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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
57
Citations
12221
World Ranking
1432
National Ranking
127

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

His main research concerns Leptosphaeria maculans, Agronomy, Botany, Phoma and Ecology. His study on Leptosphaeria maculans is covered under Brassica. The Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Plant disease resistance and Climate change.

His Botany research integrates issues from Inoculation, Horticulture and Pathogen. Phoma is closely attributed to Leaf spot in his work. His work on Food security as part of general Ecology study is frequently linked to Ecological niche, bridging the gap between disciplines.

His most cited work include:

  • Epidemiology and management of Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) on oilseed rape in Australia, Canada and Europe (342 citations)
  • World-wide importance of phoma stem canker (Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa) on oilseed rape (Brassica napus) (314 citations)
  • The Role of Rain in Dispersal of Pathogen Inoculum (236 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Bruce D.L. Fitt spends much of his time researching Horticulture, Agronomy, Botany, Leptosphaeria maculans and Leaf spot. His Agronomy research includes themes of Plant disease resistance and Eyespot. His Botany study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Pathogenicity.

Bruce D.L. Fitt has included themes like Ascospore, Canker, Blackleg, Phoma and Leptosphaeria in his Leptosphaeria maculans study. Bruce D.L. Fitt studies Leaf spot, focusing on Pyrenopeziza brassicae in particular. In his study, Ecology is strongly linked to Biological dispersal, which falls under the umbrella field of Spore.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Horticulture (39.67%)
  • Agronomy (40.58%)
  • Botany (31.52%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2020)?

  • Leptosphaeria maculans (24.82%)
  • Agronomy (40.58%)
  • Botany (31.52%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Leptosphaeria maculans, Agronomy, Botany, Horticulture and Brassica. He interconnects Cultivar, Canker, Blackleg, Phoma and Leptosphaeria in the investigation of issues within Leptosphaeria maculans. His studies deal with areas such as Plant disease resistance, Climate change and Food security as well as Agronomy.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Pathogenicity, Polymerase chain reaction and Internal transcribed spacer in addition to Botany. His research related to Phoma stem canker and Leaf spot might be considered part of Horticulture. His study in Brassica is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both R gene and Resistance.

Between 2008 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Quantitative resistance increases the durability of qualitative resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans in Brassica napus (212 citations)
  • Pathogenesis, parasitism and mutualism in the trophic space of microbe–plant interactions (201 citations)
  • Effector-triggered defence against apoplastic fungal pathogens (108 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

Agronomy, Leptosphaeria maculans, Climate change, Food security and Botany are his primary areas of study. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Plant disease resistance and Invasive species. His Leptosphaeria maculans research incorporates elements of Ascospore, Canker, Blackleg and Phoma.

His study looks at the intersection of Canker and topics like Leaf spot with Colonization. His Climate change research includes elements of Yield, Agriculture and Fusarium ear blight. His work in Botany addresses subjects such as Internal transcribed spacer, which are connected to disciplines such as Genetic structure and Amplified fragment length polymorphism.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology and management of Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) on oilseed rape in Australia, Canada and Europe

    Jon S. West;P. D. Kharbanda;M. J. Barbetti;Bruce D.L. Fitt

  • World-wide importance of phoma stem canker (Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa) on oilseed rape (Brassica napus)

    Bruce D.L. Fitt;Hortense Brun;M. J. Barbetti;S.R. Rimmer

  • The Role of Rain in Dispersal of Pathogen Inoculum

    Bruce D.L. Fitt;H.A. McCartney;P.J. Walklate

  • Pathogenesis, parasitism and mutualism in the trophic space of microbe–plant interactions

    Adrian C. Newton;Bruce D.L. Fitt;Simon D. Atkins;Dale R. Walters

  • Quantitative resistance increases the durability of qualitative resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans in Brassica napus

    Hortense Brun;Anne-Marie Chèvre;Bruce D L Fitt;Stephen Powers

  • Range and severity of a plant disease increased by global warming.

