Alison Lees
Current research interests
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Tools for Integrated Pest Management of potato diseases
- 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.
- 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 including black dot (Colletotrichum coccodes), powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) and Rhizoctonia.
- Euroblight – A potato late blight Network for Europe.
- Alison is a key staff member leading Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPM) research at the James Hutton Institute. For details of ongoing IPM research areas and projects, please visit the IPM@hutton website.
- ResearchGate
Past research
- Coordination of EU Concerted Action ‘Eucablight’ – A Late Blight Network for Europe.
- Inheritance of resistance to fungal potato pathogens.
- Fusarium diseases of wheat
Bibliography
- Puidet, B.; Mabon, R.; Guibert, M.; Kiiker, R.; Soonvald, L.; Le, V.H.; Eikemo, H.; Dewaegeneire, P.; Saubeau, G.; Chatot, C.; Aurousseau, F.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Abuley, I.; Hansen, J.G.; Corbiere, R.; Leclerc, M.; Andrivon, D. (2022) Examining phenotypic traits contributing to the spread in northern European potato crops of EU_41_A2, a new clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans., a new clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans. 414-421
- Cooke, D.;Lees, A. (2021) Population monitoring and fungicide sensitivity testing of Phytophthora infestans across GB 201921 Project annual report for 201920, https://projectblue.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Research%20Papers/Potatoes/FAB%20Reports/11120034_Report_2019_2020.pd
- Bienkowski, D.; Aitkenhead, M.J.; Lees, A.K.; Gallagher, C.; Neilson, R. (2019) Detection and differentiation between potato (Solanum tuberosum) diseases using calibration models trained with non-imaging spectrometry data., Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 167, Article No. 105056.
- Njoroge, A.W.; Andersson, B.; Lees, A.K.; Mutai, C.; Forbes, G.A.; Yuen, J.E.; Pelle, R. (2019) Genotyping of Phytophthora infestans in Eastern Africa reveals a dominating invasive European lineage., Phytopathology, 109, 670-680.
- Lees, A.K.; Roberts, D.M.; Lynott, J.; Sullivan L.; Brierley, J.L. (2019) Real-time PCR and LAMP assays for the detection of spores of Sporangia of Alternaria solani and Sporangia of Phytophthora infestans to inform disease risk forecasting., Plant Disease, 103, 3172-3180.
- Skelsey, P.; Dancey, S.R.; Preedy, K.; Lees, A.K.; Cooke, D.E.L. (2018) Forecasting the spread of aerially transmitted crop diseases with a binary classifier for inoculum survival., Plant Pathology, 67, 920-928.
- Ritchie, F.; Bain, R.A.; Lees, A.K.; Boor, T.R.W.; Paveley, N.D. (2018) Integrated control of potato late blight: predicting the combined efficacy of host resistance and fungicides., Plant Pathology, 67, 1784-1791.
- Chen, X.; Lewandowska, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Baker, K.; Lim, T.Y.; Bayer, M.; Harrower, B.; McLean, K.; Jupe, F.; Witek, K.; Lees, A.K.; Jones, J.D.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2018) Identification and rapid mapping of a gene conferring broad-spectrum late blight resistance in the diploid potato species Solanum verrucosum through DNA capture technologies., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131, 1287-1297.
- Lees, A.K. (2018) Fungal diseases affecting potato storage., In: Wale, S. (ed.). Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Potatoes: Volume 2: Production and Storage, Production and Sustainability. Cambridge, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd., Chapter 8, 179-185.
- Peters, J.C.; Harper, G.; Brierley, J.L.; Lees, A.; Wale, S.J.; Hilton, A.; Gladders, P.; Boonham, N.; Cunnington, A.C. (2016) The effect of post-harvest storage conditions on the development of black dot (Colletotrichum coccodes) on potato in crops grown for different durations., Plant Pathology, 65, 1484-1491.
- Skelsey, P.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Lynott, J.S.; Lees, A.K. (2016) Crop connectivity under climate change: future environmental and geographic risks of potato late blight in Scotland., Global Change Biology, 22, 3724-3738.
- Van Weymers, P.S.M.; Baker, K.; Chen, X.W.; Harrower, B.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Thilliez, G.J.A.; Lees, A.K.; Lynott, J.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; McKenzie, G.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2016) Utilizing 'Omic' technologies to identify and prioritize novel sources of resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans in potato germplasm collections., Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No. 762.
