Nichola Hawkins
nicholahawkins.bsky.social
Nichola Hawkins
@nicholahawkins.bsky.social
Plant pathologist / evolutionary biologist researching crop protection and antimicrobial resistance in fungal diseases of plants. Evolution and sustainable agriculture. Wild flowers and sharing the love of plants and botany. 🌾🧫🧬🍄🌼
Reposted by Nichola Hawkins
A fab bunch of talks for Session 1 Disease Management in Practice #PPATH2025
🌾 Helen Bates @niab-uk.bsky.social
🥔 Ashleigh Holmes @hutton.ac.uk
🧬 Aimee Fowkes - Fera x @newcastleuni.bsky.social
🍓 Avice Hall @herts.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
And on the fungal side, my first puffballs of the year.
September 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And a rather deceptive plant: this is actually Lesser knapweed, but a rayed form, so it looks like Greater knapweed flowers on a Lesser knapweed plant!
September 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
And taking an empty screw-top 2ml tube to practice one-handed opening and closing.
September 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Resistance evolution means we absolutely need more tools in the crop protection toolbox, but it also means those new tools must be designed and deployed with resistance in mind. Considering resistance risk and management in advance is far better than only reacting after it emerges.
August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We also consider what we have learned (sometimes the hard way!) about resistance management and IPM over almost six decades of single-site fungicide use, and what this means for the deployment and management of new measures to maximise durability.
August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We consider how the molecular mechanisms of resistance against fungicides, and mechanisms of fungal genome evolution more generally, could apply to potential RNAi resistance, and what this means for RNAi target selection and construct design.
August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This paper was the result of a workshop co-organised by @timbarra.bsky.social, Joris Alkemade and I, bringing together experts in RNAi, fungicides, AMR and fungal evolution.
August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Fungicide resistance is a big reason why we need alternative crop protection measures, but we must consider the risk of those other crop protection measures also selecting for resistance, especially for target-specific methods like RNAi.
August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#TheWinter10 part 3 (chickweed is behind the Shepherd's purse)
February 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM