Adrian Newton

Research

Adrian’s research interests in cereal pathogens continue in the context of crop diversity, taking a more ecological focus working with Hutton colleagues and others, and encompass intercropping, especially cereal-legume combinations for both biomass (wholecrop) and grain. His IPM interests include soil cultivation, particularly the effects of non-inversion versus inversion tillage. The particular approach of direct drilling or conservation tillage and it’s farming systems context are another current area of interest.

Adrian is a key member of the Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPM)  research group at the Institute. He has been an honourary Professor of Cereal Pathology at SRUC, Edinburgh; an editor of Agronomy and previously for Plant Pathology and CABI Bioscience and Agriculture; a member of the Association for Crop Protection in Northern Britain Standing Committee and Programme Committee; was a member of HGCA Barley, Oats and Other cereals Recommended List Committee; a member of Scottish Variety Consultative Committee (Cereals); was a member of the International Committee for the International Workshop on Barley Leaf Diseases; and a member of the Scottish Society for Crop Research – Combinable and Energy Crops Committee.

Current research projects 

• Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme 2022-2027 ‘Healthy Soils for a Green Recovery’ (JHI-D3-1)
• Esmee Fairbairn: Crop Mixtures for Sustainable Agriculture, 2019-2023
• Mains of Loirston Trust: Tillage-agronomy interaction in direct drill and conventional cultivation, 2019-2023
• Scottish Government: The Effects of Grass Seed Intentionally containing Endophytes on the Environment, 2020-2022
• Mains of Loirston Trust: Novel winter legume-cereal mixtures for Scotland, 2019-2023
• SSCR: ‘Cereal variety adaptation ranking changes in CSC conventional and integrated management treatments’, 2021-2022
• Macaulay Development Trust (MDT): GREENgrass – ‘Enhancing pasture productivity and livestock health to reduce GHG emissions’ 2022-2025
• AgroMixNorth: Climate-smart resilience through diversified cropping systems – Identifying springboards in Nordic and Baltic agriculture” 2023-26
• Other commercial projects