- Brierley, J.L.; Hilton, A.J.; Wale, S.J.; Woodhall, J.W; Lees, A.K. (2016) The relative importance of seed- and soil-borne inoculum of Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 in causing black scurf on potato., Potato Research, 59, 181-193.
- Heltoft, P.; Brierley, J.L.; Lees, A.K.; Sullivan, L.; Lynott, J.; Hermansen, A. (2016) The relationship between soil inoculum and the development of Fusarium dry rot in potato cultivars Asterix and Saturna., European Journal Plant Pathology, 146, 711-714.
- Brierley, J.L.; Hilton, A.J.; Wale, S.J.; Peters, J.C.; Gladders, P.P.; Bradshaw, N.J.; Ritchie, F.; Mackenzie, K.; Lees, A.K. (2015) Factors affecting the development and control of black dot on potato tubers., Plant Pathology, 64, 167-177.
- Tomczynska, I.; Stefanczyk, E.; Chmielarz, M.; Karasiewicz, B.; Kaminski, P.; Jones, J.D.G.; Lees, A.K.; Sliwka, J. (2014) A locus conferring effective late blight resistance in potato cultivar Sarpo Mira maps to chromosome XI., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 127, 647-657.
- Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Chapman, A.; Cooke, L.R.; Bain, R. (2014) GB Late Blight Populations: monitoring and implications of population changes. Reporting Period 2009-2012., Potato Council Final Report (R423), 94pp.
- Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Chapman, A.; Cooke, L.R.; Bain, R. (2014) GB Late blight populations: monitoring and implications of population changes., Potato Council Final Report, R423.
- Lees, A.; Cooke, D,.E.L.; Toth, I.; Dolan, A.; SRUC; Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. (2014) Scottish Government Plant Health Workshop., Rapporteur, Scottish Government Plant Health Workshop, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, 8 December 2014.
- Brierley, J.L.; Sullivan, L.; Hilton, A.J.; Wale, S.J.; Hilton, A.J.; Kielebrink, D.T.; Lees, A.K. (2013) Relationship between Spongospora subterranea f.sp. subterranea soil inoculum level, host resistance and powdery scab on potato tubers in the field., Plant Pathology, 62, 413-420.
- Were, H.K.; Kabira, J.N.; Kinyua, Z.M.; Olubayo, F.M.; Karinga, J.K.; Aura, J.; Lees, A.K.; Cowan, G.H.; Torrance, L. (2013) Occurrence and distribution of potato pests and diseases in the major potato growing areas in Kenya., Potato Research, 56, 325-342.
- Merz, U.; Lees, A.K.; Sullivan, L.; Schwarzel, R.; Hebeisen, T.; Kirk, H.G.; Bouchek-Mechiche, K.; Hofferbert, H.R. (2012) Powdery scab resistance in Solanum tuberosum: an assessment of cultivar x environment effect., Plant Pathology, 61, 29-36.
- Cooke, D.E.L.; Cano, L.M.; Raffaele, S.; Bain, R.A.; Cooke, L.R.; Etherington, G.J.; Deahl, K.L.; Farrer, R.A.; Gilroy, E.M.; Goss, E.M.; Grunwald, N.J.; Hein, I.; Maclean, D.; McNicol, J.W.; Randall, E.; Oliva, R.F.; Pel, M.A.; Shaw, D.S.; Squires, J.N.; Taylor, M.C.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; Birch, P.R.J.; Lees, A.K.; Kamoun, S. (2012) Genome analyses of an aggressive and invasive lineage of the Irish potato famine pathogen., PLoS Pathogens, 8, Article No. e1002940.
- Lees, A.K.; Sullivan, L.; Lynott, J.S.; Cullen, D.W. (2012) Development of a quantitative real-time PCR assay for Phytophthora infestans and its applicability to leaf, tuber and soil samples., Plant Pathology, 61, 867-876.
- Lees, A.K.; Stewart, J.A.; Lynott, J.S.; Carnegie, S.F.; Campbell, H.; Roberts, A.M.I. (2012) The effect of a dominant Phytopthora infestans genotype (13_A2) in Great Britain on host resistance to foliar late blight in commercial potato cultivars., Potato Research, 55, 125-134.
- Wright, J.; Lees, A.K.; van der Waals, J.E. (2012) Detection and eradication of Spongospora subterranea in mini-tuber production tunnels., South African Journal of Science, 108, 85-88.
- Brierley, J.L.; Lees, A. (2012) International diagnostics collaboration: informing management of potato diseases through epidemiology and diagnostics., R422 Final Report. Potato Council Ltd, Stoneleigh.
