Professor Ian Toth

Ian in a senior scientist in cell and molecular sciences at the James Hutton Institute. His current research includes molecular bases of pathogenesis in the enterobacterial potato pathogens Pectobacterium and Dickeya species, and the eucalyptus pathogen Pantoea ananatis using functional and comparative genomics approaches. Ian's research also includes The interaction between human enteric pathogens and plants and the role of these plants in the spread of disease.

Ian Toth

James Hutton Institute
Errol Road
Dundee
Scotland
DD2 5DA

Professor Fiona Burnett

Fiona is group manager for Crop and Soil Systems at SRUC as well as a Professor in Plant Pathology. She is the sector lead for Agriculture in Scotland's Plant Health Centre of Expertise. Her research interests inlcude:

Fiona Burnett

Scotland’s Rural College
Peter Wilson Building, The King's Buildings
West Mains Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3JG

Dr Alison Lees

Alison is a potato pathologist based at the James Hutton Institute and is a key staff member leading Integrated Pest Management research.

Alison Lees

James Hutton Institute
Errol Road
Dundee
Scotland
DD2 5DA

Safeguarding our environment’s future can have an impact on our gardens today

Heritage gardens play an important role in plant conservation. They house collections gathered over decades or even hundreds of years, including varieties of plants that may be overlooked elsewhere, fostering heirloom varieties and preserving biological diversity that is the raw material of adaptation. As well as being beautiful and tranquil sites of cultural heritage, as many of you will know that have already visited them, they are also treasure troves of biological diversity.