Eirian Jones

Elisabeth Eirian Jones is a New Zealand phytopathologist, and a full professor at Lincoln University, specialising in sustainable control strategies for cropping industries.

Eirian Jones
Jones in 2020
Born
Elizabeth Eirian Jones
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Academic work
InstitutionsLincoln University

Academic career

After a BSc(Hons) at the Manchester Metropolitan University, Jones completed a PhD titled Comparative behaviour of mycoparasitic Pythium species at the University of Edinburgh.[1] Jones then moved to the University of Warwick, before being appointed to Lincoln University in New Zealand. She was promoted to full professor in 2022.[2]

Her main research focus is on plant pathogens, particularly woody trunk and root pathogens in horticultural crops such as grapevines. She is part of the Bioprotection Aotearoa Centre of Research Excellence based at Lincoln University.[3]

Jones has been President of the New Zealand Plant Protection Society.[2][4]

The standard author abbreviation E.E.Jones is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

Selected works
  • Shengjing Shi; Alan E Richardson; Maureen O'Callaghan; Kristen M. DeAngelis; Eirian Jones; Alison Stewart; Mary K Firestone; Leo M Condron (13 July 2011). "Effects of selected root exudate components on soil bacterial communities". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 77 (3): 600–610. doi:10.1111/J.1574-6941.2011.01150.X. ISSN 0168-6496. PMID 21658090. Wikidata Q61155963.
  • T de Vrije; N Antoine; R M Buitelaar; et al. (1 July 2001). "The fungal biocontrol agent Coniothyrium minitans: production by solid-state fermentation, application and marketing". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 56 (1–2): 58–68. doi:10.1007/S002530100678. ISSN 0175-7598. PMID 11499948. Wikidata Q34333787.
  • Eirian Jones; A. Mead; J. M. Whipps (October 2004). "Effect of inoculum type and timing of application of Coniothyrium minitans on Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: control of sclerotinia disease in glasshouse lettuce". Plant Pathology. 53 (5): 611–620. doi:10.1111/J.1365-3059.2004.01071.X. ISSN 0032-0862. Wikidata Q58055490.

References
  1. Jones, Elisabeth Eirian (1994). Comparative behaviour of mycoparasitic Pythium species. discovered.ed.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/15116. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. "Congratulations to our newly appointed professors :: Lincoln University". www.lincoln.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  3. "Our People". Bioprotection Aotearoa. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. NZPPS. "Coping during COVID-19 lockdown – Eirian Jones – New Zealand Plant Protection Society". Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  E.E.Jones.
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