Bill Watts joins AHDB as Knowledge Exchange Manager focused on Potatoes

Bill Watts has joined AHDB as Arable Knowledge Exchange Manager (Potatoes) for the West Midlands, South West and Wales.

Isagoo dhawaan dhammeystay shahaadada PhD, Bill wuxuu leeyahay khibrad cilmi baaris oo ballaaran oo ku saabsan maaraynta dalagyada, waana khabiir ku takhasusay xakamaynta baradhada cyst nematode (PCN), taas oo loo aaneynayo in ay ka badan tahay £25 milyan oo khasaare ah oo soo gaara warshadaha sannad kasta.

Bill wuxuu ahaa soo-bandhige joogto ah oo ka tirsan dhacdooyinka Strategic Potato (SPot) Farm West tan iyo 2016, taasoo ka dhigtay weji uu yaqaan tiro beeralay ah iyo xubno kale oo warshadeed oo ku sugan West Midlands.

Maareeyayaasha Isweydaarsiga Aqoonta (KE) waa meesha ugu horreysa ee ay la xiriiraan beeraleyda, beeraleyda iyo kuwa ku jira silsiladda sahayda kuwaas oo raadinaya inay helaan adeegyo iyo qalab kala duwan oo ay maalgeliso canshuurtooda.

Ka dib xilli ciyaareed adag oo noocaas ah, iyo hubanti la'aanta ku xeeran Brexit, is-weydaarsiga aqoonta ayaa noqday mid aad muhiim u ah si loo hubiyo in warshaduhu ay yihiin kuwo xog ogaal ah oo ka falcelinaya isbeddelka. Bill Watts:

"Waxaan rajeynayaa inaan sameeyo dibadbaxyo beereed iyo inaan isticmaalo dhacdooyin sida beeraha baradhada ee istaraatiijiga ah si aan u abuuro dood iyo kor u qaadid fikrado cusub."

"Natiijooyinka cilmi-baaristayda ugu wanaagsan waxay ahaayeen kuwa si fudud loogu qaadan karo beeraha si loogu faa'iideeyo ganacsiyada beeraha, taas oo ah waxa ay hormuud ka tahay barnaamijka SPot."

Xagaagan AHDB waxay ku dhawaaqday in kooxaha Isweydaarsiga Aqoonta Baradhada iyo Badarka iyo Saliidaha ay isku darsadeen, iyagoo isu keenaya agab iyo khibrad ballaaran hal koox.

Graham Bannister, Maareeyaha Sare ee Isweydaarsiga Aqoonta, ayaa sheegay in kooxda cusub ee la mideeyay ee Isweydaarsiga Aqoonta ee Arable ay bixiso aqoon iyo agab qoto dheer. Graham Bannister, Maareeyaha Sare ee Isweydaarsiga Aqoonta:

"Magacaabista cusub iyo iskaashiga aan la leenahay asxaabta ku baahsan qaybta beeraha ayaa ballaariyay aqoontayada waxayna wanaajisay wadahadalladeenna ku saabsan habka ugu wanaagsan ee aan la yeelanno beeralayda."

"Bill si fiican ayuu u yaqaan aaggan isaga oo adeegsanaya shaqadii uu horey uga soo qabtay beeraha gobolka."

Graham wuxuu aaminsan yahay in Bill uu gaarsiin doono deegaanka khibrad ballaaran oo casri ah iyo mid saynis ah, isla markaana uu siin doono beeralayda iyo warshadaha macluumaadka ay u baahan yihiin si ay uga gudbaan waqtiyadan adag. Graham Bannister:

"Beeralay badan ayaa Bill ka garan doona shaqadiisii ​​​​hore ee ku saabsanayd biofumigation-ka PCN iyo ka qayb qaadashadiisa dulqaadka iyo shaqada iska caabbinta PCN."

"Iyada oo ay weheliso aqoontiisa farsamo, wuxuu keenayaa xamaasad dhab ah oo uu u qabo waaxda baradhada iyo inuu la macaamilo warshadaha oo dhan."

Taariikhda Bill Watts

Waxaan ka soo jeedaa Shropshire oo ku taal West Midlands, xuduudda Welsh. Qoyskaygu waxay leeyihiin dhul yar oo 30-acre ah oo aan ku soo saarno lo'da Madow ee Welsh iyo idaha Suffolk. Waxaan wax ku bartay Waqooyiga Bari Shropshire oo ku taal dhul baradho lagu beero. Xiisahayga aan u qabo qaybta beeraha waxay ka timid khibrad shaqo oo aan ka qaatay Masstock (hadda Agrii) oo ku taal Ludlow sannadkii 2004-5, taasina waxay igu kaliftay inaan iska diiwaan geliyo koorsada BSc (Hons) Beeraha oo leh Maareynta Dalagyada ee Kulliyadda Jaamacadda Harper Adams sannadkii 2008.

