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• A functional study of the Phytophthora infestans Avr3a alleles and paralogs

  Author: Seman, Z. A., 2013

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor) & Hein, I. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Alternative splicing in the regulation of the barley circadian clock

  Author: Calixto, C. P. G., 2013

  Supervisor: Brown, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• An investigation of gene expression, alternative splicing and nonsense-mediated decay in potato in response to Phytophthora infestans infection

  Author: Domingo Torres, E., 2019

  Supervisor: Brown, J. (Supervisor), Simpson, C. (Supervisor) & Hein, I. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• A novel hypothesis for plant capacitance

  Author: Dietrich, R., 2013

  Supervisor: Jones, H. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Applying effectoromics and genomics to identify resistance against Rhynchosporium commune in barley

  Author: Griffe, L. L., 2017

  Supervisor: Avrova, A. (Supervisor), Hein, I. (Supervisor) & Birch, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Approaches to understanding diversity in rubber and carotenoid synthesis in Hevea brasiliensis latex

  Author: Bahari, A., 2019

  Supervisor: Marshall, D. (Supervisor), Taylor, M. (Supervisor), Chow, K. (External person) (Supervisor), Campbell, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Halpin, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• A Quantitative Exploration of Causes of False Positive Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Next-Generation Sequencing Data

  Author: Bello Ribeiro, A. C., 2016

  Supervisor: Flavell, A. (Supervisor), Bayer, M. (Supervisor) & Marshall, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Characterisation of candidate effector proteins from barley pathogen Rhynchosporium commune

  Author: Franco Orozco, B., 2017

  Supervisor: Avrova, A. (Supervisor), Birch, P. (Supervisor) & Morales, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Computational analysis and method development for high throughput transcriptomics and transcriptional regulatory inference in plants

  Author: Guo, W., 2018

  Supervisor: Zhang, R. (Supervisor), Brown, J. (Supervisor), Waugh, R. (Supervisor) & Lin, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Computational Identification and Functional Characterisation of Candidate DNA Binding Effectors in Phytophthora

  Author: Motion, G. B., 2015

  Supervisor: Huitema, E. (Supervisor) & Jones, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Computational Prediction of Transcription Factor Binding Sites in Bacterial Genomes

  Author: Robert, C., 2010

  Supervisor: Barton, G. (Supervisor), Wright, F. (Supervisor) & Pritchard, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Defining the Host Genetic Control of the Barley Rhizosphere Microbiota

  Author: Alegria Terrazas, R., 2019

  Supervisor: Bulgarelli, (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Development and Implementation of a New National Warning System for Potato Late Blight in Great Britain

  Author: Dancey, S., 2018

  Supervisor: Cooke, D. (Supervisor), Skelsey, P. (External person) (Supervisor) & Birch, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Discovering de-S-acylating enzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana

  Author: Laurila, M., 2020

  Supervisor: Hemsley, P. (Supervisor) & Birch, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Engineering durable late blight resistance to protect solanaceous plants

  Author: Stevens, L. J., 2016

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor), Chapman, S. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hein, I. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Experimental and numerical analysis of behaviour of the myxospermous seeds of Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. (shepherd’s purse) in soil

  Author: Deng, W., 2012

  Supervisor: Jeng, D. (Supervisor) & Iannetta, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Exploiting crosstalk between growth and immunity in plants : the role of the Phytophthora infestans effector AVR2 in potato late blight

  Author: Turnbull, D., 2016

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor), Gilroy, E. (Supervisor) & Hein, I. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Functional Characterisation of APETALA-2 Like Transcription Factors in Barley

  Author: Shoesmith, J., 2021

  Supervisor: McKim, S. (Supervisor) & Houston, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Generating barley plants with modified straw by suppressing HCT and C3H genes

  Author: Magama, F., 2014

  Supervisor: Halpin, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Genomic selection for accelerated barley breeding

  Author: Hamilton, R., 2020

  Supervisor: Halpin, C. (Supervisor), Waugh, R. (Supervisor), Thomas, B. (External person) (Supervisor), Bull, H. J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Oakey, H. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Identication of Candidate Resistance Genes against Rhynchosporium in Barley

  Author: Coulter, M., 2019

  Supervisor: Waugh, R. (Supervisor), Avrova, A. (Supervisor) & Looseley, M. E. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Identification and characterisation of phytophthora capsici CRN effector proteins and their targets in planta

  Author: Stam, R., 2013

  Supervisor: Huitema, E. (Supervisor) & Boevink, P. C. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Identification and Characterisation of the Barley Row-Type Gene VRS3

  Author: Bull, H. J., 2015

  Supervisor: Flavell, A. (Supervisor), Waugh, R. (Supervisor) & Thomas, B. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Identification and molecular characterisation of elicitor-priming for resistance in tomato against Botrytis cinerea

