Dr Hawkins will be leading on the plant health aspects – primarily fungicide resistance in plant pathogens.
This means, for example, that NIAB can access new diagnostic technologies being developed in the biomedical field, and assess and adapt them for use with veterinary and plant diseases.
This will lead to the development of new tests to track the spread of fungicide resistance in plant pathogens, helping to provide farmers with up-to-date advice on which crop protection measures are likely to be effective, and to compare the effect of different management practices on resistance levels.
The ARREST-AMR (Accurate, Rapid, Robust, and Economical One Health Diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance) network will work alongside seven other networks to bring together diverse expertise from academia, industry, government, regulatory agencies, and charities.
