Crop Science Technician / Health & Safety Co-ordinator
Research Interests
Crop agronomy and physiology
Protein crops
Formation of yields
Crop sustainability
Plant pathology
Current Projects
CAPtuRE: Cereal APhid REsistance
Education
2016-2020: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Crop Science: “Optimising canopy size and structure in field beans (Vicia faba) grown in a temperate climate”. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
2009-2013: Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biosciences: Institute of Technology Carlow, Carlow, Ireland.
L.C. Murphy, D.L. Sparkes, J.H. Spink, S. Alves. 2019. Optimising canopy size and structure in field beans (Vicia faba). Irish Plant Scientists’ Association Meeting (IPSAM 2019), 25-27 June, Carlow, Ireland (oral presentation).
L.C. Murphy, D. Sparkes, J. Spink, S. Alves. 2018. Optimising canopy size and structure in field beans. National Tillage Conference, 31 January, Kilkenny, Ireland (poster presentation).