Publications

Journals

• Newton, A.C.; Creissen, H.E.; Erreguerena, I.A.; Havis, N.D. (2024) Disease Management in Regenerative Cropping in the Context of Climate Change and Regulatory Restrictions, Annual Review of Phytopathology, 62, 337-356
• Brooker, R.; Pakeman, R.; Adam, E.; A Banfield-Zanin, J.; Bertelsen, I.; Bickler, C.; Fog-Petersen, J.; George, D.; Newton, A.; Rubiales, D.; Tavoletti, S.; M Villegas-Fernandez, A.; Karley, A. (2024) Positive effects of intercrop yields in farms from across Europe depend on rainfall, crop composition, and management, Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 44, Art. 35
• Jeger, M.; Beresford, R.; Berlin, A.; Bock, C.; Fox, A.; Gold, K.; Newton, A.C.; Vincent, A.; Xu, X. (2024) Impact of novel methods and research approaches in plant pathology: Are individual advances sufficient to meet the wider challenges of disease management?, Plant Pathology (Early View)
• Newton, A.C.; Karley, A.J. (2023) Concepts of trait diversity – the key to effective IPM for resilience in arable systems?, Outlook on Agriculture, 52(3), 264-272
• Newton, A.; Skelsey, P. (2023) Understanding the effect of component proportions on disease control in two-component cultivar cereal mixtures using a pathogen dispersal scaling hypothesis, Nature Scientific Reports, 13(1), Art. 4091
• Cope, J.E.; Norton, G.J.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C. (2022) Evaluating Variation in Germination and Growth of Landraces of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Under Salinity Stress, Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Art. 863069
• Lemcke, R.; Sjökvist, E.; Visentin, S.; Kamble, M.; James, E. K.; Hjørtshøj, R.; Wright, K. M.; Avrova, A.; Newton, A. C.; Havis, N. D.; Radutoiu, S.; Lyngkjær, M. F. (2021) Deciphering Molecular Host-Pathogen Interactions During Ramularia Collo-Cygni Infection on Barley, Front. Plant Sci., 12, Article No. 747661
• Carrillo-Rechea, J.; Newton, A.C.; Ferrando-Molina, F.; Quilliam, R.S. (2021) Can ‘on-farm’ seed priming and chitosan seed treatments induce host defences in winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) under field conditions?, Crops, 1(2), 68-87
• Cope, J.E.; Norton, G.J.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C. (2021) Identifying potential novel resistance to the foliar disease ‘Scald’ (Rhynchosporium commune) in a population of Scottish Bere barley landrace (Hordeum vulgare L.)., Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 128, 999-1012
• Jeger, M.; Beresford, R.; Bock, C.; Brown, N.; Fox, A.; Newton, A.C.; Vicent, A.; Xu, X.; Yuen, J. (2021) Global challenges facing plant pathology: multidisciplinary approaches to meet the food security and environmental challenges in the mid-21st century., CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2, Article No. 20
• Brooker, R.W.; Hewison, R.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C.; Karley, A.J. (2021) Does crop genetic diversity support positive biodiversity effects under experimental drought?, Basic and Applied Ecology, 56, 431-445
• Herman, N.C.; Berghuijs, M.W.; van der Werf, W.; Karley, A.J.; Adam, E.; Villegas-Fernández, A.M.; Kiær, L.P.; Newton, A.C.; Scherber, C.; Tavoletti, S.; Vico, G. (2021) Calibrating and testing APSIM for wheat-faba bean pure cultures and intercrops across Europe, Field Crops Research, 264, Article No. 108088
• Yassin, M.; Ton, J.; Rolfe, S.A.; Valentine, T.A.; Cromey, M.; Holden, N.J.; Newton, A.C. (2021) The rise, fall and resurrection of chemical-induced resistance agents., Pest Management Science, 77, 3900-3909
• Weih, M.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Kiær, L.P.; Scherber, C.; Rubiales, D.; Adam, E.; Ajal, J.; Brandmeier. J.; Pappagallo, S.; Villegas-Fernández, A.; Reckling, M.; Tavoletti, S. (2021) Grain yield stability of cereal-legume intercrops is greater than sole crops in more productive conditions., Agriculture, 11(3), Article No. 255
