Email: R.W.Gibson@gre.ac.uk
Plant pathologist specializing in plant viruses and their epidemiology. Experience in: control of viruses of temperate crops in UK (potatoes, sugarbeet, grass) and tropical crops in Africa and South America (cassava, maize, sweet potato); provision of training in UK (MSc courses) and overseas in virus detection and diagnosis; and expert PhD research supervision. Successful implementation of overseas projects including multi-partner projects (>US$1M). Field experience in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda (3 years), Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, Peru, Bolivia

Examples of work

• Tomulabula: The first ever Sweetpotato variety developed by participatory plant breeding in Uganda.