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Detection of the virulent form of AVR3a from Phytophthora infestans following artificial evolution of potato resistance gene R3a by Chapman, Sean, Stevens, Laura J, Boevink, Petra C, Engelhardt, Stefan, Alexander, Colin J, Harrower, Brian, Champouret, Nicolas, McGeachy, Kara, Van Weymers, Pauline S M, Chen, Xinwei, Birch, Paul R J, Hein, Ingo

“…Engineering resistance genes to gain effector recognition is emerging as an important step in attaining broad, durable resistance. We engineered potato…”
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Cereal aphid colony turnover and persistence in winter wheat by Winder, Linton, Alexander, Colin J, Woolley, Chris, Perry, Joe N, Holland, John M

“…An understanding of spatial and temporal processes in agricultural ecosystems provides a basis for rational decision-making with regards to the management and…”
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Plant Responses to an Integrated Cropping System Designed to Maintain Yield Whilst Enhancing Soil Properties and Biodiversity by Hawes, Cathy, Alexander, Colin, Begg, Graham, Iannetta, Pietro, Karley, Alison, Squire, Geoffrey, Young, Mark

“…The intensification of arable production since the 1950s has resulted in increases in yield but only at significant cost to the environment, raising serious…”
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Variable response of nirK and nirS containing denitrifier communities to long-term pH manipulation and cultivation by Herold, Miriam B, Giles, Madeline E, Alexander, Colin J, Baggs, Elizabeth M, Daniell, Tim J

“…Denitrification is a key process responsible for the majority of soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions but the influences of pH and cultivation on the soil…”
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Impact of Conventional and Integrated Management Systems on the Water-Soluble Vitamin Content in Potatoes, Field Beans, and Cereals by Freitag, Sabine, Verrall, Susan R, Pont, Simon D.A, McRae, Diane, Sungurtas, Julia A, Palau, Raphaëlle, Hawes, Cathy, Alexander, Colin J, Allwood, J. William, Foito, Alexandre, Stewart, Derek, Shepherd, Louise V.T

“…The reduction of the environmental footprint of crop production without compromising crop yield and their nutritional value is a key goal for improving the…”
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Rapid and robust analytical protocol for E. coli STEC bacteria subspecies differentiation using whole cell MALDI mass spectrometry by Mclean, Kevin, Palarea-Albaladejo, Javier, Currie, Carol G., Imrie, Lisa H.J., Manson, Erin D.T., Fraser-Pitt, Douglas, Wright, Frank, Alexander, Colin J., Pollock, Kevin G.J., Allison, Lesley, Hanson, Mary, Smith, David G.E.

“…Whole cell MALDI is regularly used for the identification of bacteria to species level in clinical Microbiology laboratories. However, there remains a need to…”
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Development and Validation of a SPME-GC-MS Method for In situ Passive Sampling of Root Volatiles from Glasshouse-Grown Broccoli Plants Undergoing Below-Ground Herbivory by Larvae of Cabbage Root Fly, Delia radicum L by Deasy, William, Shepherd, Tom, Alexander, Colin J., Birch, A. Nicholas E., Evans, K. Andrew

“…Introduction Research on plant root chemical ecology has benefited greatly from recent developments in analytical chemistry. Numerous reports document…”
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Field-based Evaluation of a Novel SPME-GC-MS Method for Investigation of Below-ground Interaction between Brassica Roots and Larvae of Cabbage Root Fly, Delia radicum L by Deasy, William, Shepherd, Tom, Alexander, Colin J., Birch, A. Nicholas E., Evans, K. Andrew

“…Introduction Collection of volatiles from plant roots poses technical challenges due to difficulties accessing the soil environment without damaging the roots…”
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Predatory Activity and Spatial Pattern: The Response of Generalist Carabids to Their Aphid Prey by Winder, Linton, Alexander, Colin J., Holland, John M., William O. C. Symondson, Perry, Joe N., Woolley, Chris

“…1. The spatial distribution of cereal aphids infesting a field of winter wheat during the population establishment, development and decline phases were studied…”
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The spatial distribution of canopy-resident and ground-resident cereal aphids (Sitobion avenae and Metopolophium dirhodum) in winter wheat by Winder, Linton, Alexander, Colin J., Woolley, Chris, Perry, Joe N., Holland, John M.