• Weih, M.; Ajal, J.; Kiær, L.P.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Scherber, C.; Brandmeier, J.; Pappagallo, S.; Tavoletti, S. (2021) Grain yield stability of individual cereal-legume mixtures grown across Europe. , Aspects of Applied Biology, 146, 241-248
• Carrillo-Rechea, J.; Newton, A.C.; Quilliam, R.S. (2021) Using seed respiration as a tool for calculating optimal soaking times for ‘on-farm’ seed priming of barley (Hordeum vulgare), Seed Science Research, 31(2), 116-124
• Rivington, M.; King, R.; Duckett, D.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Benton, T.G.; Burgess, P.J.; Hawes, C.; Wellesley, L.; Polhill, J.G.; Aitkenhead, M.; Lozada-Ellison, L.; Begg, G.; Williams, A.G.; Newton, A.C.; Lorenzo-Arribas, A.; Neilson, R.; Watts, C.; Harris, J.; Loades, K.; Stewart, D.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Gandossi, G.; Udugbezi, E.; Hannam, J.A.; Keay, C. (2021) UK food and nutrition security during and after the COVID-19 pandemic., Nutrition Bulletin, 46(1), 88-97
• Brown, J.L.; Stobart, R.; Hallett, P.D.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; McKenzie, B.M. (2021) Variable impacts of reduced and zero tillage on soil carbon storage across 4-10 years of UK field experiments, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 21, 890-904
• Brooker, R.W.; George, T.S.; Homulle, Z.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C. (2021) Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming., Journal of Ecology, 109(5), 2054-2067.
• Newton, A.C.; Hawes, C.; Hackett, C.A. (2021) Adaptation of winter barley cultivars to inversion and non-inversion tillage for yield and rhynchosporium symptoms., Agronomy, 11(1), 30.
• De Vega, D.; Holden, N.; Hedley, P.E.; Morris, J.; Luna, E.; Newton, A.C. (2021) Chitosan primes plant defence mechanisms against Botrytis cinerea, including expression of Avr9/Cf-9 rapidly-elicited genes., Plant, Cell and Environment, 44(1), 290-303
• Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C. (2020) Assessing effects of crop history and soil amendments on yields of subsequent crops., Agricultural Sciences, 11, 514-527.
• Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Valentine, T.A.; McKenzie, B.M.; George, T.S.; Hackett, C.A. (2020) Identifying spring barley cultivars with differential response to tillage., Agronomy, 10, Article No. 686.
• Cope, J.E.; Russell, J.; Norton, G.J.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C. (2020) Assessing the variation in manganese use efficiency traits in Scottish barley landrace Bere (Hordeum vulgare L.)., Annals of Botany, 126, 289-300.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Mitchell, C.; Hewison, R.L.; Pollenus, J.; Guy, D.C.; Schöb, C. (2020) Increased crop diversity reduces the functional space available for weeds., Weed Research, 60, 121-131.
• Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Hackett, C.A. (2019) Grain and straw yield interactions in barley cultivar mixtures., Journal of Agricultural Science, 157, 117-128.
• Davis, J.L.; Armengaud, P.; Larson, T.R.; Graham I.A.; White, P.J.; Newton, A.C.; Amtmann, A. (2018) Contrasting nutrient-disease relationships: Potassium gradients in barley leaves have opposite effects on two fungal pathogens with different sensitivities to jasmonic acid., Plant Cell and Environment, 41, 2357-2372.
• de Vega, D.; Newton, A.C.; Sadanandom, A. (2018) Post-translational modifications in priming the plant immune system: ripe for exploitation?, FEBS Letters, 592, 1929-1936.
• Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2018) Crop presence, but not genetic diversity, impacts on the rare arable plant Valerianella rimosa., Plant Ecology and Diversity, 10, 495-507.
• Holland, J.E.; Bennett, A.E.; Newton, A.C.; White, P.J.; McKenzie, B.M.; George, T.S.; Pakeman, R.J.; Bailey, J.S.; Fornara, D.A.; Hayes, R.C. (2018) Liming impacts on soils, crops and biodiversity in the UK: a review., Science of the Total Environment, 610-611, 316-332.

