Martin Mullett

 

Current Research Interests: 

The biology, ecology and epidemiology of forest pathogens, particularly those of conifer needles and shoots and Phytophthora species 

Dispersal of forest pathogens 

Population biology and taxonomy of forest pathogens 

Disease diagnostics, in particular molecular detection methods 

Plant disease management 

Quarantine pathogen legislation 

 

Selected Publications: 

Mullett, M. S., Adamson, K., Bragança, H., Bulgakov, T. S., Georgieva, M., Henriques, J., Jürisoo, L., Laas, M., Drenkhan R. (2018) New country and regional records of the pine needle blight pathogens Lecanosticta acicola, Dothistroma septosporum and D. pini. Forest Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12440 

Harris, A.R., Mullett, M., and Webber, J. F. (2018) Changes in the population structure and sporulation behaviour of Phytophthora ramorum associated with the epidemic on Larix (larch) in Britain. Biological Invasions https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1702-7 

Mullett, M., Pérez-Sierra, A., Armengol, J., & Berbegal, M. (2017). Phenotypical and Molecular Characterisation of Fusarium circinatum: Correlation with Virulence and Fungicide Sensitivity. Forests, 8(11), 458. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8110458 

Mullett, M.S., Brown, A.V., Fraser, S., Baden, R., Tubby, K.V., (2017) Insights into the pathways of spread and potential origins of Dothistroma septosporum in Britain. Fungal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2017.01.002 

Mullett, M.S., Tubby, K.V., Webber, J.F., Brown, A.V., (2016). A reconsideration of natural dispersal distances of the pine pathogen Dothistroma septosporum. Plant Pathology 65, 1462–1472. doi:10.1111/ppa.12522 

Drenkhan, R., Tomešová-Haataja, V., Fraser, S., Bradshaw, R.E., Vahalík, P., Mullett, M.S., Martín-García, J., Bulman, L.S., Wingfield, M.J., Kirisits, T., Cech, T.L., Schmitz, S., Baden, R., Tubby, K., Brown, A., Georgieva, M., Woods, A., Ahumada, R., Jankovský, L., Thomsen, I.M., Adamson, K., Marçais, B., Vuorinen, M., Tsopelas, P., Koltay, A., Halasz, A., La Porta, N., Anselmi, N., Kiesnere, R., Markovskaja, S., Kačergius, A., Papazova-Anakieva, I., Risteski, M., Sotirovski, K., Lazarević, J., Solheim, H., Boroń, P., Bragança, H., Chira, D., Musolin, D.L., Selikhovkin, A.V., Bulgakov, T.S., Keča, N., Karadžić, D., Galovic, V., Pap, P., Markovic, M., Poljakovic Pajnik, L., Vasic, V., Ondrušková, E., Piškur, B., Sadiković, D., Diez, J.J., Solla, A., Millberg, H., Stenlid, J., Angst, A., Queloz, V., Lehtijärvi, A., Doğmuş-Lehtijärvi, H.T., Oskay, F., Davydenko, K., Meshkova, V., Craig, D., Woodward, S., Barnes, I., (2016). Global geographic distribution and host range of Dothistroma species: a comprehensive review. Forest Pathology. 46, 408–442. doi:10.1111/efp.1229