Prof Richard Buggs
Professor of Evolutionary Genomics
Senior Research Leader (Plant Health & Adaptation) at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
genomics, speciation, tree health, hybridisation, polyploidy, genetics
Interests
Professor Richard Buggs is an evolutionary biologist and molecular ecologist. His current research group, at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Queen Mary University of London, analyses DNA sequences to understand how plants, especially trees, adapt in response to climate change and new pests and pathogens.He is known for his work on a variety of evolutionary processes including: natural selection, speciation, hybridisation and whole genome duplication.
Biography
Richard Buggs studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, specialising in Plant Sciences. He was particular influenced by: plant ecologists Oliver Rackham and Peter Grubb, geneticists Mike Majerus and John Parker, and philosopher of science Peter Lipton.
During a DPhil at Oxford University with John Pannell, Richard did seminal work on hybrid zone movement. A review he subsequently wrote on this topic helped move the field away from a predominant view at the time that hybrid zones are in evolutionary equilibrium.
As a post-doctoral researcher with Doug and Pam Soltis at the University of Florida, Richard studied changes in gene content and expression in newly formed hybrid species with duplicated genomes, showing that these happen rapidly and repeatedly.
He was given a NERC Fellowship to move to Queen Mary University of London, where he started his own research group, working on the effects of climate change on hybridisation in British birch tree populations. With PhD students, he sequenced the dwarf birch genome and showed that footprints of past hybrid zone movement could be detected in the genomes of current populations of downy birch.
When ash dieback was found in the UK, Richard won a grant to sequence the genome of the European ash tree for the first time. This generated a successful research programme exploring the genetic basis of resistance to ash dieback and the emerald ash borer, which led to his permanent appointment at Queen Mary and recruitment by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
At Kew, Richard was also funded by the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs to explore the contribution of genetics to resistance to acute oak decline.
This led to the setting up of the Centre for Forest Protection, a collaboration between Kew and Forest Research. Within this, Richard’s group works on ash, oak, birch, alder and elm, seeking to understand how they can adapt to pest, pathogens and changing climates.
Richard has a side research interest in Darwin’s “abominable mystery”, the explosive origin of the “higher plants”. He investigated the origin of the mystery, showing that it is deeper today than it was in Darwin’s time.
Richard Buggs is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Royal Society of Biology. He sits on the UK Government Trees and Woodlands Scientific Advisory Group. The birch species Betula buggsii was named after him in 2022 by his former PhD student Nian Wang.
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability2024
Flynn WRM, Grieve SWD, Henshaw AJ, Owen HJF, Buggs RJA, Metheringham CL, Plumb WJ, Stocks JJ and Lines ER (2024). UAV‐derived greenness and within‐crown spatial patterning can detect ash dieback in individual trees. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Wiley vol. 5 (2) 01-04-2024
2023
