CSS : Crop Improvement & Agronomy

Research output

Research output per year 1993 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2024

• 129 Article
• 42 Commissioned report
• 13 Paper
• 11 Chapter
• 22 More
  • 7 Conference contribution
  • 7 Review article
  • 3 Poster
  • 2 Featured article
  • 2 Working paper
  • 1 Abstract

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Cereal Varieties Summer 2023 Update: Winter wheat, Winter barley and Spring barley

  Hoad, S., 27 Jun 2023, Summer ed. SRUC: SRUC. 18 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File
  108 Downloads (Pure)

• Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2024/25

  Hoad, S., 15 Dec 2023, W1 ed. SRUC: SRUC. 7 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Malt 100%
  • Feeds 66%
  • Malting 50%
  • Brewing 50%
  • Grains 33%
  141 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Cereal Varieties Summer 2022 Update: Winter wheat, winter barley and spring barley.

  Hoad, S., 20 Jun 2022, Summer ed. SRUC. 15 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Nitrogen and sulphur fertiliser management to achieve grain protein quality targets of high-yielding modern winter milling wheat. AHDB Project Report No. 642

  Morris, N., Hoad, S., Robertson, D. & Charlton, M., 30 Nov 2022, AHDB Stoneleigh UK: Agricultural And Horticultural Development Board (AHDB). 138 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

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  • Nitrogen Fertilizer 100%
  • Sulfur Fertilizers 100%
  • Grain Protein 100%
  • Cereal 100%
  • Fertilizer Application 42%
  78 Downloads (Pure)

• Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2023/24

  Hoad, S., 19 Dec 2022, Winter Edition ed. SRUC. 7 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Feeds 100%
  • Malting 100%
  • Spring Wheat 100%
  • Malt 80%
  • Cereal 66%
  567 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2022/23

  Hoad, S., 14 Dec 2021, SRUC. 6 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Feeds 100%
  • Spring Barley 60%
  • Winter Barley 60%
  • Spring 40%
  • Grains 40%
  901 Downloads (Pure)

• Updating nitrogen and sulphur fertiliser recommendations for spring barley

  Kendall, S. L., Fitters, T. F. J., Berry, P., Hoad, S. & Bingham, I., May 2021, AHDB. 183 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • Nitrogen Fertilizer 100%
  • Grains 100%
  • Spring Barley 100%
  • Sulfur Fertilizers 100%
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 100%
  171 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2020/21

  Hoad, S., 1 Jan 2020, 2020/21 ed. SRUC: SRUC. 6 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  122 Downloads (Pure)

• Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2021/22

  Hoad, S., 17 Dec 2020, 2021/22 ed. SRUC: SRUC. 6 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Feeds 100%
  • Spring Barley 100%
  • Spring 75%
  • Winter Barley 75%
  • Grains 50%
  549 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Cereal varieties: summer 2019 update - winter wheat, winter barley and spring barley. SRUC Cereal Variety Update

  Hoad, S., Jun 2019, 14 p. (SRUC Technical Pages)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  173 Downloads (Pure)

• Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production: Thematic study for The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

  Dawson, I., Attwood, S., Park, S. E., Jamnadass, R., Powell, W., Sunderland, T., Kindt, R., McMullin, S., Hoebe, P., Baddeley, J., Staver, C., Vadez, V., Carsan, S., Roshetko, J. M., Amri, A., Karamura, E., Karamura, D., Paulo, V. B., Hossain, M. E. & Phillips, M. & 7 others, Kumar, A., Lilleso, J.-P. B., Benzie, J., Sabastian, G. E., Ekesa, B., Ocimati, W. & Graudal, L., 1 Jun 2019, CA4003EN ed. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organisation. 42 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Pollinator 100%
  • Farm Animal 75%
  • Annuals 50%
  • Case Study 50%
  • Feeds 25%
  33 Citations (Scopus)

  156 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Cereal varieties: summer 2018 update - winter wheat, winter barley and spring barley. SRUC Cereal Variety Update 2018

