Adrian Newton

Ecological Sciences

Cereal Pathologist/Agroecologist

adrian.newton@hutton.ac.uk

+44 (0)344 928 5428 (*)

The James Hutton Institute
Invergowrie
Dundee DD2 5DA
Scotland UK

Adrian Newton is a cereal pathologist by training but his current research spans broader aspects of arable crops in the context of integrated crop management. His first degree was in Agricultural Botany from the University of Reading, followed by a PhD in Genetics from the University of Birmingham. His PhD and subsequent post-doc work at Birmingham were on the population biology of Puccinia striiformis (yellow rust) and Phaeosphaeria nodorum (Stagonospora nodorum formerly Septoria nodorum; glume blotch) on wheat and barley. Moving to the former Scottish Crop Research Institute he focussed on Blumeria graminis (formerly Erysiphe graminis; powdery mildew) and Rhynchosporium commune (formerly Rhynchosporium secalis; rhynchosporium or scald) on barley. This work continued his interest in pathogen population biology but focussed more on disease control through resistance, tolerance, exploitation of in-crop diversity and the development of resistance elicitors as crop protectants. Other interests included adaptation to climate change in plant pathology.

Current research interests

Adrian’s research interests in cereal pathogens continue, including Ramularia collo-cygni (Ramularia Leaf Spot). The crop diversity interest has taken more of an ecological focus working with Hutton colleagues and others, and has encompassed intercropping, especially cereal-legume combinations for both biomass (wholecrop) and grain. His IPM interests in general have included 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 and exciting developments.

Some links to previous areas of work: Epidemiology, crop protection and resistance deployment; Resistance elicitors; Analysing epidemic spatial trends and local competition effects in heterogeneous vegetation and cultivar mixtures in general.

Adrian is a key staff member leading Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPM) research at the Institute. For details of ongoing IPM research areas and projects, please visit the IPM@hutton website.

He is also honoured to be a Visiting Professor of Cereal Pathology at SRUC, Edinburgh; an editor for Plant Pathology; a Member of the Association for Crop Protection in Northern Britain Standing Committee and Programme Committee and its Treasurer; a Member of HGCA Barley, Oats and Other cereals Recommended List Committee; a Member of Scottish Variety Consultative Committee (Cereals); a Member of the International Committee for the International Workshop on Barley Leaf Diseases; a Member of the Scottish Society for Crop Research - Combinable and Energy Crops Committee; and an Associate of the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience.

Current research grants activities

Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme 2016-2021, Theme 2 – Productive and Sustainable Land Management and Rural Economies. Research Deliverables: 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)
Innovate UK. Breeding for durable resistance to Rhynchosporium (DRRUM)
EU ENDURE network
RESAS Innovation: Biocontrol for plant and human pathogens on horticultural produce (completed 2018).

