Scientific Publications
Monitoring Scotland’s pesticide usage: the work of SASA’s Pesticide Survey Unit." In Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2018, 169-174. Dundee, 2018.
" "A microsatellite baseline for genetic stock identification of European Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)." ICES Journal of Marine Science (2017): fsx184.
"Molecular and Cellular Events During Infection of Potato by PVY." In Potato virus Y: biodiversity, pathogenicity, epidemiology and management, 21-43. Springer, 2017.
"Management of PCN – the potential for new diagnostics and resistant varieties." In Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, 251-256. Dundee, 2016.
"Mosaic virus infection and the occurrence of growth cracking in tubers – are some potato cultivars more prone than others?" In Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, 217-222. Dundee, 2016.
"Mutations in RIT1 cause Noonan syndrome – additional functional evidence and expanding the clinical phenotype." Clinical Genetics 89, no. 3 (2016): 359-366.
"A metagenetic approach to determine the diversity and distribution of cyst nematodes at the level of the country, the field and the individual." Molecular Ecology 24, no. 23 (2015): 5842-5851 .
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Molecular and Serological Methods for the Diagnosis of Viruses in Potato Tubers." In Plant Pathology : Techniques and Protocols, 161-176. New York: Springer, 2015.
"Milestones in the development and applications of plant virus vector as gene silencing platforms." In Plant Viral Vectors, edited by K. E. Palmer and Y. Gleba, 89-105. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology . Heidelberg: Springer, 2014.
"A method to measure an indicator of viraemia in Atlantic salmon using a reporter cell line." Journal of Virological Methods 191, no. 2 (2013): 113-117.
"The microsporidian parasites Nosema ceranae and Nosema apis are widespread in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies across Scotland." Parasitology Research 112, no. 2 (2013): 751-759.
"Monitoring agricultural rodenticide use and secondary exposure of raptors in Scotland." Ecotoxicology 22, no. 6 (2013): 974-984.
"Monitoring Plant Protection Product and Rodenticide Use and Wildlife Exposure in Scotland. 23rd SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Europe Congress, Glasgow., 2013.
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Monitoring Carbofuran Abuse in Scotland." In Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning: Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches, edited by Ngaio Richards, 181-188. Chichester: John Wiley, 2012.
"Milestones in the Development and Applications of Plant Virus Vector as Gene Silencing Platforms." In Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, 2011.
"Mosaic virus symptoms in potato crops and the occurrence of growth cracking in tubers." Potato Research 53, no. 1 (2010): 17-24.
"Machair corn: management and conservation of a historical machair component." The Glasgow Naturalist 25, no. Supplement - Machair Conservation: Successes and Challenges (2009): 63-71.
"Mosaic virus symptoms in potato crops and the occurrence of growth cracking in tubers." In Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2008, 283-288. Dundee, 2008.
Mosaic virus symptoms in potato crops and the occurrence of growth cracking in tubers paper - Author's version (47.4 KB)
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Macrogeographic population structure in a parasitic nematode with avian hosts." Veterinary Parasitology 144, no. 1-2 (2007): 93-103.
"Method for the detection of Microdochium nivale on Triticum spp." In ISTA Method Validation Reports 2007, 36-52. Bassersdorf, Switzerland: International Seed Testing Association, 2007.
"Modification to ISTA Method 7-013 Detection of Ustilago nuda in Hordeum vulgare." In ISTA Method Validation Reports 2007, 32-35. Bassersdorf, Switzerland: International Seed Testing Association, 2007.
"Microsatellite marker analysis of peach–potato aphids (Myzus persicae, Homoptera: Aphididae) from Scottish suction traps." Bulletin of Entomological Research 96, no. 6 (2006): 573-582.
"Management of bacterial wilt disease." In Bacterial wilt disease and the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex, edited by C. Allen, P. Prior and A. C. Hayward, 121-132. St. Paul, MN: APS press, 2005.
"A model for setting seed treatment thresholds for common bunt, Tilletia tritici." In Proceedings of the BCPC International Congress, Crop Science & Technology, 31 October – 2 November 2005, Glasgow, Scotland , 195-200. Vol. 3B-1. Glasgow, Scotland, 2005.
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