Tools for Integrated Pest Management of potato diseases
Topic A Lead (Plant Health) & Project Lead 'Integrated Crop Protection' [2] RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2022-27
IPM of potato late blight through improved in-field detection of Phytophthora infestans, appropriate use of fungicides and host resistance and alternatives to conventional pesticides.
Coordinator of the SusCrop ERA-NET Project ECOSOL: Eco-friendly solutions for the integrated management of late and early blight of potatoes'
A coordinator of Euroblight – A potato late blight Network for Europe [4].
DNA-based diagnostics to investigate the epidemiology of potato diseases and for disease risk assessment.
IPM of aerial oomycetes including Bremia lactucae on lettuce
Epidemiology and control of soil-borne potato diseases: black dot (Colletotrichum coccodes), powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) and Rhizoctonia.
Other Activities
Alison is a key staff member leading Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPM) research [5] at the James Hutton Institute.
Current elected chair of the European Association for Potato Research Pathology & Pests section [7]
Current secretary of the EAPR [6] Council
Editor for Plant Pathology [8]
Links:
[1] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4034-2059
[2] https://sefari.scot/research/projects/development-and-implementation-of-tools-strategies-and-stakeholder-engagement-to
[3] https://www.suscrop.eu/projects-second-call/ecosol
[4] https://agro.au.dk/forskning/internationale-platforme/euroblight/
[5] https://ipm.hutton.ac.uk/
[6] https://www.eapr.net/
[7] https://www.eapr.net/index.php/section/pathology-pests
[8] https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13653059