Dr John Kerr
Senior Management Team
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Research interests/Areas of expertise
- Certification and industry support. I have a particular focus on maintaining appropriate official controls to ensure that government controls and enforcement activities in place to protect Scotland’s farming industry remain proportionate and robust in a changing environment.
- International promotion and standard setting. I attend UNECE meetings ensuring that the UK has a voice in international standard setting. We work to ensure Scotland is known throughout the world for quality seed production.
Biography
- I have a PhD in Environmental Chemistry from Glasgow University where I studied the use of novel crops for phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated land.
- I joined SASA in 2000 as a pesticide usage surveyor and went on to work within the GM inspectorate during the period of the Farm Scale GM evaluation trials in Scotland. Prior to joining the management team was Head of Potato section.
Publications
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. 2017. Potato virus Y: Control, Management and Seed Certification Programmes. Potato virus Y: biodiversity, pathogenicity, epidemiology and management. :177-206.
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. 2016. Keynote: Loss of products, loss of biodiversity, climate change: three problems - one solution. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016. :1-8.
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. 2015. Independent Variety Trials 2014.
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. 2012. Independent Variety Trials.
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. 2012. Keeping it clean...and proving it. 8th World Potato Congress 2012, Edinburgh.
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. 2012. Potato Cyst Nematodes: initial impressions of the impact of the new EU Directive in Scotland. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2012. :227-232.
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. 2010. Dickeya: Swift policy response by the Scottish Government to tackle this new bacterial threat. Aspects of Applied Biology . 104, What makes an alien invasive? Risk and policy responses:7-12.
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. 2005. GM Inspection in Scotland 2001-2003. Scottish Agricultural Science Agency Scientific Review 2000-2003. :64-67.
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. 2004. Molecular methods in support of the Scottish Executive's GM Inspectorate. Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2004. :57-62.
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