Dr Paul Hatcher
Responsibilities
Lecturer
- Director of postgraduate research
- Director of postgraduate recruitment
Areas of Interest
- Funding from NERC, National Trust & the Norwegian government
- Insect ecology
- Biocontrol of insect pests and weeds
- Insect conservation
- Tripartite insect-fungus-plant interactions
Member of the Ecology Research Group
Esteem Factors
- Member of DEFRA Weed Biocontrol Steering Group
- Chair of EWRS Biocontrol Working Group
- Chair of Editorial board for Weed Research.
- Book Review Editor, Journal of Insect Conservation.
- Co-organiser and Session Chair of 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Weeds and Invasive Plants, Ascona, Switzerland, 2 - 7 October 2011.
- Member of Programme Organising Committee, Session Organiser, and Proceedings Co-editor of 14th European Weed Research Society Symposium, Kaposvar, Hungary, 12 - 15 July 2010.
- Co-organiser and Session Chair, 2nd International Symposium on Environmental Weeds and Invasive Plants, Osijek, Croatia, 14 - 18 September 2008
- Reviewer of grants for UK, Norwegian and US governments
Research groups / Centres
Publications
2019
- Ringselle, B., Berge, T. W., Stout, D., Breland, T. A., Hatcher, P. E., Haugland, E., Koesling, M., Mangerud, K., Lunnan, T. and Brandsæter, L. O. (2019) Effects of renewal time, taproot cutting, ploughing practice, false seedbed and companion crop on docks (Rumex spp.) when renewing grassland. European Journal of Agronomy, 103. pp. 54-62. ISSN 1161-0301 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2018.11.005
2017
- Hatcher, P. E. and Froud-Williams, R. J. (2017) 13. Perennial weeds. In: Hatcher, P. E. and Froud-Williams, R. J. (eds.) Weed Research: Expanding Horizons. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Hoboken, USA, pp. 389-412. ISBN 9781119969143 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119380702.ch13
- Shaw, R. H. and Hatcher, P. E. (2017) 8. Weed biological control. In: Hatcher, P. E. and Froud-Williams, R. J. (eds.) Weed Research: Expanding Horizons. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Hoboken, USA, pp. 215-243. ISBN 9781119969143 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119380702.ch8
- Hatcher, P. E. and Froud-Williams, R. J. (2017) Weed research: expanding horizons. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, USA, pp432. ISBN 9781119969143 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119380702
- Awudzi, G. K., Cudjoe, A. R., Hadley, P., Hatcher, P. E. and Daymond, A. J. (2017) Optimising mirid control on cocoa farms through complementary monitoring systems. Journal of Applied Entomology, 141 (4). pp. 247-255. ISSN 1439-0418 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12332
2016
- Awudzi, G. K., Asamoah, M., Owusu-Ansah, F., Hadley, P., Hatcher, P. E. and Daymond, A. J. (2016) Knowledge and perception of Ghanaian cocoa farmers on mirid control and their willingness to use forecasting systems. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 36 (1). pp. 22-31. ISSN 1742-7584 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758415000247
- Mohammed, A. A. and Hatcher, P. E. (2016) Effect of temperature, relative humidity and aphid developmental stage on the efficacy of the mycoinsecticide Mycotal® against Myzus persicae. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 26 (10). pp. 1379-1400. ISSN 1360-0478 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2016.1207219
2013
- Al-Naemi, F. and Hatcher, P. (2013) Contrasting effects of necrotrophic and biotrophic plant pathogens on the aphid Aphis fabae. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata, 148 (3). pp. 234-245. ISSN 0013-8703 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12091
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: https://doi.org/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: https://doi.org/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: https://doi.org/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: https://doi.org/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: https://doi.org/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: https://doi.org/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: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3180.2003.00352.x
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.
PhD Opportunities
The role of insect-plant-fungus interactions in natural and managed systems