Sciences
T: 07384697003
Louise is the manager of the institutes soft fruit high health facility, which is unique within the UK, supplying disease-free propagation material to breeders and growers. She also serves as the Plant Health Officer, upholding stringent biosecurity standards at the institute. Her experience spans a variety of crop pathogens, including fungal pathogens in barley and viruses in soft fruit crops. Additionally, she has spent several years acquiring commercial research experience. Her research is focused on molecular crop plant pathology, particularly enhancing diagnostic methods and pathogen testing techniques.

RESAS supported research (2022-2027) Strategic Research Programmes:

JHI- A1-2  Integrated Crop Protection

  • Developing diagnostics for raspberry root rot using RPA / Cas12 system

 

JHI-B1-3 The impact of novel crops and farming practices on the Scottish agricultural landscape

  • Pest and disease screening of germplasm using molecular diagnostics to establish disease-free mother populations under VF systems

 

Royal society of Biology (2024)

Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship supervisor

Determining spectral signatures associated with viral infection of raspberry and blackcurrant leaves to improve pathogen surveillance and detection methods

Scottish society of crop research project (2024-2025)

Gaining an insight into raspberry plant responses to infection with Raspberry Bushy Dwarf Virus (RBDV)

 

Publications

Al-Helu, M.H., Lahuf, A.A. & Gamble, L. (2024) First report of Cotton bunchy top virus-1 in okra in Iraq. New Disease Reports, 49, e12282. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12282

Gamble, L., Pont, S. D. A., Allwood, J. W., Jarret, D. A., & Hancock, R. D. (2023). Comparative analysis of quality and nutritional traits from Lonicera caerulea (Honeyberry) cultivars and other berries grown in Scotland. Annals of Applied Biology, 182(2), 171–182. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12805

G Carmona-Antoñanzas., K Helgesen., J Humble., C Tschesche., M Bakke., L Gamble., M Bekaert., D Bassett., D T Horsberg., J Bron., A Sturm (2018). Mutations in voltage-gated sodium channels from pyrethroid resistant salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). Pest Management Science https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5151

B, Franco-Orozco., A Berepiki., O Ruiz., L Gamble., L Griffe., S, Wang., P Birch., K Kanyuka and A Avrova (2017), A new proteinaceous pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) identified in Ascomycete fungi induces cell death in Solanaceae. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14542

L Gamble., B Franco., E Graboweika and A Avrova (2016). Identification of new sources of resistance to rhynchosporium in barley and the role of asymptomatic infection. Crop Protection Northern Britain

 

Past research

Podcast about honeyberries