Adrian Newton

Cell and Molecular Sciences

Cereal Pathologist

adrian.newton@hutton.ac.uk

+44 (0)344 928 5428 (*)

The James Hutton Institute
Invergowrie
Dundee DD2 5DA
Scotland UK

Current research interests

Current research grants activities

Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme 2016-2021, Theme 2 – Productive and Sustainable Land Management and Rural Economies. Research Deliverable Leader for Plant, Pest Interactions (RD2.1.4), research objective leader in Integrated Pest Management (RD2.1.6), Novel Crops (2.1.8), Sustainable Soil and Water Management (RD2.3.4), Integrated Management Systems (RD2.3.9)
EU 2020: SFS-2-2016 DIVERSify– Designing InnoVative plant teams for Ecosystem Resilience and agricultural Sustainability.
EU 2020: SFS-26-2016 TRUE– Transition paths to sustainable legume-based systems in Europe.
HGCA Soil Management call: Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management: integration of major UK field experiments (completed 2017).
AHDB Horticulture PhD studentship: Integrated protection of horticultural crops through enhancing endogenous defence mechanisms (completed 2017).
AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds PhD studentship: Introgressing Resilience and Resource Use Efficiency Traits from Scots Bere to Elite Barley Lines (REBEL).
Royal Horticultural Society / Mylnefield Trust PhD studentship: Benign Enhancement Of Natural Defences: BEYOND.
Danish Strategic Research Council: Restricting the pathogenic effect on barley of the endophytic fungus Ramularia collo-cygni PhD studentship.
Agritech Catalyst: Breeding for Durable Resistance to Rhynchosporium.
EU ENDURE network
RESAS Innovation: Biocontrol for plant and human pathogens on horticultural produce.

April 2011-present: Senior Research Leader: The James Hutton Institute – Resistance to Rhynchosporium in barley, gene deployment and pathogen variation, crop protection using resistance elicitors, IPM and sustainable crop production.
2005-April 2011: 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

External Duties

Visiting Professor at SRUC, Edinburgh.
Editor for Plant Pathology.
Honorary Lecturer, University of Dundee.
Member of the Association for Crop Protection in Northern Britain Standing Committee and Programme Committee.
Member of HGCA Barley, Oats and Other cereals Recommended List Committee.
Member of Scottish Variety Consultative Committee (Cereals).
Scottish Society for Crop Research - Combinable and Energy Crops Committee.