Prior to appointment

• Eastwood, A.; Lazkov, G.; Newton, A. (2009) The Red List of trees of Central Asia., Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, 29pp.

Books / chapters

• Newton, A.C.; Creissen, H.E.; Havis, N.D.; Burnett, F.J. (2020) Integrated disease management of barley, In: Fox, G. & Li, C. (eds.) Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Barley. Burleigh Dodd Series in Agricultural Science. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd., Cambridge, 323-352.
• Brooker, R.; Karley, A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Newton, A.; Schob, C.; Morcillo, L. (2016) Biodiversity and function., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R.J.(eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp6-7.
• Newton, A.C.; Pons-Kuhnemann, J. (2014) Induced resistance in natural ecosystems and pathogen population biology: exploiting interactions., In: Walters, D., Newton, A. & Lyon, G. (eds.). Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection. 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, pp137-148.
• Lyon, G.D.; Newton, A.C.; Walters, D.R. (eds.) (2014) Induced resistance in crop protection: the future, drivers and barriers., In: Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection. 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK, Chapter 14,
• Walters, D.R.; Newton, A.C.; Lyon, G.D. (eds.). (2014) Induced resistance for plant defence: a sustainable approach to cop protection., 2nd edition, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 352pp.
• Newton, A.C.; Akar, T.; Baresel, J.P.; Bebeli, P.J.; Bettencourt, E.; Bladenopoulos, K.V.; Czembor, J.H.; Fasoula, D.A.; Katsiotis, A.; Koutis, K.; Koutsika-Sotiriou, M.; Kovacs, G.; Larsson, H.; Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A.; Rubiales, D.; Russell, J.R.; dos Santos, T.M.; Vaz Patto, M.C. (2011) Cereal landraces for sustainable agriculture., In: Lichtfouse, E., Hamelin, M., Navarrete, M. & Debaeke, P. (eds.). Sustainable Agriculture, Volume 2, Springer, Netherlands, 147-186.
• Swanston, J.S.; Newton, A.C. (2009) Growing wheat for high alcohol yield – homogeneous and heterogeneous approaches., In: Davies, S. & Evans, G. (eds.). Soybean and Wheat Crops: Growth, Fertilisation and Yield. Nova Science Publishers Inc, Hauppauge, NY, USA, 165-184.
• Bingham, I.J.; Newton, A.C. (2009) Crop tolerance of foliar pathogens: possible mechanisms and potential for exploitation., In: Walters, D. (ed.). Disease Control in Crops: Biological and Environmentally Friendly Approaches. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, Chapter 7, 142-161.
• Newton, A.C. (2009) Plant disease control through the use of variety mixtures., In: Walters, D. (ed.). Disease Control in Crops: Biological and Environmentally Friendly Approaches. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, Chapter 8, 162-171.
• Lyon, G.D.; Newton, A.C.; Walters, D.R. (2007) Induced resistance in crop protection: the future, drivers and barriers., In: Walters, D.R., Newton, A.C. & Lyon, G.D. (eds.). Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, Chapter 13, pp243-249.
• Newton, A.C.; Pons-Kuhnemann, J. (2007) Induced resistance in natural ecosystems and pathogen population biology: exploiting interactions., In: Walters, D., Newton, A. & Lyon, G. (eds.). Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK, pp133-142.
• Flath, K.; Cooke, M.; Waldow, F.; Vogt-Kaute, W.; Miedanar, T.; Rodemann, B.; Martinez, F.; Newton, A.C.; Jalli, M.; Munk, L.; Willas, J. (2006) Disease assessment., In: Donner, D. & Osman, A. (eds.). Handbook: Cereal variety testing for low input agriculture COST 860 SUSVAR Handbook. COST 860 SUSVAR. Roskilde, Denmark, ppD1-D30.
• Newton, A.C.; McRoberts, N.; Hughes, G. (2006) Information technology in plant disease epidemiology., In: Cooke, B.M., Jones, D.G. & Kaye, B. (eds.). The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases. 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp335-356.
• Lyon, G.D.; Newton, A.C. (1999) Implementation of elicitor mediated induced resistance in agriculture., In: Agrawal, A.A., Tuzun, S. & Bent, E. (eds.). Induced Plant Defense Against Pathogens and Herbivores: Biochemistry, Ecology and Agriculture. American Phytopathological Society Press, pp299-318.
• Forster, B.P.; Ellis, R.P.; Newton, A.C.; Tuberosa, R.; This, D.; El-Gamal, A.S.; Bahri, M.H.; Ben Salem, M. (1999) Molecular breeding of barley for droughted low input agricultural conditions., In: Gissel-Nielsen, G. & Jensen, A. (eds.). Plant Nutrition – Molecular Biology and Genetics. Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp359-363.
• Newton, A.C.; Gaunt, R.E. (1998) Information technology in epidemiology., In: Jones, D.G. (ed.). The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht. Pp278-292
• Newton, A. C.; Leakey, R. R. B.; Powell, W.; Chalmers, K.; Waugh, R.; Tchoundjeu, Z.; Mathias, P. J.; Alderson, P. G.; Mesen, J. F.; Baker, P.; Ramnarine, S. (1994) Domestication of mahoganies., In: Leakey, R. R. B. & Newton, A. C. (eds.) Tropical trees: the potential for domestication and the rebuilding of forest resources. HMSO, London, 256-266. (ITE Symposium, 29).

