Dr Christina Marley

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Dr Christina Marley

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Specific research interests include the optimisation of nutrient use from soil to animal products within ruminant livestock systems to reduce reliance on imported feeds and fertilisers and the use of nutrition to improve animal health.

Research Groups

  • Sustainable Grassland Systems and Agri-Food
  • Agri Systems

Publications

Muhandiram, NPK, Humphreys, MW, Fychan, R, Davies, JW, Sanderson, R & Marley, CL 2023, 'Designing agricultural grasses to help mitigate proteolysis during ensiling to optimize protein feed provisions for livestock', Food and Energy Security, vol. 12, no. 4, e475. 10.1002/fes3.475
Skot, L, Marley, C, Lloyd, D, Kingston-Smith, A & Humphreys, M 2023, Matching Feed Characteristics to Animal Requirements Through Plant Breeding. in I Kyriazakis (ed.), Smart Livestock Nutrition. Springer Nature, pp. 17-53.
Thomas, BJ, Fychan, R, McCalman, HM, Sanderson, R, Thomas, H & Marley, CL 2023, 'Vicia sativa as a grazed forage for lactating ewes in a temperate grassland production system', Food and Energy Security, vol. 12, no. 1, e374. 10.1002/fes3.374
Muhandiram Walawwe, N, Humphreys, M, Fychan, R, Davies, J, Sanderson, R & Marley, C 2020, 'Do agricultural grasses bred for improved root systems provide resilience to machinery-derived soil compaction?', Food and Energy Security, vol. 9, no. 3, e227. 10.1002/fes3.227
Collins, R, Marley, C, Williams, K, Sanderson, R & Humphreys, M 2019, 'Approaches to breeding forages for improved soil structure: the ‘Sureroot’ project.', Paper presented at BGS/BSSS Winter Meeting, Birmingham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 19 Mar 2019 - 19 Mar 2019 pp. 19-22.
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