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Contact

• workRoom 303 South Laboratory
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work0115 951 6049
• rumiana.ray@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

2021-present Professor in Plant Pathology

2016-2021 Associate Professor in Crop Pathology, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´

2008-2016 Assistant Professor in Crop Science, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´

2003-2008 Research Fellow Plant Pathology, Harper Adams University

Editor for Plant Pathology and Frontiers in Plant Science

Expertise Summary

• Development of novel approaches and field technologies for pathogen/disease detection:
  • multispectral, hyperspectral and fluorescence signals to identify disease signatures and vision-based disease sensing for field use
  • molecular diagnostics for soil and plant pathogens
• Physiological and genetic mechanisms of host-pathogen and pest-host-pathogen interactions and their consequences for crop protection
• Chemical control: Dr Ray collaborates with agrii industry on understanding the phytoactivity and bioaction of novel crop protection molecules
• Integrated disease management in cereals and oilseed rape

Teaching Summary

Teaching interests are within the areas of crop protection and plant pathology.

Convener:

BIOS 2014 Enterprise management challenge, level 2

BIOS 3011 Plant Disease Control, level 3

Contributor:

Plant Science Research Tutorials

Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants

Research Summary

Focussed on improving plant health, crop productivity and protection against pathogenic and pest threats to global food security. We aim to develop sustainable, integrated control strategies for… read more

Recent Publications

• DASUNI P. JAYAWEERA, CHARLENE DAMBIRE, DIMITRA ANGELOPOULOU, SERGI MUNNÉ-BOSCH, RANJAN SWARUP and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2024. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 11(9),
• SAFIEDDIN INBAIA, ARIFA FAROOQI and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2023. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14,
• ISABELLE SIMS, DASUNI JAYAWEERA, KAMAL SWARUP and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2023. Phytopathology. 113(8), 1525 -1536
• HANNAH R. BLYTH, DAN SMITH, ROBERT KING, CARLOS BAYON, TOM ASHFIELD, HANNAH WALPOLE, EUDRI VENTER, RUMIANA V. RAY, KOSTYA KANYUKA and JASON J. RUDD, 2023. Frontiers in Plant Science.

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Current Research

Focussed on improving plant health, crop productivity and protection against pathogenic and pest threats to global food security. We aim to develop sustainable, integrated control strategies for economically damaging diseases and/or pests. Main diseases of interest include Fusarium head blight of cereals, the soil-borne/stem-base disease complexes and Septoria tritici blotch of wheat. We are interested in the biology and control of sucking pests such as aphids and their interactions with crop hosts and plant pathogens.

Areas of research:

• novel approaches and field technologies for pathogen/disease detection in the environment
• physiological and genetic mechanisms of dual (host-pathogen) and tripartite (pest-host-pathogen) interactions
• phytoactivity, bioaction and effectiveness of novel crop protection active compounds

Research fellows and projects

BBSRC Dr Olubukola Ajigboye: Hijacking plant immunity: winners and losers in dual pest and pathogen attacks on a shared host

Syngenta Dr Dasuni Jayaweera: Molecular detection and quantification systems for soil pathogens

Syngenta: Physiological and genetic effects of biostimulants in crops

PhD students and projects:

BBSRC DTP Samuel Asamoah: Fusarium graminearium-aphid interactions in wheat

BBSRC DTP Isabelle Sims: Mechanisms of resistance of oilseed rape to Rhizoctonia solani AG2-1

BBSRC iCase with RAGT Patrick Seed: Mapping of Cougar resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in wheat

Perry Foundation/RRES/UoN Dimitra Angelopolou: The role of photoprotection in wheat defence to Zymoseptoria tritici

Oman MoA Nasser Al-Abri: Biology and control of the dubas bug in date palm

Past Research

BBSRC/AHDB/Syngenta AGRI-TECH Cat5 ICAROS Integrated control of Rhizoctonia solani in OSR

BBSRC/Agrii/RAGT AGRI-TECH Cat 4 CAPTURE Developing novel sensors for disease and resilience in wheat

Syngenta: Integrated control of Fusarium head blight in wheat

BBSRC/TSB: Protecting the malting and brewing quality of UK barley cultivars through effective control strategies against Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) (SAFEMalt)

AHDB, British Wheat Breeders, BASFplc, Bayer CropScience Ltd, Syngenta Crop Protection UK Ltd: Forecasting eyespot development and yield losses in winter wheat

Future Research

PhD BBSRC/Syngenta iCase: Identification of candidate genes for resistance to aphids in wheat

