Biography

  • Global issues in sustainable systems, ecological resilience, food security and environmental impact (EU, Scottish Government)

  • Gene movement and persistence in higher plants (Defra, EU).

  • Energy cycling, trophic interations and biodiversity (Scottish Government, BBSRC, universities).

  • Integrating European knowledge sets on geneflow, pest management and ecological impact (EU SIGMEA, PURE, AMIGA, etc.).

  • International liaison and advice on food production, biodiversity, biotech crops and geneflow, for example, EFSA (Environmental Risk Assessment Guidelines), World Trade Organisation (GM dispute), European biosafety committees.

  • Coordination of research on Sustainable Crop Systems funded by the Scottish Government.

  • Coordination of the Agroecology research group at the Hutton.

  • EU member states – advice on research on environmental impacts (for example, France, the Netherlands).

  • Visiting Professor, SIMBIOS Centre.

  • UK, Scotland – advice to government and growers on optimising multiple outputs or ecosystem services (e.g. production and environment).

  • LEAF – Linking Environment and Farming through the Institute’s LEAF Innovation Centre

  • The Living Field educational and outreach project – sustainable croplands

Research

  • Sustainable systems
    The arable-grass ecosystems of the north-east Atlantic maritime – the ancient croplands around Scotland’s coasts – formed the case study of a major project on sustainable food and agriculture (2006-2011) which continues under present government funding. The questions are –  ‘what is the present state of the system, and how can management ensure its continued existence?’ We examine past change in the arable-grass maritime, the present state of soil, biota and agronomy; limitations through declining supplies of nitrogen and phosphorus, soil erosion and loss of biodiversity; and the options for balancing the health of the system with economic offtake. The work involves the most comprehensive status assessment of arable-grass production systems in Europe and has led to the establishment of the Institute’s long term research platform – the Centre for Sustainable Cropping. Partners: many colleagues in the Institute; collaborators in SAC, BioSS, MLURI, and many European groups. Funding: Scottish Government; augmented by EU FP6 and FP7.
  • Organism biology
    The biological basis of systems is explored through experiment and modelling. An energy-based approach to carbon and nutrient flows is fused with a ‘trait-based’ approach to biodiversity and function. The aim is to build a theoretical and practical framework for system design, environmental risk assessment and landscape engineering. Modelling is collaborative with colleagues in the Agroecology Group at the Institute and at BioSS, local universities and european organisations such as the Josef Stefan Institute in Slovenia. Funding: Scottish Government, EU, research councils.

Past research

  • Geneflow and GM environmental risk assessment
    The Institute was among the first to emphasise the ‘landscape’ dimensions of geneflow among crops, volunteers, ferals and wild relatives. Between 1998 and 2008, and then 2013-2016, research grants supported a multidisciplinary group with the ecological, molecular and biometrical skills to take an international lead, notably through EU projecfts AMIGA (2013-2016) and SIGMEA (2004-07), the latter concentrating on GM coexistence. In parallel, between 1999 and 2005, we were part of the independent scientific consortium that conducted the Farm Scale Evaluations (FSEs) of GM herbicide tolerant crops. The FSEs exposed the urgent need for ecological baselines and criteria against which major innovations should be assessed. Advisory work in geneflow and GM risk continues through the European Food Safety Authority (2010 GM environmental risk assessment guidelines) and research committees on biosafety and GM risk (EU-wide, member states). Original funding: Defra, Scottish Government, research councils, EU.
  • Vegetation dynamics and cross-institute integration
    During the second half of the 1990s, the Scottish Government funded a series of integrative  projects that aimed to bring together the complementary skills and field sites of the Macaulay Institute, BioSS, SAC and SCRI. My responsibilities included coordinating the Vegetation Dynamics Group that brought together mathematical, physiological and molecular skills to achieve a concerted approach to understanding plant communities.  The research formed the basis of a scientific framework for examining the impacts of change on managed systems and led to the development of a ‘systems’ approach to sustainable agriculture and environment, 2000-2015. Funding: Scottish Government.
  • Tropical crops, food security and climate
    A framework for relating the phenology and growth of tropical crops to weather and climate was the achieved objective of a sustained period of research in the 1970s and 1980s. Periods in the Environmental Physics Group at Nottingham University were interspersed with study in the tropics, first in Malawi (early 1970s), then through visits to various countries of east and central Africa including Zimbabwe and Kenya, to Malaysia (early 1980s) and India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Output included some influential papers on physiological time and temperature and some of the earliest reports and papers on the effects of climate change on crop production in both temperate and tropical production systems. Funding: Nottingham University, Overseas Development Administration (1970s), various world and european funders (1980s).
  • Undergraduate and doctoral A BA in Botany at Oxford (general Biology in Year 1) followed by a PhD in cellular plant physiology at Lancaster University formed the basis of a career in research. The doctorate studies concentrated on the stomatal guard cells and other leaf epidermal cells, working in part with the microscopy group to capture some of the first micrographs of and through stomatal cells (example right of phase contrast microscopy).