- Andrivon, D.; Avendano-Corcoles, J.; Cameron, A.M.; Carnegie, S.F.; Cooke, L.R.; Corbiere, R.; Detourne, D.; Dowley, L.J.; Evans, D.; Forisekova, K.; Griffin, D.G.; Hannukkala, A.; Lees, A.K.; Lebecka, R.; Niepold, F.; Polgar, Z.; Shaw, D.S.; Thompson, J.; Trognitz, B.; van Raaij, M. G.; Zimnoch-Guzowska, E. (2011) Stability and variability of virulence of Phytophthora infestans assessed in a ring test across European laboratories., Plant Pathology, 60, 556-565.
- Gilroy, E.M.; Breen, S.; Whisson, S.C.; Squires, J.; Hein, I.; Kaczmarek, M.; Turnbull, D.; Boevink, P.; Lokossou, A.; Cano, L.M.; Morales, J.; Avrova, A.O.; Pritchard, L.; Randall, E.; Lees, A.K.; Govers, F.; van West, P.; Kamoun, S.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2011) Presence/absence, differential expression and sequence polmorphisms between PiAVR2 and PiAVR2-like in Phytophthora infestans determine virulence on R2 plants., New Phytologist, 191, 763-776.
- Lees, A.K.; Brierley, J.L.; Stewart, J.A.; Hilton, A.J.; Wale, S.J.; Gladders, P.; Bradshaw, N.J.; Peters, J.C. (2010) Relative importance of seed-tuber and soilborne inoculum in causing black dot disease of potato., Plant Pathology, 59, 693-702.
- Carnegie, S.F.; Campbell, H.; Heaton, K.; Wale, S.; Davey, T.; Roberts, A.M.I.; Kirkwood, M.; Lees, A.K. (2010) Research project report: Independent variety trials 2009., Potato Council Ltd., Stoneleigh, Report No 2010/12, 41pp.
- Wale, S.; Lees, A.K.; Peters, J.; Brierley, J.L.; Woodhall, J.W.; Davey, T. (2010) Final report: Extending the scope of modern potato diagnostics and their interpretation., Potato Council Ltd, Stoneleigh.
- Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Shaw, D.S.; Bain, R.; Ritchie, F.; Taylor, M. (2010) Final report: Survey of GB blight populations., Potato Council, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
- Torrance, L.; Toth, I.K.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Fenton, B.; Blok, V.C.; Lees, A.K. (2010) Risks of new or emerging pests and pathogens posed by environmental change., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2009, pp14-17.
- 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.
- Brierley, J.L.; Stewart, J.A.; Lees, A.K. (2009) Quantifying potato pathogen DNA in soil., Applied Soil Ecology, 41, 234-238.
- Lees, A.K.; Sullivan, L.; Cullen, D.W. (2009) A quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Polyscytalum pustulans, the cause of skin spot disease of potato., Journal of Phytopathology, 157, 154-158.
- Lees, A.K.; van de Graaf, P.; Wale, S. (2008) The identification and detection of Spongospora subterranea and factors affecting infection and disease., American Journal of Potato Research, 85, 247-252.
- Woodhall, J.W.; Lees, A.K.; Edwards, S.G.; Jenkinson, P. (2008) Infection of potato by Rhizoctonia solani: effect of anastomosis group., Plant Pathology, 57, 897-905.
- Peters, J.C.; Lees, A.K.; Cullen, D.W.; Sullivan, L.; Stroud, G.P.; Cunnington, A.C. (2008) Characterisation of Fusarium sp. Responsible for causing dry rot of potato in Great Britain., Plant Pathology, 57, 262-271.
- Puidet, B.; Mabon, R.; Guibert, M.; Kiiker, R.; Soonvald, L.; Le, V.H.; Eikemo, H.; Dewaegeneire, P.; Saubeau, G.; Chatot, C.; Aurousseau, F.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Abuley, I.; Hansen, J.G.; Corbiere, R.; Leclerc, M.; Andrivon, D. (2022) Examining phenotypic traits contributing to the spread in northern European potato crops of EU_41_A2, a new clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans., a new clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans. 414-421
- Bienkowski, D.; Aitkenhead, M.J.; Lees, A.K.; Gallagher, C.; Neilson, R. (2019) Detection and differentiation between potato (Solanum tuberosum) diseases using calibration models trained with non-imaging spectrometry data., Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 167, Article No. 105056.
