The big picture: using wildflower strips for pest control
They may be beautiful, but these strips prove pretty deadly for every farmer's mortal enemy: aphids
Science
Dr Tess Rose
PLANT PATHOLOGY TECHNICIAN
Sustainable Soils and Crops
PUBLICATIONS
Email
tess.dilks@rothamsted.ac.ukLinkedIn
Location
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ
Tel
+44 (0) 1582 938 148
Professional Platforms
Biography
Tess completed her undergraduate degree and PhD at the University of Birmingham, specialising in plant molecular biology and plant-aphid interactions. She spent two years investigating how a plant fungal pathogen senses its environment and is now investigating the effects of abiotic stresses, namely heat and phosphorus-deficiency, on wheat, rice and beans. Tess is working in collaboration with CIAT in Colombia to develop heat-tolerant beans for post-conflict Colombia and also on the TIGR2ESS project, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and NIAB, looking at the effect of heat stress on wheat.
Science Projects
- Do G-protein coupled receptors regulate pathogenesis and mycotoxin biosynthesis in filamentous phytopathogenic fungi?
Awards
- 2015 - PhD in plant biology, University of Birmingham, UK
- 2008 - BSc in biological sciences, University of Birmingham, UK