Publications

Journals

Books / chapters

  • Squire, G.; Hawes, C. (2024) Biodiversity for Agriculture the role of integrated farm management in supporting agricultural production through biodiversity, Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Conservation, restoration and rewilding, edited by Nick Reid and Rhiannon Smith. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
  • Squire, G.R. (2020) Modelling biodiversity., In: Bárberi, P. & Moonen, A.-C. (eds.) Reconciling agricultural production with biodiversity conservation. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, Chapter 2.
  • Gordon, I.J.; Prins, H.H.T.; Squire, G.R. (eds.) (2016) Food production and nature conservation: conflicts and solutions., Routledge, London, 348pp.
  • Gordon, I.J.; Squire, G.R.; Prins, H.H.T. (2016) Conclusion: Re-engaging agriculture with nature., In: Gordon, I.J., Prins, H.H.T. & Squire, G.R. (ed.). Food Production and Nature Conservation: Conflicts and Solutions. Routledge, London, Chapter 16, 333-342.
  • Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Ianetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Begg, G. (2016) Ecosystem services from croplands., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R. (eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp24-25.
  • Squire, G.R. (2016) Limits to crop production., In: Gordon, I.J., Prins, H.H.T. & Squire, G.R. (ed.). Food Production and Nature Conservation: Conflicts and Solutions. Routledge, London, Chapter 3, pp41-67.
  • Smith, P.; Ashmore, M.; Black, H.I.J.; Burgess, P.; Evans, C.; Hails, R.; Potts, S.; Quine, T.; Thomson, A.; Biesmeijer, K.; Breeze, T.; Broadmeadow, M.; Ferrier, R.C.; Freer, J.; Hansom, J.; Haygarth, P.; Hesketh, H.; Hicks, K.; Johnson, A.; Kay, D.; Kunin, W.; Lilly, A.; May, L.; Memmott, J.; Orr, H.; Pickup, R.; Purse, B.; Squire, G. (2011) Regulating services., In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment. Understanding Nature’s Value to Society. Technical Report. Cambridge, UNEP-WCMC, Chapter 14, pp535-596.
  • Squire, G.R.; Lecomte, J.; Hosken, A.; Soukup, J.; Messuan, A. (2010) Contributions of pollen and seed to impurity in crops û a comparison of maize, oilseed rape and beet., Wiley Blackwell, Chichester.
  • Parish, D.M.B.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Squire, G.R. (2009) The contribution of arable weeds to biodiversity., In: Kingely, R. (ed.). Weeds: Management, Economic Impacts and Biology. Nova Publishing, New York, USA, pp61-76.
  • Marshall, B.; Wright, G.M.; Neilson, S.; Wheatley, R.E.; Squire, G.R.; Malecki, S.; Athwal, K.; Taylor, D.; Morrison, J.; Carrie, J.; Anderson, C. (2005) The Living Field CD., Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, 350pp.
  • Squire, G.R.; Charters, Y.; Robertson, A.; Mackay, G.R. (1998) Distribution, persistence and geneflow of oilseed rape in the Tayside study area., In: Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry: Perspectives in Environmental Chemistry. Oxford University Press, New York, 109-114
  • Marshall, B.; Squire, G.R. (1996) Implications of trait variability in resource capture for the spatial dynamics of vegetation., In: Modelling in Applied Biology: Spatial Aspects (eds. E.M. White, L.R. Benjamin, O. Brain, P.J.C. Hamer, M.A. Mugglestone, G. Russell, and C.F.E. Topp). Aspects of Applied Biology, pp181-186

