Scientific Publications
Developmental changes in the germinability, desiccation tolerance, hardseededness, and longevity of individual seeds of Trifolium ambiguum." Annals of Botany 105, no. 6 (2010): 1035-1052.
"Diagnosis of Phytoplasmas by Real-Time PCR Using Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) Probes." In Plant Pathology : Techniques and Protocols, 113-122. New York: Springer, 2015.
"Diagnostic tools for maintaining crop biosecurity – availability and limitations." In 9th International Congress of Plant Pathology. Turino, Italy, 2008.
"Diagnostics of Tree Diseases Caused by Phytophthora Species." In Plant Pathology : Techniques and Protocols, 59-74. New York: Springer, 2015.
"Dickeya solani sp. nov., a pectinolytic plant pathogenic bacterium isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum)." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 64, no. 3 (2014): 768-774.
"Dickeya species: an emerging problem for potato production in Europe." Plant Pathology 60, no. 3 (2011): 385-399.
"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 (2010): 7-12.
"Differential leaf susceptibility to Phytophthora infestans on potato plants of cv. King Edward." Phytopathologische Zietschrift 98, no. 2 (1980): 108-117.
"Disease screening (a knowledge transfer project)." Scottish Beekeeper 90, no. 10 (2013): 261-262.
"Disease tests used in statutory registration of Pisum within the European Community." In Report on the 2nd Meeting of the EC Pea Group. Workshop on breeding for disease resistance , 25-28. Brussels, 19-20 September, 1989.
"Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability tests for establishing Plant Breeders' Rights in Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.)." In Scottish Agricultural Science Agency Scientific Review 2000-2003, 23-25. Edinburgh: Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, 2005.
"Diversity, Characterisation and Classification of PVY." In Potato virus Y: biodiversity, pathogenicity, epidemiology and management, 43-76. Springer, 2017.
"Do habitat characteristics influence predation on red grouse?" Journal of Applied Ecology 39, no. 2 (2002): 217-225.
"Does small mammal prey guild affect the exposure of predators to anticoagulant rodenticides?" Environmental Pollution 159, no. 10 (2011): 3106-3112.
"Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota." International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal 5 (2011): 220-230.
"Draft Genome Sequences of 17 Isolates of the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Dickeya." Genome Announcements 1, no. 6 (2013): e00978-13.
"Draft genome sequences of four Dickeya dianthicola and four Dickeya solani strains." Genome Announcements 1, no. 4 (2013): e00087-12.
"Draft genome sequences of Phytophthora kernoviae and Phytophthora ramorum lineage EU2 from Scotland." Genomics Data 6 (2015): 193-194.
" "A duplex PCR method for the simultaneous identification of Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae." EPPO Bulletin 41, no. 1 (2011): 27-29.
""Dynamic" statistically-adjusted descriptions : a better tool for comparing cultivars, using swede (Brassica napus L. var. napobrassica (L.) RCHB.) as an example." Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 407 (1996): 137-145.
"Presented at the ISHS Brassica Symposium - Ninth Crucifer Genetics Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal, November 1994.
Dynamics of PVY strains in field grown potato: Impact of strain competition and ability to overcome host resistance mechanisms." Virus Research 241 (2017): 95-104.
"Early counts of physiological germination (radicle emergence) relate to percentage normal seedlings and field emergence in seed lots of oil seed rape In 29th ISTA Congress Cologne Seed Symposium Abstracts. Cologne, Germany, 16 - 22 June 2010: International Seed Testing Association, 2010.
Early counts of radicle emergence as a vigour test for oil seed rape." In ISTA Method Validation Reports 2014, 42-50. Bassersdorf, Switzerland: International Seed Testing Association, 2014.
"Ectopic 5’ splice sites inhibit gene expression by engaging RNA surveillance and silencing pathways in plants." Plant Physiology 151, no. 2 (2009): 955-965.
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