- Njoroge, A.W.; Andersson, B.; Lees, A.K.; Mutai, C.; Forbes, G.A.; Yuen, J.E.; Pelle, R. (2019) Genotyping of Phytophthora infestans in Eastern Africa reveals a dominating invasive European lineage., Phytopathology, 109, 670-680.
- Lees, A.K.; Roberts, D.M.; Lynott, J.; Sullivan L.; Brierley, J.L. (2019) Real-time PCR and LAMP assays for the detection of spores of Sporangia of Alternaria solani and Sporangia of Phytophthora infestans to inform disease risk forecasting., Plant Disease, 103, 3172-3180.
- Skelsey, P.; Dancey, S.R.; Preedy, K.; Lees, A.K.; Cooke, D.E.L. (2018) Forecasting the spread of aerially transmitted crop diseases with a binary classifier for inoculum survival., Plant Pathology, 67, 920-928.
- Ritchie, F.; Bain, R.A.; Lees, A.K.; Boor, T.R.W.; Paveley, N.D. (2018) Integrated control of potato late blight: predicting the combined efficacy of host resistance and fungicides., Plant Pathology, 67, 1784-1791.
- Chen, X.; Lewandowska, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Baker, K.; Lim, T.Y.; Bayer, M.; Harrower, B.; McLean, K.; Jupe, F.; Witek, K.; Lees, A.K.; Jones, J.D.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2018) Identification and rapid mapping of a gene conferring broad-spectrum late blight resistance in the diploid potato species Solanum verrucosum through DNA capture technologies., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131, 1287-1297.
- Peters, J.C.; Harper, G.; Brierley, J.L.; Lees, A.; Wale, S.J.; Hilton, A.; Gladders, P.; Boonham, N.; Cunnington, A.C. (2016) The effect of post-harvest storage conditions on the development of black dot (Colletotrichum coccodes) on potato in crops grown for different durations., Plant Pathology, 65, 1484-1491.
- Skelsey, P.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Lynott, J.S.; Lees, A.K. (2016) Crop connectivity under climate change: future environmental and geographic risks of potato late blight in Scotland., Global Change Biology, 22, 3724-3738.
- Van Weymers, P.S.M.; Baker, K.; Chen, X.W.; Harrower, B.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Thilliez, G.J.A.; Lees, A.K.; Lynott, J.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; McKenzie, G.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2016) Utilizing 'Omic' technologies to identify and prioritize novel sources of resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans in potato germplasm collections., Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No. 762.
- Brierley, J.L.; Hilton, A.J.; Wale, S.J.; Woodhall, J.W; Lees, A.K. (2016) The relative importance of seed- and soil-borne inoculum of Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 in causing black scurf on potato., Potato Research, 59, 181-193.
- Heltoft, P.; Brierley, J.L.; Lees, A.K.; Sullivan, L.; Lynott, J.; Hermansen, A. (2016) The relationship between soil inoculum and the development of Fusarium dry rot in potato cultivars Asterix and Saturna., European Journal Plant Pathology, 146, 711-714.
- Brierley, J.L.; Hilton, A.J.; Wale, S.J.; Peters, J.C.; Gladders, P.P.; Bradshaw, N.J.; Ritchie, F.; Mackenzie, K.; Lees, A.K. (2015) Factors affecting the development and control of black dot on potato tubers., Plant Pathology, 64, 167-177.
- Tomczynska, I.; Stefanczyk, E.; Chmielarz, M.; Karasiewicz, B.; Kaminski, P.; Jones, J.D.G.; Lees, A.K.; Sliwka, J. (2014) A locus conferring effective late blight resistance in potato cultivar Sarpo Mira maps to chromosome XI., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 127, 647-657.
- Brierley, J.L.; Sullivan, L.; Hilton, A.J.; Wale, S.J.; Hilton, A.J.; Kielebrink, D.T.; Lees, A.K. (2013) Relationship between Spongospora subterranea f.sp. subterranea soil inoculum level, host resistance and powdery scab on potato tubers in the field., Plant Pathology, 62, 413-420.
- Were, H.K.; Kabira, J.N.; Kinyua, Z.M.; Olubayo, F.M.; Karinga, J.K.; Aura, J.; Lees, A.K.; Cowan, G.H.; Torrance, L. (2013) Occurrence and distribution of potato pests and diseases in the major potato growing areas in Kenya., Potato Research, 56, 325-342.