Technical / contract reports

• Rivington, M.; Duckett, D.; Iannetta, P.; Hawes, C.; Begg, G.; Polhill, G.; Loades, K.; Newton, A.; Aitkenhead, M.; Lozada-Ellison, L.; Neilson, R.; Gandossi, G.; Stewart, D.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Udugbezi, E.; Lorenzo-Arribas, A.; Benton, T.; King, R.; Burgess, P. (2021) An overview assessment of the COVID19 pandemic on the UK food and nutrition security, Online.
• Rivington, M.; King, R.; Duckett, D.; Iannetta, P.; G. Benton, T.; Burgess, P. J.; Hawes, C.; Wellesley, L.; Polhill, G.; Aitkenhead, M.; Lozada-Ellison, L. M.; Begg, G.; Williams, A. G.; Newton, A.; Lorenzo-Arribas, A.; Neilson, R.; Watts, C. (2021) UK Food and nutrition security during and after the COVID19 pandemic Project Report and Recommendations, The James Hutton Institute.
• Kiær, L.P.; Scherber, C.; Weih, M.; Rubiales, D.; Tavoletti, S.; Adam, E.; Vaz Patto, M.C.; Leitão, S.T.; Schmutz, A.; Schöb, C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Newton, A.C.; Karley. A.J. (2020) Handbook for trait assessment in agricultural plant teams., Deliverable Report D2.2 (D17) Handbook of Protocols to Assess Traits in Plant Teams. Developed by the EU-H2020 Project DIVERSify, Grant Agreement Number 727824, 110pp.
• Iannetta, P.P.M.; Begg, G.; Black, K.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.j.; James, E.K.; Maluk, M.; Newton, A.; Squire, G.R.; Walker, G.; White, P. (2017) Teaming up for good: intercropping and farming-science partnership at the James Hutton Institute., NGO Report for www.LEAF.org, 8 November 2017.
• Iannetta, P.P.M.; Begg, G.; Black, K.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.J.; James, E.K.; Maluk, M.; Newton, A.C.; Squire, G.R.; Walker, G.; White, P.J. (2017) Sustainable legume systems for improved primary produce., SAB Annual Report, May 2017.
• Brooker, R.; Iannetta, P.; Karley, A.; Newton, A.; Pakeman, R. (2017) Crop mixtures in the Strategic Research Programme., Workshop Report, James Hutton Institute, Dundee, 27 July 2017. Report circulated to workshop attendees.
• McKenzie, B.M.; Stobart, R.; Brown, J.L.; George, T.S.; Morris, N.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; Hallett, P.D. (2017) Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management: integration of major UK field experiments., AHDB Final Report RD-2012-3786, 178pp.
• Squire, G.; Cammarero, D.; Daniell, T.; Newton, A.C.; White, P.J. (2016) Agriculture and forestry climate change report card technical paper. 3. Arable Crops., Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) Network with additional support from the Scottish Government.
• Holden, N.; Newton, A.C.; Walters, D. (2015) Use of plant defence elicitors to provide induced resistance protection in brassica and allium crops., Annual Report on HDC Project FV417.
• Thomas, W.T.B.; Comadran, J.; Ramsay, L.; Shaw, P.; Marshall, D.F.; Newton, A.C.; O’Sullivan, D.; Cockram, J.; Mackay, I.; Bayles, R.; White, J.; Kearsey, M.J.; Luo, Z.; Wang, M.; Tapsell, C.; Harrap, D.; Werner, P.; Klose, S.; Bury, P.; Wroth, J.; Argilllier, O.; Habgood, R.; Glew, M.; Bochard, A-M.; Gymer, P.; Vequaud, D.; Christerson, T.; Allvin, B,; Davies, N.; Broadbent, R.; Brosnan, J.; Bringhurst, T.; Booer, C.; Waugh, R. (2014) Association genetics of UK elite barley (AGOUEB)., Final Project Report to HGCA, No 528, 125pp.
• Skelsey, P.; Newton, A.C. (2014) Impacts on Agriculture: ‘‘Climate Change and Wheat Fusarium Head Blight Epidemics: Present and Future Risks., CXC Summary Report.
• Fitt, B.D.L.; Atkins, S.D.; Fraaije, B.A.; Lucas, J.A.; Newton, A.C.; Looseley, M.E.; Werner, P.; Harrap, D.; Ashworth, M.; Southgate, J.; Phillips, H.; Gilchrist. A. (2012) Role of inoculum sources in Rhynchosporium population dynamics and epidemics on barley., HGCA Project Report No 486, 46pp.
• Holden, N.; Toth, I.K.; Newton, A.C.; Walters, D. (2012) Assessment of plant elicitors to induce resistance against head-rot in broccoli., HDC Annual Report 2012.
• Holden, N.; Toth, I.K.; Newton, A.C. (2012) Reducing bacterial infection in seed onions through the use of plant elicitors., HDC Grower Summary, FV393, Final 2012.
• Newton, A.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Thirugnanasambandam, A.; Looseley, M. (2011) Asymptomatic infection – the Trojan horse of crop production., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2010, pp14-15.
• Lees, A.K.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Fenton, B.; Newton, A.C. (2010) Understanding pathogen biodiversity as a key to controlling crop diseases., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2009, pp24-25.
• Newton, A.C. (2009) Climate change research at SCRI., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2008, pp62-63.
• Jones, E.R.L.; Newton, A.C. (2005) Rhynchosporium of barley., United Kingdom Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey Annual Report for 2004
• Jones, E.R.L.; Newton, A.C. (2004) Rhynchosporium of barley., United Kingdom Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey Annual Report for 2003.
• Swanston, J.S.; Newton, A.C.; Hoad, S.; Brosnan, J.M. (2004) Wheat mixtures for grain distilling., Project Report to the Scottish Society for Crop Research.
• Birch, A.N.E.; Boag, B.; Newton, A.C.; Gordon, S.C.; Fenton, B.; Malloch, G.; Hallett, P.D.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Stephens, S.E.; Neilson, S.; Wright, G.M.; Marshall, B.; McKenzie, B.M.; Squire, G.R.; Gill, P.; Wheatley, R.E. (2004) The SCRI LEAF Innovation Centre: Agro-ecosystem research which develops and promotes sustainable agriculture strategies and policies for Scotland, UK and Europe., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2003/2004, pp107-114.
• Newton, A.C.; Swanston, J.S. (2004) Crop diversity – new opportunities for low-input industrial crops?, Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2003/2004, pp154-156.
• Newton, A.C.; Bengough, A.G. ;Begg, G.S.; Swanston, J.S.; Hawes, C. (2003) The role and importance of canopy heterogeneity., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2002/2003, pp125-127.
• Thomas, W.T.B.; Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L.; Russell, J.R.; Powell, W.; Meyer, R.C.; Young, G.R.; Lawrence, P.E.; Booth, A.; Swanston, J.S.; Newton, A.C. (2002) Molecular markers for agriculturally important traits in barley., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, 162-164.
• Marshall, B.; Lyon, G.D.; Newton, A.C.; McNicol, J.W.; (2001) Knowledge engineering – science into practice: putting knowledge where it counts.., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2000/2001, 152-156.
• Newton, A.C.; (2000) Control of Rhynchosporium secalis infection, yield and quality in complex mixtures of winter barley cultivars. Airborne pathogens on cereals: population studies of airborne pathogens on cereals as means of improving strategies for disease control., COST 817 Annual Report for 1999, p72.
• Jones, E.R.L.; Newton, A.C. (2000) Rhynchosporium of barley., United Kingdom Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey Annual Report for 1999, 69-77.
• Thomas, W.T.B.; Newton, A.C.; Wilson, A.; Booth, A.; Macaulay, M.; Keith, R. (2000) Development of recombinant chromosome substitution lines – a barley resource., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1999/2000, pp99-100.
• Swanston, J.S.; Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Gacek, E.S. (1999) Malting quality interactions of barley cultivar mixtures from the UK and Poland., EU COST 817 Annual Report for 1999.
• Newton, A.C.; Swanston, J.S. (1999) Cereal variety mixtures reduce inputs and improve yield and quality – why isn’t everybody growing them?., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1998/99, pp55-59.

