Dr. Denise Pallett

Contact details

Job Title: Plant virologist

Location: Wallingford

Email: dwpa@ceh.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1491 692634

Biography

Research Interests:

I am primarily interested in the relationship between plant viruses, the host plant and their insect vectors.

Initially I worked on the incidence of viruses in wild brassica populations around the UK and their effect of plant survival, fecundity and changes in the host plant genotype. I then worked on the interactions between viruses within the same host plant; carrot red leaf virus and carrot mottle virus in carrots, and cereal yellow dwarf virus and cocksfoot streak virus in wild cocksfoot grass. My early work looked at the risk of virus resistant transgene escape and the risk to the wild brassica community; more recently I have studied the presence of viruses in trees in Oxfordshire, and estaurine habitats in north Wales.

In 2013 I took over co-management of the ECN site at Wytham Woods, and am currently involved in a wide range of enviromental analyses, including monitoring of water, air and soil quality, along with vegetation, tree, invertebrate and bat surveys.

Brief CV:

1998-present: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

1992-1998: Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee

1991: Scottish Agricultural College, Auchincruive, Ayr

1990-1991: Queens University, Belfast

Qualifications:

1998: PhD Aphid vectors of potato virus Y

1992: BSc (Hons) Applied Biology

1989: HND Applied Biological Sciences

Selected Publications

Pallett D.W.; Pescott O.L.; Schafer S.M.; , 2016, Changes in plant species richness and productivity in response to decreased nitrogen inputs in grassland in southern England.

Ma Jinmin; Pallett Denise; Jiang Hui; Hou Yong; Wang Hui; , 2015, Mutational bias of Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus in the context of host anti-viral gene silencing. , 486, 2-6

Pallett, Denise W.; Ho, Thien; Cooper, Ian; Wang, Hui, 2010, Detection of Cereal yellow dwarf virus using small interfering RNAs and enhanced infection rate with Cocksfoot streak virus in . Journal of Virological Methods, 168, 223-227

Pallett, D. W.; Cooper, J. I.; Wang, H.; Reeves, J.; Luo, Z.; Machado, R.; Obermeier, C.; Walsh, J. A.; Kearsey, M. J., 2008, Variation in the pathogenicity of two Turnip Mosaic virus isolates in wild UK Brassica rapa provenances. Plant Pathology, 57, 401-407

Pallett, D. W.; Huang, L.; Cooper, J. I.; Wang, H., 2006, Within-population variation in hybridisation and transgene transfer between wild Brassica rapa and Brassica napus in the UK. Annals of Applied Biology, 148, 147-155

Publications

Rennie Susannah; Andrews Chris; Atkinson Sarah; Beaumont Deborah; Benham Sue; Bowmaker Vic; Dick Jan; Dodd Bev; McKenna Colm; Pallett Denise; Rose Rob; Schafer Stefanie M.; Scott Tony; Taylor Carol; Watson Helen; , 2019, The UK Environmental Change Network datasets - integrated and co-located data for long-term environmental research (1993-2015). Earth System Science Data Discussions

Dick J.; Andrews C.; Beaumont D.A.; Benham S.; Dodd N.; Pallett D.; Rose R.; Scott T.; Smith R.; Schafer S.M.; Turner A.; Watson H.; , 2016, Analysis of temporal change in delivery of ecosystem services over 20 years at long term monitoring sites of the UK Environmental Change Network.

Monteith Don; Henrys Peter; Banin Lindsay; Smith Ron; Morecroft Mike; Scott Tony; Andrews Chris; Beaumont Deborah; Benham Sue; Bowmaker Victoria; Corbett Stuart; Dick Jan; Dodd Bev; Dodd Nicki; McKenna Colm; McMillan Simon; Pallett Denise; Pereira M. Gloria; Poskitt Jan; Rennie Sue; Rose Rob; Schafer Stefanie; Sherrin Lorna; Tang Sim; Turner Alex; Watson Helen; , 2016, Trends and variability in weather and atmospheric deposition at UK Environmental Change Network sites (1993–2012).

Rose Rob; Monteith Don T.; Henrys Peter; Smart Simon; Wood Claire; Morecroft Mike; Andrews Chris; Beaumont Deborah; Benham Sue; Bowmaker Victoria; Corbett Stuart; Dick Jan; Dodd Bev; Dodd Nikki; Flexen Mel; McKenna Colm; McMillan Simon; Pallett Denise; Rennie Sue; Schafer Stefanie; Scott Tony; Sherrin Lorna; Turner Alex; Watson Helen; , 2016, Evidence for increases in vegetation species richness across UK Environmental Change Network sites linked to changes in air pollution and weather patterns.

Pallett D.W.; Pescott O.L.; Schafer S.M.; , 2016, Changes in plant species richness and productivity in response to decreased nitrogen inputs in grassland in southern England.

