Scientific Publications
"Development of a targeted forensic test for the identification of Eurasian beaver DNA." Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments 2 (2022): 100047.
"Fox (Vulpes vulpes) involvement identified in a series of cat carcass mutilations." Veterinary Pathology 59, no. 2 (2022): 299-309.
Improving Knowledge Of Xylella Fastidiosa Vector Ecology: Modelling Vector Occurrence And Abundance In The Wider Landscape In Scotland. Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Plant Health (PHC), 2022.
Downloads include the Project Final Report PHC2020/04 and the Policy Summary.
"Likelihood of Extreme Early Flight of Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Across the UK." Journal of Economic Entomology (2022): toac012.
Role of weed hosts as pathogen reservoirs of insect vectored diseases (WEEDVECT). Zenodo, 2022.
Report of the Euphresco project 2017-C-257 'Role of weed hosts as pathogen reservoirs of insect vectored diseases (WEEDVECT)'
"The rooting ability of in vitro shoot cultures established from a UK collection of the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and their ex vitro survival." Annals of Forest Science 79 (2022): 30.
Epitrix (flea beetle) species, life cycles and detection methods (Epitrix II). Zenodo, 2021.
Report of the Euphresco project 2016-F-218 'Epitrix (flea beetle) species, life cycles and detection methods (Epitrix II)'
"Investigating the origins of ivory recovered in the United Kingdom." Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments 1 (2021): 100027.
"The Society for Wildlife Forensic Science standards and guidelines." Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments 1 (2021): 100015.
"STRoe deer: A validated forensic STR profiling system for the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)." Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments 1 (2021): 100023.
"Use of a deactivated PTV injector liner and GCMS/MS for the quantitative determination of multiple pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables." MethodsX 8 (2021): 101180.
"Will the Globodera pallida epidemic signal the end of the seed potato industry in Scotland?" In Integrated nematode management: state-of-the-art and visions for the future, 333-339., 2021.
"Aerial psyllid (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) detection and monitoring using suction traps in Britain: population observations, new species found and a revised British checklist." Entomologist's Gazette 71, no. 3 (2020): 151-163.
"Alternative growing media strategies for mini-tuber production." In Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2020, 235-240. Dundee, 2020.
Assessment of Dickeya and Pectobacterium spp. on vegetables and ornamentals (Soft rot). Zenodo, 2020.
Report of the Euphresco project 2015-D-135 'Assessment of Dickeya and Pectobacterium spp. on vegetables and ornamentals (soft rot)'
"‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ distribution and diversity in Scotland and the characterisation of novel haplotypes from Craspedolepta spp. (Psyllidae: Aphalaridae)." Scientific Reports 10 (2020): 16567.
"Combining bacteriophage engineering and linear dichroism spectroscopy to produce a DNA hybridisation assay." RSC Chemical Biology 1, no. 5 (2020): 449-454.
"A diagnostic real-time PCR assay for the rapid identification of the tomato-potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909) and development of a psyllid barcoding database." PLOS ONE 15, no. 3 (2020): e0230741.
"First report of Arabis mosaic virus in potato (Solanum tuberosum), identified by nanopore sequencing." New Disease Reports 41 (2020): 29.
"Healthy Honey Bees – analysis of the Deformed Wing Virus population to assess rational Varroa control on a Scottish island." Access Microbiology 2, no. 7A (2020): 414.
"In vitro evaluation of two bacterial biological control agents against potato pathogens." In Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2020, 265-268. Dundee, 2020.
"An integrated approach to meet future plant health challenges in Scotland." Sibbaldia: the Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture 18 (2020): 141-145.
"Investigation of the distribution of anticoagulant rodenticide residues in red fox (Vulpes vulpes) livers to ensure optimum sampling protocol." Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology 2 (2020): 50-55.
"Microscopic analysis of three commercial Phytoseiidae species (Acari: Mesostigmata)." Experimental and Applied Acarology 81, no. 3 (2020): 389-408.



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