Conference papers

• Brooker, R.; Hewison, R.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.; Neilson, R.; Pakeman, R.; Raubach, S.; Shaw, P.; Verrall, S.; Karley, A. (2023) Crop mixtures as part of the sustainability toolbox for the distilling industry, World Distilled Spirits Conference, 9 May 2023, EICC, Edinburgh.
• Brooker, R.; Newton, A.; Pakeman, R.; Mitchell, C.; Hewison, R.; Karley, A. (2022) Identifying challenges and developing solutions lessons from participatory approaches to improving and promoting crop mixtures, Crop Production in Northern Britain Conference, 1-2 March 2022, Online.
• Karley, A.J.; Newton, A. (2022) Intercropping with barley to support winter pea cropping, Crop Production in Northern Britain Conference, 1-2 March 2022, Online.
• Karley, A.J.; Mitchell, C.; Hawes, C.; Young, M.W.; Brooker, R.W.; Pakeman, R.J.; Iannetta, P.P.M.I.; Newton, A.C. (2020) Crop species mixtures as part of integrated farm management., Proceedings, The Dundee Conference: Crop Production Northern Britain, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 25-26 February 2020, pp143-147.
• Brooker, R.W.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schoeb, C.; Karley, A.J. (2020) Linking ecological theory to sustainable crop production., World Biodiversity Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 23-28 February 2020. PowerPoint presentation.
• Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J. (2020) Do we need weeds? The place of non-crop plants in arable systems., Proceedings, The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 25-26 February 2020, pp149-154.
• Karley, A.J.; Banfield-Zanin, J.A.; Bickler, C.; Bliss, K.; Brooker, R.W.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Midmer, A.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Pearce, B.; Tippin, L.; George, D.R. (2019) Knowledge Exchange in ‘Plant Team’ Cropping with on-farm participatory research., European Conference on Crop Diversification, Budapest, Hungary, 18-20 September 2019. Book of Abstracts, pp56-57.
• Brown, J.L.; Stobart, R.; Hallett, P.D.; Morris, N.L.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; McKenzie, B.M. (2018) There are no differences in soil carbon storage between inversion tillage and reduced tillage systems in medium-term experiments in the UK., 21st International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO) Conference Proceedings, Paris, 24-27 September 2018, pp130-131.
• Karley, A.J.; Bickler, C.; Brooker, R.W.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Kiær, L.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Scherber, C.; Weih, M.; Pearce, B.; Schöb, C. (2018) Harnessing innovations in Plant Team cropping through science-practitioner information exchange., XV European Society for Agronomy Congress (ESA), Geneva, Switzerland, 27-31 August 2018. PS-6-01, p38 (Presentation)
• Valentine, T.A.; Binnie, K.; Stobart, E.; Hallett, P.D.; Morris, N.L.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C.; McKenzie, B.M. (2018) A root elongation assay
  for assessing the impact of tillage
  in medium-term management trial., 21st International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO) Conference, Paris, France, 24-27 September 2018, 2pp.
• Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Brooker, R.W.; Pakeman, R.J.; Guy, D.; Mitchell, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Weih, M.; Scherber, C.; Klaer, L. (2018) DIVERSify-ing for sustainability using cereal-legume “plant teams”., Association of Applied Biologists Meeting, Advances in Legume Science, Glasgow, UK, 21-22 March 2018. Aspects of Applied Biology, 138, 57-62.
• Holmes, A.; Stanley-Wall, N.; Newton, A.; Holden, N.J. (2018) Can plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria be used to control bacterial pathogens on horticultural produce?, Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2018: The Dundee Conference, Environmental Management and Crop Production, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 27-28 February 2018. Conference Proceedings, 59-64.
• Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Valentine, T.; George, T.S.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hackett, C.A. (2018) Differential adaptation of spring barley cultivars to inversion and non-inversion tillage., Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2018: The Dundee Conference, Environmental Management and Crop Production, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 27-28 February 2018. Conference Proceedings, pp109-114.
• Newton, A.C.; Reglinski, T.; De Vega Perez, D.; Holden, N.H.; Wiesel, L.; Gravouil, C.; Bain, R.; Havis, N.; Walters, D.R. (2016) Elicitors: what is available and can we optimise their potential benefits?, BCPC Diseases Review, NIAB, Cambridge, 7 December 2016.
• Adu, M.; Marshall, J.; Newton, A.C.; Holden, N. (2016) Harpin confers some protection against bacterial pathogens of horticultural crops., The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, Dundee, 23-24 February 2016, pp35-42.