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Bibliography

Recent

Brooker, R.; Hewison, R.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C.; Karley, A.J. (In press) Does crop genetic diversity support positive biodiversity effects under experimental drought?, Basic and Applied Ecology.
Yassin, M.; Ton, J.; Rolfe, S.A.; Valentine, T.A.; Cromey, M.; Holden, N.J.; Newton, A.C. (In press) The rise, fall and resurrection of chemical-induced resistance agents., Pest Management Science.
Carrillo-Rechea, J.; Newton, A.C.; Quilliam, R.S. (In press) Using seed respiration as a tool for calculating optimal soaking times for `on-farm? seed priming., Annals of Applied Biology
Newton, A.C.; Creissen, H.E.; Havis, N.D.; Burnett, F.J. (In press) 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, Chapter 18.
Weih, M.; Ajal, J.; Ki?r, 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.
Berghuijs, H.N.C.; Weih, M.; van der Werf, W.; Karley, A.J.; Adam, E.; Villegas-Fernandez, A.M.; Kiaer, 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.
Weih, M.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Ki?r, L.P.; Scherber, C.; Rubiales, D.; Adam, E.; Ajal, J.; Brandmeier. J.; Pappagallo, S.; Villegas-Fernandez, A.; Reckling, M.; Tavoletti, S, (2021) Grain yield stability of cereal-legume intercrops is greater than sole crops in more productive conditions., Agriculture, 11, Article No. 255.
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, Article No. 30.
Brooker, R.W.; George, T.S.; Homulle, Z.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2021) Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming., Journal of Ecology. Published online.
Herman, N.C.; Berghuijs, M.W.; van der Werf, W.; Karley, A.J.; Adam, E.; Villegas-Fernandez, A.M.; Ki?r, 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.
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, 290-303.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pakeman, R.J.; Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Mitchell, C.; Hewison, R.L.; Pollenus, J.; Guy, D.C.; Schob, C. (2020) Increased crop diversity reduces the functional space available for weeds., Weed Research, 60, 121-131.
Ki?r, L.P.; Scherber, C.; Weih, M.; Rubiales, D.; Tavoletti, S.; Adam, E.; Vaz Patto, M.C.; Leit?o, S.T.; Schmutz, A.; Schob, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Preedy, K. (2017) Wheat cultivar yield response to some organic and conventional farming conditions and the yield potential of mixtures., Journal of Agricultural Science, 155, 1045-1060.
Vasileiadis, V.P.; Dachbrodt-Saaydeh, S.; Kudsk, P.; Colnenne-David, C.; Leprince, F.; Holb, I.J.; Kierzek, R.; Furlan, L.; Loddo, D.; Melander, B.; Jorgensen, L.N.; Newton, A.C.; Toque, C.; van Dijk, W.; Lefebvre, M.; Benezit, M.; Sattin, M. (2017) Sustainability of European winter wheat- and maize-based cropping systems: economic, environmental and social ex-post assessment of conventional and IPM-based systems., Crop Protection, 97, 60-69.
Schoeb, C.; Hortal, S.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Powell, J.R.; Anderson, I.C.; Brooker, R.W. (2017) Species but not genotype diversity strongly impacts the establishment of rare colonisers., Functional Ecology, 31, 1462-1470.
Lechenet ,M.; Deytieux, V.; Antichic, D.; Aubertot, J.-N.; Barberi, B.; Bertrand, M.; Cellier, V.; Charles, R.; Colnenne-David, C.; Dachbrodt-Saaydeh, S.; Debaeke, P.; Dorei, T.; Farcy, P.; Fernandez-Quintanilla, C.; Grandeau, G.; Hawes, C.; Jouy, L.; Justes, E.; Kierzek, R.; Kudsk, P.; Lamichhane, J.R.; Lescourret, F.; Mazzoncini, M.; Melander, B.; Messean, A.; Moonen, A.C.; Newton, A.C.; Nolot, J.M.; Panozzo, S.; Retaureau, P.; Sattin, M.; Schwarz, J.; Toque, C.; Vasileiadis, V.P.; Munier-Jolain, N. (2017) Diversity of methodologies to experiment Integrated Pest Management in arable cropping systems: analysis and reflections based on a European network., European Journal of Agronomy, 83, 86-99.
Kaczmareka, M.; Piotrowska, M.J.; Fountaine, J.M.; Gorniak, K.; McGrann, G.R.D.; Armstrong, A.; Wright, K.M.; Newton, A.C.; Harvis, N.D. (2017) Infection strategy of Ramularis collo-cygni and development of Ramularia leaf spot on barley and alternate graminaceous hosts., Plant Pathology, 66, 45-55.
Hopkins, D.W.; Wheatley, R.E.; Coakley, C.M.; Daniell, T.J.; Mitchell, S.M.; Newton, A.C.; Neilson, R. (2017) Soil carbon and nitrogen and barley yield responses to repeated additions of compost and slurry., Journal of Agricultural Science, 155, 141-155.
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.
Newton, A.C. (2016) Exploitation of diversity within cops - the key to disease tolerance?, Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No. 665.
Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2016) Facilitation and sustainable agriculture: a mechanistic approach to reconciling crop production and conservation., Functional Ecology, 30, 98-107.
Gravouil, C.E.L.; Newton, A.C.; Bingham, I.J. (2016) The invisible risk of saprophytes: a cryptococcus/rhynchosporium case study., Proceedings of Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 23-24 February 2016.
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.
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.
Wiesel, L.; Davis, J.L.; Milne, L.; Fernandez, V.R.; Herold, M.B.; Williams, J.M.; Morris, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Harrower, B.; Newton, A.C.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M.; Hein, I. (2015) A transcriptional reference map of defence hormone responses in potato., Scientific Reports, 5, Article No. 15229.
Looseley, M.E.; Keith, R.; Guy, D.; Barral-Baron, G.; Thirugnanasambandam, A.; Harrap, D.; Werner, P.; Newton, A.C. (2015) Genetic mapping of resistance to Rhynchosporium commune and characterisation of early infection in a winter barley mapping population., Euphytica, 203, 337-347.
Schoeb, C.; Kerle, S.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Pakeman, R.J.; Newton, A.C.; Brooker, R.W. (2015) Intraspecific genetic diversity and composition modify species-level diversity-productivity relationships., New Phytologist, 205, 720-730.

