Professor Peter Kettlewell BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Professor of Crop Physiology and Research Co-ordinator

Professor Peter Kettlewell Email: pskettlewell@harper-adams.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1952 815299
Fax: +44 (0)1952 814783
Academic Department: Crops

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow Higher Education Academy
  • Member Association of Applied Biologists
  • Member Royal Meteorological Society
  • Member Crop Science Society of America

Teaching Duties

  • Module Leader PgC Advanced Research Methods
  • Module Leader BSc Crop Growth and Management
  • Module Leader BSc Research Methods ( Agriculture and Animals)
  • Module Tutor BSc Advanced Agronomy
  • Module Tutor BSc Post-Harvest Technology
  • Module Tutor BSc Commodity Crops and Fresh Produce Processing

Research Interests

  • Agronomy and physiology of wheat grain quality
  • Climate and crop production
  • Exploiting root-shoot signals
  • Salts for crop disease control
  • Crop water use efficiency

Publications

  • Awole, K.D., Kettlewell, P.S., Parsons, S.T. and Hare, M.C. (2009) Significance of wheat grain quality in the economics of the UK bioethanol industry. Journal of Farm Management 13: 613-632.
  • Farrell, A. D. and Kettlewell P.S. (2009) The relationship between grain weight and alpha-amylase in winter wheat: varietal comparison from UK field experiments. Euphytica 168:395-402.
  • Atkinson, M. D., Kettlewell, P. S., Poulton, P. R. and Hollins, P. D. (2008) Grain quality in the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment and the winter North Atlantic Oscillation. Journal of Agricultural Science 146: 541-549.
  • Saeed, H., Grove, I. G., Kettlewell, P. S. and Hall, N. W. (2008) Potential of partial rootzone drying as an alternative irrigation technique for potatoes (Solanum tuberosum). Annals of Applied Biology 152: 71-80.
  • Farrell, A.D. and Kettlewell, P.S. (2008) The effect of temperature-shock and grain morphology on alpha-amylase in developing wheat grain. Annals of Botany 102: 287-293.

Other Roles

  • Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Agricultural Science