  Hoad, S., Jun 2018, 13 p. (SRUC Technical Pages)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  37 Downloads (Pure)

• Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2019

  Hoad, S., Dec 2018, SRUC. 5 p. (Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2019)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

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  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Supporting UK malting barley with improved market intelligence on grain skinning

  Hoad, S., Gilchrist, A., Glacken, L., Sladden, J., Crawford, C. & Christie, A., Mar 2018, PR592 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 52 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  • Grains 100%
  • Malting Barley 100%
  • Skinning 100%
  • Malting 20%
  • Fungicide 13%

• Wheat Ear Sterility Project (WESP)

  Hoad, S., Berry, S., Bequain, C., Dodds, M., Flatman, E., Freeman, C., Granger, R., Jack, P., Laurie, D. A., Simmonds, J., Uauy, C. & Wilson, G., Sept 2018, (First published) PR599 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 105 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  • Genotyping 100%
  • Crop 100%
  • Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping 100%
  • Phenotype 100%
  • Precursor 100%
• 2017

  A genome wide analysis of key genes controlling diastatic power activity in UK barley (DPGENES)

  Hoad, S., Joanne Russell, Mark Looseley, Micha Bayer, Hazel Bull, Luke Ramsay, William Thomas, Allan Booth, Jenny Morris, Pete Hedley, Linde Hess & James Brosnan, Oct 2017, PR583 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 20 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  File

  • Genome Wide Association Study 100%
  • Diastase 100%
  • Spring 100%
  • Cereal 100%
  • Germplasm 75%
  88 Downloads (Pure)

• Cereal varieties: summer 2017 update - winter wheat, winter barley and spring barley. SRUC Cereal Variety Update 2017

  Hoad, S., Jun 2017, 16 p. (SRUC Technical Pages)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  File
  75 Downloads (Pure)

• Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2018

  Hoad, S., Dec 2017, 5 p. (Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2018)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  File
  31 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Cereal varieties: summer 2016 update - winter wheat, winter barley and spring barley. SRUC Cereal Variety Update 2016

  Hoad, S., Jun 2016, 15 p. (SRUC Technical Pages)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  50 Downloads (Pure)

• SRUC Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2017

  Hoad, S., Dec 2016, SRUC. 5 p. (Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2017)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  38 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Scottish Recommended List for Cereals 2016

  Hoad, S., Dec 2015, SRUC. 5 p. (Scottish Recommended List for Cereals 2016)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  14 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Scottish Recommended List for Cereals 2015

  Hoad, S., Dec 2014, SRUC. 5 p. (Scottish Recommended List for Cereals 2015)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  21 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Scottish Recommended List for Cereals 2014

  Hoad, S., Dec 2013, SRUC. 5 p. (Scottish Recommended List for Cereals 2014)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  28 Downloads (Pure)
• 2012

  Desk study to evaluate contributory causes of the current yield plateau in wheat and oilseed rape

  Bingham, I., Hoad, S., Ben Lang, Haidee Philpott, Ron Stobart, Jane Thomas , Barnes, A., Ball, B., Stuart Knight & Simon Kightley, Nov 2012, PR502 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 226 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  File

  • Brassica Napus 100%
  • Rapeseed 100%
  • Crop Nutrition 40%
  • Soil Compaction 40%
  • New Variety 40%
  185 Downloads (Pure)

• Establishing best practice for estimation of Soil N Supply

  Hoad, S., Daniel Kindred, Stuart Knight , Pete Berry, Roger Sylvester-Bradley, Damian Hatley, Nathan Morris & Charlotte White, Apr 2012, PR490 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 214 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

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  • Soil Minerals 100%
  • Spring 33%
  • Brassica Napus 11%
  • Grains 11%
  • Ring Tests 11%
  140 Downloads (Pure)

• Scottish Recommended List for Cereals 2013

  Hoad, S., Dec 2012, SRUC. 5 p. (Scottish Recommended List for Cereals 2013)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  22 Downloads (Pure)
• 2011

  SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2012

  Cranstoun, D. & Hoad, S., Dec 2011, SRUC. 25 p. (SAC Cereals Recommended List for 2012)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  74 Downloads (Pure)
• 2010