- Merz, U.; Lees, A.K.; Sullivan, L.; Schwarzel, R.; Hebeisen, T.; Kirk, H.G.; Bouchek-Mechiche, K.; Hofferbert, H.R. (2012) Powdery scab resistance in Solanum tuberosum: an assessment of cultivar x environment effect., Plant Pathology, 61, 29-36.
- Cooke, D.E.L.; Cano, L.M.; Raffaele, S.; Bain, R.A.; Cooke, L.R.; Etherington, G.J.; Deahl, K.L.; Farrer, R.A.; Gilroy, E.M.; Goss, E.M.; Grunwald, N.J.; Hein, I.; Maclean, D.; McNicol, J.W.; Randall, E.; Oliva, R.F.; Pel, M.A.; Shaw, D.S.; Squires, J.N.; Taylor, M.C.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; Birch, P.R.J.; Lees, A.K.; Kamoun, S. (2012) Genome analyses of an aggressive and invasive lineage of the Irish potato famine pathogen., PLoS Pathogens, 8, Article No. e1002940.
- Lees, A.K.; Sullivan, L.; Lynott, J.S.; Cullen, D.W. (2012) Development of a quantitative real-time PCR assay for Phytophthora infestans and its applicability to leaf, tuber and soil samples., Plant Pathology, 61, 867-876.
- Lees, A.K.; Stewart, J.A.; Lynott, J.S.; Carnegie, S.F.; Campbell, H.; Roberts, A.M.I. (2012) The effect of a dominant Phytopthora infestans genotype (13_A2) in Great Britain on host resistance to foliar late blight in commercial potato cultivars., Potato Research, 55, 125-134.
- Wright, J.; Lees, A.K.; van der Waals, J.E. (2012) Detection and eradication of Spongospora subterranea in mini-tuber production tunnels., South African Journal of Science, 108, 85-88.
- Andrivon, D.; Avendano-Corcoles, J.; Cameron, A.M.; Carnegie, S.F.; Cooke, L.R.; Corbiere, R.; Detourne, D.; Dowley, L.J.; Evans, D.; Forisekova, K.; Griffin, D.G.; Hannukkala, A.; Lees, A.K.; Lebecka, R.; Niepold, F.; Polgar, Z.; Shaw, D.S.; Thompson, J.; Trognitz, B.; van Raaij, M. G.; Zimnoch-Guzowska, E. (2011) Stability and variability of virulence of Phytophthora infestans assessed in a ring test across European laboratories., Plant Pathology, 60, 556-565.
- Gilroy, E.M.; Breen, S.; Whisson, S.C.; Squires, J.; Hein, I.; Kaczmarek, M.; Turnbull, D.; Boevink, P.; Lokossou, A.; Cano, L.M.; Morales, J.; Avrova, A.O.; Pritchard, L.; Randall, E.; Lees, A.K.; Govers, F.; van West, P.; Kamoun, S.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2011) Presence/absence, differential expression and sequence polmorphisms between PiAVR2 and PiAVR2-like in Phytophthora infestans determine virulence on R2 plants., New Phytologist, 191, 763-776.
- Lees, A.K.; Brierley, J.L.; Stewart, J.A.; Hilton, A.J.; Wale, S.J.; Gladders, P.; Bradshaw, N.J.; Peters, J.C. (2010) Relative importance of seed-tuber and soilborne inoculum in causing black dot disease of potato., Plant Pathology, 59, 693-702.
- Brierley, J.L.; Stewart, J.A.; Lees, A.K. (2009) Quantifying potato pathogen DNA in soil., Applied Soil Ecology, 41, 234-238.
- Lees, A.K.; Sullivan, L.; Cullen, D.W. (2009) A quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Polyscytalum pustulans, the cause of skin spot disease of potato., Journal of Phytopathology, 157, 154-158.
- Lees, A.K.; van de Graaf, P.; Wale, S. (2008) The identification and detection of Spongospora subterranea and factors affecting infection and disease., American Journal of Potato Research, 85, 247-252.
- Woodhall, J.W.; Lees, A.K.; Edwards, S.G.; Jenkinson, P. (2008) Infection of potato by Rhizoctonia solani: effect of anastomosis group., Plant Pathology, 57, 897-905.
- Peters, J.C.; Lees, A.K.; Cullen, D.W.; Sullivan, L.; Stroud, G.P.; Cunnington, A.C. (2008) Characterisation of Fusarium sp. Responsible for causing dry rot of potato in Great Britain., Plant Pathology, 57, 262-271.