Technical / contract reports

  • Balázs, B.; Debeljak, M.; Hamann, K.; Kolmans, A.; Kelemen, E.; Maaß, H.; Squire, G.R.; Vasconcelos, M.W.; Williams, M.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2018) Creating an effective science-policy interface to support legume supported cropping systems and food and feed supply chains., Report on Co-design of Policy Analysis. Transition paths to sUstainable legume-based systems in Europe (TRUE) Deliverable 7.1 (D40), 63pp.
  • Iannetta, P.P.M.; Begg, G.; Black, K.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.j.; James, E.K.; Maluk, M.; Newton, A.; Squire, G.R.; Walker, G.; White, P. (2017) Teaming up for good: intercropping and farming-science partnership at the James Hutton Institute., NGO Report for www.LEAF.org, 8 November 2017.
  • Iannetta, P.P.M.; Begg, G.; Black, K.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.J.; James, E.K.; Maluk, M.; Newton, A.C.; Squire, G.R.; Walker, G.; White, P.J. (2017) Sustainable legume systems for improved primary produce., SAB Annual Report, May 2017.
  • Iannetta, P.P.M.; Squire, G.R. (2017) Report to Scottish Government on the Draft Climate Change Plan: Draft Third Report on Policies and Proposals 2017-2032, 7 February 2017.,
  • Squire, G.R.; Begg. G.S.; Quesada, N. (2017) Land use distribution map., In: Crowe, B. Good Food Stirling, Nourish Scotland Report, p17.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Towers, W.; Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Brooker, R.; Brown, I.; Owen, J.; Vinten, A.J.A.; MacLeod, C.J.A. (2016) CAP Greening Review, Summary., Scottish Government and The James Hutton Institute Website.
  • Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Brooker, R.; Brown, I.; Towers, W.; Owen, J.; Vinten, A.J.A.; MacLeod, C.J.A. (2016) CAP Greening Review, Part 4, Expert Panel Review. Views of members of the expert panel on CAP Greening., Scottish Government and The James Hutton Institute Websites.
  • Squire, G.; Cammarero, D.; Daniell, T.; Newton, A.C.; White, P.J. (2016) Agriculture and forestry climate change report card technical paper. 3. Arable Crops., Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) Network with additional support from the Scottish Government.
  • Aitkenhead, M.J.; Black, H.I.J.; Squire, G.; McLeod, K.; Hastings, E.; Troldborg, M.; Aalders, I.H.; Towers, W.; Lilly, A.; Brown, I.; Coull, M.C.; Castellazzi, M.; Matthews, K.B.; Baggaley, N.J. (2016) A review of ecosystem service mapping within Scottish Government RESAS-funded research., Report for Scottish Government.
  • Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B.; Towers, W.; Pakeman, R.J.; Brooker, R.J.; Squire, G.; Hawes, C.; Vinten, A.J.A.; MacLeod, C.; Owen, J.; Wardell-Johnson, D.H. (2014) CAP Greening Review – Expert panel – Interim results., Technical Report for Policy.
  • Aitkenhead, M.J.; Black, H.I.J.; Squire, G.; McLeod, K.; Hastings, E.; Troldborg, M.; Aalders, I.; Towers, W.; Lilly, A.; Poggio, L.; Gimona, A.; Brown, I.; Castellazzi, M.; Matthews, K.B.; Baggaley, N.J. (2014) A review of ecosystem service mapping within Scottish Government RESAS funded research., Report for Scottish Government.
  • Hough, R.L.; Bengough, A.G.; Chapman, S.J.; Daniell, T.; Matthews, R.; Squire, G.; Towers, W.; White, P.J. (2014) Heat in the soil form (NIA-NGGT0017)., Interim Report for National Grid.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Artz, R.R.E.; Birch, A.N.E.; Blackstock, K.L.; Brooker, R.; Brown, I.; Cummins, R.; Flanigan, S.; Hallet, P.; Irvine, R.J.; Kenyon, W.; Pakeman, R.J.; Prager, K.; Slee, B.; Squire, G.; Stutter, M.; Sutherland, L.; Thomson, K.; Towers, W.; Vinten, A.J.A. (2012) Developing agri-environmental measures for the next Scottish Rural Development Programme: a summary of relevant research findings from the James Hutton Institute., Report to the Scottish Government, Natural Resources Division, SRDP Technical Working Group (Agri-Environment), 11pp, 25 June 2012.
  • Squire, G.R.; Begg, G.S.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; James, E.K.; Karley, A.J.; Young, M.W. (2011) Scotland’s wild arable plants., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2010, pp21-23.