Rampersad C, Geto T, Samuel T, Abebe M, Gomez MS, Pironon S, Büchi L, Haggar J, Stocks J, Ryan P, Buggs RJA, Demissew S, Wilkin P, Abebe WM and Borrell JS (2023). Indigenous crop diversity maintained despite the introduction of major global crops in an African centre of agrobiodiversity. Plants People Planet, Wiley vol. 5 (6), 985-996. 19-07-2023
White OW, Biswas MK, Abebe WM, Dussert Y, Kebede F, Nichols RA, Buggs RJA, Demissew S, Woldeyes F, Papadopulos AST, Schwarzacher T, Heslop‐Harrison PJS, Wilkin P and Borrell JS (2023). Maintenance and expansion of genetic and trait variation following domestication in a clonal crop. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 32 (15), 4165-4180. 02-06-2023
Hill R, Levicky Q, Pitsillides F, Junnonen A, Arrigoni E, Bonnin JM, Kermode A, Mian S, Leitch IJ, Buddie AG, Buggs RJA and Gaya E (2023). Tapping Culture Collections for Fungal Endophytes: First Genome Assemblies for Three Genera and Five Species in the Ascomycota. Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 15 (3) 03-03-2023
2022
Nocchi G, Wang J, Yang L, Ding J, Gao Y, Buggs RJA and Wang N (2022). Genomic signals of local adaptation and hybridization in Asian white birch. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 32 (3), 595-612. 02-12-2022
Buggs RJA (2022). The challenge of demonstrating contemporary natural selection on polygenic quantitative traits in the wild. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 31 (24), 6383-6386. 15-11-2022
Hill R, Buggs RJA, Vu DT and Gaya E (2022). Lifestyle Transitions in Fusarioid Fungi are Frequent and Lack Clear Genomic Signatures. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 39 (4) 29-04-2022
2021
Gathercole LAP, Nocchi G, Brown N, Coker TLR, Plumb WJ, Stocks JJ, Nichols RA, Denman S and Buggs RJA (2021). Evidence for the Widespread Occurrence of Bacteria Implicated in Acute Oak Decline from Incidental Genetic Sampling. Forests vol. 12 (12), 1683-1683. 01-12-2021
Huff M, Seaman J, Wu D, Zhebentyayeva T, Kelly LJ, Faridi N, Nelson CD, Cooper E, Best T, Steiner K, Koch J, Severson JR, Carlson JE, Buggs R and Staton M (2021). A high‐quality reference genome for Fraxinus pennsylvanica for ash species restoration and research. Molecular Ecology Resources, Wiley vol. 22 (4), 1284-1302. 27-11-2021
Rossi F, Crnjar A, Comitani F, Feliciano R, Jahn L, Malim G, Southgate L, Kay E, Oakey R, Buggs R, Moir A, Kistler L, Mateos AR, Molteni C and Schulz R (2021). Extraction and high-throughput sequencing of oak heartwood DNA: Assessing the feasibility of genome-wide DNA methylation profiling. PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 16 (11) 18-11-2021
Cowell C, Paton A, Borrell JS, Williams C, Wilkin P, Antonelli A, Baker WJ, Buggs R, Fay MF, Gargiulo R, Grace OM, Kuhnhäuser BG, Woudstra Y and Kersey PJ (2021). Uses and benefits of digital sequence information from plant genetic resources: Lessons learnt from botanical collections. Plants People Planet vol. 4 (1), 33-43. 21-09-2021
Nocchi G, Brown N, Coker TLR, Plumb WJ, Stocks JJ, Denman S and Buggs RJA (2021). Genomic structure and diversity of oak populations in British parklands. Plants People Planet 14-09-2021
Oztolan-Erol N, Helmstetter AJ, İnan A, Buggs RJA and Lucas SJ (2021). Unraveling Genetic Diversity Amongst European Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) Varieties in Turkey. Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers vol. 12 01-07-2021
Wang N, Kelly LJ, McAllister HA, Zohren J and Buggs RJA (2021). Resolving phylogeny and polyploid parentage using genus-wide genome-wide sequence data from birch trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier vol. 160 27-02-2021
Ding J, Hua D, Borrell JS, Buggs RJA, Wang L, Wang F, Li Z and Wang N (2021). Introgression between Betula tianshanica and Betula microphylla and its implications for conservation. Plants, People, Planet, Wiley-Blackwell 03-02-2021
