Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

DPD for BSc Agriculture Degree

Research Interests

Biomass and renewable energy from agriculture.

Anaerobic Digestion
Crop improvement.
Crop nutrition and environmental stress.
Sustainable agriculture.
Sulphur nutrition of oilseed rape, sugar beet, cereals and garlic.
Changes in gene expression induced by nutrient deficiency and environmental stress.

Esteem Indicators

January 2008 - Editorial Board member  for Journal of Agricultural Science

July 2012-  Senior Editor Journal of Agricultural Science  

Undergraduate Teaching

ACE1030 Mans Uses of Plants (Module Leader)
ACE1022 Crop Pests (Module Leader)
ACE2018 Arable Crops (Module Leader)
ACE2024 Principles of Agronomy and Crop Improvement
ACE3023 Combinable Crops (Module Leader)
ACE3037 Crop Pests Field Course (Module Leader)
ACE3034 Applied Crop Protection (Module Leader)
ACE3098 Agriculture Dissertation (Module Leader)

Postgraduate Teaching

SPG8008 Biomass and Waste Technology (Module Leader)
SPG8014 Renewable Energy Resources & Technology II (Module Leader)

• Kaminska A, Gillespie C, Dodmani M, Bilsborrow P, Quarrie S, Barnes J. QTLs governing ozone impacts on wheat yield. In: Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 2004, Springer.
• Thomas SG, Hocking TJ, Bilsborrow PE. Effect of sulphur fertilisation on the growth and metabolism of sugar beet grown on soils of differing sulphur status. Field Crops Research 2003, 83(3), 223-235.
• Wei W, Bilsborrow PE, Hooley P, Fincham DA, Lombi E, Forster BP. Salinity induced differences in growth, ion distribution and partitioning in barley between the cultivar Maythorpe and its derived mutant Golden Promise. Plant and Soil 2003, 250(2), 183-191.
• Wei W, Bilsborrow PE, Hooley P, Bibi H. Changes in growth and gene expression induced by sulfur deficiency in garlic. Journal of Plant Nutrition 2002, 25(12), 2817-2829.
• Wef W, Bilsborrow P, Hooley P, Fincham D, Forster B. Variation between two near isogenic barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivars in expression of the B subunit of the vacuolar ATPase in response to salinity. Hereditas 2002, 135(2-3), 227-231.
• Thomas SG, Bilsborrow PE, Hocking TJ, Bennett J. The effect of sulphur deficiency on the growth and metabolism of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris cv Druid). Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture 2000, 80(14), 2057-2062.