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Journals

Weih, M.; Ajal, J.; Ki?r, 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.
Berghuijs, H.N.C.; Weih, M.; van der Werf, W.; Karley, A.J.; Adam, E.; Villegas-Fernandez, A.M.; Kiaer, 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.
Weih, M.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Ki?r, L.P.; Scherber, C.; Rubiales, D.; Adam, E.; Ajal, J.; Brandmeier. J.; Pappagallo, S.; Villegas-Fernandez, A.; Reckling, M.; Tavoletti, S, (2021) Grain yield stability of cereal-legume intercrops is greater than sole crops in more productive conditions., Agriculture, 11, Article No. 255.
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, Article No. 30.
Brooker, R.W.; George, T.S.; Homulle, Z.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2021) Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming., Journal of Ecology. Published online.
Herman, N.C.; Berghuijs, M.W.; van der Werf, W.; Karley, A.J.; Adam, E.; Villegas-Fernandez, A.M.; Ki?r, 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.
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, 290-303.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pakeman, R.J.; Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Mitchell, C.; Hewison, R.L.; Pollenus, J.; Guy, D.C.; Schob, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Preedy, K. (2017) Wheat cultivar yield response to some organic and conventional farming conditions and the yield potential of mixtures., Journal of Agricultural Science, 155, 1045-1060.
Vasileiadis, V.P.; Dachbrodt-Saaydeh, S.; Kudsk, P.; Colnenne-David, C.; Leprince, F.; Holb, I.J.; Kierzek, R.; Furlan, L.; Loddo, D.; Melander, B.; Jorgensen, L.N.; Newton, A.C.; Toque, C.; van Dijk, W.; Lefebvre, M.; Benezit, M.; Sattin, M. (2017) Sustainability of European winter wheat- and maize-based cropping systems: economic, environmental and social ex-post assessment of conventional and IPM-based systems., Crop Protection, 97, 60-69.
Schoeb, C.; Hortal, S.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Powell, J.R.; Anderson, I.C.; Brooker, R.W. (2017) Species but not genotype diversity strongly impacts the establishment of rare colonisers., Functional Ecology, 31, 1462-1470.
Lechenet ,M.; Deytieux, V.; Antichic, D.; Aubertot, J.-N.; Barberi, B.; Bertrand, M.; Cellier, V.; Charles, R.; Colnenne-David, C.; Dachbrodt-Saaydeh, S.; Debaeke, P.; Dorei, T.; Farcy, P.; Fernandez-Quintanilla, C.; Grandeau, G.; Hawes, C.; Jouy, L.; Justes, E.; Kierzek, R.; Kudsk, P.; Lamichhane, J.R.; Lescourret, F.; Mazzoncini, M.; Melander, B.; Messean, A.; Moonen, A.C.; Newton, A.C.; Nolot, J.M.; Panozzo, S.; Retaureau, P.; Sattin, M.; Schwarz, J.; Toque, C.; Vasileiadis, V.P.; Munier-Jolain, N. (2017) Diversity of methodologies to experiment Integrated Pest Management in arable cropping systems: analysis and reflections based on a European network., European Journal of Agronomy, 83, 86-99.
Kaczmareka, M.; Piotrowska, M.J.; Fountaine, J.M.; Gorniak, K.; McGrann, G.R.D.; Armstrong, A.; Wright, K.M.; Newton, A.C.; Harvis, N.D. (2017) Infection strategy of Ramularis collo-cygni and development of Ramularia leaf spot on barley and alternate graminaceous hosts., Plant Pathology, 66, 45-55.
Hopkins, D.W.; Wheatley, R.E.; Coakley, C.M.; Daniell, T.J.; Mitchell, S.M.; Newton, A.C.; Neilson, R. (2017) Soil carbon and nitrogen and barley yield responses to repeated additions of compost and slurry., Journal of Agricultural Science, 155, 141-155.
Newton, A.C. (2016) Exploitation of diversity within cops - the key to disease tolerance?, Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No. 665.
Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2016) Facilitation and sustainable agriculture: a mechanistic approach to reconciling crop production and conservation., Functional Ecology, 30, 98-107.
Gravouil, C.E.L.; Newton, A.C.; Bingham, I.J. (2016) The invisible risk of saprophytes: a cryptococcus/rhynchosporium case study., Proceedings of Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 23-24 February 2016.