Buggs RJA (2021). The origin of Darwin’s “abominable mystery”. American Journal of Botany, Botanical Society of America 22-01-2021
Lucas SJ, Kahraman K, Avşar B, Buggs RJA and Bilge I (2021). A chromosome-scale genome assembly of European hazel (Corylus avellana L.) reveals targets for crop improvement. The Plant Journal, Wiley 06-01-2021
2020
Buggs R (2020). The Origin of Novel Genes. Inference: International Review of Science vol. 5 (3) 28-09-2020
Kelly L, Plumb W, Carey D, Mason M, Cooper E, Crowther W, Whittemore A, Rossiter S, Koch J and Buggs R (2020). Convergent Molecular Evolution Among Ash Species Resistant to the Emerald Ash Borer. Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research 25-05-2020
Seaman J and Buggs RJA (2020). FluentDNA: Nucleotide Visualization of Whole Genomes, Annotations, and Alignments. Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers Media vol. 11 30-04-2020
Helmstetter AJ, Oztolan‐Erol N, Lucas SJ and Buggs RJA (2020). Genetic diversity and domestication of hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) in Turkey. Plants, People, Planet, Wiley-Blackwell 24-01-2020
2019
Buggs RJA (2019). Changing perceptions of tree resistance research. Plants, People, Planet, Wiley-Blackwell vol. 2 (1), 2-4. 18-12-2019
Stocks J, Metheringham C, Plumb W, Lee S, Kelly L, Nichols R and Buggs R (2019). Genomic basis of European ash tree resistance to ash dieback fungus. Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research 18-11-2019
Showalter DN, Saville RJ, Orton ES, Buggs RJA, Bonello P and Brown JKM (2019). Resistance of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) saplings to larval feeding by the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). Plants, People, Planet, Wiley-Blackwell vol. 2 (1), 41-46. 13-11-2019
Helmstetter AJ, Buggs RJA and Lucas SJ (2019). Repeated long-distance dispersal and convergent evolution in hazel. Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group vol. 9 (1) 05-11-2019
BORRELL J, ZOHREN J, Nichols R and Buggs R (2019). Genomic assessment of local adaptation in dwarf birch to inform assisted gene flow. Evolutionary Applications: evolutionary approaches to environmental, biomedical and socio-economic issues, Wiley 20-10-2019
Plumb WJ, Coker TLR, Stocks JJ, Woodcock P, Quine CP, Nemesio‐Gorriz M, Douglas GC, Kelly LJ and Buggs RJA (2019). The viability of a breeding programme for ash in the British Isles in the face of ash dieback. Plants, People, Planet, Wiley-Blackwell vol. 2 (1), 29-40. 17-07-2019
Hu Y-N, Zhao L, Buggs RJA, Zhang X-M, Li J and Wang N (2019). Population structure of Betula albosinensis and Betula platyphylla: evidence for hybridization and a cryptic lineage. Annals of Botany, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 123 (7), 1179-1189. 27-03-2019
2018
Coker T, Rozsypálek J, Edwards A, Harwood T, Butfoy L and BUGGS RJA (2018). Estimating mortality rates of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) under the ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) epidemic. Plants People Planet, Wiley vol. 1 (1), 48-58. 04-12-2018
Borrell JS, Wang N, Nichols RA and Buggs RJA (2018). Genetic diversity maintained among fragmented populations of a tree undergoing range contraction. Heredity (Edinb) vol. 121 (4), 304-318. 01-10-2018
Sollars ESA and Buggs RJA (2018). Genome-wide epigenetic variation among ash trees differing in susceptibility to a fungal disease. BMC Genomics, BioMed Central vol. 19 (1), 502-502. 28-06-2018
2017
Sambles CM, Salmon DL, Florance H, Howard TP, Smirnoff N, Nielsen LR, McKinney LV, Kjær ED, Buggs RJA, Studholme DJ and Grant M (2017). Ash leaf metabolomes reveal differences between trees tolerant and susceptible to ash dieback disease. Sci Data, acmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. vol. 4, 170190-170190. 19-12-2017
