Dr Alexey Mikaberidze
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+44 (0) 118 378 7649
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Lecturer in Crop Protection
Research and teaching
Areas of interest
Alexey is an interdisciplinary researcher in plant health. Research in his group combines experiments with mathematical modeling/machine learning to investigate plant-pathogen interactions.
Postgraduate supervision
I always have a range of interesting MSc, PhD and postdoc projects, and can advise on funding opportunities for these. I particularly welcome applications from students and young scientists who would like to bridge different disciplines. For example, those with more quantitative training (mathematics, physics, computer science) interested in applying mathematical and computational methods to problems in biology and agriculture. Or those who studied biology or agriculture and would like to become familiar with quantitative methods. Please contact me to learn more.Research projects
My goal is to understand how populations of plant pathogens change in time and space, integrating ecological, epidemiological, evolutionary and socio-economic dynamics over multiple temporal and spatial scales. In my group, we are collecting large empirical datasets (e.g., phenotypic and genomic), and combining mathematical modelling and machine learning to extract knowledge from data. In the face of global environmental crisis, this systems level understanding is urgently needed to find more efficient and sustainable ways of protecting cultivated and wild plants from infectious diseases.Websites/blogs
- Alexey maintains a YouTube channel DigitalPlantHealth devoted to digital and quantitative approaches to plant health. The videos present recent research in this area in an easy-to-understand manner.
- Twitter: Alexey Mikaberidze
Selected publications
An up-to-date list of Alexey's publications on Google Scholar - Alexey Mikaberidze.Publications
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Karisto, P.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4807-0190
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Suffert, F.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6969-3878
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Mikaberidze, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2278-2288
(2023)
Spatially explicit ecological modeling improves empirical characterization of plant pathogen dispersal.
Plant-Environment Interactions
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(2).
pp.
86-96.
ISSN:
2575-6265
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doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pei3.10104
- McDonald, B. , Suffert, F. , Bernasconi, A. , Mikaberidze, A. (2022) How large and diverse are field populations of fungal plant pathogens? The case of Zymoseptoria tritici. Evolutionary Applications ISSN: 1752-4571 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13434
- Karisto, P. , Suffert, F. , Mikaberidze, A. (2022) Measuring splash-dispersal of a major wheat pathogen in the field. PhytoFrontiers , 2 (1). pp. 1-83. ISSN: 2690-5442 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1094/phytofr-05-21-0039-r
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Barrett, L.
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Zala, M.
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Mikaberidze, A.
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Alassimone, J.
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Ahmad, M.
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McDonald, B.
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Sánchez‐Vallet, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3668-9503
(2021)
Mixed infections alter transmission potential in a fungal plant pathogen.
Environmental Microbiology
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(4).
pp.
2315-2330.
ISSN:
1462-2912
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doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15417
- M’Barek, S. , Karisto, P. , Abdedayem, W. , Laribi, M. , Fakhfakh, M. , Kouki, H. , Mikaberidze, A. , Yahyaoui, A. (2020) Improved control of Septoria tritici blotch in durum wheat using cultivar mixtures. Plant Pathology , 69 (9). pp. 1655-1665. ISSN: 0032-0862 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13247
- Willocquet, L. , Savary, S. , McDonald, B. , Mikaberidze, A. (2020) A polyetic modelling framework for plant disease emergence. Plant Pathology , 69 (9). pp. 1630-1643. ISSN: 0032-0862 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13249
- Mikaberidze, A. and McDonald, B. (2020) A tradeoff between tolerance and resistance to a major fungal pathogen in elite wheat cultivars. New Phytologist , 226 (3). pp. 879-890. ISSN: 1469-8137 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.16418
- Anderegg, J. , Hund, A. , Karisto, P. , Mikaberidze, A. (2019) In-field detection and quantification of Septoria tritici blotch in diverse wheat germplasm using spectral-temporal features. Frontiers in Plant Science , 10 ISSN: 1664-462X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01355
- Karisto, P. , Dora, S. , Mikaberidze, A. (2019) Measurement of infection efficiency of a major wheat pathogen using time-resolved imaging of disease progress. Plant Pathology , 68 (1). pp. 163-172. ISSN: 0032-0862 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12932
- Yates, S. , Mikaberidze, A. , Krattinger, S. , Abrouk, M. , Hund, A. , Yu, K. , Studer, B. , Fouche, S. , Meile, L. , Pereira, D. , Karisto, P. , McDonald, B. (2019) Precision phenotyping reveals novel loci for quantitative resistance to septoria tritici blotch. Plant Phenomics ISSN: 2643-6515 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.34133/2019/3285904
- Yu, K. , Anderegg, J. , Mikaberidze, A. , Karisto, P. , Mascher, F. , McDonald, B. , Walter, A. , Hund, A. (2018) Hyperspectral canopy sensing of wheat septoria tritici blotch disease. Frontiers in Plant Science , 9 ISSN: 1664-462X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01195
- Karisto, P. , Hund, A. , Yu, K. , Anderegg, J. , Walter, A. , Mascher, F. , McDonald, B. , Mikaberidze, A. (2018) Ranking quantitative resistance to Septoria tritici blotch in elite wheat cultivars using automated image analysis. Phytopathology , 108 (5). pp. 568-581. ISSN: 0031-949X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-17-0163-R
- Mikaberidze, A. , Paveley, N. , Bonhoeffer, S. , van den Bosch, F. (2017) Emergence of resistance to fungicides: the role of fungicide dose. Phytopathology , 107 (5). pp. 545-560. ISSN: 0031-949X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-16-0297-R
- Stewart, E. , Hagerty, C. , Mikaberidze, A. , Mundt, C. , Zhong, Z. , McDonald, B. (2016) An improved method for measuring quantitative resistance to the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici using high-throughput automated image analysis. Phytopathology , 106 (7). pp. 782-788. ISSN: 1943-7684 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-01-16-0018-R
- Mikaberidze, A. , Mundt, C. , Bonhoeffer, S. (2016) Invasiveness of plant pathogens depends on the spatial scale of host distribution. Ecological Applications , 26 (4). pp. 1238-1248. ISSN: 0051-0761 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15-0807
- Mikaberidze, A. and McDonald, B. (2015) Fitness cost of resistance: impact on management. In: Ishii, H. and Hollomon, D. , (eds.) Fungicide Resistance in Plant Pathogens. Principles and a Guide to Practical Management. Springer pp. 77-89. ISBN: 9784431556411 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55642-8_6
- Mikaberidze, A. , McDonald, B. , Bonhoeffer, S. (2015) Developing smarter host mixtures to control plant disease. Plant Pathology , 64 (4). pp. 996-1004. ISSN: 320862 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12321
- Mikaberidze, A. , McDonald, B. , Bonhoeffer, S. (2014) Can high-risk fungicides be used in mixtures without selecting for fungicide resistance?. Phytopathology , 104 (4). pp. 324-331. ISSN: 1943-7684 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-07-13-0204-R
- Mikaberidze, A. and Haque, M. (2009) Survival benefits in mimicry: a quantitative framework. Journal of Theoretical Biology , 259 (3). pp. 462-468. ISSN: 0022-5193 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.02.024
- Mikaberidze, A. , Saalmann, U. , Rost, J. (2009) Laser-driven nanoplasmas in doped Helium droplets: local ignition and anisotropic growth. Physical Review Letters , 102 ISSN: 0031-9007 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.128102
- Mikaberidze, A. , Saalmann, U. , Rost, J. (2008) Energy absorption of xenon clusters in helium nanodroplets under strong laser pulses. Physical Review A , 77 (4). ISSN: 1050-2947 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.041201