  • Miller, D.R.; Schwarz, G.; Sutherland, L.A.; Morrice, J.G.; Aspinall, R.J.; Barnes, A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Donnelly, D.; Hawes, C.; McCrum, G.; McKenzie, B.M.; Matthews, K.; Miller, D.; Renwick, A.; Smith, M.; Squire, G.; Toma, L. (2009) Rural land use study 1: Drivers and decision-making., Final Report, RERAD, Scottish Government, November 2009, pp156.
  • Miller, D.R.; Schwarz, G.; Sutherland, L.A.; Morrice, J.G.; Aspinall, R.J.; Barnes, A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Donnelly, D.; Hawes, C.; McCrum, G.; McKenzie, B.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.; Renwick, A.; Smith, M.; Squire, G.; Toma, L. (2009) Changing land use in rural Scotland – drivers and decision makers., Rural Land Use Study Project 1. Scottish Government Social Research.
  • Squire, G.R.; Allnutt, T.; Boffey, C.W.H.; Cullen, D.W.; Daniels, R.E.; Ford, L.; Henry, M.; Jacobs, J.H.; Knightley, S.; Kilpatrick, J.B.; Lutman, P.J.; McNicol, J.W.; Osborne, J.L.; Ramsay, G.; Scrimgeour, C.; Shearan, A.; Swain, J.L.; Sweet, J.B.; Young, M. (2008) Factors affecting cross pollination of oilseed rape growing under UK conditions., RGO125 Final Report to Defra and RERAD, London.
  • Iannetta, P.P.M.; Begg, G.S.; Wishart, J.; Young, M.W.; Karley, A.J.; Valentine, T.A.; Hawes, C.; Squire, G.R. (2006) Common wild plants as biodiversity indicators., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2006, pp42-43.
  • Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Bohan, D.A.; Brooks, D.R.; Champion, G.T.; Firbank, L.G.; Haughton, A.J.; Heard, M.S.; May, M.J.; Perry, J.N.; Young, M.W. (2005) Biodiversity effects of the management associated with GM cropping systems in the UK., Final Report of Defra Project EPG 1/5/198, London.
  • Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Begg, G.S.; Elliott, M.J.; Parish, A.M.; Young, M.W.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2004) Persistence of GM herbicide-tolerant plants., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2003/2004, pp167-168.
  • Karley, A.J.; Marshall, B.; Young, M.W.; Holroyde, S.; Wright, G.M.; Squire, G.R. (2004) Plant archtecture and structural-functioning modelling., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2003/2004, pp157-159.
  • Birch, A.N.E.; Boag, B.; Newton, A.C.; Gordon, S.C.; Fenton, B.; Malloch, G.; Hallett, P.D.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Stephens, S.E.; Neilson, S.; Wright, G.M.; Marshall, B.; McKenzie, B.M.; Squire, G.R.; Gill, P.; Wheatley, R.E. (2004) The SCRI LEAF Innovation Centre: Agro-ecosystem research which develops and promotes sustainable agriculture strategies and policies for Scotland, UK and Europe., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2003/2004, pp107-114.
  • Cullen, D.W.; Anderson, J.N.; McNicol, J.W.; Ramsay, G.; Squire, G.R. (2003) Field to field geneflow in oilseed rape., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2002/2003, pp120.
  • Birch, A.N.E.; Hillier, J.; Squire, G.R. (2003) A generic mathematical model for the integrated management of a crop containing anti feedant transgenes., DEFRA Project Report.
  • Ramsay, G.; Thompson, C,E.; Squire, G. (2003) Quantifying landscape-scale gene flow in oilseed rape., Final Report of DEFRA Project RG0216: An experimental and mathematical study of the local and regional scale movement of an oilseed rape transgene.
  • Birch, A.N.E.; Begg, G.S.; Brennan, R.M.; Fenton, B.; Gordon, S.C.; Griffiths, B.S.; Griffiths, D.W.; Hillier, J.; Malloch, G.; Squire, G.R.; Wheatley, R.E. (2002) Developing sustainable pest management strategies for a changing future., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp184-189.
  • Squire, G.R.; Ritz, K. (2000) Plant Soils and Environment., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1999/2000, pp157-162.
  • Hillier, J.; Hawes, C.; Squire, G.R.; Birch, A.N.E. (2000) Production and diversity in multi-trophic systems., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1999/2000, pp176-179.
  • Charters, Y.; Robertson, A.; Squire, G.R. (1999) Investigation of feral oilseed rape populations. Genetically modified organisms research report.., Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, London.
  • Squire, G.R.; Augustin, N.; Bown, J.; Crawford, J.C.; Dunlop, G.; Graham, J.; Hillman, J.R.; Marshall, B.; Marshall, D.F.; Ramsay, G.; Robinson, D.J.; Russell, J.R.; Thompson, C.; Wright, G.M. (1999) Gene flow in the environment: genetic pollution?, Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1998/99, pp45-54.