Stocks JJ, Buggs RJA and Lee SJ (2017). A first assessment of Fraxinus excelsior (common ash) susceptibility to Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (ash dieback) throughout the British Isles. Sci Rep vol. 7 (1), 16546-16546. 29-11-2017
Woodcock P, Cottrell JE, Buggs RJA and Quine CP (2017). Mitigating pest and pathogen impacts using resistant trees: A framework and overview to inform development and deployment in Europe and North America. Forestry vol. 91 (1), 1-16. 10-08-2017
SOLLARS E and BUGGS RJA (2017). Emerging Genomics of Angiosperm Trees. Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics of Angiosperm Trees , Editors: Groover A and Cronk Q. 85-99. 08-08-2017
Buggs RJA (2017). The deepening of Darwin's abominable mystery. Nat Ecol Evol vol. 1 (6), 169-169. 23-05-2017
2016
Sollars ES, Harper AL, Kelly LJ, Sambles CM, Ramirez-Gonzalez RH, Swarbreck D, Kaithakottil G, Cooper ED, Uauy C, Havlickova L, Worswick G, Studholme DJ, Zohren J, Salmon DL, Clavijo BJ, Li Y, He Z, Fellgett A, McKinney LV, Nielsen LR, et al. (2016). Genome sequence and genetic diversity of European ash trees. Nature 26-12-2016
Zohren J, Wang N, Kardailsky I, Borrell JS, Joecker A, Nichols RA and Buggs RJA (2016). Unidirectional diploid-tetraploid introgression among British birch trees with shifting ranges shown by RAD markers. Molecular Ecology, Wiley: 12 months 11-05-2016
Wang N, McAllister HA, Bartlett PR and Buggs RJA (2016). Molecular phylogeny and genome size evolution of the genus Betula (Betulaceae). Annals of Botany, mcw048-mcw048. 11-04-2016
Harper AL, McKinney LV, Nielsen LR, Havlickova L, Li Y, Trick M, Fraser F, Wang L, Fellgett A, Sollars ESA, Janacek SH, Downie JA, Buggs RJA, Kjær ED and Bancroft I (2016). Molecular markers for tolerance of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) to dieback disease identified using Associative Transcriptomics. Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 6 (1) 13-01-2016
Nelson PA and Buggs RJA (2016). Next generation apomorphy: the ubiquity of taxonomically restricted genes. The Systematics Association Special 237-263. 01-01-2016
2015
Vallejo-Marín M, Buggs RJA, Cooley AM and Puzey JR (2015). Speciation by genome duplication: Repeated origins and genomic composition of the recently formed allopolyploid species Mimulus peregrinus. Evolution vol. 69 (6), 1487-1500. 01-06-2015
Vallejo-Marín M, Buggs RJA, Cooley AM and Puzey JR (2015). Speciation by genome duplication: Repeated origins and genomic composition of the recently formed allopolyploid species Mimulus peregrinus. Evolution vol. 69 (6), 1487-1500. 27-05-2015
Matthews A, Emelianova K, Hatimy AA, Chester M, Pellicer J, Ahmad KS, Guignard MS, Rouhan G, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR, Mavrodiev EV and Buggs RJA (2015). 250 years of hybridization between two biennial herb species without speciation. AoB Plants, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 7 01-01-2015
2014
Boshier D and Buggs RJA (2014). The potential for field studies and genomic technologies to enhance resistance and resilience of British tree populations to pests and pathogens. Forestry, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 88 (1), 27-40. 28-11-2014
Buggs RJA, Wendel JF, Doyle JJ, Soltis DE, Soltis PS and Coate JE (2014). The legacy of diploid progenitors in allopolyploid gene expression patterns. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci vol. 369 (1648) 05-08-2014
Wang N, Borrell JS and Buggs RJA (2014). Is the Atkinson discriminant function a reliable method for distinguishing between Betula pendula and B. pubescens (Betulaceae)? New Journal of Botany, Taylor & Francis vol. 4 (2), 90-94. 01-08-2014
