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Professor Neil Boonham

Chair of Applied Crop Science

  • Telephone: 07780825544
  • Address: Agriculture Building
    School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
    University of Â鶹´«Ã½
    Â鶹´«Ã½ Upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

I am a plant health scientist with a broad interest in biosecurity, diagnostics and improved use of crop protection products. Initially trained in plant virology I spent time at the Central Science Laboratory/Fera Science Ltd characterising new plant health risks and developing diagnostic methods for use by NPPOs both in the laboratory and in the field by inspection services.


During my time at Â鶹´«Ã½ my work has focused on the use of rapid diagnostics to generate data about pathogens that help the agriculture/horticulture sector to make more informed decisions about crop protection, including focusing on timing of application, spatial challenges, automation and resistance.


I have led large teams of scientists delivering this work and pulled together large collaborative, interdisciplinary networks to achieve these aims. To ensure the outcomes of the work is useful my work has always been developed and delivered closely with key stakeholders, either in government, industry or with commercial partners who bring solutions to market. I have published more than 160 peer reviewed articles on the subject and regularly present at international conferences.


Area of Expertise

Plant Health, plant protection, diagnostics and plant pathology 

For a full list of my publications please see my  and

Publications

  • Articles

    • Prusokiene A, Boonham N, Fox A, Howard TP. . PLoS ONE 2024, 19(3), e0298834.
    • Agarwal A, de Jesus Colwell F, Bello Rodriguez J, Sommer S, Correa Galvis VA, Hill T, Boonham N, Prashar A. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2024, 169, 359-377.
    • Petsopoulos D, Cuff JP, Bell JR, Kitson JJN, Collins L, Boonham N, Morales-Hojas R, Evans DM. . Environmental DNA 2024, 6(3), e542.
    • Harrison C, Boonham N, Macarthur R, Parr MD, van den Berg F. . Pest Management Science 2024, 81(2), 599-606.
    • Fontdevila Pareta N, Khalili M, Maachi A, Rivarez MPS, Rollin J, Salavert F, Temple C, Aranda MA, Boonham N, Botermans M, Candresse T, Fox A, Hernando Y, Kutnjak D, Marais A, Petter F, Ravnikar M, Selmi I, Tahzima R, Trontin C, Wetzel T, Massart S. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2023, 14, 1181562.
    • Haegeman A, Foucart Y, De Jonghe K, Goedefroit T, Al Rwahnih M, Boonham N, Candresse T, Gaafar YZA, Hurtado-Gonzales OP, Kogej Zwitter Z, Kutnjak D, Lamovsek J, Lefebvre M, Malapi M, Mavric Plesko I, Onder S, Reynard J-S, Salavert Pamblanco F, Schumpp O, Stevens K, Pal C, Tamisier L, Ulubas Serce C, van Duivenbode I, Waite DW, Hu X, Ziebell H, Massart S. . Plants 2023, 12(11), 2139.
    • Zajc J, Kogej Zwitter Z, Fiser S, Gostincar C, Vicent A, Domenech AG, Riccioni L, Boonham N, Ravnikar M, Kogovsek P. . Plant Pathology 2023, 72(3), 548-563.
    • Gutierrez Vazquez Y, Adams IP, McGreig S, Walshaw J, van den Berg F, Sanderson R, Pufal H, Conyers C, Langton D, Broadhead R, Harrison C, Boonham N. . Frontiers in Agronomy 2022, 4, 943440.
    • Fowkes A, Adams IP, Jones RAC, Fox A, McGreig S, Boonham N. . Plant Pathology 2022, 71(3), 729-740.
    • Fox A, Gibbs AJ, Fowkes AR, Pufal H, McGreig S, Jones RAC, Boonham N, Adams IP. . Plants 2022, 11(15), 1951.
    • Vazquez-Iglesias I, McGreig S, Pufal H, Robinson R, Clover GRG, Fox A, Boonham N, Adams IP. . Journal of Virological Methods 2022, 300, 114417.
    • Petsopoulos D, Lunt DH, Bell JR, Kitson JJN, Collins L, Boonham N, Morales-Hojas R, Evans DM. . Ecological Entomology 2021, 46(4), 693-698.
    • Fuentes S, Gibbs AJ, Hajizadeh M, Perez A, Adams IP, Fribourg CE, Kreuze J, Fox A, Boonham N, Jones RAC. . Viruses 2021, 13(4), 644.
    • Torra J, Montull JM, Taberner A, Onkokesung N, Boonham N, Edwards R. . Frontiers in Plant Science 2021, 12, 25138.
