Dr Mitch Crook BSc, MA,PhD,

Senior Lecturer

Dr Mitch Crook Email: mcrook@harper-adams.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1952 815432
Fax: +44 (0)1952 814783
Academic Department: Crops

Professional Memberships

Higher Education Academy

Teaching Duties

  • Crop Improvement & Biotechnology
  • Global Food Production
  • Alternative Crops
  • Sustainable Crop Production

Research Interests

  • Lodging in cereals
  • Liquid Biofuels
  • Plant biomechanics
  • Pest Management (of slugs)

Publications

  • Brooks A.S., Wilcox A., Cook R. & Crook M.J. (2005) A laboratory-based comparison of a molluscicide and an alternative food source (red clover) as means of reducing slug damage to Winter wheat. Pest Management Science: IN PRESS
  • Brooks A.S., Crook M.J., Wilcox A. and Cook R.T. (2003) A laboratory evaluation of legumes to the field slug, Deroceras reticulatum. Muller
  • Goodman A.M., Crook M.J. and Ennos A.R. (2001) The anchorage mechanics of winter sown oilseed rape, Brassica napus. L. Annals of Botany 87: 397-404

Other Roles

College Coordinator for European Exchange of Students and Staff (Erasmus).

Course Manager for Extended Foundation Degree Programmes.