Diana Bucur
Postdoctoral Researcher - Plant PathologyResearch Interests
- Plant Pathology
- Crops Protection
- Molecular Biology
- Plant Disease Management
Current Projects
Mycotox-I: field to fork assessment and mitigation of mycotoxin exposure risk on the Island of Ireland – DAFM DAERA funding 2022 – 2025
Education
PhD - Crop Protection (2019-2023) - University of Hertfordshire - Hatfield, United Kingdom
MSc - Molecular Genetics (2016-2018) - Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
BSc – Biochemistry (2013-2016) - Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
Bucur, D.E., Huang, Y.H., Fitt, B.D.L., Kildea, S. (2022). Azole fungicide sensitivity and molecular mechanisms of reduced sensitivity in Irish Pyrenopeziza brassicae populations. Pest Management Science. http://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7219.
Bucur, D.E., Huang, Y.J., Fitt, B.D.L., Ritchie, F. and Kildea, S. (2022). Azole fungicides sensitivity screening of Irish Pyrenopeziza brassicae populations and investigation of molecular mechanisms of insensitivity within CYP51 gene. In IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 157, 2022: Working Group “Integrated Control in Oilseed Rape”. Proceedings of the Online meeting, pp. 42-44.
King, K.M., Bucur, D.E., Ritchie, F., Hawkins, N.J., Kaczmarek, M., Kidea, S., West, J.S., Fraaije, B.A. (2021). Fungicide resistance status and chemical control options for the brassica pathogen Pyrenopeziza brassicae. Plant Pathology, 70, 1086-2103. http://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13441.
Berit Samils, B., Björn Andersson, B., Eva Edin, E., Malin Elfstrand, M., Tilman Rönneburg, T., Bucur, D.E., Hutton, F., Heick, T., Hellin, P., and Kildea, S. (2021). Development of a PacBio Long-Read Sequencing Assay for High Throughput Detection of Fungicide Resistance in Zymoseptoria tritici. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 692845. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.692845.
Bucur, D.E., Huang, Y.J., Fitt, B.D.L., Ritchie, F. and Kildea, S. (2020). Investigation of molecular mechanisms associated with fungicide sensitivity in Irish Pyrenopeziza brassicae populations. In: Proceedings Crop Production in Northern Britain 2020, Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, Dundee, Scotland, pp. 161-166.
Kildea, S., Bucur, D.E., Hutton, F., de la Rosa, S., Welch, T. E., & Phelan, S. (2019). Prevalence of QoI resistance and mtDNA diversity in the Irish Zymoseptoria tritici population. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, 58, 27-33. https://doi.org/10.2478/ijafr-2019-0004.