• DASUNI P. JAYAWEERA, CHARLENE DAMBIRE, DIMITRA ANGELOPOULOU, SERGI MUNNÉ-BOSCH, RANJAN SWARUP and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2024. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 11(9),
• SAFIEDDIN INBAIA, ARIFA FAROOQI and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2023. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14,
• ISABELLE SIMS, DASUNI JAYAWEERA, KAMAL SWARUP and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2023. Phytopathology. 113(8), 1525 -1536
• HANNAH R. BLYTH, DAN SMITH, ROBERT KING, CARLOS BAYON, TOM ASHFIELD, HANNAH WALPOLE, EUDRI VENTER, RUMIANA V. RAY, KOSTYA KANYUKA and JASON J. RUDD, 2023. Frontiers in Plant Science.
• JACQUELINE STROUD, DASUNI JAYAWEERA and RUMIANA RAY, 2022.
• DASUNI JAYAWEERA and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2022. Plant Disease.
• NASSER AL-ABRI, SUAD AL-RAQAMI, MARYAM AL-HASHEMI, RASHID AL-SHIDI, SALIM AL-KHATRI and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2022. Insects. 14(12),
• HENRY J. TIDD, JASON RUDD, RUMIANA V. RAY, RUTH BRYANT and KOSTYA KANYUKA, 2022. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13,
• AJIGBOYE, OLUBUKOLA O., JAYAWEERA, DASUNI P., ANGELOPOULOU, DIMITRA, RUBAN, ALEXANDER, V, MURCHIE, ERIK H., PASTOR, VICTORIA, SUMMERS, RICHARD and RAY, RUMIANA, V, 2021. PLANT PATHOLOGY. 70(6), 1421-1435
• RAY, RUMIANA, 2021. PLANT PATHOLOGY. 70(5), 1260-1260
• BROWN, MATTHEW, JAYAWEERA, DASUNI, HUNT, ANNABEL, WOODHALL, JAMES WARWICK and RAY, RUMIANA V, 2021. Plant disease.
• MATTHEW BROWN, JAMES W. WOODHALL, LINDA K. NIELSEN, DANIEL TOMLINSON, ARIFA FAROOQI and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2020. Plant Pathology.
• RUMIANA RAY, DASUNI JAYAWEERA, MICHAEL TAIT and AMANDA BENNETT, 2020.
• RUMIANA RAY, D JAYAWEERA, N GRAHAM, C STURROCK and T JILANI, 2020.
• VICENTE J, MENDIONDO GM, PAUWELS J, PASTOR V, IZQUIERDO Y, NAUMANN C, MOVAHEDI M, ROONEY D, GIBBS DJ, SMART K, BACHMAIR A, GRAY JE, DISSMEYER N, CASTRESANA C, RAY RV, GEVAERT K and HOLDSWORTH MJ, 2019. New Phytologist. 221, 988–1000
• CHRISTOPHER J. TILL, JORGE VICENTE, HONGTAO ZHANG, MARIA OSZVALD, MICHAEL J. DEERY, VICTORIA PASTOR, KATHRYN S. LILLEY, RUMIANA V. RAY, FREDERICA L. THEODOULOU and MICHAEL J. HOLDSWORTH, 2019. Plant Direct. 3(12),
• RV RAY, A MASON, D TOMLINSON, K OSDEMIR and M BROWN, 2019.
• OLUBUKOLA O. AJIGBOYE, RUMIANA V. RAY and ERIK H. MURCHIE, 2018. . In: SARAH COVSHOFF, ed., Photosynthesis: Methods and Protocols 1. 1770. Humana Press. (In Press.)
• JONES, STEPHEN, FAROOQI, ARIFA, FOULKES, JOHN, SPARKES, DEBBIE L., LINFORTH, ROBERT and RAY, RUMIANA V., 2018. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE. 9,
• FRYNI DRIZOU, TOBY BRUCE, RUMIANA V. RAY and NEIL GRAHAM, 2018. Frontiers in Plant Science. (In Press.)
• DRAKULIC, J., BRUCE, T. J. A. and RAY, R. V., 2017. Plant Pathology. 66(1), 3-13
• FRYNI DRIZOU, NEIL S. GRAHAM, TOBY J. A. BRUCE and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2017. Plant Methods. 13(45),
• DIDIER G. LEIBOVICI, SUCHITH ANAND, ROBERTO SANTOS, SEAN MAYES, RUMIANA RAY, MASOUD AL-AZRI, ABDUL BATEN, GRAHAM KING, ASHA S. KARUNARATNE, SAYED AZAM-ALI and MIKE J. JACKSON, 2017. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards. 2, 20
• S. M. IMATHIU, R. V. RAY, M. BACK, M. C. HARE and S. G. EDWARDS, 2017. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica. 1-13
• OLUBUKOLA AJIGBOYE, LOUISE BOUSQUET, ERIK H. MURCHIE and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2016. Functional Plant Biology. 43(4), 356-369
• XINGPING YANG, RUNSHENG REN, RUMIANA RAY, JINHUA XU, PINGFANG LI, MAN ZHANG, GUANG LIU, XIEFENG YAO and ANDRZEJ KILIAN, 2016. Plant Genetic Resources. 14(3), 226-233
• RUNSHENG REN, JOHN FOULKES, SEAN MAYES, XINGPING YANG and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2016. Field Crops Research. 191, 1-12