    • Jones RAC, Boonham N, Adams IP, Fox A. . Plant Pathology 2021, 70(2), 235-248.
    • Hodgetts J, Glover R, Cole J, Hall J, Boonham N. . Journal of Applied Microbiology 2021, 131(2), 855-872.
    • Kelly MG, Juggins S, Mann DG, Sato S, Glover R, Boonham N, Sapp M, Lewis E, Hany U, Kille P, Jones T, Walsh K. . Ecological Indicators 2020, 118, 106725.
    • Boonham N, Tomlinson J, Ostoja-Starzewska S, McDonald RA. . Experimental Parasitology 2020, 217, 107960.
    • Vazquez-Iglesias I, Adams IP, Hodgetts J, Fowkes A, Forde S, Ward R, Buxton-Kirk A, Kelly M, Santin-Azcona J, Skelton A, Harju V, Boonham N, Robinson R, Clover G, Fox A. . Journal of Plant Pathology 2019, 101, 1171-1175.
    • Jones RAC, Fox A, Boonham N, Adams IP. . Archives of Virology 2019, 164(11), 2849-2852.
    • Adams IP, Fribourg C, Fox A, Boonham N, Jones RAC. . Microbiology Resource Announcements 2019, 8(40).
    • Fribourg CE, Gibbs AJ, Adams IP, Boonham N, Jones RAC. . Plant disease 2019, 103(7), 1746-1756.
    • Fox A, Fowkes AR, Skelton A, Harju V, Buxton-Kirk A, Kelly M, Forde SMD, Pufal H, Conyers C, Ward R, Weekes R, Boonham N, Adams IP. . Plant Pathology 2018, 68(3), 576-587.
    • Adams IP, Fox A, Boonham N, Massart S, De Jonghe K. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2018, 152(4), 909-919.
    • Santillan FW, Fribourg CE, Adams IP, Gibbs AJ, Boonham N, Kehoe MA, Maina S, Jones RAC. . Plant Disease 2018, 102(5), 869-885.
    • Stainton K, Hall J, Budge GE, Boonham N, Hodgetts J. . Journal of Applied Entomology 2018, 142(6), 610-616.
    • Franco Ortega S, Tomlinson J, Gilardi G, Spadaro D, Gullino ML, Garibaldi A, Boonham N. . Plant Pathology 2018, 67(7), 1462-1473.
    • Harper LR, Buxton AS, Rees HC, Bruce K, Brys R, Halfmaerten D, Read DS, Watson HV, Sayer CD, Jones EP, Priestley V, Machler E, Murria C, Garces-Pastor S, Medupin C, Burgess K, Benson G, Boonham N, Griffiths RA, Lawson Handley L, Hanfling B. . Hydrobiologia 2018, 826(1), 25-41.
    • Harper LR, Lawson Handley L, Hahn C, Boonham N, Rees HC, Gough KC, Lewis E, Adams IP, Brotherton P, Phillips S, Hanfling B. . Ecology and Evolution 2018, 8(12), 6330-6341.
    • Olmos A, Boonham N, Candresse T, Gentit P, Giovani B, Kutnjak D, Liefting L, Maree HJ, Minafra A, Moreira A, Nakhla MK, Petter F, Ravnikar M, Rodoni B, Roenhorst JW, Rott M, Ruiz-Garcia AB, Santala J, Stancanelli G, van der Vlugt R, Varveri C, Westenberg M, Wetzel T, Ziebell H, Massart S. . EPPO Bulletin 2018, 48(2), 219-224.
    • Pecman A, Kutnjak D, Mehle N, Znidaric MT, Gutierrez-Aguirre I, Pirnat P, Adams I, Boonham N, Ravnikar M. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2018, 9, 2739.
    • Adams IP, Boonham N, Jones RAC. . Microbiology Resource Announcements 2018, 7(21), e01393-18.
    • Blaser S, Diem H, von Felten A, Gueuning M, Andreou M, Boonham N, Tomlinson J, Muller P, Utzinger J, Frey JE, Buhlmann A. . Pest Management Science 2018, 74(6), 1504-1512.
    • Blaser S, Heusser C, Diem H, von Felten A, Gueuning M, Andreou M, Boonham N, Tomlinson J, Müller P, Utzinger J, Frey JE, Frey B, Bühlmann A. . Geospatial Health 2018, 13(2), 726.
    • Ortega SF, Tomlinson J, Hodgetts J, Spadaro D, Gullino ML, Boonham N. . Plant Disease 2018, 102(8), 1549-1558.
    • Adams IP, Fox A, Boonham N, Jones RAC. . Microbiology Resource Announcements 2018, 7(15).
    • Adams IP, Abad J, Fribourg CE, Boonham N, Jones RAC. . Microbiology Resource Announcements 2018, 7(18).
    • Maree HJ, Fox A, Al Rwahnih M, Boonham N, Candresse T. . Frontiers in Plant Science 2018, 9, 1082.
    • Blaser S, Diem H, von Felten A, Gueuning M, Andreou M, Boonham N, Tomlinson J, Muller P, Utzinger J, Frey B, Frey JE, Buhlmann A. . Journal of Visualized Experiments 2018, (140), e58502.
    • Adams IP, Boonham N, Jones RAC. . Microbiology Resource Announcements 2018, 7(23), e01392-18.
    • Sabbadin F, Glover R, Stafford R, Rozado-Aguirre Z, Boonham N, Adams I, Mumford R, Edwards R. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 41987.
