Áine Murray
Post-Doctoral Nitrogen ResearcherResearch Interests
Develop approaches to quantify plant nitrogen availability in the soil across the year in both perennial ryegrass only and perennial ryegrass-white clover grassland swards. My research area will quantify both the supply of plant available nitrogen in the soil from mineralisation and biological N fixation, and the factors influence its supply identified.
Current Projects
- Develop approaches to quantify plant nitrogen availability in the soil across the year in both perennial ryegrass only and perennial ryegrass-white clover grassland swards.
- Farm systems experiment comparing perennial ryegrass only and perennial ryegrass-white clover swards at differing nitrogen fertiliser inputs.
Education
BAgSc in University College Dublin
PhD in Nitrogen Use Efficiency Strategies in temperate grazing dairy systems.
Murray, Á., Delaby, L., Gilliland, T.J., McClearn, B., Dineen, M., Guy, C. and McCarthy, B., 2022. A retrospective analysis of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) content fluctuation in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) swards under 4 years of intensive rotational dairy grazing. Agriculture, 12(4), p.549. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12040549