A5028753192- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Phytase and its Applications
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
Lancaster University
2019-2023
James Hutton Institute
2016-2018
Phosphorus (P) is a key limiting factor in crop growth and essential for agriculture. As plant uptake of P inefficient, it commonly applied to maintain yields leading range negative environmental issues when excess. Additionally, mineral fertilisers derived from mined rock phosphate, which finite resource that needs be sustainably managed order food security the long-term. Phosphatase activity one several mechanistic responses deficiency plant-soil system, enabling mineralization organic...
Citrate and phytase root exudates contribute to improved phosphorus (P) acquisition efficiency in Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) when both are produced a P‐deficient soil. To test the importance of intermingling interaction citrate exudates, plant‐lines with constitutive expression heterologous (Cit) or fungal (Phy) exudation traits were grown under two treatments (roots separated intermingled) soils contrasting soil P availability. Complementarity plant mixtures varying efflux rate mobility...
Soils with a history of P fertilizer application may represent significant ‘bank’ residual soil P. The research community offers potential and emerging strategies for land managers to access this resource create sustainable management that rely less on inorganic fertilizers aid in closing the cycle.
Abstract Here we describe and evaluate the success of a multi‐institutional Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), which was established to address UK skills shortage in Soil Science. The government‐funded ‘STARS’ (Soils And Research Studentships) CDT 2015 across range universities research institutes UK. It recruited 41 PhD students equitably split institutions under four core themes identified as being central national need, namely, (1) Understanding soil–root interface, (2) Soils delivery...
<p>Phosphorus is closely linked to other nutrient cycles, notably carbon and nitrogen, therefore, understand potential risks food production models are required that simulate integrated cycling over long timescales. The soil-plant system model N14CP meets these requirements simulates both semi-natural agricultural environments. has been validated spatially temporally across a range of long-term experimental sites comparing soil C, N P, crop yields, in most instances performs...
<p>Soils Training and Research Studentships (STARS) is a NERC BBSRC funded Centre for Doctoral (CDT).  The consortium comprises of four universities research institutes from around England, Scotland Wales who are collaborating to offer training PhD students in soil science. program offered forty studentships over cohorts, which started 2016 due complete 2022. ambitious aimed address the under representation science graduates UK higher education...
<p>The association of microorganisms and soil nutrient cycles has been observed for over 200 years, their importance in the phosphorus (P) cycle is well documented. In-soil trophic interactions between bacteria bacterivorous nematodes have implicated increased plant access to organic P (P<sub>o</sub>).<sub></sub>However, existing data remains inconclusive lacks detail predictability.  This work aimed (1)...