• Newton, A.C.; Karley, A.J.; Schob, C.; Brooker, R.W.; Pakeman, R.J.; Iannetta, P.; Guy, D.C.; Black, K. (2016) How diverse can crop mixtures be in an integrated pest management context?, The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, Dundee, 23-24 February 2016, pp 73-80.
• Valentine, T.A.; Bengough, A.G.; Dupuy, L.X.; Hallett, P.; Karley, A.J.; McKenzie, B.M.; Newton, A.; Schmidt, S.; Stobart, R.; Squire, G.; Young, M.; Hawes, C. (2015) Evaluating interactions at the plant:soil interface., UK-India Initiative in Agroecology, Centre for Pollination Studies, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India, 21-23 February 2015.
• Kudsk, P.; Colnenne-David, C.; Dachbrodt-Saaydeh, S.; Kierzek, R.; Melander, B.; Newton, A.C.; Nistrup Jorgensen, L.; Toque, C.; Urek, G.; Leskovsek, R.; Razinger, J.; Holb, I.J.; Furlan, L.; Verschwele, A.; Giraud, M.; Leprince, F.; Verjux, N.; Espagnol, G.; Vasileiadis, V.P.; Sattin, M. (2015) Agronomic evaluation of IPM strategies in European winter-wheat and maize production., International Plant Protection Conference (IPCC), Henry Ford Building, Berlin, Germany, 24-27 August 2015.
• Toth, I.K.; Newton, A.C. (2014) Impacts of pests and diseases: a European perspective., Food Production and Environmental Sustainability in China, Beijing, China, 8 March 2014.
• Avrova, A.; Gamble, L.; Griffe, L.; Ruiz, O.; Munsterkotter, M.; Bayer, M.; Looseley, M.E.; Knogge, W.; Newton, A.C.; Birch, P.R.; Hammond-Kosack K.E.; Kanyuka, K. (2014) From Rhynchosporium commune genome sequence to barley resistance., Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Environmental Management and Crop Protection, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee, 25-26 February 2014.
• Newton, A.C.; Holden, N.; De Vega Perez, D.; Gravouil, C.; Walters, D.R. (2014) Induced resistance in crop protection: an overview., Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Temperate Climate, IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, 102, 169-174.
• Hallett, P.D.; Stobart, R.; George, T.S.; Morris, N.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; McKenzie, B.M. (2014) Temporal dynamics of soil physical conditions for crop growth under a range of tillage practices and the impact on the performance of contrasting modern cereal varieties., 20th World Congress of Soil Science, “Soils and Food Security”, Jeju, South Korea, 8-13 June 2014.
• Newton, A.C. (2014) Tools for IPDM and analysis of “sustainable” crop management in cereals., Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Environmental Management and Crop Protection, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee, 25-26 February 2014.
• Holden, N.; Okpo, A.; Newton, A.C.; Walters, D.R. (2014) Application of plant defence elicitors on horticultural crops to control bacterial pathogens., Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Environmental Management and Crop Protection, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee, 25-26 February 2014.
• Gamble, L.; Munsterkotter, M.; Bayer, M.; Knogge, W.; Newton, A.C.; Birch, P.R.J.; Avrova, A. (2014) On the path of discovery: Rhynchosporium commune effectors activating scald resistance in barley., Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Environmental Management and Crop Protection, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee, 25-26 February 2014.
• Mackenzie, A.E.; Munsterkotter, M.; Knogge, W.; Newton, A.C.; Munro, C.A.; Avrova, A. (2014) The role of Rhynchosporium commune cell wall components in cell wall integrity and pathogenicity., Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Environmental Management and Crop Protection, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee, 25-26 February 2014.
• Holden, N.J.; Toth, I.K.; Newton, A.C. (2013) Can plant defence elicitors control bacterial infection in field vegetables?, In: Bardin, M., Mauch-Mani, B., Mazzotta, S., Nicot, P., Pieterse, C., Poessel, J-L., Ponchet, M. & Schmitt, A. (eds.). Induced Resistance in Plants against Insects and Diseases – Leaping from Success in the Lab to Success in the Field. Proceedings of the IOBC/WPRS, Avignon, France, 10-13 June 2013. IOBC-WRS Bulletin, 89, 433-443.
• Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Hallett, P.D. (2013) Disease control in cultivar mixtures., 11th International Epidemiology Workshop, Beijing, China, 22-25 August 2013.
• Newton, A.C.; Fitt, B.D.L.; Werner, P.; Harrap, D.; Southgate, J.; Ashworth, M.; Atkins, S.D.; Looseley, M.E. (2013) The importance of asymptomatic infection in sustainable crop protection., ICPP 2013, Beijing, China, 25-30 August 2013.
• George, T.S.; Valentine, T.; Newton, A.; McKenzie, M.; Stobart, R.; Morris, N.; Hallett, P.D. (2013) Impacts of cultivation on rooting characteristics and resource acquisition by barley., Scotland’s Monitor Farms Meeting, Stirling, 30-31 May 2013.

