Dr Pat Haydock BSc (Hons) PhD CBiol MIBiol EurProBiol

Reader in Plant Nematology

Dr Pat Haydock Email: phaydock@harper-adams.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1952 815292
Fax: +44 (0)1952 815292
Academic Department: Crops

Professional Memberships

Association of Applied Biologists

Society of Nematologists

European Society of Nematologists

Organisation of Nematologists of Tropical America

Institute of Biology

Teaching Duties

  • Nematology
  • Entomology
  • Crop Protection 
  • Research Methods
  • PhD Student training

Research Interests

Leader of the Nematology and Entomology Group working with a range of plant pests including cyst and free-living nematodes, slugs, wireworms and aphids.

For further details please see our website:

www.harper-adams.ac.uk/groups/crops/nematology/

Publications

  • Bhattarai S, Haydock PPJ, Back M, Hare M, Lankford W (2009) Interactions between the potato cyst nematodes Globodera pallida, G. rostochiensis and soil borne fungus Rhizoctonia solani (AG3) diseases of potatoes in the glasshouse and the field Nematology (In Press).
  • Tobin JD, Haydock PPJ, Hare MC, Woods SR, Crump DH (2008) Effect of the fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and fosthiazate on the multiplication rate of potato cyst nematodes (Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis) in potato crops grown under UK field conditions. Biological Control 46 (2): 194-201.
  • Deliopoulos T, Haydock PPJ, Jones PW. (2008) Interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the nematicide aldicarb on hatch and development of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, and yield of potatoes Nematology 10 (6): 783-799.
  • J.D. Tobin, P.P.J. Haydock, M.C. Hare, S.R. Woods, D.H. Crump (2008) The compatibility of the fungicide azoxystrobin with Pochonia chlamydosporia, a biological control agent for potato cyst nematodes (Globodera spp.). Annals of Applied Biology 152(3), 301-305.
  • Deliopoulos T, Devine KJ, Haydock PPJ, Jones PW.  (2007) Studies on the effect of mycorrhization of potato roots on the hatching activity of potato root leachate towards the potato cyst nematodes, Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis. Nematology 9 (5), 717-729

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Other Roles

Consultant nematologist

Regular contributor to articles in the arable farming press, present papers at conferences and technical meetings/open days

Short courses - BASIS, Advanced BASIS and specialist courses tailored to the needs of individual companies