Personal profile
Research interests
- Cereal improvement and variety evaluation
- Grain quality traits and end uses
- Crop assessment, including remote sensing
- Crop diversity
Teaching
- Advanced Agronomy
- Arable Crop Production
- Crop Products and Potential
Consultancy
- Advice on varieties to cereals sector
- Agronomy events for industry
- Barley crop committees
Personal profile
Research, teaching and consultancy in cereals and varieties
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Crop Physiology, University of Reading
Award Date: 7 Jun 1990
External positions
National List Seeds Committee - Procedures Development Group for Combinable Crops
Mar 2004 → …
National List Seeds Committee - Technical Experts Group for Combinable Crops
Mar 2004 → …
National List Seeds Committee - Technical Experts Group for Combinable Crops
Mar 2004 → …
Malting Barley Committee
May 2000 → …
Malting Barley Committee - Micromalting Group
Apr 2000 → …
Keywords
- S Agriculture (General)
- Cereals
- Crop Improvement
- Agronomy
- Grain Quality
- Crop Breeding
- Crop Varieties
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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RESAS 22-27: Jhi-b1-3 The Impact Of Novel Crops And Farming Technologies On The Scottish Agricultural Landscape
Hoad, S. (PI), Yoxall, T. (CoI), Dawson, I. (CoI), Fortune, J. (CoI), Gibson-Poole, S. (CoI) & Sharma, R. (CoI)
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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RESAS 22-27: Jhi-b1-2 Exploring Barley Diversity For Resilience And Sustainability
Hoad, S. (PI), Fortune, J. (CoI) & Sharma, R. (CoI)
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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BSPB National List Cereal Trials, Harvest 2022-24
Hoad, S. (PI) & Drysdale, A. (CoI)
1/04/22 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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AHDB RL: AHDB Recommended List Crop Trials - 2021 to 2026
Hoad, S. (PI)
1/10/21 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms
Hoad, S. (CoPI), Burnett, F. (CoPI) & Ross, F. (CoI)
1/10/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2025/26 - Summer Edition: SRUC Cereals List
Hoad, S., 1 Jun 2025, Summer ed. SRUC: Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 7 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2026/27: Winter Version
Hoad, S., 19 Dec 2025, Winter ed. SRUC. 7 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review
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SRUC Cereals Varieties Summer 2025 Update: Spring barley, Spring oats, Winter barley and Winter wheat: SRUC Cereals Varieties Summer 2025
Hoad, S., 12 Jun 2025, S1 ed. SRUC: SRUC. 16 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report
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Genomic and phenotypic characterization of finger millet indicates a complex diversification history
Bančič, J., Odeny, D. A., Ojulong, H. F., Josiah, S. M., Buntjer, J., Gaynor, R. C., Hoad, S. P., Gorjanc, G. & Dawson, I. K., Mar 2024, In: Plant Genome. 17, 1, e20392.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2025/26: SRUC Cereals List
Hoad, S., 12 Dec 2024, 1 ed. SRUC. 7 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Datasets
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ATEC manuscript 3 - supporting data: "Combining Process Modelling and LAI Observations to Diagnose Winter Wheat Nitrogen Status and Forecast Yield"
Revill, A. (Creator), Florence, A. (Data Collector), Hoad, S. (Contributor), Rees, B. (Contributor), Rees, B. (Creator) & Williams, M. (Contributor), MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 26 Feb 2021
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Activities
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Malting Barley Committee - Micromalting Group - Meeting (Event)
Hoad, S. (Member)
14 Apr 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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Malting Barley Committee (External organisation)
Hoad, S. (Member)
25 May 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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Scottish Government RESAS and Policy. Fertiliser Session. 15th August 2022
Hoad, S. (Speaker)
15 Aug 2022Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Growing Malting Barley - MAGB Malting Symposium
Hoad, S. (Speaker)
9 Jun 2022Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Nitrogen and its use and efficiency in combinable crops
Hoad, S. (Speaker)
10 Feb 2022Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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