Conference posters / abstracts

• Valentine, T.; Binnie, K.; Grieves, J.; Newton, A. (2024) Adaptation of arable cropping to reduced tillage in the Maritime NorthWest of Europe Do we need to breed different cultivars, Abstract for Oral presentation International Society for Root Research, 2-7 June 2024, Leipzig, Germany
• Valentine, T.; Binnie, K.; Grieves, J.; Newton, A. (2024) Grieves House Tillage Trial: What have we learnt from six years of transition to notillage cultivation, Crop Production in Northern Britain 2024 Abstract booklet, 27 – 28 February, Apex Hotel Dundee, UK
• Newton, A.; Grieves, J.; Valentine, T. (2024) Tillage, season, management and crop history all affect yield ranking Which is more important for resilience assessment, Crop Prouction in Northern Britain 2024, UK 27-28 February 2024, Apex Hotel Dundee
• Valentine, T.A.; Binnie, K.; Hawes, C.; George, T.; Stobart, R.; Hallett, P.; Newton, A.C.; McKenzie, B.M (2022) Impact of reduced tillage and rotations on rootsoil relations in medium and long term UK field trials, Abstract Submission to the 22nd World Congress of Soil Science, 31 July – 5 August 2022, Glasgow.
• Brooker, R.; Keillor, B.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.; Pakeman, R.; Karley, A. (2021) Impacts of largescale environmental drivers and crop composition on the benefits of intercropping, British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Liverpool, 13/12/21.
• Binnie, K.; Hawes, C.; Newton, A.C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Valentine, T. (2020) To assess the effect of different soil physical conditions on the initial root growth of root vegetables. , James Hutton Institute Annual Research Symposium, 25-27 November 2020. (Online) (Poster)
• Valentine, T.; Binnie, K.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hawes, C.; Newton, A.C. (2020) To assess the effect of different soil physical conditions on the initial root growth of root vegetables., James Hutton Institute Annual Research Symposium, 25-27 November 2020. (Online) (Poster)
• Valentine, T.; Binnie, K.; McKenzie, B.; Hawes, C.; Newton, A.C. (2020) Assessing the effect of reduced input agricultural rotations on soil physical structure using image analysis., James Hutton Institute Annual Research Symposium, 25-27 November 2020. (Online) (Abstract)
• Iannetta, P.P.M.; Begg, G.; Boath, A.; James, E.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.J.; Maluk, M.; Ferrando Molina, F.; Newton, A.C.; Quilliam, R.; Squire, G. (2018) The potential of legume-supported food- and feed-chains to strengthen capacities for sustainable economic development., CECHR Annual Symposium, University of Dundee, Dundee, 21 May 2018.
• Brooker, R.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C. (2018) Plant genetics vs. trait diversity: impacts on weed community assembly., Scotland’s Biennial Land Use and Environment Conference XII, Rewarding the Delivery of Public Goods: How to Achieve this in Practice? Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, 28-29 November 2018. (Poster).
• Brooker, R.W.; Hewison, R.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C.; Karley, A.J. (2018) Crop mixtures., BES Annual Meeting 2018, Birmingham, 16-19 December. (Poster)
• Holden, N.J.; Marshall, J.; Valentine, T.A.; Newton, A. (2018) Relating tillage management systems of barley to rhizosphere composition and fungal disease., International Phytobiomes Conference 2018, Montpellier, France, 4-6 December 2018. (Poster)
• Ferrando-Molina, F.; Maluk, M.; Newton, A.C.; Quilliam, R.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2018) Screening of nodulating bacteria for tolerance to desiccation stress., The James Hutton Institute PhD Student Retreat, Birnam, Dunkeld, 8-9 March 2018. Poster presentation.
• Newton, A.C.; Iannetta, P.M.M. (2018) Case study 5: Intercropping for high productivity low input systems., Transition paths to sUstainable legume based systems in Europe (TRUE), General Assembly, The Agricultural University of Athens, Greece, 16-20 April 2018. (Poster abstract0
• Garrett, C.; Newton, A.C. (2018) Global change drives changes in disease management systems. , International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) 2018, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, USA, 29 July – 3 August 2018. Abstract
• Havis, N.D.; Gorniak, K.; Taylor, J.; Okpa, A.; Newton, A.C.; Wright, S.J.M.; Burnett, F.J. (2018) Monitoring Rhynchosporium commune in Scotland for the appearance of resistance to strobilurn fungicides., Proceedings, Crop Production in Northern Britain 2018, Environmental Management and Crop Production, Dundee, 27-28 February 2018. (Poster)
• Holmes, A.; Newton, A.; Stanley-Wall, N.R.; Holden, N.J. (2018) Can plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria be used to control bacterial pathogens on horticultural produce?, Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2018: The Dundee Conference, Environmental Management and Crop Production, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 27-28 February 2018. Conference Proceedings, pp59-64.
• Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.; Brooker, R. (2018) Disease control in variety mixtures is not directly linked with yield benefit., Phytopathology, 108, S1.177. Abstract.
• Looseley, M.E.; Newton, A.C.; Werner, P.; Harrap, D.; Guy, D. (2017) Introgression of quantitative resistance to Rhynchosporium commune into elite winter barley through marker assisted backcrossing., 2nd International Workshop on Barley Leaf Diseases, Rabat, Morocco, 5-7 April 2017.
• Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Brooker, R. (2017) Disease control in variety mixtures is not directly linked with yield benefit., International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) 2018, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, USA, 29 July – 3 August 2017. Abstract.