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Biography
I am a plant and crop physiologist with over 35 years of teaching and research experience.
My roles are:
- Curriculum development, management and delivery of undergraduate courses in agriculture and horticulture.
- Principal investigator and project manager for a range of government and industry-funded projects.
- Postgraduate research supervision.
- Knowledge exchange with the scientific community and agricultural industry.
Research interests
My research interests are in developing and applying an understanding of the physiological determinants of resource use efficiency (especially nitrogen use efficiency) and the response of crops to foliar disease to guide variety improvement and crop management practice. Physiological questions are addressed at the tissue, whole plant and crop scales. Research on nitrogen use efficiency is seeking to identify the physiological mechanisms and morphological traits associated with efficient capture and utilization of nitrogen by barley. Research on disease tolerance of barley is focused on quantifying the influence of canopy traits and the source-sink balance of the crop on the impact of pathogens including Rhynchosporium commune and Ramularia collo-cygni on yield formation.
Teaching
- Programme Director for BSc Agricultural Science: Crop and Soil Science run jointly with University of Edinburgh.
- Year 4 tutor BSc Agriculture Programme SRUC.
- Curriculum development and delivery for a range of crop science and agronomy teaching.
- Cross-campus coordinator and module leader for Plant Physiology, Crop Physiology and Breeding, Plant Responses to Stress.
- Module leader for Agronomy, Crop Physiology and Agronomy, Science for Agri-Food Systems: Cells to Organisms.
- Hons project coordinator for BSc Agriculture, Central Faculty.
- Personal Tutor.
Projects
Current projects:
- 2021-2023 - Quantifying the relative nitrogen use efficiency of foliar and soil applied fertilizer. Funded by Mains of Loirston Charitable Trust.
- 2020-2022 - WWC: The winter wheat challenge. Funded by Mains of Loirston Charitable Trust.
Previous projects (Selected last 5 years):
- 2018-2021 - Updating nitrogen and sulphur fertilizer recommendations for spring barley. Funded by AHDB.
- 2017-2020 - Integrated disease management. Funded by Mains of Loirston Charitable Trust.
- 2016-2020 - N Circle: Virtual Joint Centre for closed loop cycling of nitrogen in Chinese Agriculture. Funded by BBSRC.
Supervision
Current project supervision:
- PhD Understanding post-flowering N dynamics in barley to improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). End date April 2022
- PhD Understanding interactions between Ramularia collo-cygni and barley leaf physiology to target improvements in host resistance and disease control strategy. Submitted awaiting viva
Previous projects:
- 8 PhD projects and 2 MPhil/MSc research projects supervised
Previous employer
2018 - date Professor of Crop Physiology, SRUC
2013 - 2018 Reader in Crop Physiology, SRUC
2004 - 2013 Senior researcher (crop physiology), SRUC
1987 - 2004 Lecturer in Crop Science, SAC.
1985 - 1987 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bangor, Wales
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Oxford Polytechnic
Award Date: 30 Sep 1985
Bachelor, Manchester Polytechnic
Award Date: 3 Jul 1979
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Quantifying the relative nitrogen use efficiency of foliar and soil applied fertilizer
Bingham, I., Reilly, Z. & Lindsay, P.
1/03/21 → 3/03/23
Project: Research
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WWC: The Winter Wheat Challenge
Bingham, I., Hilton, A., Reynolds, A. & Hoad, S.
1/09/20 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
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RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control
Hoad, S., Crawford, C., Bingham, I., Hoebe, P., Brennan, M., Paterson, L., Topp, K., Baddeley, J., Miller, S., Stanisz-Migal, M., Taylor, J., Harrison, B., Baker, L., Gorniak, K., Whyte, F., Bain, R., Yoxall, T., Laing, A., Griffiths, B., Watson, C., Evans, A., Burnett, F., Irvine, S., Lawson, D., Havis, N., Creissen, H., Dussart, F., Houdijk, J., Walker, R. & Swaney, J.
1/04/18 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
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Mechanisms by which fungicides increase grain sink capacity and yield of spring barley when visible disease severity is low or absent
Bingham, I. J., Young, C., Bounds, P., Gravouil, C. & Paveley, N. D., 1 Feb 2021, In: Field Crops Research. 261, 108011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Updating nitrogen and sulphur fertiliser recommendations for spring barley
Kendall, S. L., Fitters, T. F. J., Berry, P., Hoad, SP. & Bingham, IJ., May 2021, AHDB. 183 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief › Commissioned report
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Gross N transformation rates and related N2O emissions in Chinese and UK agricultural soils
Zhu, G., Song, X., Ju, X., Zhang, J., Muller, C., Sylvester-Bradley, R., Thorman, R., Bingham, IJ. & Rees, RM., 20 May 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 666, p. 176-186 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile13 Citations (Scopus)1 Downloads (Pure) -
In sink-limited spring barley crops, light interception by green canopy does not need protection against foliar disease for the entire duration of grain filling
Bingham, IJ., Young, C., Bounds, P. & Paveley, N. D., 1 Jun 2019, In: Field Crops Research. 239, p. 124-134 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Grain number and grain filling of two-row malting barley in response to variation in post-anthesis radiation: Analysis by grain position on the ear and its implications for yield improvement and quality
Kennedy, SP., Lynch, JP., Spink, J. & Bingham, IJ., 13 Jun 2018, (First published) In: Field Crops Research. 225, p. 74 - 82 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile10 Citations (Scopus)11 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Scientific Assessment Panel, Teagasc
Ian Bingham (Consultant)
2015Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
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External Examiner for MSc in Crop Improvement
Ian Bingham (Examiner)
2014 → 2018Activity: Qualification development/external examination types › External examiner (taught programmes)
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ISRN Agronomy (Journal)
Ian Bingham (Member of editorial board)
2011 → 2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
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HGCA
Ian Bingham (Visiting researcher)
2000 → 2003Activity: Visiting/partnership with an external institution type › Partnership with an external institution
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External Examiner for 17 PhD/MPhil projects
Ian Bingham (Examiner)
1993 → 2021Activity: Qualification development/external examination types › External examiner (viva)