Staff Profile:Dr Paul Hatcher

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Dr Paul Hatcher

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Academic, Harborne Building

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My main interest is in the interactions between phytophagous insects, plant pathogenic fungi and their weed host-plants. I am investigating the role of these interactions in weed population dynamics, using Rumex obustifolius as a model system, and also the effect of environmental variables such as nitrogen fertilization and cutting on these biotic interactions. This field raises several important questions for the biological control of weeds; for example, will the effect of an introduced insect be enhanced or reduced by endemic fungal pathogens of the weed?

My current work also involves investigating interactions and possible cross-talk between the different resistance pathways induced by insect damage and fungus infection. This is being investigated in Rumex obtusifolius in a NERC-funded project joint with Drs Glenda Tinney, Nigel Paul and Jane Taylor of Lancaster University. In this project, we will identify molecular markers that will enable us to investigate the activity of resistance pathways in Rumex in the field, and will use these markers to investigate the role of induced resistance pathways in field, as opposed to laboratory, situations.

My other research interests include determining the 'hidden' costs of plant resistance (for example, are plants that are resistant to fungal attack more or less palatable to insects, or vice versa?), weed control in nature conservation and amenity areas, grass endophyte - mycorrhiza interactions, and the conservation of the endangered moth Eustroma reticulatum and its foodplant Impatiens noli-tangere.

 

Collaborative links: Lancaster University; National Trust; University of Fribourg, Switzerland; Butterfly Conservation

 

PhD Students

Ian Keary: Interactions between seedlings of Rumex obtusifolius, Gastrophysa viridula and Uromyces rumicis.

Charles Oduro: non-chemical control of the invasive aquatic plant Azolla filiculoides (in collaboration with the Centre for Aquatic Plant Management, Sonning, Reading).

Graham Jones: The ecology of Impatiens noli-tangere in relation to the conservation of the endangered moth Eustroma reticulatum.

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Crops research group

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Number of items: 13.

2009

• Karatolos, N. and Hatcher, P. E. (2009) The effect of acetylsalicylic acid and oxalic acid on Myzus persicae and Aphidius colemani. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata, 130 (1). pp. 98-105. ISSN 0013-8703 doi: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00797.x

2008

• Hatcher, P.E. , Brandsaeter, L.O. , Davies, G., Luscher, A. , Hinz, H.L. , Eschen, R. and Schaffner, U. (2008) Biological control of Rumex species in Europe: opportunities and constraints. In: Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, La Grande Motte, France, 470-475 .
• Hatcher, P.E. and Palomares-Rius, F.J. (2008) Combined effects of herbicides and rust fungi on Rumex obtusifolius. In: Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, La Grande Motte, France, p. 357.
• Hatcher, P.E. (2008) Induced resistance in plants – friend or foe to biological control? In: Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Wallingford, p. 707.
• Julien, M.H., Sforza, R., Bon, M.C. , Evans, H.C., Hatcher, P.E., Hinz, H.L. and Rector, B.G. (2008) Proceedings of the XII international symposium on biological control of weeds. In: CAB International, Wallingford, p. 744.

2007

• Ascard, J., Hatcher, P. E., Melander, B. and Upadhyaya, M.K. (2007) Thermal weed control. In: Upadhyaya, M.K. and Blackshaw, R.E. (eds.) Non-chemical Weed Management, Principles, Concepts and Technology. CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp. 155-175. ISBN 9781845932909

2005

• Barberi, P. , Bastians, L., Christensen, S., Fernandez-Quintanilla, C., Froud-Williams, B., Grundy, A., Hatcher, P. E., Kudsk, P., Marshall, J., Melander, B. , Quadranti, M., Tei, F. , Thompson, A. and Vurro, M. (2005) Proceedings, 13th European Weed Research Society Symposium. In: European Weed Research Society Symposium, Bari, Italy.