“…We investigated, within two cereal fields in Southern England, the within-canopy spatial distribution of the aphids Sitobion avenae and Metopolophium dirhodum…”
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Monoclonal antibodies reveal changes in predator efficiency with prey spatial pattern by GRIFFITHS, GEORGIANNE J.K, ALEXANDER, COLIN J, HOLLAND, JOHN M, KENNEDY, PETER J, PERRY, JOE N, SYMONDSON, WILLIAM O.C, WINDER, LINTON

“…Spatially explicit predator-prey interactions can alter the predatory potential of natural enemies augmented through conservation biological control. To test…”
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Performance of sampling strategies in the presence of known spatial patterns by Alexander, C.J, Holland, J.M, Winder, L, Woolley, C, Perry, J.N

“…Summary In crop protection and ecology accurate and precise estimates of insect populations are required for many purposes. The spatial pattern of the organism…”
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Large-Scale Temporal Changes in Spatial Pattern During Declines of Abundance and Occupancy in a Common Moth by Conrad, Kelvin F, Perry, Joe N, Woiwod, Ian P, Alexander, Colin J

“…We examined the changes in spatial pattern that accompanied the population decline of the garden tiger moth, Arctia caja (L.) in Britain between 1968 and 1999…”
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Heberden’s and Bouchard’s nodes by Alexander, Colin J

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method for rapidly mass laser-marking individually coded ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the field by Griffiths, G.J.K, Alexander, C.J, Birt, A, Holland, J.M, Kennedy, P.J, Perry, J.N, Preston, R, Winder, L

“…1. A laser-marking technique is described that may be used to rapidly mass-mark and individually code insects in the field. In this study, ground beetles were…”
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Field-based Evaluation of a Novel SPME-GC-MS Method for Investigation of Below-ground Interaction between Brassica Roots and Larvae of Cabbage Root Fly, Delia radicum L: Analysis of Root Volatiles from Field-grown Brassica by SPME-GC-MS by Deasy, William, Shepherd, Tom, Alexander, Colin J., Birch, A. Nicholas E., Evans, K. Andrew

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Development and Validation of a SPME-GC-MS Method for In situ Passive Sampling of Root Volatiles from Glasshouse-Grown Broccoli Plants Undergoing Below-Ground Herbivory by Larvae of Cabbage Root Fly, Delia radicum L: In situ Analysis of Brassica Root Volatiles by SPME-GC-MS by Deasy, William, Shepherd, Tom, Alexander, Colin J., Birch, A. Nicholas E., Evans, K. Andrew

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Modelling the dynamic spatio-temporal response of predators to transient prey patches in the field by Winder, Linton, Alexander, Colin J., Holland, John M., Woolley, Chris, Perry, Joe N.

“…The spatio‐temporal dynamics of two aphid species (Metopolophium dirhodum and Sitobion avenae) and a generalist predator (Pterostichus melanarius) were…”
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Detection of the Virulent Form of AVR3a from Phytophthora infestans following Artificial Evolution of Potato Resistance Gene R3a: e110158 by Chapman, Sean, Stevens, Laura J, Boevink, Petra C, Engelhardt, Stefan, Alexander, Colin J, Harrower, Brian, Champouret, Nicolas, McGeachy, Kara, Weymers, S MVan, Chen, Xinwei

“…Engineering resistance genes to gain effector recognition is emerging as an important step in attaining broad, durable resistance. We engineered potato…”
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Utilisation of joint movement range in arboreal primates compared with human subjects: an evolutionary frame for primary osteoarthritis by Alexander, C J

“…OBJECTIVE--To determine whether an arboreal lifestyle required full use of movement ranges underutilised in nine joint groups in humans, because…”
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