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Dr Triona Davey

SPCS Technical Manager

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+44(0)131 244 6344

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triona.davey@sasa.gsi.gov.uk

Dr Triona Davey

Research interests/Areas of expertise

Epidemiology and control of potato mop-top virus (PMTV)
Use of molecular diagnostics in potato pathology

Biography

I became SPCS Technical Manager in 2011.
I joined SASA in 2010 as the Laboratory Manager in the Virology and Zoology Section.
Prior to joining SASA, I was working at the Scottish Agricultural College in Aberdeen as an applied potato pathologist
Following a BSc and MSc, I completed a PhD on the importance of potato mop-top virus in Scottish seed potatoes.

Publications

Carnegie SF, Davey T, Saddler GS. In Press. Prevalence and distribution of Potato mop-top virus in Scotland. Plant Pathology.
Carnegie SF, Davey T, Saddler GS. 2010. Effect of temperature on the transmission of Potato mop-top virus from seed tuber and by its vector, Spongospora subterranea. Plant Pathology. 59(1):22-30.
Wale S, Lees A, Peters J, Brierley J, Woodhall J, Davey T. 2010. Extending the scope of Modern Potato Diagnostics and their interpretation.
Davey T. 2009. An accelerated soil-bait assay for the detection of potato mop top virus in agricultural soil. Plant Pathology : Techniques and Protocols. 508:259-265.
Carnegie SF, Saddler GS, Davey T. 2009. Temperature and the transmission of Potato mop-top virus (PMTV). Aspects of Applied Biology. 94, Potatoes, viruses and their vectors:21-26.
Carnegie SF, Davey T, Saddler GS, Peters J, Budge G. 2009. Testing potato varieties for susceptibility to potato mop-top virus (PMTV).
Davey T, Browning I, Carnegie SF, Saddler GS, Mitchell WJ. 2008. Soil - a source of PMTV? Download: Soil a source of PMTV.pdf (4.76 MB)
Davey T, Browning I, Carnegie SF, Mitchell WJ, Saddler GS. 2008. Soil: the principal source of potato mop top virus (PMTV) infection. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2008. :205-210.
Davey T, Browning I, Carnegie SF, Saddler GS. 2007. The importance of potato mop-top virus (PMTV) in Scottish seed potatoes.
Davey T, Browning I, Carnegie SF, Mitchell WJ, Saddler GS. 2006. The importance of potato mop top virus (PMTV) in Scottish seed potatoes. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2006. :375-380.

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