麻豆传媒

Dr Paul Bilsborrow is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at 麻豆传媒. His areas of expertise are crop production and bioenergy.

Research Interests

• Sustainable production in conventional and organic cropping systems
• Genetic diversity of crop species - novel and underutilised species and genotypes
• Optimising agronomic management for enhanced crop quality and nutritional profile - organic fertilisers, biofortification
• Biomass and renewable energy from agriculture - biofuels, biomass, AD optimisation.

Esteem Indicators

• January 2008 - Editorial Board member for Journal of Agricultural Science
• July 2012- Senior Editor Journal of Agricultural Science  

Research funding

2000 Leverhulme Visiting Research Fellowship for Dr Fangsen Xu from Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. ‘Molecular basis of boron utilisation efficiency in Brassica napus’. (£50,000)

2003-2005 ‘Sulphur requirement of malting barley: effects on yield and quality and diagnosis of sulphur deficiency’ Home Grown Cereals Authority £22,826 – 100%  (Total Project Value £185,000), project lead by Professor Steve McGrath of Rothamsted Experimental Station.

2004 £130,000 for TREES Project (Total Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability) of Earth System Laboratories funded through SRIF2 (total project for ESL of £1.5 million led by Prof Paul Younger).

2005 ‘Identification of QTL’s for nitrogen use efficiency in oilseed rape’ Swales Studentship (£35,000)

2006-2009 Potential for Lignocellulosic bioethanol in Nigeria. PTDF Nigeria funded PhD studentship (£45,000).

2010-2016 Improving the sustainability of phosphorus use in arable farming. DEFRA Arable Link  (£40,000).

2014-17 Sustainable Intensificaton Platform Theme 1 DEFRA £234,403.

2012-13 The use of a nitrification inhibitor to reduce GHG emissions from fertiliser application. Project led by ADAS (£35,743).

2013-18 Anaerobic Digestion Process optimisation. Commonwealth funded PhD Studentship (£45,000).

2013-18 PhD studentship - A GIS based approach to investigating the potential of herbaceous bioenergy crop species for cellulosic bioethanol production in Nigeria – Nigerian Government PhD Scholarship (£57,000).

2013-18 EU FP7 Project ‘HealthyMinorCereals’ An integrated approach to diversify the genetic base, improve stress resistance, agronomic management and nutritional processing quality of minor cereal crops for human nutrition in Europe (€437,199 + €221,889 with conversion £323,851 + £171,422 following the Amendment of 2016 (€660,999).

2017-20 ‘Development of efficient production protocols for new/alternative arable crops and to identify, quantify and improve nutritional and other crop quality parameters’ (£212,077)

KTP (Innovate UK).

2016-21 EU H2020 INTERFUTURE, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network ‘From microbial interactions to new-concept biopesticides and biofertilisers (€48,000)

2018-2024 EU H2020 ECOBREED – ‘Increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of organic crop breeding’ (€501,000). 

Consultancy and other funding

2006 Project Development Fund for CREEL (Centre for Renewable Energy from Land) ONE (Regional Development Agency) (£61,500)  

2009 ONE (Regional Development Agency) PI for installation of the research/demonstration Anaerobic Digestion system at Cockle Park Farm (total project cost of £1.85M). Funding of £860,000 from ONE which included a 2 year engagement programe promoting the benefits of AD to famers and industry in the region

2009 WM Morrisons/Arla £16,718 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Options for UK Dairy Farms

2009 Leaching of propyzamide and metazachlor to surface and drainage water. ADAS £15,000

2021-22 Biomass Feedstock Innovation Programme: Phase 1. PROMOBIO BEIS £21,850 – 

Undergraduate Teaching

• NES1000 Crop Pests (Module Leader)
• ACE2018 Arable Crops (Module Leader)
• ACE2024 Principles of Agronomy and Crop Improvement
• NES3000 Combinable Crops (Module Leader)
• ACE3037 Crop Pests Field Course (Module Leader)
• NES3004 Applied Crop Protection (Module Leader)
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MSc Teaching

• SPG8008 Biomass and Waste Technology (Module Leader)

External Course Evaluation:

University College Dublin (UCD) - B.Sc. Crop Science 2025-2027

Harper Adams Univerity - Fd.Sc. Crop Science 2020-24

BASIS Graduate Diploma Validation panel Harper Adams University May 2020

SRUC External Examiner MSc Agricultural Professional Practice 2016-2018

Doctor of Science application reviewer – University of Bangor 2016

SRUC External Subject Review Panel for Applied Science Courses 2014.

University College Dublin(UCD) – B.Sc. Agriculture Science 2013–2016

Fd. Sc. Sustainable Land Use Management (Course Review) Joint Award University of East Anglia/University of Essex. May 2009.

