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Prof. Bruce DL FittPrincipal Investigator and Leader of the Plant - Pathogen - Climate Interactions Group BA Natural Sciences (Cambridge) 1973
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Research on epidemiology, modelling, forecasting, diagnosis and control of diseases of arable crops (especially winter oilseed rape, winter wheat, winter barley). Mechanisms and models of development of disease epidemics (spore dispersal, spore germination, infection, latent period, incubation period, sporulation) in relation to environment (rainfall, temperature, leaf wetness). Diagnosis of symptomless and complex infections by mycological and molecular methods. Epidemiology in relation to genetics of host-pathogen interactions. Rational disease control strategies in arable crops by breeding for durable disease resistance and optimising fungicide use. Forecasting risks of severe disease epidemics (e.g. web-based interactive forecast for winter oilseed rape light leaf spot), both now and under predicted climate change.
Evans N, Baierl A, Semenov MA, Gladders P, Fitt BDL (2007). Range and severity of a plant disease increased by global warming. Journal of the Royal Society Interface doi:10.1098/rsif.2007.1136 Request a reprint.
Steed JM, Baierl A, Fitt BDL (2007). Relating plant and pathogen development to optimise fungicide control of phoma stem canker (Leptosphaeria maculans) on winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus). European Journal of Plant Pathology 118, pp. 359-373. doi:10.1007/s10658-007-9137-5 Request a reprint
Boys EF, Roques SE, Ashby AM, Evans N, Latunde-Dada AO, Thomas, JE, West JS, Fitt BDL (2007). Resistance to infection by stealth: Brassica napus (winter oilseed rape) and Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot). European Journal of Plant Pathology 118, pp. 307-321 . doi:10.1007/s10658-007-9141-9 Request a reprint
Salam MU, Fitt BDL, Aubertot J-N, Diggle AJ, Huang YJ, Barbetti MJ, Gladders P, Jedryczka MJ, Khangura RK, Wratten N, Fernando WGD, Penaud A, Pinochet X, Sivasithamparam K (2007). Two weather-based models for predicting the onset of seasonal release of ascospores of Leptosphaeria maculans or L. biglobosa. Plant Pathology 56, pp. 412-423. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01551.x Download PDF.
Liu S, Liu R, Latunde-Dada AO, Cools HJ, Foster SJ, Huang Y, Fitt BDL (2007). Comparison of Leptosphaeria biglobosa-induced and chemically induced systemic resistance to L. maculans in Brassica napus. Chinese Science Bulletin 52, pp. 1053-1062. doi:10.1007/s11434-007-0181-5 Request a reprint
Huang YJ, Liu Z, West JS, Todd AD, Hall AM, Fitt BDL (2007). Effects of temperature and rainfall on date of release of ascospores of Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) from winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) debris in the UK. Annals of Applied Biology 151, 99-111. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.2007.00157.x Request a reprint
Evans N, Welham SJ, Antoniw JF, Fitt BDL (2006). Development and uptake of a scheme for predicting risk of severe light leaf spot on oilseed rape. Outlooks on Pest Management 17, pp. 243-245. Request a reprint
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Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oilseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker). Edited by Bruce D.L. Fitt, Neal Evans, Barbara J. Howlett and B. Michael Cooke. 2006. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands pp. 126. Buy this book direct from Springer or Buy this book at Amazon.co.uk |
Fitt BDL, Huang YJ, van den Bosch F, West JS (2006). Coexistence of related pathogen species on arable crops in space and time. Annual Review of Phytopathology 44, 163-182. If your Institute/University subscribe to the Annual Review of Phytopathology series, you can access the article/PDF by clicking this link
Huang YJ, Evans E, Li ZQ, Eckert M, Chevre AM, Renard M, Fitt BDL (2006). Temperature and leaf wetness duration affect phenotypic expression of Rlm6-mediated resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans in Brassica napus. New Phytologist 170, 129-141.
Karolewski Z, Fitt BDL, Latunde-Dada AO, Foster SJ, Todd AD, Downes K, Evans N (2006). Visual and PCR assessment of light leaf spot (Pyrenopziza brassicae) on winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) cultivars. Plant Pathology 55, 387-400. Download PDF.
Liu SY, Liu Z, Fitt BDL, Evans N, Foster SJ, Huang YJ, Latunde-Dada AO, Lucas JA (2006). Resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) in Brassica napus (oilseed rape) induced by L. biglobosa and chemical defence activators in field and controlled environments. Plant Pathology 55, 401-412. Download PDF.
Huang YJ, Li ZQ, Evans N, Rouxel T, Fitt BDL, Balesdent MH (2006). Fitness cost associated with loss of the AvrLm4 avirulence function in Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker of oilseed rape). European Journal of Plant Pathology 114, 77-89.
Fitt, B.D.L., Brun, H., Barbetti, M.J. Rimmer, S.R. (2006). World-wide importance of phoma stem canker (Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa) on oilseed rape (Brassica napus). European Journal of Plant Pathology 114, 3-15.