    • Maxwell DJ, Partridge JC, Roberts NW, Boonham N, Foster GD. . PLoS ONE 2017, 12(3), e0174014.
    • Pecman A, Kutnjak D, Gutierrez-Aguirre I, Adams I, Fox A, Boonham N, Ravnikar M. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2017, 8, 1998.
    • Martín-Hernández R, Higes M, Sagastume S, Juarranz Á, Dias-Almeida J, Budge GE, Meana A, Boonham N. . PLoS ONE 2017, 12(2), e0170183.
    • Fox A, Rozado Z, Adams IP, Skelton A, Dickinson M, Boonham N. . Acta Horticulturae 2017, 1153, 245-250.
    • Rozado-Aguirre Z, Marais A, Svanella-Dumas L, Faure C, Latour F, Villeneuve F, Dickinson M, Fox A, Boonham N, Candresse T. . Plant Disease 2017, 101(7), 1333-1333.
    • Adams IP, Boonham N, Jones RAC. . Genome Announcements 2017, 5(18), e00141-17.
    • Harrison C, Tomlinson J, Ostoja-Starzewska S, Boonham N. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2017, 149(2), 253-259.
    • Rozado-Aguirre Z, Adams I, Fox A, Dickinson M, Boonham N. . Archives of Virology 2017, 162(9), 2815-2819.
    • Woodhall JW, Brown MJ, Perkins K, Valdeolmillos ES, Boonham N, Ray RV. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2017, 148(2), 237-245.
    • Mumford RA, Macarthur R, Boonham N. . Food Security 2016, 8(1), 103-109.
    • Maxwell DJ, Partridge JC, Roberts NW, Boonham N, Foster GD. . PLoS ONE 2016, 11(4), e0152836.
    • Peters JC, Harper G, Brierley JL, Lees AK, Wale SJ, Hilton AJ, Gladders P, Boonham N, Cunnington AC. . Plant Pathology 2016, 65(9), 1484-1491.
    • Gil JF, Adams I, Boonham N, Nielsen SL, Nicolaisen M. . Plant Pathology 2016, 65(7), 1210-1220.
    • Gil JF, Adams I, Boonham N, Nielsen SL, Nicolaisen M. . Archives of Virology 2016, 161(6), 1601-1610.
    • Budge GE, Adams I, Thwaites R, Pietravalle S, Drew GC, Hurst GDD, Tomkies V, Boonham N, Brown M. . Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 2016, 141, 41-44.
    • Gandolfo DS, Mortimer H, Woodhall JW, Boonham N. . Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2016, 163, 181-188.
    • Duff-Farrier CR, Candresse T, Bailey AM, Boonham N, Foster GD. . Molecular Plant Pathology 2016, 17(1), 120-126.
    • Hodgetts J, Ostojá-Starzewski JC, Prior T, Lawson R, Hall J, Boonham N. . Genome 2016, 59(11), 1033-1048.
    • Rozado-Aguirre Z, Adams I, Collins L, Fox A, Dickinson M, Boonham N. . Journal of Virological Methods 2016, 235, 119-124.
    • Hodgetts J, Hall J, Karamura G, Grant M, Studholme DJ, Boonham N, Karamura E, Smith JJ. . Journal of Applied Microbiology 2015, 119(6), 1651-1658.
    • Kogovsek P, Hodgetts J, Hall J, Prezelj N, Nikolic P, Mehle N, Lenarcic R, Rotter A, Dickinson M, Boonham N, Dermastia M, Ravnikar M. . Plant Pathology 2015, 64(2), 286-296.
    • Hodgetts J, Karamura G, Johnson G, Hall J, Perkins K, Beed F, Nakato V, Grant M, Studholme DJ, Boonham N, Smith J. . Plant Pathology 2015, 64(3), 559-567.
    • Duff-Farrier CRA, Bailey AM, Boonham N, Foster GD. . Molecular Plant Pathology 2015, 16(3), 308-315.
    • Hodgetts J, Johnson G, Perkins K, Ostoja-Starzewska S, Boonham N, Mumford R, Dickinson M. . Molecular Biotechnology 2014, 56(9), 803-813.
    • Souza Richards R, Adams IP, Kreuze JF, De Souza J, Cuellar W, Dullemans AM, van der Vlugt RAA, Glover R, Hany U, Dickinson M, Boonham N. . Archives of Virology 2014, 159(4), 811-815.
    • Hany U, Adams IP, Glover R, Bhat AI, Boonham N. . Archives of Virology 2014, 159(2), 385-388.
    • Boonham N, Kreuze J, Winter S, van der Vlugt R, Bergervoet J, Tomlinson J, Mumford R. . Virus Research 2014, 186, 20-31.
    • Tomlinson J, Harrison C, Boonham N, Goodchild SA, Weller SA. . BMC Research Notes 2014, 7(1), 251.
    • Adams IP, Rai S, Deka M, Harju V, Hodges T, Hayward G, Skelton A, Fox A, Boonham N. . Archives of Virology 2014, 159(12), 3463-3465.
    • Adams IP, Harju VA, Hodges T, Hany U, Skelton A, Rai S, Deka MK, Smith JJ, Fox A, Uzayisenga B, Ngaboyisonga C, Uwumukiza B, Rutikanga A, Rutherford M, Ricthis B, Phiri N, Boonham N. . New Disease Reports 2014, 29, 22-22.
    • Adams IP, Skelton A, Macarthur R, Hodges T, Hinds H, Flint L, Nath PD, Boonham N, Fox A. . PLoS ONE 2014, 9(11), e109125.