Sannadkii 2010 waxaan go'aansaday in sannadka meelaynta warshadaha uu yahay fursad wanaagsan oo aan ku tijaabiyo wax ka baxsan aagga raaxadayda. Waxaan aqbalay doorka Tijaabooyinka iyo Farsamada Beeraha ee Adeegyada La-talinta Khudaarta (VCS) ee Norfolk sannadkii 2010-2011 halkaas oo aan ku lug lahaa basal, karooto iyo dhir, iyo shaqada beerta baradhada iyo tijaabooyinka. Iyada oo qayb ka ah barnaamijka meelaynta waxaa la iga rabay inaan sameeyo mashruuc cilmi-baaris warshadeed oo faa'iido u leh VCS, sidaas darteedna diiradda la saaray maaraynta nematodes-ka baradhada (PCN), oo ah cayayaanka ugu muhiimsan dhaqaalaha ee dalagga baradhada.

Maadaama jawi aan la hubin uu jiray waqtiga dheer ee wax soo saarka nematicide-ka ee ganacsi ahaan la heli karo, waxaa aniga iyo VCS na go'aansadeen in baaritaanka biofumigation-ku uu xiiso yeelan doono. Biofumigation waa buufinta carrada leh iskudhisyo isbeddelaya oo laga sii daayay ilo bayooloji ah, sida digada cagaaran ee hodanka ku ah glucosinolate ee qoyska brassica. Aad ayaan u xiisaynayaa mawduuca, ilaa heer aan rabay inaan barto aagga heerka PhD.

Nasiib darro, maalgelinta waqtigaas aad bay u koobnayd aaggan soo ifbaxaya, sidaas darteed sannadkii 2012, waxaan qaatay shahaadada MSc ee Maareynta Cayayaanka ee Isku-dhafan ee Jaamacadda Harper Adams si aan cilmi-baaristayda u sii wado oo aan naftayda u siiyo fursad wanaagsan oo aan ku helo maalgelin PhD. Sannadkii 2013, Frontier Agriculture Ltd. waxay ii soo bandhigtay lacagtii aan ku qaadan lahaa PhD-gayga iyadoo ay weheliyaan kormeerayaasha Jaamacadda Harper Adams Drs Matthew Back, Ivan Grove iyo Paul Hand.

(Guji sawirka si aad u daawato muuqaalka)

Bill Watts muuqaal uu ka duubay Biofumigants oo la sameeyay 2016. Cilmi-baaristeydii hore ee BSc (Hons) iyo MSc waxay diiradda saartay baaritaanka noocyada iyo noocyada biofumigant si loo ogaado kartidooda ay ku maareyn karaan PCN.

Si kastaba ha ahaatee, PhD-du waxay diiradda saartay arrimaha ciidda iyo farsamada kuwaas oo saameyn ku yeelan kara waxtarka biofumigation ee ka dhanka ah PCN, sida qoyaanka ciidda iyo xulashada ugu habboon iyo dejinta qalabka maceration iyo isku-darka ee loo isticmaalo in lagu jaro oo lagu shaqeeyo haraaga dhirta biofumigant ee ciidda. Maalgelinta PhD-daydu waxay socotay laga bilaabo 2013-2016, inkastoo ay u baahdeen shaqo dheeraad ah oo goobta ah, waxbarashadaydu waxay socotay ilaa 2018.

To fund myself, I worked on several commercial research projects with the National Centre for Precision Farming at Harper Adams University lead by Dr Richard Green. I then undertook a role at Harper Adams University in 2017 as a Senior Research Assistant under the management of my PhD supervisor Dr Matthew Back. This role focussed on generating data to update the AHDB PCN calculator in terms of potato variety tolerance and resistance. I was awarded my PhD in September 2018 after 10 years of study, and 8 years working on the management of PCN.

Waxa aan ku soo kordhin doono doorka Isweydaarsiga Aqoonta (Galbeedka).

Anigoo ah aqoonyahan la dabaqay oo ku takhasusay maaraynta PCN, waxaan rajeynayaa inaan xirfaddayda farsamo iyo tan maaddo gaar ah u keeno gobolkayga. Had iyo jeer waxaan si furan ula dhaqmi jiray aqoontayda ku saabsan meelahan beeralayda iyo beeralayda ku nool Galbeedka Midlands, waxaanan xiriir xooggan la sameeyay gobolka oo dhan.

Waxay noqon doontaa mid xiiso leh in la kulmo xiriiro cusub oo ka jira Koonfur Galbeed iyo Wales isla markaana la yeesho wadahadallo la mid ah. Aad ayaan ugu faraxsanahay fursadda qoraalkani ii siinayo inaan helo aqoon cusub iyadoo ah xiriirka ka dhexeeya cilmi-baarista iyo dadka fulinaya natiijooyinkaas beeraha. Waxaan sidoo kale rajeynayaa inaan sameeyo tijaabooyin waxtar leh oo ku saabsan beeraha iyo isticmaalka dhacdooyinka sida beeraha baradhada istaraatiijiga ah (SPot) si loo abuuro dood iyo kor u qaadid fikrado.