Wang N, Borrell JS, Bodles WJA, Kuttapitiya A, Nichols RA and Buggs RJA (2014). Molecular footprints of the Holocene retreat of dwarf birch in Britain. Mol Ecol vol. 23 (11), 2771-2782. 01-06-2014
Sollars E, Zohren J, Boshier D, Clark J, Joeker A and BUGGS RJA (2014). The British Ash Tree Genome Project: Sequencing the Genome of Fraxinus excelsior (European Ash). 11-01-2014
Wang N, Borrell JS, Bodles WJA, Kuttapitiya A, Nichols RA and Buggs RJA (2014). Molecular footprints of the Holocene retreat of dwarf birch in Britain. Molecular Ecology 01-01-2014
2013
Buggs RJA (2013). The consequences of polyploidy and hybridisation for transcriptome dynamics Unravelling gene expression of complex crop genomes. HEREDITY vol. 110 (2), 97-98. 01-01-2013
Abbott R, Albach D, Ansell S, Arntzen JW, Baird SJE, Bierne N, Boughman JW, Brelsford A, Buerkle CA, Buggs R, Butlin RK, Dieckmann U, Eroukhmanoff F, Grill A, Cahan SH, Hermansen JS, Hewitt G, Hudson AG, Jiggins C, Jones J, et al. (2013). Hybridization and speciation. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY vol. 26 (2), 229-246. 01-01-2013
2012
Wang N, Thomson M and BUGGS RJA (2012). Genome sequence of dwarf birch (Betula nana) and cross-species RAD markers. Molecular Ecology, Blackwell Publishing Ltd 21-11-2012
Soltis DE, Buggs RJA, Barbazuk WB, Chamala S, Chester M, Gallagher JP, Schnable PS and Soltis PS (2012). The early stages of polyploidy: Rapid and repeated evolution in Tragopogon. Polyploidy and Genome Evolution 271-292. 01-11-2012
Buggs RJA, Renny-Byfield S, Chester M, Jordon-Thaden IE, Viccini LF, Chamala S, Leitch AR, Schnable PS, Barbazuk WB, Soltis PS and Soltis DE (2012). Next-generation sequencing and genome evolution in allopolyploids. Am J Bot vol. 99 (2), 372-382. 01-02-2012
BUGGS RJA, RENNY-BYFIELD S, CHESTER M, JORDON-THADEN IE, VICCINI LF, CHAMALA S, LEITCH AR, SCHNABLE PS, BARBAZUK WB, SOLTIS PS and SOLTIS DE (2012). Next-generation sequencing and genome evolution in allopolyploids. American Journal of Botany vol. 99 (2), 372-382. 20-01-2012
Buggs RJA (2012). Monkeying around with ploidy. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY vol. 21 (21), 5159-5161. 01-01-2012
Buggs RJA, Chamala S, Wu W, Tate JA, Schnable PS, Soltis DE, Soltis PS and Barbazuk WB (2012). Rapid, Repeated, and Clustered Loss of Duplicate Genes in Allopolyploid Plant Populations of Independent Origin. CURRENT BIOLOGY vol. 22 (3), 248-252. 01-01-2012
Soltis DE, Buggs RJA, Barbazuk WB, Chamala S, Chester M, Gallagher JP, Schnable PS and Soltis PS (2012). The Early Stages of Polyploidy: Rapid and Repeated Evolution in Tragopogon. Polyploidy and Genome Evolution 271-292. 01-01-2012
2011
Buggs RJA, Zhang L, Miles N, Tate JA, Gao L, Wei W, Schnable PS, Barbazuk WB, Soltis PS and Soltis DE (2011). Transcriptomic shock generates evolutionary novelty in a newly formed, natural allopolyploid plant. Curr Biol vol. 21 (7), 551-556. 12-04-2011
Buggs RJA, Zhang LJ, Miles N, Tate JA, Gao L, Wei W, Schnable PS, Barbazuk WB, Soltis PS and Soltis DE (2011). Transcriptomic shock generates evolutionary novelty in a newly formed, natural allopolyploid plant. CURR BIOL, CELL PRESS vol. 21 (7), 551-556. 12-04-2011
Buggs RJA, Soltis PS and Soltis DE (2011). Biosystematic relationships and the formation of polyploids. TAXON vol. 60 (2), 324-332. 01-04-2011
BUGGS RJA, Zhang L, Miles N, Gao L, Wu W, Schnable PS, Barbazuk WB, Soltis PS and Soltis DE (2011). Transcriptomic shock generates evolutionary novelty in a newly formed, natural allopolyploid plant. Current Biology vol. 21, 551-556. 17-03-2011
2010