Wiesel, L.; Davis, J.L.; Milne, L.; Fernandez, V.R.; Herold, M.B.; Williams, J.M.; Morris, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Harrower, B.; Newton, A.C.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M.; Hein, I. (2015) A transcriptional reference map of defence hormone responses in potato., Scientific Reports, 5, Article No. 15229.
Skelsey, P.; Newton, A.C. (2015) Future environmental and geographic risks of Fusarium head blight of wheat in Scotland., European Journal of Plant Pathology, 142, 133-147.
Pakeman, R.J.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Morcillo, L.; Brooker, R.W.; Schob, C. (2015) A trait-based approach to crop-weed interactions., European Journal of Agronomy, 70, 22-32.
Looseley, M.E.; Keith, R.; Guy, D.; Barral-Baron, G.; Thirugnanasambandam, A.; Harrap, D.; Werner, P.; Newton, A.C. (2015) Genetic mapping of resistance to Rhynchosporium commune and characterisation of early infection in a winter barley mapping population., Euphytica, 203, 337-347.
Schoeb, C.; Kerle, S.; Karley, A.J.; Morcillo, L.; Pakeman, R.J.; Newton, A.C.; Brooker, R.W. (2015) Intraspecific genetic diversity and composition modify species-level diversity-productivity relationships., New Phytologist, 205, 720-730.
Wiesel, L.; Newton, A.C.; Elliot, I.; Booty, D.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Hein, I. (2014) Molecular effects of resistance elicitors from biological origin and their potential for crop protection., Frontiers in Plant Science, 5, Article No. 655.
Skelsey, P.; Newton, A.C. (2014) Scale-dependent assessment of relative disease resistance to plant pathogens., Agronomy, 4, 178-190.
Looseley, M.E.; Newton, A.C. (2014) Assessing the consequences of microbial infection in field trials; seen, unseen, beneficial, parasitic and pathogenic., Agronomy, 4, 302-321.
George, T.S.; Hawes, C.; Newton, A.C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Hallett, P.D.; Valentine, T.A. (2014) Field phenotyping and long-term platforms to characterise how crop genotypes interact with soil processes and the environment., Agronomy, 4, 242-278.
George, T.S.; Brown, L.K.; Ramsay, L.; White, P.J.; Newton, A.C.; Bengough, A.G.; Russell, J.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2014) Understanding the genetic control and physiological traits associated with rhizosheath production by barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)., New Phytologist, 203, 195-205.
Stobart, R.; Hallett, P.D.; George, T.S.; Morris, N.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; MacKenzie, B.M. (2014) Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management; integration of major UK field experiments., Crop Production in Southern Britain Meeting: Precision Decision for Profitable Cropping, Peterborough Arena, 25-26 November 2014. Aspects of Applied Biology, 127, 233-239.
Matthews, R.B.; Rivington, M.; Muhammed, S.; Newton, A.C.; Hallett, P.D. (2013) Adapting crops and cropping systems to future climates to ensure food security: the role of crop modelling., Global Food Security, 2, 24-28.
Newton, A.C.; Torrance, L.; Holden, N.; Toth, I.K.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Blok, V.C.; Gilroy, E.M. (2012) Chapter three - climate change and defence against pathogens in plants., Advances in Applied Microbiology, 81, 89-132.
Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Bengough, A.G.; Gordon, D.C.; McKenzie, B.M.; Sun, B.; Valentine, T.A.; Hallett, P.D. (2012) Soil tillage effects on the efficacy of cultivars and their mixtures in winter barley., Field Crops Research, 128, 91-100.

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Prior to Appointment

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

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Books / Book Chapters

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).

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Reports

Ki?r, L.P.; Scherber, C.; Weih, M.; Rubiales, D.; Tavoletti, S.; Adam, E.; Vaz Patto, M.C.; Leit?o, S.T.; Schmutz, A.; Schob, 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.

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Scientific posters/conferences

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Adrian Newton

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