Research Lives: Prof Fiona Doohan, professor of plant health at University College Dublin
Fintan O’Toole: Ryan Tubridy chose silence instead of speaking out. An extended silence should followPeople have often focused on genes that have a large effect on disease. But the microbe that causes the disease can often figure out a way to get around these big shiny genes, so the resilience doesn’t always last long. Instead we looked for genes with little effects, little and many.
So there is probably a balance to be had, with a small amount of disease in the mix. I’d love to research that. In the meantime I am the one in the shop going for the scruffy, scabby apples rather than the perfect-looking ones.I spend time in my garden, I grow vegetables in polytunnels. And I love walking, I live at the base of Errigal. It is a beautiful part of the world to walk.
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