Conference papers

  • Black, K.; Walker, G.; White, P.J.; Squire, G.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2018) Intercropped barley for brewing and distilling., In: Jack, F., Dabrowska, D., Davies, S., Garden, M., Maskell, D. & Murray, D. (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th Worldwide Distilled spirits Conference 2017, Local Roots, Global Reach: Delivering Distilling Expertise to the World. Context, Packington, Chapter 9, pp45-97.
  • Black, K.; Walker, G.; White, P.J.; Squire, G.R.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2017) Intercropped barley for brewing and distilling., In: F. Jack, D. Dabrowska, S. Davies, M. Garden, D. Maskell & D. Murray (eds.). Proceedings of the Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference 2017: Local roots; global reach: delivering distilling expertise to the world. Packington: Context, Chapter 1:4, pp45-47, 6th
    Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 19 May – 1 June 2017.
  • Black, K.; Walker, G.; White, P.J.; Maluk, M.; Squire, G.R.; James, E.K.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2016) Intercropping: pea supported production of barley for brewing and distilling., In: Abstracts of the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Liverpool, 11-14 December 2016. Conference paper and presentation
  • Black, K.; Walker, G.; White, P.J.; Karley, A.; Ramsay, L.; Ramsay, G.; James, E.K.; Squire, G.R.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2016) Mainstream pulses: exploring local solutions to supply chain limitations., 2nd Conference of the International Legume Society, Legumes for a Sustainable World, Tróia, Portugal, 11-14 October 2016. Conference paper and presentation.
  • Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.; Ramsay, L.; Ramsay, G.; James, E.K.; Squire, G.R. (2016) Sustainable and profitable protein production using faba bean., 14th Congress of the European Society of Agronomy, in association with Association of Applied Biologists, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-9 September 2016. Conference paper and presentation.
  • Black, K.; Walker, G.; White, P.J.; Squire, G.R.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2016) Intercropping for brewing and distilling., The 14th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy, ESA14 – Growing Landscapes – Cultivating Innovative Agricultural Systems, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-9 September 2016. (Conference paper and poster)
  • James, E.K.; Lopez del Egido, L.; Maluk, M.; Young, M.; Hawes, C.; Squire, G.R.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2016) Nitrogen fixation by faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in a 4 year crop rotation in East Scotland., 12th European Nitrogen Fixation Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 25-28 August 2016. (Conference paper, presentation and poster).
  • Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Quesada, N.; Young, M.W.; Messean, A.; Demade, M.; Burgio, G.; Solone, R.; Cagan, L.; Hokkanen, H.; Djilianov, D.; Ichim, C.; Tebbe, C.; Chueca, C.; Mullins, E.; Park, J. (2016) Setting the context for environmental risk assessment., EU Research in Support of Environmental Risk Assessment for Genetically Modified Plants in Europe: The contribution of AMIGA project – AMIGA Final Event, Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, 10-11 May 2016.
  • Birch, A.N.E.; Begg, G.S.; Hawes, C.; Squire, G.R. (2016) IPM research into practice; a long time coming., The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, Dundee, 23-24 February 2016, pp15-16.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Upton, C.; Bentley, S.; Greenland, A.; Otten, W.; Schmidt, S.; Squire, G.; Dupuy, L.X.; Karley, A.J. (2015) Recent developments in root phenotyping pipelines of cereal crops: transparent soil and rhizotubes., ISSR 2015. 9th International Symposium of the ISRR. “Roots down under – Belowground solutions to global challenges”, Canberra, Australia, 6-9 October 2015. Paper O-23.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Bengough, A.G.; Dupuy, L.X.; Hallett, P.; Karley, A.J.; McKenzie, B.M.; Newton, A.; Schmidt, S.; Stobart, R.; Squire, G.; Young, M.; Hawes, C. (2015) Evaluating interactions at the plant:soil interface., UK-India Initiative in Agroecology, Centre for Pollination Studies, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India, 21-23 February 2015.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Karley, A.J.; Binnie, K.; Skiba, A.K.; Squire, G.R.; Bentley, S.; Jones, H.; Greenland, A. (2015) Root phenotyping systems: contrasting controlled environment ex situ and in the field systems., 2015 Monogram Network Meeting, Rothamsted, Harpenden, 29 April – 1 May 2015. PowerPoint presentation.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R.; Bentley, S.; Jones, H.; Greenland, A. (2015) Root phenotyping systems: contrasting controlled environment ex situ and in the field systems., MonoGram, Rothamsted Research, 29 April – 1 May 2015.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Upton, C.M.; Bentley, S.; Greenland, A.; Otten, W.; Schmidt, S.; Squire, G.; Dupuy, L.X.; Karley, A.J. (2015) Recent developments in root phenotyping pipelines of cereal crops: Transparent soil and rhizotubes., 9th International Symposium of the International Society of Root Research, Roots Down Under – Belowground Solutions to Global Chanllenges, Canberra, Australia 6-9 October 2015.