Ma Jinmin; Pallett Denise; Jiang Hui; Hou Yong; Wang Hui; , 2015, Mutational bias of Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus in the context of host anti-viral gene silencing. , 486, 2-6

Evans Matthew R.; Moustakas Aristides; Carey Gregory; Malhi Yadvinder; Butt Nathalie; Benham Sue; Pallett Denise; Schäfer Stefanie; , 2015, Allometry and growth of eight tree taxa in United Kingdom woodlands. , 2

Malham, Shelagh K.; Rajko-Nenow, Paulina; Howlett, Eleanor; Tuson, Karen E.; Perkins, Tracy L.; Pallett, Denise W.; Wang, Hui; Jago, Colin F.; Jones, Davey L.; McDonald, James E., 2014, The interaction of human microbial pathogens, particulate material and nutrients in estuarine environments and their impacts on. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 16, 2145-2155

Wang, Hui; Xie, Jiazheng; Shreeve, Tim G.; Ma, Jinmin; Pallett, Denise W.; King, Linda A.; Possee, Robert D., 2013, Sequence recombination and conservation of Varroa destructor virus-1 and deformed wing virus in field collected honey bees (A. PLoS ONE, 8

Soh, E.; Pallett, D.W.; Bodey, K.; Lau, L.C.K.; Whitworth, H.; Page, A.; Edwards, M.; Howarth, P.H.; Cooper, J.I.; Wang, H., 2010, Virus Infection of Grass can Alter the Allergenic Potency of Pollen. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 125, AB148 -AB148

Ho, Thien; Wang, Liang; Huang, Linfeng; Li, Zhigang; Pallett, Denise W.; Dalmay, Tamas; Ohshima, Kazusato; Walsh, John A.; Wang, Hui, 2010, Nucleotide bias of DCL and AGO in plant anti-virus gene silencing. Protein & Cell, 1, 847-858

Pallett, Denise W.; Ho, Thien; Cooper, Ian; Wang, Hui, 2010, Detection of Cereal yellow dwarf virus using small interfering RNAs and enhanced infection rate with Cocksfoot streak virus in . Journal of Virological Methods, 168, 223-227

Pallett, Denise W.; Soh, Emily; Edwards, Mary-Lou; Bodey, Kathleen; Lau, Laurie C.K.; Cooper, J. Ian; Howarth, Peter H.; Walls, Andrew F.; Wang, Hui, 2009, Proof of concept pilot study: prevalence of grass virus infection and the potential for effects on the allergenic potency of po. Environmental Health, 8

Pallett, D. W.; Cooper, J. I.; Wang, H.; Reeves, J.; Luo, Z.; Machado, R.; Obermeier, C.; Walsh, J. A.; Kearsey, M. J., 2008, Variation in the pathogenicity of two Turnip Mosaic virus isolates in wild UK Brassica rapa provenances. Plant Pathology, 57, 401-407

Ho, Thien; Wang, Hui; Pallett, Denise; Dalmay, Tamas, 2007, Evidence for targeting common siRNA hotspots and GC preference by plant Dicer-like proteins . FEBS Letters, 581, 3267-3272

Pallett, D. W.; Cooper, J. I.; Wang, H.; Reeves, J.; Luo, Z.; Machado, R.; Obermeier, C.; Walsh, J. A.; Kearsey, M. J., 2007, Variation in the pathogenicity of two Turnip mosaic virus isolates in wild UK Brassica rapa provenances. Plant Pathology, 57, 401-407

Morrison, N.; Wood, J.; Hancock, D.; Shah, S.; Hakes, L.; Gray, T.; Tiwari, B.; Kille, P.; Cossins, A.; Hegarty, M.; Allen, M. J.; Wilson, W. H.; Olive, P.; Last, K.; Kramer, C.; Bailhache, T.; Reeves, J.; Pallett, D.; Warne, J.; Nashar, K.; Parkinson, H.; Sansone, S-A.; Rocca-Serra, P.; Stevens, R.; Snape, J.; Brass, A.; Field, D., 2006, Annotation of environmental OMICS data: Application to the transcriptomics domain . OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 10, 172-178

Pallett, D. W.; Huang, L.; Cooper, J. I.; Wang, H., 2006, Within-population variation in hybridisation and transgene transfer between wild Brassica rapa and Brassica napus in the UK. Annals of Applied Biology, 148, 147-155

Ho, T.; Pallett, D.; Rusholme, R.; Dalmay, T.; Wang, H., 2006, A simplified method for cloning of short interfering RNAs from Brassica junea infected with Turnip mosaic potyvirus and Turnip . Journal of Virological Methods, 136, 217-223

Pallett D.W.; Schafer S.M.; , 2015, 20 years of ECN water chemistry in Wytham Woods. In: Forest Hydrology, Birmingham, 16 Sept 2015