Peter Skelsey

Publications

Journals

• Skelsey, P. (2024) Landscape-scale patterns and predictors of potato viruses in Scotland, Plant Pathology, 73(6), 1553-1572
• Skelsey, P.; Civita, F.; Humphris, S. (2023) Landscape epidemiology of potato blackleg, Phytopathology, 113(8), 1474-1482
• Newton, A.; Skelsey, P. (2023) Understanding the effect of component proportions on disease control in two-component cultivar cereal mixtures using a pathogen dispersal scaling hypothesis, Nature Scientific Reports, 13(1), Art. 4091
• Torro-Galiana, A.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Skelsey, P. (2023) Spatiotemporal analysis of Phytophthora infestans population diversity and disease risk in Great Britain, Plant Pathology, 72(4), 786-796
• Skelsey, P. (2021) Forecasting risk of crop disease with anomaly detection algorithms., Phytopathology, 111(2), 321-332.
• Skelsey, P.; Humphris, S.N.; Campbell, E.J.; Toth, I.K. (2018) Threat of establishment of non-indigenous potato blackleg and tuber soft rot pathogens in Great Britain under climate change, PLoS ONE, 13(10), art.e0205711
• Skelsey, P.; Kettle, H.; MacKenzie, K.; Blok, V. (2018) Potential impacts of climate change on the threat of potato cyst nematode species in Great Britain., Plant Pathology, 67, 909-919.
• Skelsey, P.; Dancey, S.R.; Preedy, K.; Lees, A.K.; Cooke, D.E.L. (2018) Forecasting the spread of aerially transmitted crop diseases with a binary classifier for inoculum survival., Plant Pathology, 67, 920-928.
• Skelsey, P.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Lynott, J.S.; Lees, A.K. (2016) Crop connectivity under climate change: future environmental and geographic risks of potato late blight in Scotland., Global Change Biology, 22, 3724-3738.
• Skelsey, P.; Elphinstone, J. G.; Saddler, G. S.; Wale, S. J.; Toth, I.K. (2016) Spatial analysis of blackleg-affected seed potato crops in Scotland., Plant Pathology, 65, 570-576.
• Skelsey, P.; Newton, A.C. (2015) Future environmental and geographic risks of Fusarium head blight of wheat in Scotland., European Journal of Plant Pathology, 142, 133-147.
• Zhang, X.; White, R.P.; Demir, E.; Jedryczka, M.; Lange, R.M.; Islam, M.; Li, Z.Q.; Huang, Y.J.; Hall, A.M.; Zhou, G.; Wang, Z.; Cai, X.; Skelsey, P.; Fitt, B.D.L. (2014) Leptosphaeria spp., phoma stem canker and potential spread of L. maculans on oilseed rape crops in China., Plant Pathology, 63, 598-612.
• Skelsey, P.; Newton, A.C. (2014) Scale-dependent assessment of relative disease resistance to plant pathogens., Agronomy, 4, 178-190.
• Skelsey, P.; With, K.A.; Garrett, K.A. (2013) Pest and disease management: Why we shouldn’t go against the grain., PLoS ONE, 8, Article No. e75892.
• Skelsey, P.; With, K.A.; Garrett, K.A. (2013) Why dispersal should be maximised at intermediate scales of heterogeneity., Theoretical Ecology, 6, 203-211.

Books / chapters

• Garret, K.A.; Forbes, G.A.; Gomez, L.; Gonzales, M.A.; Gray, M.; Skelsey, P.; Sparks, A.H. (2013) Cambio climatico, enfermedades de las plantas e insectos plaga., In: Jimenez, E. (ed.). Cambio Climatico y Adaptation en el Altipcano Boliviano. CIDES-UMSA, Bolivia, pp71-96. ISBN: 978-99954-1-527-3

Technical / contract reports

• Skelsey, P. (2022) Modelling the spread of PCN in Scotland, Plant Health Centre, final project report
• Toth, I.; Humphris, S.; Brierley, J.; Skelsey, P.; Saddler, G.; Cahill, G.; Wale, S. (2016) Routes of blackleg contamination of high grade potato seed stocks by Pectobacterium species., AHDB Final Project Report April 2013 – May 2016 (Ref 111R475).
• Skelsey, P.; Newton, A.C. (2014) Impacts on Agriculture: ‘‘Climate Change and Wheat Fusarium Head Blight Epidemics: Present and Future Risks., CXC Summary Report.