2004

• Keary, I. P. and Hatcher, P. E. (2004) Combining competition from Lolium perenne and an insect-fungus combination to control Rumex obtusifolius seedlings. Weed Research, 44 (1). pp. 33-41. ISSN 0043-1737 doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3180.2003.00370.x
• Hatcher, P. E., Wilkinson, M. J., Albani, M. C. and Hebbern, C. A. (2004) Conserving marginal populations of the foodplant (Impatiens noli-tangere) of an endangered moth (Eustroma reticulatum) in a changing climate. Biological Conservation, 116 (3). pp. 305-317. ISSN 0006-3207 doi: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00200-3
• Taylor, J. E., Hatcher, P. E. and Paul, N. D. (2004) Crosstalk between plant responses to pathogens and herbivores: a view from the outside in. Journal of Experimental Botany, 55 (395). pp. 159-168. ISSN 0022-0957 doi: 10.1093/jxb/erh053
• Hatcher, P. E., Moore, J., Taylor, J. E., Tinney, G. W. and Paul, N. D. (2004) Phytohormones and plant-herbivore-pathogen interactions: integrating the molecular with the ecological. Ecology, 85 (1). pp. 59-69. ISSN 0012-9658 doi: 10.1890/02-0724

2003

• Hatcher, P.E. (2003) Biological flora of the British Isles: impatiens noli-tangere L. Journal of Ecology, 91 (6). 1106 - 1124. ISSN 0022-0477 doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00836.x
• Hatcher, P.E. and Melander, B. (2003) Combining physical, cultural and biological methods: prospects for integrated non-chemical weed management strategies. Weed Research, 43 (5). pp. 303-322. ISSN 0043-1737 doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3180.2003.00352.x

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Pre 2003

Hatcher, P.E. (ed). Programme, Abstracts and Participants. 2002 Workshop on Biological Weed Control, University of Reading, UK, 2002, 26pp.

Hatcher, P.E. Plant-pathogen-herbivore interactions: ecological and chemical aspects. International Society of Chemical Ecology 19th Annual Meeting, University of Hamburg, Germany August 3-7, 2002, Scientific Programme and Abstracts, 2002, p. 60.

Hatcher, P.E. Netted carpet moth Eustroma reticulatum (Denis & Schiffermüller), Lake District survey, September 2002. Butterfly Conservation Report No. S02-31, Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK, 2002, 12 pp.

Hatcher, P.E. and Melander, B. Combining physical, biological and cultural methods: prospects for an integrated non-chemical weed management strategy. Proceedings, 12th EWRS (European Weed Research Society) Symposium 2002, Wageningen, 2002, 226-227.

Keary, I.P. and Hatcher, P.E. Prospects for the biological control of Rumex obtusifolius in competition with Lolium perenne: evidence from pot trials. Proceedings, 12th EWRS (European Weed Research Society) Symposium 2002, Wageningen, 2002, 230-231.

Tinney, G.W., Pritchard, S.C., Gonzalez, R., Paul, N.D., Hatcher, P.E. and Taylor, J.E. Elimination of oxalate contamination in RNA isolation from Rumex obtusifolius. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 20, 2002, 309a-309f.

van Laar, H.H., Bastiaans, L., Baumann, D.T., Christensen, S., Hatcher P.E., Kudsk, P., Grundy, A.C., Marshall, E.J.P., Streibig, J.C. and Tei, F. (eds). Proceedings, 12th EWRS (European Weed Research Society) Symposium 2002, Wageningen. EWRS, Wageningen, 2002, 438pp.

Vicari, M., Hatcher, P.E. and Ayres, P.G. Combined effect of foliar and mycorrhizal endophytes on an insect herbivore. Ecology, 83, 2002, 2452-2464.

Hatcher, P.E. and Paul, N.D. Plant-pathogen-herbivore interactions and their effects on weeds. In: Biotic Interactions in Plant-Pathogen Associations (eds. M.J. Jeger & N.J. Spence), 2001, pp 193-225, CABI Publishing, Wallingford.

Hatcher, P.E. and Paul, N.D. On integrating molecular and ecological studies of plant resistance: variety of mechanisms and breadth of antagonists. Journal of Ecology 88, 2000, 702-706.

Hatcher, P.E. and Paul, N.D. Beetle grazing reduces natural infection of Rumex obtusifolius by fungal pathogens.New Phytologist 146, 2000, 325-333.

Paul, N.D., Hatcher, P.E. & Taylor, J.E. Coping with multiple enemies: an integration of molecular and ecological perspectives. Trends in Plant Science, 5, 2000, 220-225.

Tinney, G.W., Hatcher, P.E., Ayres, P.G., Paul, N.D. & Whittaker, J.B. (1998)Inter- and intra- species differences in plants as hosts to Tyria jacobaeae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 88, 137-145.

Hatcher, P.E., Paul, N.D., Ayres, P.G. and Whittaker, J.B. Added soil nitrogen does not allow Rumex obtusifolius to escape the effects of insect-fungus interactions. Journal of Applied Ecology 34, 1997, 88-100.