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Upton, C.; Binnie, K.; Downie, H.; Schmidt, S.; Otten, W.; Dupuy, L.X.; Hawes, C.; Young, M.; Squire, G.; Bengough, A.G. (2014) Visualization and quantification of root responses to soil strength and pore structure., Plant Biology Europe FESPB/EPSO Congress 2014, Dublin, 22-26 June 2014.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R.; Bentley, S.; Lee, D.; Morreale, G.; Greenland, A. (2014) New wheat root ideotypes for reduced input systems: ex situ root characterisation., Wheat Breeding 2014, ‘Tools, Targets and Progress’, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, 29-30 January 2014.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Hallett, P.D.; Bengough, A.G. (2012) How does variation in root traits affect barley cultivar responses to agriculturally relevant soil physical constraints?., 8th Symposium of the International Society for Root Research, Dundee, 26-29 June 2012 (Invited talk).
  • Squire, G.R.; Begg, G.S.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J. (2012) Impacts of GMHT crops on biodiversity and ecosystem services., MEACB Meeting of the European Advisory Committee on Biosafety. Paris, France, 13-14 December 2012.
  • James, E.K.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Doherty, S.; Young, M.W.; Hawes, C.; Squire, G.R.; (2012) Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) by faba bean at the Centre for Sustainable Cropping (CSC), Dundee, Scotland., 10th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference. Munich, 2-5 September 2012.
  • Devos, Y.; Barberi, P.; Perry, J.N.; Squire, G.R.; Sweet, J.B.; Messean, A. (2012) Scenario-analysis to assess impacts of altered cropping and management practices associated with GMHT crop cultivation – RR soybean as a case study., MEACB Meeting of the European Advisory Committee on Biosafety, Pars, France, 13-14 December 2012.
  • Squire, G.R.; Begg, G.S.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.; Karley, A.J. (2012) Impacts of GMHT crops on biodiversity and ecosystem services., MEACB Meeting of the European Advisory Committee on Biosafety, Paris, France, 13-14 December 2012.
  • Graham, J.; Woodhead, M.; Smith, K.; Marshall, B.; Ramsay, G.; Russell, J.R.; Squire, G.R. (2011) Declines in wild raspberry populations may limit the genetic resources of future raspberry breeding., Berry Garden Conference.
  • Begg, G.S.; Hawes, C.; Birch, A.N.E.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Squire, G.R.; Young, M.W. (2011) Managing landscape cropping patterns in support of arable biodiversity., Association of Applied Biologists – Agricultural Ecology Research: It’s Role in Delivering Sustainable Farm Systems, Dundee, 15-16 June 2011 (Talk).
  • Karley, A.J.; Hawes, C.; Valentine, T.A.; Johnson, S.N.; Toorop, P.E.; Squire, G.R.; Young, M.W.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2011) Can arable weeds contribute to ecosystem service provision? Functional diversity in shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris L. Medik.)., Aspects of Applied Biology, Agricultural Ecology Research: Its role in delivering sustainable farm systems, Dundee, 15-16 June 2011, 109, pp31-38.
  • Young, M.W.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; James, E.K.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R. (2011) Increasing the sustainability of arable yield and reducing the dependence on chemical N fertilisers., Aspects of Applied Biology, Agricultural Ecology Research: Its role in delivering sustainable farm systems, Dundee, 15-16 June 2011, 109, pp81-86.
  • James, E.K.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Squire, G.R. (2010) Nodulation of agriculturally and ecologically important legumes in East Scotland by Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. vicieae., Nitrogen and Global Change Conference, Edinburgh International Conference Centre, 11-14 April 2010.
  • Watson, C.A.; Ball, B.C.; Hallett, P.D.; Hawes, C.; Hoad, S.P.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; McRoberts, N.; Squire, G.R.; Topp, C.F.E. (2010) Developing sustainable multi-functional cropping systems: integrating disciplinary approaches and scales., 11th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy, Montpellier, France, 29 August – 3 September 2010.
  • Karley, A.J.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Valentine, T.A.; Bingham, I.J.; Hoad, S.; Young, M.W.; Squire, G.R. (2010) Impact of plant traits on nitrogen-efficiency and compartmentation in arable systems., Association of Applied Biologists – Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Plants and Crops, Olde Barn Hotel, Marston, Lincs, UK 15-16 December 2010. Aspects of Applied Biology, 105, 89-96.
  • Begg, G.S.; Birch, A.N.E.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Young, M.W.; Squire, G.R. (2010) Engineering arable landscapes to balance the pros and cons of weeds., IOBC/wprs Working Group Meeting – Landscape Management for Functional Biodiversity, Cambridge, 22 June – 1 July 2010.
  • Banks, G.; Young, M.W.; Squire, G.R. (2010) Demography of feral oilseed rape over 11 years in an agricultural region., 2nd International Conference on Implications of GM-Crop Cultivation at Large Spatial Scales, Bremen, Germany, 25-26 March 2010.