• OLUBUKOLA O. AJIGBOYE, CHUNGUI LU, ERIK H. MURCHIE, CHRISTIAN SCHLATTER, GINA SWART and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2016. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology.
• JASSY DRAKULIC, OLUBUKOLA AJIGBOYE, RANJAN SWARUP, TOBY BRUCE and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2016. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82, 6548-6556
• SANTOS, ROBERTO, HUYNH CHI, DAI, ANAND, SUCHITH, RAY, RUMIANA, MAYES, SEAN and LEIBOVICI, DIDIER, 2016. PeerJ Preprints. 4(e2136v2),
• J. W. WOODHALL, M. J. BROWN, K. PERKINS, E. SOMOZA VALDEOLMILLOS, N. BOONHAM and R. V. RAY, 2016. European Journal of Plant Pathology.
• JASSY DRAKULIC, MOHD HAZIQ KAHAR, OLUBUKOLA AJIGBOYE, TOBY BRUCE and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2016. Toxins. 8(12), 353
• S. M. IMATHIU, R. V. RAY, M. BACK, M. HARE and S. G. EDWARDS, 2016. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica. 51(2), 159-169
• RUNSHENG REN, RUMIANA RAY, PINGFANG LI, JINHUA XU, MAN ZHANG, GUANG LIU, XIEFENG YAO, ANDRZEJ KILIAN and XINGPING YANG, 2015. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 290(4), 1457-1470
• JASSY DRAKULIC, JOHN CAULFIELD, CHRISTINE WOODCOCK, STEPHEN P. T. JONES, ROBERT LINFORTH, TOBY J. A. BRUCE and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2015. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(10), 3492-3501
• STURROCK CJ, WOODHALL J, BROWN M, WALKER C, MOONEY SJ and RAY RV, 2015. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6, 461
• L.K. NIELSEN, D.J. COOK, S.G. EDWARDS and R.V. RAY, 2014. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 179, 38-49
• OLUBUKOLA O. AJIGBOYE, ERIK MURCHIE and RUMIANA V. RAY, 2014. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 114, 52-60
• SAMUEL M. IMATHIU, RUMIANA V. RAY, MATTHEW A. BACK and SIMON G. EDWARDS, 2014. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica. 49(1), 129-140
• REN, R, XINPING, X and RAY, RV, 2014. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 141(2), 281-294
• BROWN, M.J., WOODHALL, J., MOONEY, S.J. and RAY, R.V., 2014. The occurrence and population dynamics of Rhizoctonia solani in soil of winter wheat In: Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain. 107-112
• SAMUEL M. IMATHIU, SIMON G. EDWARDS, RUMIANA V. RAY and MATTHEW A. BACK, 2013. Journal of Phytopathology. 1(161), 1-10
• IMATHIU, S.M., RAY, R.V., BACK, M.I., HARE, M.C. and EDWARDS, S.G., 2013. Journal of Phytopathology. 161(7-8), 553-561
• S.R. PIRGOZLIEV, R.V. RAY, S.G. EDWARDS, M.C. HARE and P. JENKINSON, 2012. Cereal Reserach Communications. 40(4), 509-517
• EDWARDS, S.G., IMATHIU, S.M., RAY, R.V., BACK, M. and HARE, M.C., 2012. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 156(2), 168-175
• A.L. MASON, J. WOODHALL, J. PETERS, M. DICKINSON and R.V. RAY, 2012. Developing novel methods to investigate the relationship between eyespot disease and yield loss In: Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2012. 181-186
• F. BURNETT, S. KNIGHT and R. RAY, 2012.
• FIONA BURNETT, CLARE BUTLER-ELLIS, GARETH HUGHES, STUART KNIGHT and RUMIANA RAY, 2012. HGCA.
• IMATHIU, S.M., HARE, M.C., RAY, R.V., BACK, M. and EDWARDS, S.G., 2010. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 126(2), 203-216
• IMATHIU, S.M., RAY, R.V., BACK, M., HARE, M.C. and EDWARDS, S.G., 2009. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 124(1), 117-126
• PIRGOZLIEV, S.R., RAY, R.V., EDWARDS, S.G., HARE, M.C. and JENKINSON, P., 2008. Cereal Research Communications. 36(2), 289-299
• GLYNN, NC, RAY, R, EDWARDS, SG, HARE, MC, PARRY, DW, BARNETT, CJ and BECK, JJ, 2007. Journal Of Applied Microbiology. 102(6), 1645-1653
• RAY, RV, CROOK, MJ, JENKINSON, P and EDWARDS, SG, 2006. Journal Of Experimental Botany. 57(10), 2249-2257