Soltis DE, Buggs RJA, Doyle JJ and Soltis PS (2010). What we still don't know about polyploidy. TAXON vol. 59 (5), 1387-1403. 01-10-2010
Buggs RJA, Chamala S, Wu W, Gao L, May GD, Schnable PS, Soltis DE, Soltis PS and Barbazuk WB (2010). Characterization of duplicate gene evolution in the recent natural allopolyploid Tragopogon miscellus by next-generation sequencing and Sequenom iPLEX MassARRAY genotyping. MOL ECOL vol. 19, 132-146. 01-03-2010
Buggs RJA, Elliott NM, Zhang LJ, Koh J, Viccini LF, Soltis DE and Soltis PS (2010). Tissue-specific silencing of homoeologs in natural populations of the recent allopolyploid Tragopogon mirus. NEW PHYTOL vol. 186 (1), 175-183. 01-01-2010
2009
Buggs RJA, Soltis PS and Soltis DE (2009). Does hybridization between divergent progenitors drive whole-genome duplication? MOL ECOL vol. 18 (16), 3334-3339. 01-08-2009
Buggs RJA, Doust AN, Tate JA, Koh J, Soltis K, Feltus FA, Paterson AH, Soltis PS and Soltis DE (2009). Gene loss and silencing in Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae): comparison of natural and synthetic allotetraploids. HEREDITY vol. 103 (1), 73-81. 01-07-2009
Tate JA, Symonds VV, Doust AN, Buggs RJA, Mavrodiev E, Majure LC, Soltis PS and Soltis DE (2009). SYNTHETIC POLYPLOIDS OF TRAGOPOGON MISCELLUS AND T-MIRUS (ASTERACEAE): 60 YEARS AFTER OWNBEY'S DISCOVERY. AM J BOT vol. 96 (5), 979-988. 01-05-2009
Soltis DE, Buggs RJA, Barbazuk WB, Schnable PS and Soltis PS (2009). On the Origins of Species: Does Evolution Repeat Itself in Polyploid Populations of Independent Origin? 01-01-2009
2008
Buggs RJA, Soltis PS, Mavrodiev EV, Symonds VV and Soltis DE (2008). Does phylogenetic distance between parental genomes govern the success of polyploids? CASTANEA vol. 73 (2), 74-93. 01-06-2008
Buggs RJA (2008). Towards natural polyploid model organisms. MOL ECOL vol. 17 (8), 1875-1876. 01-04-2008
2007
Buggs RJA (2007). Empirical study of hybrid zone movement. HEREDITY vol. 99 (3), 301-312. 01-09-2007
Buggs RJA and Pannell JR (2007). Ecological differentiation and diploid superiority across a moving ploidy contact zone. EVOLUTION vol. 61 (1), 125-140. 01-01-2007
2006
Obbard DJ, Harris SA, Buggs RJA and Pannell JR (2006). Hybridization, polyploidy, and the evolution of sexual systems in Mercurialis (Euphorbiaceae). EVOLUTION vol. 60 (9), 1801-1815. 01-09-2006
Buggs RJA and Pannell JR (2006). Rapid displacement of a monoecious plant lineage is due to pollen swamping by a dioecious relative. CURR BIOL vol. 16 (10), 996-1000. 23-05-2006
2005
Hegarty MJ, Jones JM, Wilson ID, Barker GL, Coghill JA, Sanchez-Baracaldo P, Liu GQ, Buggs RJA, Abbott RJ, Edwards KJ and Hiscock SJ (2005). Development of anonymous cDNA microarrays to study changes to the Senecio floral transcriptome during hybrid speciation. MOL ECOL vol. 14 (8), 2493-2510. 01-07-2005
BUGGS R (2005). Factors affecting the location of a diploid-hexaploid contact zone in Mercurialis annua L. 01-01-2005
2004
Pannell JR, Obbard DJ and Buggs RJA (2004). Polyploidy and the sexual system: what can we learn from Mercurialis annua? BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY vol. 82 (4), 547-560. 01-08-2004
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and SustainabilityGenomic Basis of Disease ResistanceRichard Buggs
£85,000 Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) (01-01-2018 - 31-12-2021)
Extension to Pests and Pathogens in Tree Genera SBCY1E4RRichard Buggs
£30,000 Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) (01-12-2017 - 31-05-2018)
Ash Tree Resistance to Ash DiebackRichard Buggs
£40,000 Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) (01-10-2017 - 30-09-2021)
Teagasc Walsh FellowshipRichard Buggs
£87,000 TEAGASC Agriculture and Food Development Agency (01-09-2014 - 30-09-2020)