Conference posters / abstracts

  • Iannetta, P.P.M.; Begg, G.; Boath, A.; James, E.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.J.; Maluk, M.; Ferrando Molina, F.; Newton, A.C.; Quilliam, R.; Squire, G. (2018) The potential of legume-supported food- and feed-chains to strengthen capacities for sustainable economic development., CECHR Annual Symposium, University of Dundee, Dundee, 21 May 2018.
  • Black, K.; Walker, G.; White, P.J.; Squire, G.R.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2017) Legume supported cereal production., Poster presentation to a visiting Chinese delegation led by Director General Dr. Jia of CRDTC the SMART FARM Imitative, Easter Howgate Farm, 16 October 2017.
  • Huby, G.; Grignard, L.; Messean, A.; Squire, G.R. (2016) Development of the AMIGA database., EU Research in Support of Environmental Risk Assessment for Genetically Modified Plants in Europe: The contribution of AMIGA project – AMIGA Final Event, Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, 10-11 May 2016.
  • Squire, G.R.; Quesada, N.; Young, M.W.; Messear, A.; Demade, M.; Chueca, C.; Mullins, E. (2016) Tools and methodologies for upscaling data from GM trials to regional landscapes., EU Research in Support of Environmental Risk Assessment for Genetically Modified Plants in Europe: The contribution of AMIGA project – AMIGA Final Event, Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, 10-11 May 2016.
  • Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Burgio, G.; Solone, R.; Cagan, L.; Hokkanen, H.; Djilianov, D.; Ichim, .C.; Tebbe, C.; Park, J. (2016) Baseline and indicators for evaluating the long-term effects of GM crops in Europe., EU Research in Support of Environmental Risk Assessment for Genetically Modified Plants in Europe: The contribution of AMIGA project – AMIGA Final Event, Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, 10-11 May 2016.
  • Squire G.R.; Demade, M. (2016) French: Biodiversite et production agricole. Evaluer les effets de l’agriculture au moyen d’un modele d’aide a la decision multicritere (arbre de decision). English: Biodiversity vs production in farmland. Assessing the effects of different land use with a multi-attribute decision model (decision tree)., Séminaire Annuel du RMT (Réseau Mixte Technologique) Agriculture et Biodiversité, “La biodiversité et les services écosystémiques: comment évaluer les services rendus par la biodiversité pour les productions agricoles”, Toulouse, France, 22-24 June 2016; Annual Seminar of the RMT (Technological network) Agriculture and Biodiversity, “Biodiversity and ecosystem services: how to assess biodiversity’s services for agriculture”, Toulouse, France, 22-24 June 2016
  • Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C. (2016) Soil management and fertility., LEAF (linking Environment and Farming) Conference – IFM: a Framework for the Future. The Dairy, Waddesden Manor, Buckinghamshire, UK, 19 May 2016.
  • Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Begg, G.S. (2016) Sustainable deintensification., Problems and Solutions in Food Security – from Surf to Turf. Scottish Universities Insight Institute (SUII), University of Strathclyde Glasgow, 23-24 May 2016. Poster.
  • Squire, G.R.; Young, M.W.; Banks, G.; Ford, L.; Quesada Pizarro N.; Begg, G.S.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J. (2016) Deintensify or die?, SRUC-SEPA Conference, What Future for our Farming Systems? Environmental Challenges and Integrated Solutions. Agriculture and the Environment XI, Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh 1-2 March 2016.