- van de Graaf, P.; Wale, S.; Lees, A.K. (2007) Factors affecting the incidence and severity of Spongospora subterranea infection and galling in potato roots., Plant Pathology, 56,1005-1013.
- Cullen, D.W.; Toth, I.K.; Pitkin, Y.; Boonham, N.; Walsh, K.; Barker, I.; Lees, A.K. (2007) Development and validation of conventional and quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of storage rot potato pathogens, Phytophthora erythroseptica, Pythium ultimum and Phoma foveata., Journal of Phytopathology, 155, 309-315.
- Cullen, D.W.; Lees, A.K. (2007) Detection of the nec1 virulence gene and its correlation with pathogenicity in Streptomyces species on potato tubers and in soil using conventional and realtime PCR., Journal of Applied Microbiology, 102, 1082-1094.
- Woodhall, J.W.; Lees, A.K.; Edwards, S.G.; Jenkinson, P. (2007) Characterisation of Rhizoctonia solani from potato in Great Britain., Plant Pathology, 56, 286-295.
- Lees, A.K.; Wattier, R.; Shaw, D.S.; Sullivan, L.; Williams, N.A.; Cooke, D.E.L. (2006) Novel microsatellite markers for the analysis of Phytophthora infestans populations., Plant Pathology, 55, 311-319.
- Bradshaw, J.E.; Bryan, G.J.; Lees, A.K.; McLean, K.; Solomon-Blackburn, R.M. (2006) Mapping the R10 and R11 genes for resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans) present in the potato (Solanum tuberosum) R-gene differentials of Black., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 112, 744-751.
- van de Graaf, P.; Lees, A.K.; Wale, S.J.; Duncan, A.J. (2005) Effect of soil inoculum level and environmental factors on potato powdery scab caused by Spongospora subterranea., Plant Pathology, 54, 22-28.
- Lees, A.K.; Wale, S.J.; van de Graaf, P.; Brierley, J.L. (2005) The use of molecular diagnostics to investigate the epidemiology of potato diseases., Australasian Plant Pathology, 34, 449-455.
- Cullen, D.W.; Toth, I.K.; Pitkin, Y.; Booham, K.; Walsh, I.; Barker, I.; Lees, A.K. (2005) Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic assays to investigate Fusarium dry rot in potato stocks and soil., Phytopathology, 95, 1462-1471.
- Hussain, S.; Lees, A.K.; Duncan, J.M.; Cooke, D.E.L. (2005) Development of a species-specific and sensitive detection assay for Phytophthora infestans and its application for monitoring of inoculum in tubers and soil., Plant Pathology, 54, 373-382.
- Toth, I.K.; Newton, A.J.; Hyman, L.J.; Lees, A.K.; Daykin, M.; Fray, R.G.; Ofori, C.; Williams, P. (2004) Potato plants genetically modified to produce N-acylhomoserine lactones increase susceptibility to soft rot Erwiniae., Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 17, 880-887.
- Lees, A.K. (2018) Fungal diseases affecting potato storage., In: Wale, S. (ed.). Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Potatoes: Volume 2: Production and Storage, Production and Sustainability. Cambridge, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd., Chapter 8, 179-185.
- Colon, L.T.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Gronbech-Hansen, J.; Lassen, P.; Andrivon, D.; Hermansen, A.; Zimnoch-Guzowska, E.; Lees, A.K. (2005) Eucablight: a late blight network for Europe., In: Haverkort, A.J. and Struik, P.C (eds.). Potato in Progress: Science Meets Practice. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, pp290-297
- Kerby, N.W.; Dale, M.F.B.; Lees, A.K.; Taylor, M.A.; Bradshaw, J.E. (2005) Breeding and diagnostic developments for better storage of potatoes to meet future industry needs., In: Potato in Progress: Science Meets Practice (eds. Haverkort, A.J. and Struik, P.C.), Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, pp76-85. (Proceedings of the Potato 2005 Congress, Emmeloord, Netherlands, 5-7 September 2005.)
- Parry D.W.; Pettitt T.R.; Jenkinson P.; Lees A.K. (1994) The cereal fusarium complex., In: Blakeman, J.P. & Williamson, B. (eds.). Ecology of Plant Pathogens. CABI, Wallingford, pp301-320.
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- Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Chapman, A.; Cooke, L.R.; Bain, R. (2014) GB Late Blight Populations: monitoring and implications of population changes. Reporting Period 2009-2012., Potato Council Final Report (R423), 94pp.
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