West JS, Fitt BDL (2005) Population dynamics and dispersal of Leptosphaeria maculans (blackleg of canola). Australasian Plant Pathology 34, 457-461.
Eckert M, Maguire K, Urban M, Foster S, Fitt B, Lucas J, Hammond-Kosack K (2005). Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Leptosphaeria spp. and Oculimacula spp. with the reef coral gene DsRed and the jellyfish gene gfp. FEMS Microbiology Letters 253, 67-74.
Liu, S., Wang, H., Zhang, J., Fitt, B.D.L., Xu, Z., Evans, N., Liu, Y., Yang, W. & Guo, X. (2005). In vitro mutation and selection of doubled haploid Brassica napus lines with improved resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Plant Cell Reports 24, 133-144.
Wan, A.M., Bock, C.H., Fitt, B.D.L., Harvey, J.L. & Jenkyn, J.F. (2005). Development of Oculimacula yallundae and O. acuformis (eyespot) on leaf sheaths of winter wheat in the UK in relation to thermal time. Plant Pathology 54, 144-155. Download PDF.
Huang, Y.J, Fitt, B.D.L., Jedryczka, M., Dakowska, S., West, J.S., Gladders, P., Steed, J.M., Li, Z.Q. (2005). Patterns of ascospore release in relation to phoma stem canker epidemiology in England (Leptosphaeria maculans) and Poland (L. biglobosa). European Journal of Plant Pathology 111, 263-277.
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Eckert, M., Gout, L., Rouxel, T., Blaise, F., Jedryczka, M., Fitt, B., Balesdent, MH., (2005). Identification and characterization of polymorphic minisatellites in the phytopathogenic ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans. Current Genetics 47, 37-48.
Gudelj, I., Fitt, B.D.L., van den Bosch, F., (2004). Evolution of sibling fungal plant pathogens in relation to host specialization. Phytopathology 94, 789-95.
Welham, S.J., Turner, J.A., Gladders, P., Fitt, B.D.L., Evans, N. & Baierl, A. (2004). Predicting light leaf spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae) risk on winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in England and Wales, using survey, weather and crop information. Plant Pathology, 53, 713-724. Download PDF.
Karolewski, Z., Evans, N., Fitt, B.D.L., Todd, A.D. & Baierl, A. (2004). Sporulation of Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot) on oilseed rape (Brassica napus) leaves inoculated with ascospores or conidia at different temperatures and wetness durations Plant Pathology, 51, 654-665. Download PDF.
Karolewski, Z., Evans, N., Fitt, B.D.L., Baierl, A., Todd, A.D. &and Foster, S.J.(2004). Comparative epidemiology of Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot) ascospores and conidia from Polish and UK populations. Plant Pathology, 53, 29-37. Download PDF.
Foster, S.J. & Fitt, B.D.L. (2003). Isolation and characterisation of the mating-type (MAT) locus from Rhynchosporium secalis. Current Genetics 44, 277-286.
Toscano-Underwood, C., Huang, Y.J., Fitt, B.D.L. & Hall, A.M. (2003). Effects of temperature on maturation of pseudothecia of Leptosphaeria maculans and L.biglobosa on oilseed rape stem debris. Plant Pathology 52, 726-736.
Huang, Y.-J., Fitt, B.D.L. & Hall, A.M. (2003). Survival of A-group and B-group Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker); ascospores in air and mycelium on oilseed rape stem debris. Annals of Applied Biology 143, 359-369.
Evans, N., Baierl, A., Brain, P., Welham, S.J. & Fitt, B.D.L. (2003). Spatial aspects of light leaf spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae) epidemic development on winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in the UK. Phytopathology 93, 657-665.
Huang, Y.-J., Toscano-Underwood, C., Fitt, B.D.L., Hu, X.-J. & Hall, A.M. (2003). Effects of temperature on ascospore germination and penetration of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) leaves by A-group or B-group Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker). Plant Pathology 52, 245-255.
Karolewski, Z., Evans, N., Fitt, B.D.L., Todd, A.D. & Baierl, A. (2002). Sporulation of Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot) on oilseed rape (Brassica napus) leaves inoculated with ascospores or conidia at different temperatures and wetness durations. Plant Pathology 51, 654-665.
West, J.S., Fitt, B.D.L., Leech, P.K., Biddulph, J.E., Huang, Y.-J. & Balesdent, M.-H. (2002). Effects of timing of Leptosphaeria maculans ascospore release and fungicide regime on phoma leaf spot and phoma stem canker development on winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in southern England. Plant Pathology 51, 454-463.
West, J.S., Balesdent, M.-H., Rouxel, T., Nancy, J.P., Huang, Y.-J., Roux, J., Steed, J.M. Fitt, B.D.L. & Schmit, J. (2002). Colonisation of winter oilseed rape tissues by A/Tox+ and B/Tox0 Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) in France and England. Plant Pathology 51, 311-321.
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