  • Karley, A.J.; Preedy, K.; Young, M.; Banks G.; Ford, L.; Squire, G. (2016) The contribution of weeds to biodiversity and nitrogen dynamics in lowland arable systems., SRUC-SEPA Conference, What Future for our Farming Systems? Environmental Challenges and Integrated Solutions. Agriculture and the Environment XI, Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh 1-2 March 2016.
  • Iannetta, P.P.M.; James, E.K.; Hawes, C.; Lopez Del Egido, L.; Karley, A.; Olukosi, O.; Houdijk, J.; Crampton, V.; Moench, M.; Palomba, G.; Ianieri, J.; Clarke, F.; Duncan, K.; Squire, G.; Walker, G.; Ramsay, G. (2014) The road less travelled: from ‘ecological services’ to ‘agronomic practice., In: Abstracts of the European Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting, University of Debrecen, Hungary 25-29 September 2014. Poster presentation.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Hallett, P.D.; Binnie, K.; Young, M.W.; Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Bengough, A.G. (2014) Soil strength and pore structure interact to influence root elongation in many agricultural soils., Society of Experimental Biology (SEB) Annual Main Meeting, University of Manchester, 1-4 July 2014. (Poster)
  • Young, M.W.; Begg, G.S.; Hawes, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R. (2012) Modelling the utility of legumes: increasing the sustainability of arable yield and reducing the dependence on inorganic nitrogenous fertilisers., 2nd Annual Meeting of Legume Futures, University of Athens, 26-30 March 2012 (Poster).
  • Karley, A.J.; Valentine, T.A.; Squire, G.R.; Binnie, K.; Skiba, A.K.; Doherty, S.B. (2012) Wheat root ideotypes for improved resource use in reduced input agriculture., 8th Symposium of the International Society for Root Research, Dundee, 26-29 June 2012 (Poster).
  • James, E.K.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Doherty, S.; Young, M.W.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R.; (2012) Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) by faba bean at the Centre for Sustainable Cropping, Dundee, Scotland., 2nd Annual Meeting of Legume Futures, University of Athens, 26-30 March 2012 (Poster).
  • Iannetta, P.P.M.; Young, M.W.; Begg, G.S.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R. (2012) Modelling the utility of legumes: increasing the sustainability of arable yield and reducing the dependence on inorganic nitrogenous fertilisers., 12th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy, Helsinki, Finland, 20-24 August 2012 (Poster).
  • Devos, Y.; Barberi, P.; Perry, J.N.; Squire, G.R.; Sweet, J.B.; Messean, A. (2012) Scenario-analysis to assess impacts of altered cropping and management practices associated with GMHT crop cultivation – RR soybean as a case study., 6th Meeting of the European Advisory Committees on Biosafety (MEACB), Paris, France, 13-14 December 2012.
  • Valentine, T.A.; Karley, A.J.; Squire, G.R.; Hawes, C.; Hallett, P.D.; Bengough, A.G. (2011) Soil physical indicators: matching root traits to soil physical constraints., Rhizosphere 3 International Conference, Perth, Australia, 25-30 September 2011. (Poster)
  • James, E.K.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Kenicer, G.; Sprent, J.I.; Squire, G.R. (2011) Nodulation of Lathyrus and Vicia spp. in non-agricultural soils in East Scotland., Association of Applied Biologists – Agricultural Ecology Research: It’s Role in Delivering Sustainable Farm Systems, Dundee, 15-16 June 2011 (Poster).
  • Deng, W.; Jeng, D.S.; Toorop, P.E.; Hallett, P.D.; Squire, G.R.; Iannetta, P.P.M. (2011) Capsella bursa-pastoris L. Medik, (shepherd’s purse) myxospermous seed mucilage mechanically stabilises clay soil., Association of Applied Biologists – Agricultural Ecology Research: It’s Role in Delivering Sustainable Farm Systems, Dundee, 15-16 June 2011. (Poster)