Professional Memberships
British Society of Plant Pathology
Teaching Duties
BSc courses:
- BSc:Crop Production, Introduction to Biosciences, Crop Protection Technology, Advanced Agronomy
- MSc: Plant Health Management
- Supervision of PhD students: Shuvash Bhatterai, Wiseborn Danquah and Nelson Opoku
- Involvement in Short Courses: Consice BASIS, Plant Protection Award
Research Interests
- Plant pathology and nematology.
- Disease complexes involving nematodes and soil borne pathogens
- Biofumigation of crop pests and diseases
- Biology and epidemiology of Fusarium langsethiae
- Management of diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani
- Sustainable methods of pest and disease management
Publications
Imathiu S.M., Ray R.V., Back M.,Hare M.C. and Edwards S.G.
(2009)Fusarium langsethiae pathogenicity and agressiveness towards oats and wheat in wounded and unwounded in vitro detached leaf assays.
European Journal of Plant Pathology 124, 117-126Imathiu S. M., Ray R.V., Back M., Hare M. C. and Edwards S.G.
(2009)Evaluation of pathogenicity and aggressiveness of F.langsethiae on oats and wheat seedlings relative to known seedling blight pathogens.
European Journal of Plant Pathology ( in press)Bhattarai.S., Haydock P.P.J., Back M.A.,Hare M.C. and Lankford W.T.
(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 11(4), 631-640Bhattarai S., Haydock P.P.J., Back M.A.,Hare M.C. and Lankford W. T.
(2009)Interactions between field populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida and Rhizoctonia solani diseases of potatoes under controlled environment and glasshouse conditions.
Nematology (in press)Back M.A.
(2009)Understanding nematode-fungus disease complexes of field crops.
Presentaion given at XLII Brazilian Phytopathological Congress 3rd-7th August, Rio de Janeiro
