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Howard J. Atkinson

Howard J. Atkinson

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
7641
World Ranking
16377
National Ranking
1295

Overview

Howard J. Atkinson is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with specific attention to Plant Science, Insect Science, and Pollution. The scientist's work addresses key topics such as nematode management and characterization studies, insect-plant interactions and control, and pesticide and herbicide environmental studies.

Their recent publications include studies published in journals like Applied Soil Ecology and Nematology. Notable papers include:

  • Next-generation sequencing of the soil nematode community enables the sustainability of banana plantations to be monitored, 2021, Applied Soil Ecology
  • Improving a pest management tool for scenario analysis of economic populations of Globodera pallida, 2021, Nematology

Howard J. Atkinson has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. These include:

  • Christopher Bell
  • Peter E. Urwin
  • Josephine Namaganda
  • Ann-Kristin Koehler
  • Matthew A. Back

The research venues where Atkinson's work is published are relevant to their fields of expertise and include:

  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Nematology

This scientist's contributions span practical and theoretical aspects of agricultural biological sciences. The nematode management studies are linked particularly to environmental sustainability in agriculture, while investigations into insect-plant interactions contribute to understanding of pest control methods. Their work on pesticide and herbicide environmental studies explores the impacts and management of chemical agents in agricultural contexts.

Best Publications

  • Ingestion of double-stranded RNA by preparasitic juvenile cyst nematodes leads to RNA interference.

    P. E. Urwin;Catherine J. Lilley;Howard J. Atkinson

  • Engineered oryzacystatin-I expressed in transgenic hairy roots confers resistance to Globodera pallida.

    Peter E. Urwin;Howard J. Atkinson;David A. Waller;Michael J. McPherson

  • Resistance to both cyst and root-knot nematodes conferred by transgenic Arabidopsis expressing a modified plant cystatin

    Peter E. Urwin;Catherine J. Lilley;Michael J. McPherson;Howard J. Atkinson

  • Enhanced transgenic plant resistance to nematodes by dual proteinase inhibitor constructs

    Peter E. Urwin;Michael J. McPherson;Howard J. Atkinson

  • Expression of an engineered cysteine proteinase inhibitor (Oryzacystatin-IΔD86) for nematode resistance in transgenic rice plants

    P. Vain;B. Worland;M. C. Clarke;G. Richard

  • Physiology of Nematodes

    Donald Lewis Lee;H. J. Atkinson

  • Engineering plants for nematode resistance.

    Howard J. Atkinson;Peter E. Urwin;Michael J. Mcpherson

  • RNA Interference of Dual Oxidase in the Plant Nematode Meloidogyne incognita

    Manjula Bakhetia;Wayne Charlton;Howard J Atkinson;Michael J McPherson

  • Meloidogyne incognita: molecular and biochemical characterisation of a cathepsin L cysteine proteinase and the effect on parasitism following RNAi.

    J. Shingles;C.J. Lilley;H.J. Atkinson;P.E. Urwin

  • QPCR analysis and RNAi define pharyngeal gland cell-expressed genes of Heterodera glycines required for initial interactions with the host.

    M. Bakhetia;P. E. Urwin;H. J. Atkinson

  • Prototype demonstration of transgenic resistance to the nematode Radopholus similis conferred on banana by a cystatin.

    Howard J. Atkinson;Sam Grimwood;Kate Johnston;Jayne Green

  • Molecular aspects of cyst nematodes

    Catherine J. Lilley;Howard J. Atkinson;Peter E. Urwin

  • Biofumigation for control of pale potato cyst nematodes: activity of brassica leaf extracts and green manures on Globodera pallida in vitro and in soil.

    James S. Lord;Luca Lazzeri;Howard J. Atkinson;Peter E. Urwin

  • RNA interference and plant parasitic nematodes

    Manjula Bakhetia;Wayne L. Charlton;Peter E. Urwin;Michael J. McPherson

  • The structure of nematodes (2nd edn)

    Howard Atkinson

  • Continual Green-Fluorescent Protein Monitoring of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S Promoter Activity in Nematode-Induced Feeding Cells in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Peter E. Urwin;Simon G. Møller;Catherine J. Lilley;Michael J. McPherson

  • Functional characterization of the EMCV IRES in plants.

    Peter Urwin;Li Yi;Li Yi;Helen Martin;Howard Atkinson

  • Strategies for transgenic nematode control in developed and developing world crops.

    Howard J Atkinson;Catherine J Lilley;Peter E Urwin

  • Effective transgenic resistance to Globodera pallida in potato field trials

    Peter E. Urwin;Kevin M. Troth;Elena I. Zubko;Howard J. Atkinson

  • Designs for engineered resistance to root-parasitic nematodes

    Howard J. Atkinson;Peter E. Urwin;Ekkehard Hansen;Michael J. McPherson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter E. Urwin
Peter E. Urwin University of Leeds
Michael J. McPherson
Michael J. McPherson University of Leeds
Sarah J. Gurr
Sarah J. Gurr University of Exeter
Dianna J. Bowles
Dianna J. Bowles University of York
Leena Tripathi
Leena Tripathi International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Dianna J. Bowles
Dianna J. Bowles University of York
Susan E. Hartley
Susan E. Hartley University of Sheffield
Richard D. Bardgett
Richard D. Bardgett Lancaster University
John W. Snape
John W. Snape Norwich Research Park
Richard G. F. Visser
Richard G. F. Visser Wageningen University & Research

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