• Articles

  • Seeliger M, Hilton S, Muscatt G, Walker C, Bass D, Albornoz F, Standish RJ, Gray ND, Mercy L, Rempelos L, Schneider C, Ryan MH, Bilsborrow PE, Bending GD. . Environmental Microbiome 2024, 19(1), 71.
  • Daud MFB, Rempelos L, Cakmak I, Leifert C, Bilsborrow P. . Plant and Soil 2024, 494, 477-496.
  • Sufar EK, Hasanaliyeva G, Wang J, Leifert H, Shotton P, Bilsborrow P, Rempelos L, Volakakis N, Leifert C. . Agronomy 2024, 14(3), 422.
  • Okot DK, Bilsborrow PE, Phan AN, Manning DAC. . Heliyon 2023, 9(6), e17236.
  • Wilkinson A, Wilkinson JN, Shotton P, Sufar EK, Hasanaliyeva G, Volakakis N, Cakmak I, Ozturk L, Bilsborrow P, Iversen PO, Wilcockson S, Rempelos L, Leifert C. . Agronomy 2023, 13(9), 2349.
  • Okot DK, Bilsborrow PE, Phan AN. . Energy Conversion and Management: X 2022, 16, 100313.
  • Tupits I, Tamm I, Magistrali A, Rempelos L, Cakmak I, Leifert C, Grausgruber H, Wilkinson A, Butler G, Bilsborrow P. . Crop Science 2022, 62(2), 928-946.
  • Wilkinson A, Wilkinson JN, Shotton P, Eyre M, Hasanaliyeva G, Bilsborrow P, Leifert C, Rempelos L. . Agronomy 2022, 12(9), 2085.
  • Wang J, Baranski M, Korkut R, Kalee HA, Wood L, Bilsborrow P, Janovska D, Leifert A, Winter S, Willson A, Barkla B, Leifert C, Rempelos L, Volakakis N. . Agronomy 2021, 11(5), 890.
  • Ibrahim HH, Bilsborrow PE, Phan AN. . Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification 2021, 159, 108231.
  • Wang J, Barański M, Hasanaliyeva G, Korkut R, Kalee HA, Leifert A, Winter S, Janovska D, Willson A, Barkla B, Iversen PO, Seal C, Bilsborrow P, Leifert C, Rempelos L, Volakakis N. . Food Chemistry 2021, 358, 129826.
  • Rempelos L, Almuayrifi MSB, Baranski M, Tetard-Jones C, Barkla B, Cakmak I, Ozturk L, Cooper J, Volakakis N, Hall G, Zhao B, Rose T, Wang J, Kalee H, Sufar E, Hasanaliyeva G, Bilsborrow P. . Field Crops Research 2020, 254, 107822.
  • Magistrali A, Vavera R, Janovska D, Rempelos L, Cakmak I, Leifert C, Grausgruber H, Butler G, Wilkinson A, Bilsborrow P. . Field Crops Research 2020, 255, 107869.
  • Magistrali A, Vavera R, Janovska D, Rempelos L, Cakmak I, Leifert C, Grausgruber H, Butler G, Wilkinson A, Bilsborrow P. . Field Crops Research 2020, 255, 107869.
  • Scott C, Bilsborrow PE. . Pest Management Science 2019, 75(15), 125-133.
  • Okot DK, Bilsborrow PE, Phan AN. . Biomass and Bioenergy 2019, 126, 150-158.
  • Okot DK, Bilsborrow PE, Phan AN. . Biomass and Bioenergy 2018, 112, 61-72.
  • Rempelos L, Almuayrifi AM, Baranski M, Tetard-Jones C, Eyre M, Shotton P, Cakmak I, Ozturk L, Cooper J, Volakakis N, Schmidt C, Sufar E, Wang J, Wilkinson A, Rosa EAS, Zhao B, Rose TJ, Leifert C, Bilsborrow P. . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2018, 66(40), 10369-10379.
  • Palmer MW, Cooper J, Tétard-Jones C, Średnicka-Tobera D, Barański M, Eyre M, Shotton PN, Volkakis N, Cakmak I, Ozturk L, Leifert C, Wilcockson SJ, Bilsborrow PE. . European Journal of Agronomy 2013, 49, 83-92.
  • Bilsborrow PE, Cooper J, Tetard-Jones C, Srednicka-Tober D, Baranski M, Eyre M, Schmidt C, Shotton PN, Volakakis N, Cakmak I, Ozturk L, Leifert C, Wilcockson SJ. . European Journal of Agronomy 2013, 51, 71-80.
  • Iye EL, Bilsborrow PE. . Energy Policy 2013, 63, 207-214.
  • Iye EL, Bilsborrow PE. . Biomass and Bioenergy 2013, 48, 66-74.
  • Wei W, Bilsborrow PE, Hooley P, Fincham DA, Lombi E, Forster BP. . Plant and Soil 2003, 250(2), 183-191.
  • Thomas SG, Hocking TJ, Bilsborrow PE. . Field Crops Research 2003, 83(3), 223-235.
  • Wef W, Bilsborrow P, Hooley P, Fincham D, Forster B. . Hereditas 2002, 135(2-3), 227-231.
  • Wei W, Bilsborrow PE, Hooley P, Bibi H. . Journal of Plant Nutrition 2002, 25(12), 2817-2829.
  • Thomas SG, Bilsborrow PE, Hocking TJ, Bennett J. . Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture 2000, 80(14), 2057-2062.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Kaminska A, Gillespie C, Dodmani M, Bilsborrow P, Quarrie S, Barnes J. . In: Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 2004, Springer.

• Note

  • Hussain MI, Araniti F, Schulz M, Baerson S, Yedra V-A, Rempelos L, Bilsborrow P, Salcedo NC, Macias FA, Weston LA, Reigosa MJ, Sanchez-Moreiras AM. . Environmental and Experimental Botany 2022, 204, 105096.

• Reviews

  • Rempelos L, Wang J, Sufar EK, Almuayrifi MSB, Knutt D, Leifert H, Leifert A, Wilkinson A, Shotton P, Hasanaliyeva G, Bilsborrow P, Wilcockson S, Volakakis N, Markellou E, Zhao B, Jones S, Iversen PO, Leifert C. . Foods 2023, 12(6), 1209.
  • Hussain MI, Araniti F, Schulz M, Baerson S, Vieites-Alvarez Y, Rempelos L, Bilsborrow P, Chinchilla N, Macias FA, Weston LA, Reigosa MJ, Sanchez-Moreiras AM. . Environmental and Experimental Botany 2022, 202, 104997.
  • Withers PJA, Hodgkinson RA, Rollett A, Dyer C, Dils R, Collins AL, Bilsborrow PE, Bailey G, Sylvester-Bradley R. . Environmental Research Letters 2017, 12(6), 063001.