The James Hutton Institute (
JHI) is
Scotland’s internationally recognised centre of research excellence in agriculturally relevant crop plants and their interactions with the environment, encompassing both biotic and abiotic stresses.
In Legume Futures, the JHI is responsible for leading Work Package 2 (Data management and novel system design) and is involved in all other WPs.
The staff involved are:
Leader of work package 2. Molecular ecologist, relationship of genetics to plant functional traits and environmental factors.
Biologist, ecological impact assessment and up-scaling from plant to landscape.
Ecologist, management impacts on plant and invertebrate biodiversity and agro-ecosystem function.
Information technologist, database applications, GIS and environmental sensing.
Ecologist, functioning and sustainability of arable plant systems.
Relevant publications
Begg, G. S., Hockaday, S., McNicol, J. W., Askew, M. & Squire, G. R. 2006. Modelling the persistence of volunteer oilseed rape (Brassica napus). Ecological Modelling 198, 195-207.
Begg, G.S., Elliott, M., Cullen, D., Iannetta, P. & Squire, G. 2008. Heterogeneity in the distribution of genetically modified and conventional oilseed rape within fields and seed lots Transgenic Research 17, 805-816.
Bown, J.L., Pachepsky, E., Eberst, E., Bausenwein, U., Millard, P., Squire, G.R. & Crawford, J.W. 2007. Consequences of intraspecific variation for the structure and function of ecological communities Part 1: Model development and predicted patterns of diversity. Ecological Modelling 207, 264-276.
Debeljak, M., Squire, G.R., Demšar, D., Young, M.W. & Džeroski, S. 2008. Relations between the oilseed rape volunteer seedbank, and soil factors, weed functional groups and geographical location in the UK. Ecological Modelling 212, 138-146.
Haase, N.U., Goffart, J.P., MacKerron, D.K.L. & Young, M.W. 2000. Determination of crop nitrogen status using invasive methods. In: Haverkort, A.J. & MacKerron, D.K.L. (eds.). Management of nitrogen and water in potato production. Wageningen Pers, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 55-71.
Hawes, C., Haughton, A.J., Bohan, D.A. & Squire, G.R. 2008. Functional approaches for assessing plant and invertebrate abundance patterns in arable systems. Basic and Applied Ecology. (doi:10.1016/j.baae.2007.11.007).
Iannetta P.P.M., Begg, G., Hawes, C., Young M., Russell, J. & Squire, G.R. 2007. Variation in Capsella (shepherd’s purse): an example of intra-specific functional diversity. Physiologia Plantarum 129, 542-554.
James, E.K., Iannetta, P.P.M., Nixon, P.J., Whiston, A.J., Peat, L., Crawford, R.M.M., Sprent, J.I. & Brewin, N.J. 1996. Photosystem II and oxygen regulation in Sesbania rostrata stem nodules. Plant Cell and Environment 19, 895-910.
James, E.K., Minchin, F.R., Iannetta, P.P.M., & Sprent, J.I. 1997. Temporal relationships between nitrogenase and intercellular gylcoprotein in developing white lupin nodules. Annals of Botany 79, 493-503.
Karley, A.J., Hawes, C., Iannetta, P.P.M. & Squire, G.R. 2008. Intraspecific variation in Capsella bursa-pastoris in plant quality traits for insect herbivores. Weed Research 48, 147-156
Pachepsky, E., Bown, J.L., Eberst, E., Bausenwein, U., Millard, P., Squire, G.R. & Crawford, J.W. 2007. Consequences of intraspecific variation for the structure and function of ecological communities Part 2: Linking diversity and function. Ecological Modelling 207, 277-285.