    • Adams IP, Miano DW, Kinyua ZM, Wangai A, Kimani E, Phiri N, Reeder R, Harju V, Glover R, Hany U, Souza-Richards R, Deb Nath P, Nixon T, Fox A, Barnes A, Smith J, Skelton A, Thwaites R, Mumford R, Boonham N. . Plant Pathology 2013, 62(4), 741-749.
    • Villari C, Tomlinson JA, Battisti A, Boonham N, Capretti P, Faccoli M. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2013, 79(8), 2527-2533.
    • Roenhorst JW, Boonham N, Winter S, Menzel W, van der Vlugt RAA. . EPPO Bulletin 2013, 43(2), 238-243.
    • Tomlinson JA, Ostoja-Starzewska S, Adams IP, Miano DW, Abidrabo P, Kinyua Z, Alicai T, Dickinson MJ, Peters D, Boonham N, Smith J. . Journal of Virological Methods 2013, 191(2), 148-154.
    • Adams IP, Abidrabo P, Miano DW, Alicai T, Kinyua ZM, Clarke J, Macarthur R, Weekes R, Laurenson L, Hany U, Peters D, Potts M, Glover R, Boonham N, Smith J. . Plant Pathology 2013, 62(1), 233-242.
    • Buhlmann A, Pothier JF, Tomlinson JA, Frey JE, Boonham N, Smits THM, Duffy B. . Plant Pathology 2013, 62(2), 475-484.
    • Adams IP, Glover R, Souza-Richards R, Bennett S, Hany U, Boonham N. . Archives of Virology 2013, 158(4), 909-913.
    • Woodhall JW, Adams IP, Peters JC, Harper G, Boonham N. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2013, 136(2), 273-280.
    • Tomlinson JA, Ostoja-Starzewska S, Webb K, Cole J, Barnes A, Dickinson M, Boonham N. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2013, 136(2), 217-224.
    • Buhlmann A, Pothier JF, Rezzonico F, Smits THM, Andreou M, Boonham N, Duffy B, Frey JE. . Journal of Microbiological Methods 2013, 92(3), 332-339.
    • Powell ME, Cuthbertson AGS, Bell HA, Boonham N, Morris J, Northing P. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2012, 133(4), 797-801.
    • Gil-Salas FM, Peters J, Boonham N, Cuadrado IM, Janssen D. . Plant Pathology 2012, 61(3), 468-478.
    • Augustin S, Boonham N, De Kogel WJ, Donner P, Faccoli M, Lees DC, Marini L, Mori N, Petrucco Toffolo E, Quilici S, Roques A, Yart A, Battisti A. . EPPO Bulletin 2012, 42(3), 515-551.
    • Woodhall JW, Webb KM, Giltrap PM, Adams IP, Peters JC, Budge GE, Boonham N. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2012, 134(3), 467-473.
    • Bekele B, Hodgetts J, Tomlinson J, Boonham N, Nikolic P, Swarbrick P, Dickinson M. . Plant Pathology 2011, 60(2), 345-355.
    • Hughes KJD, Tomlinson JA, Giltrap PM, Barton V, Hobden E, Boonham N, Lane CR. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2011, 131(4), 695-703.
    • Glover RH, Adams IP, Budge G, Wilkins S, Boonham N. . Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 2011, 107(3), 216-219.
    • Tomlinson JA, Boonham N, Dickinson M. . Plant Pathology 2010, 59(3), 465-471.
    • Kogovsek P, Pompe-Novak M, Baebler S, Rotter A, Gow L, Gruden K, Foster GD, Boonham N, Ravnikar M. . Plant Pathology 2010, 59(6), 1121-1132.
    • Budge GE, Shaw MW, Colyer A, Pietravalle S, Boonham N. . Plant Pathology 2009, 58(6), 1071-1080.
    • Garrido C, Carbu M, Fernandez-Acero FJ, Boonham N, Colyer A, Cantoral JM, Budge G. . Plant Pathology 2009, 58(1), 43-51.
    • Budge GE, Shaw MW, Lambourne C, Jennings P, Clayburn R, Boonham N, McPherson M. . Plant Pathology 2009, 58(6), 1059-1070.
    • Budge GE, Loram J, Donovan G, Boonham N. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2008, 120(1), 97-102.
    • Boonham N, Glover R, Tomlinson J, Mumford R. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2008, 121(3), 355-363.
    • Ward L, Koenig R, Budge G, Garrido C, McGrath C, Stubbley H, Boonham N. . Archives of Virology 2007, 152(1), 59-73.
    • Gil-Salas FM, Morris J, Colyer A, Budge G, Boonham N, Cuadrado IM, Janssen D. . Journal of Virological Methods 2007, 146(1-2), 45-51.
    • Morris J, Steel E, Smith P, Boonham N, Spence N, Barker I. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2006, 114(3), 265-273.
    • Boonham N, Hims M, Barker I, Spence N. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 1999, 105(6), 617-621.