  Evaluation of new varieties for sustainable cereal production in Europe: Final Report on a Post-Graduate Study Award from the Farmers Club Charitable Trust

  Hoad, S., Aug 2010, Farmers Club Charitable Trust. 38 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • New Variety 100%
  • Cereal 100%
  • Grain Quality 100%
  • Plant Breeding 66%
  • Plant Breeders 33%
  58 Downloads (Pure)

• Review and update of UK marginal abatement cost curves for agriculture: Final report

  MacLeod, M., Moran, D., McVittie, A., Rees, R., Jones, G., Harris, D., Antony, S., Wall, E., Eory, V., Barnes, A., Topp, C., Ball, B., Hoad, S. & Eory, L., 2010, 162 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  Open Access

• SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2011

  Cranstoun, D. & Hoad, S., Dec 2010, SRUC. 25 p. (SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2011)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  40 Downloads (Pure)
• 2009

  Blending of wheat for Resilience, Improved Distilling quality and Greater Environmental Stability (BRIDGES)

  Hoad, S., Adrian C Newton, J Stuart Swanston & Roger Baird, May 2009, PR452 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 23 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  • Cereal 100%
  • Malting 50%
  • Common Wheat 50%

• SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2010

  Cranstoun, D. & Hoad, S., Dec 2009, SRUC. 22 p. (SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2010)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  41 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding ergot risk in spring barley

  Oxley, S., Havis, N. & Hoad, S., Aug 2009, PR457 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 37 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

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  • Spring Barley 100%
  • Anthesis 100%
  • Ergot 100%
  • Fungal Spores 12%
  • Grains 12%
  88 Downloads (Pure)
• 2008

  SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2009

  Cranstoun, D. & Hoad, S., Dec 2008, SRUC. 21 p. (SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2009)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  35 Downloads (Pure)
• 2007

  SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2008

  Cranstoun, D. & Hoad, S., Dec 2007, SRUC. 22 p. (SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2008)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  64 Downloads (Pure)
• 2006

  SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2007

  Cranstoun, D. & Hoad, S., Dec 2006, SRUC. 16 p. (SAC Cereal Recommended List for 2007)

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  38 Downloads (Pure)

• The Barley Growth Guide

  Bingham, I., Hoad, S., Spink, J. H., Blake, J. & Foulkes, J., 2006, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 28 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Winter Barley 100%
  • Spring Barley 66%
  • Research Project 33%
  • Growers 33%
  • Spring 33%
  1933 Downloads (Pure)
• 2004

  Root system management in winter wheat: practices to increase water and nitrogen use

  Hoad, S., G Russell, P S Kettlewell & M Belshaw, Nov 2004, PR351 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 143 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  File

  • Seeds 100%
  • Common Wheat 100%
  • Root System 100%
  • Root Growth 75%
  • Soil Quality 50%
  98 Downloads (Pure)
• 2000

  Management of cereal root systems

  Hoad, S., G Russell, Bingham, I. & M E Lucas, May 2000, RR 43 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 67 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

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  • Rooting 100%
  • Root System 100%
  • Spring 25%
  • Soil Quality 12%
  • Seeds 12%
  38 Downloads (Pure)
• 1999

  Assessment of infertility in winter wheat varieties in 1997/98 Recommended List and National List trials

  Hoad, S., W J Angus & Cranstoun, D., Jul 1999, PR193 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 33 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

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  • Cereal 100%
  • Common Wheat 100%
  30 Downloads (Pure)

• A variety approach to improving grain yield and quality in spring barley

  Hoad, S. & Cranstoun, D., Sept 1999, PR199 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 36 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

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  • Grains 100%
  • Spring Barley 100%
  • Malting 25%
  19 Downloads (Pure)
• 1996

  Variation within fields of potentially available nitrogen using the hot KCL technique

  Fisher, N., McTaggart, I. & Hoad, S., Dec 1996, PR134 ed. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. 45 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

  • Spring Barley 100%