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    Dr Andrew Watson

    BSc (Hons), MSc, PgC, PhD, BASIS

    Lecturer in Agronomy

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    Senior tutor FdSc 3 Ag/Ag Mech & Professional Project Manager

    Course Manager BASIS Foundation Award in Agronomy

     

    Professional short course teaching

    • BASIS Foundation in Agronomy (Course Manager)
    • BASIS Foundation in Grass and Forage
    • BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection
    • BASIS Certificate in Grass & Forage
    • BASIS Advanced Cereals
    • BASIS Advanced Potatoes
    • Marshall Papworth programme

    Student supervision

    • Samina Ashiq (final year PhD student)
    • HRP, DRP & PRP (final year research projects)

    Postgraduate teaching duties

    • MSc in the Principles and Practices of Crop Production 

    Undergraduate teaching duties

    • Module leader: Sustainable Crop Production Systems (BSc 4)
    • Module leader: Sustainable Agriculture (BSc 4)
    • Module leader: Crop Protection and Technology (BSc 2 & FdSc 3)
    • Module leader: Plant Production Science (EFDP Year 0)
    • Animal and Crop Production Science (BSc 2)
    • Crop Production Systems (BSc + FdSc 1)
    • Crop Production Science (FdSc 1)

     

    Professional Memberships

    • BASIS Registration
    • Association of Applied Biologists

    Academic Department: Agriculture and Environment

    Tel: +44 (0)1952 81 5132

    Office: Tudor Lodge: TL6 Jubilee Adams, Tudor Lodge and NW Building

    Publications

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    Other publications

    • amina Ashiq, Matthew Back, Andrew Watson, Simon Edwards (2023) Screening of Fungicides and Comparison of Selective Media for Isolation of Fusarium graminearum from Soil and Plant Material Pathogens 12 (2)
    • S. Ashiq, S.G. Edwards, O. Fatukasi, A. Watson, M.A. Back (2022) In vitro activity of isothiocyanates against Fusarium graminearum Journal of Plant Pathology
    • Samina Ashiq, Simon Edwards, Andrew Watson, Emma Blundell and Matthew Back (2022) Antifungal Effect of Brassica Tissues on the Mycotoxigenic Cereal Pathogen Fusarium graminearum Antibiotics 2022 11
    • <strong>Watson, A.M., Hare, M.C., Kettlewell, D., Brosnan, J.M. and Agu, R.</strong> (2011) Influence of plant pathogens on ethanol yield in distilling wheat Proceedings of the World Congress on Bioenergy, Dalian, China, 25-28th April 2011
    • <strong>Watson, A.M., Hare, M.C., Kettlewell, D., Brosnan, J.M. and Agu, R.</strong> (2010) Relationships between disease control, green leaf duration, grain quality and the production of alcohol from winter wheat. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 90
    • <strong>Watson, A.M., Hare,&nbsp;M.C., Kettlewell, P.S., Ranner, D., Brosnan, J.M. and Agu, R.</strong> (2010) The influence of azoxystrobin dose rate&nbsp;and timing&nbsp;on alcohol yield in distilling wheat. Proceedings of the Crop Protection Conference of Northern Britain conference, Dundee, 23-24th February 2010
    • <strong>Watson, A.M., Hare, M.C., Kettlewell, P.S. and Ranner, D.</strong> (2008) Effect of azoxystrobin dose rate on starch concentration in wheat grain Abstracts of the Society of Chemical Industry/Royal Society of Chemistry conference on Wheat for Biofuels, Bioenergy and High Value Bioproducts, 29 April 2008, Jealott’s Hill, Bracknell UK.
    • <strong>Watson, A.M., Hare, M.C., Kettlewell, P.S. and Ranner, D.</strong> (2008) Increasing the efficiency of alcohol production in distilling wheat through the use of fungicide inputs. Abstracts of the Guild HE Research Symposium, 21st November 2008, St John’s College, York
    • <strong>Watson, A.M., Hare, M.C., Kettlewell, P.S., Ranner, D., Brosnan, J.M. and Agu, R.</strong> (2008) Effect of azoxystrobin dose rate on grain quality and alcohol yield in distilling wheat. Aspects of Applied Biology
    Additional Information
    • Subject co-ordinator for MSc in Sustainable Agricultural
    • Reviewer for the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
    • Reviewer for 'The Scientific Journal of Agricultural Economics'
    • Reviewer for the 'International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics'

    Research projects

    Modules

    You can contact Dr Andrew Watson if you would like to discuss any of the following course modules:

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