  • Book Chapters

    • Tomlinson J, Boonham N. . In: Christophe Lacomme, ed. Plant Pathology: Techniques and Protocols. Humana Press Inc, 2015, pp.75-83.
    • Adams I, Harrison C, Tomlinson J, Boonham N. . In: Christophe Lacomme, ed. Plant Pathology: Techniques and Protocols. Humana Press Inc, 2015, pp.273-282.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

    • Gil-Salas FM, Morris J, Cuadrado IM, Budge G, Colyer A, Boonham N, Janssen D. . In: International Symposium on Vegetable Production, Quality and Process Standardization in Chain: a Worldwide Perspective. 2008, Beijing, China: International Society for Horticultural Science.

  • Note

    • Kelly MG, Juggins S, Mann DG, Sato S, Glover R, Boonham N, Sapp M, Lewis E, Hany U, Kille P, Jones T, Walsh K. . Ecological Indicators 2020, 119, 106890.

  • Reviews

    • Silva G, Tomlinson J, Onkokesung N, Sommer S, Mrisho L, Legg J, Adams IP, Gutierrez-Vazquez Y, Howard TP, Laverick A, Hossain O, Wei Q, Gold KM, Boonham N. . Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 2021, 5(2), 275-287.
    • Kutnjak D, Tamisier L, Adams I, Boonham N, Candresse T, Chiumenti M, De Jonghe K, Kreuze JF, Lefebvre M, Silva G, Malapi-Wight M, Margaria P, Plesko IM, McGreig S, Miozzi L, Remenant B, Reynard J-S, Rollin J, Rott M, Schumpp O, Massart S, Haegeman A. . Microorganisms 2021, 9(4), 841.
    • Mumford R, Boonham N, Tomlinson J, Barker I. . European Journal of Plant Pathology 2006, 116(1), 1-19.