  Author: De Vega Perez, D., 2018

  Supervisor: Newton, A. (Supervisor), Stanley-Wall, N. (Supervisor) & Holden, N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Identification of genes involved in (1,3;1,4)-β-glucan synthesis in barley (Hordeum vulgare)

  Author: Schreiber, M., 2016

  Supervisor: Halpin, C. (Supervisor) & Waugh, R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Identification of new functional resistance genes against P. infestans in Solanaceae species

  Author: Van Weymers, P. S. M., 2016

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor), Hein, I. (Supervisor) & Cooke, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Identifying candidate genes/loci influencing barley secondary cell wall properties

  Author: Learmonth, A., 2019

  Supervisor: Halpin, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Identifying the protein partners of the flowering time regulator FPA by developing a proteomics-based approach

  Author: Zacharaki, V., 2014

  Supervisor: Simpson, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Improving barley for biofuel production – efficient transformation for lignin manipulation

  Author: Maluk, M., 2014

  Supervisor: Halpin, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Improving barley for biofuel production – investigating the role of 4CL and CCR in the lignin biosynthesis pathway

  Author: Zwirek, M., 2013

  Supervisor: Halpin, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Influence of lignin in barley straw on agronomic traits and biofuel applications

  Author: Grussu, D., 2016

  Supervisor: Halpin, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Investigating the role of Arabidopsis flowering regulator FPA in plant development and control of alternative polyadenylation

  Author: Lishak, E., 2017

  Supervisor: Brown, J. (Supervisor) & Simpson, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Philosophy

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• Investigation into the function of Pi17316, a novel effector protein from Phytophthora infestans that compromises plant immunity

  Author: Murphy, F. S., 2017

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor) & Gilroy, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Investigation of the recognition and host target of the Phytophthora infestans effector PiAVR2

  Author: Breen, S. A., 2012

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor) & Gilroy, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Molecular and transcriptional characterisation of Phytophthora capsici – host interactions

  Author: Jupe, J., 2014

  Supervisor: Huitema, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Molecular characterisation of the Rhynchosporium commune interaction with barley

  Author: Gamble, M., 2016

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor), Avrova, A. O. (External person) (Supervisor) & Newton, A. C. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Molecular Developmental Genetics of the Barley Internode

  Author: Patil, V., 2016

  Supervisor: McKim, S. (Supervisor) & Waugh, R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Omic-enabled Dectection and Studies of Phytophthora capsici in the Field

  Author: Mcleod, R., 2020

  Supervisor: Huitema, E. (Supervisor) & Pritchard, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Population dynamics of potato cyst nematodes in relation to temperature

  Author: Kaczmarek, A., 2014

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor) & Blok, V. C. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Population genetics of the farmland sawfly Dolerus aeneus (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)

  Author: Cook, N., 2011

  Supervisor: Hubbard, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Recombinant Chromosome Substitution Lines as a source of genetic variation for drought stress tolerance in barley

  Author: de la Fuente Canto, C., 2016

  Supervisor: Russell, J. (Supervisor), George, T. S. (Supervisor) & Waugh, R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Regulation of (1,3;1,4)-β-Glucan Synthesis in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

  Author: Garcia Gimenez, G., 2019

  Supervisor: Houston, K. (External person) (Supervisor), Russell, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Waugh, R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Regulation of low-temperature alternative splicing in the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock genes

  Author: Tzioutziou, N., 2016

  Supervisor: Brown, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Secretion and delivery of virulence proteins from Phytophthora infestans to its host

  Author: Wang, S., 2019

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor), Boevink, P. (Supervisor) & Whisson, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The changing Phytophthora infestans population: implications for late blight epidemics and control

  Author: Chapman, A. C., 2012

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor), Cooke, D. (Supervisor) & Lees, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The chromatin landscape of barley: gene expression, evolution and epigenetics

  Author: Baker, K., 2015

  Supervisor: Flavell, A. (Supervisor) & Bayer, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The Effect of Low Temperature on Alternative Splicing in Barley

  Author: Raeside, A., 2016

  Supervisor: Brown, J. (Supervisor) & Simpson, C. G. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The Role of Phytophthora Secreted Effectors in Determining Pathogen Host Range

  Author: Thilliez, G. J. A., 2016

  Supervisor: Huitema, E. (Supervisor), Hein, I. (Supervisor), Gilroy, E. (Supervisor) & Birch, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Towards an understanding of genetic control of processing quality traits in blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.)

  Author: Jarret, D. A., 2016

  Supervisor: Brennan, R. (Supervisor), Hancock, R. (Supervisor) & Flavell, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Transcriptomic studies of the early stages of potato infection by Phytophthora infestans

  Author: Kandel, K. P., 2014

  Supervisor: Birch, P. (Supervisor), Whisson, S. (Supervisor) & Boevink, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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