Conference papers

• Cooke, D.E.L.; Lynott, L.; Sullivan, L.; Skelsey, P.; Torro-Galiana, A.; Lees, A.K. (2020) Integrated potato late blight management in response to an evolving pathogen population., Proceedings, The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 25-26 February 2020, pp205-210.
• Torro-Galiana, A.; Cooke, D.; Skelsey, P. (2019) Applications of machine learning to identify drivers of Phytophthora infestans population diversity., Seventeenth Euroblight Workshop, York, UK, 12-15 May 2019. WUR Special Report, No 19, pp169-174.
• Skelsey, P. (2019) One-class classification for blight risk forecasting., Seventeenth Euroblight Workshop, York, UK, 12-15 May 2019. WUR Special Report, No 19, pp51-56.
• Skelsey, P.; Dancey, S.; Cooke, D.E.L (2017) Forecasting the risk of late blight spread., Proceedings of the 16th EuroBlight Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark, 14-17 May 2017, PAGV Special Report 18, pp61-66.
• Dancey, S.R.; Skelsey, P.; Cooke, D.E.L. (2017) The Hutton criteria: a classification tool for identifying high risk periods for potato late blight disease development in Great Britain., Proceedings of the 16th EuroBlight Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark, 14-17 May 2017, PAGV Special Report 18, pp53-58.
• Cooke, D.E.L.; Skelsey, P.; Dancey, S.; Randall, E.; Sullivan, L.; Lees, A.K. (2016) Potato late blight research update; populations, primary inoculum and predictions., The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, Dundee, 23-24 February 2016, pp211-216.
• Toth, I.K.; Humphris, S.; Pritchard, L.; Skelsey, P. (2014) Environmental spread of Pectobacterium and Dickeya: diagnostics to modelling., Euphresco Pectobacterium and Dickeya Workshop, Bern, Switzerland, 25 November 2014.
• Skelsey, P.; Cooke, D.E.L. (2013) Where do we go after Smith?, Proceedings of the Fourteenth EuroBlight Workshop, Limassol, Cyprus, 12-15 May 2013. PPO-Special Report no. 16, 35-39.

Conference posters / abstracts

• Skelsey, P.; Maloney, K.; Leslie, K.; Karley, A. (2024) Accurate potato virus forecasts: developing new models to guide sustainable management of potato crops in Scotland, Scotland’s Plant Health Conference 2024, 4 June 2024, Edinburgh
• Torro-Galiana, A.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Skelsey, P. (2019) Applications of machine learning to identify drivers of Phytophthora infestans population diversity., The 17th EuroBlight Workshop, York, UK, 12-15 May 2019. (Poster)
• Skelsey, P.; Lees, A.; Torrance, L. (2017) Blightsense: Development of a rapid biosensor system for in-field detection of Phytophthora infestans., In: Schepers, H.T.A.M. (ed.). Proceedings of the 16th Euroblight Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark, 14-17 May 2017. PAGV Special Report No.18, 239. (Poster)
• Lees, A.; Skelsey, P.; Cooke, D.E.L. (2017) Smartspray: Optimised detection and control of potato blight: sensing pathogens to inform smart spray decisions., In: Schepers, H.T.A.M. (ed.). Proceedings of the 16th Euroblight Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark, 14-17 May 2017. PAGV Special Report No.18, 235. (Poster)
• Lees, A.; Cooke, D.; Dancey, S.; Skelsey, P. (2017) Potato late blight: tools for integrated pest management., Potato Late Blight: Tools for Integrated Pest Management. Proceedings of AAB Conference ‘Advances in IPM’, Harper Adams 26-27 September 2017.