    Neal Evans;Andreas Baierl;Andreas Baierl;Mikhail A Semenov;Peter Gladders

  • Effector-triggered defence against apoplastic fungal pathogens

    Henrik U. Stotz;Georgia K. Mitrousia;Pierre J.G.M. de Wit;Bruce D.L. Fitt

  • Wheat archive links long-term fungal pathogen population dynamics to air pollution

    Sarah J. Bearchell;Bart A. Fraaije;Michael W. Shaw;Bruce D. L. Fitt

  • Coexistence of related pathogen species on arable crops in space and time.

    Bruce D. L. Fitt;Yong-Ju Huang;Frank van den Bosch;Jonathan S. West

  • Impacts of climate change on wheat anthesis and fusarium ear blight in the UK

    James W. Madgwick;Jon S. West;Rodger P. White;Mikhail A. Semenov

  • Spore dispersal and plant disease gradients : a comparison between two empirical models

    Bruce D.L. Fitt;P. H. Gregory;A.D. Todd;H. A. McCartney

  • Differentiating A and B groups of Leptosphaeria maculans, causal agent of stem canker (blackleg) of oilseed rape

    R.H. Williams;Bruce D.L. Fitt

  • Modelling impacts of climate change on arable crop diseases: progress, challenges and applications.

    Fay Newbery;Aiming Qi;Bruce D. L. Fitt

  • Fitness cost associated with loss of the AvrLm4 avirulence function in Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker of oilseed rape)

    Yongju Huang;Z. Q. Li;Neal Evans;T. Rouxel

  • 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

    S. Y. Liu;S. Y. Liu;Z. Liu;Bruce D.L. Fitt;Neal Evans

  • Are green islands red herrings? Significance of green islands in plant interactions with pathogens and pests

    Dale R. Walters;Neil McRoberts;Bruce D. L. Fitt

  • In vitro mutation and selection of doubled-haploid Brassica napus lines with improved resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

    S. Liu;H. Wang;Junhua Zhang;Bruce D.L. Fitt

  • Comparative biology of different plant pathogens to estimate effects of climate change on crop diseases in Europe

    Jon S. West;James A. Townsend;Mark Stevens;Bruce D. L. Fitt;Bruce D. L. Fitt

  • Patterns of ascospore release in relation to phoma stem canker epidemiology in England (Leptosphaeria maculans) and Poland (Leptosphaeria biglobosa)

    Yong-Ju Huang;Bruce D. L. Fitt;Malgorzata Jedryczka;Sylwia Dakowska

  • Resistance, epidemiology and sustainable management of Rhynchosporium secalis populations on barley

    J. Zhan;J. Zhan;J. Zhan;Bruce D.L. Fitt;H. O. Pinnschmidt;S. J. P. Oxley;S. J. P. Oxley;S. J. P. Oxley

  • Epidemiology of Leptosphaeria maculans in relation to forecasting stem canker severity on winter oilseed rape in the UK

    Jon S. West;J.E. Biddulph;Bruce D.L. Fitt;P. Gladders

  • Impacts of changing climate and agronomic factors on fusarium ear blight of wheat in the UK

    Jonathan S. West;Sarah Holdgate;James A. Townsend;Simon G. Edwards

  • Effects of Severity and Timing of Stem Canker (Leptosphaeria maculans) Symptoms on Yield of Winter Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus) in the UK

    Y. Zhou;Bruce D.L. Fitt;S.J. Welham;P. Gladders

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham J.W. King
Graham J.W. King University of Western Ontario
John A. Lucas
John A. Lucas Rothamsted Research
Bart A. Fraaije
Bart A. Fraaije Wageningen University & Research
Michael W. Shaw
Michael W. Shaw University of Reading
Jonathan West
Jonathan West Rothamsted Research
Thierry Rouxel
Thierry Rouxel INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Adrian C. Newton
Adrian C. Newton James Hutton Institute
Régine Delourme
Régine Delourme INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Mikhail A. Semenov
Mikhail A. Semenov Rothamsted Research
Aiming Qi
Aiming Qi University of Hertfordshire

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