Dr Christina Marley
PhD

Reader
Contact Details
- Email: cvm@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-6464-189X
- Office: Room 235, William Davies, IBERS Gogerddan
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 823084
- Research Portal Profile
Teaching
Module Coordinator
Tutor
- BDM5620 - Silage Science
- BR35720 - Equine Nutrition and Pasture Management
- BDM5920 - Livestock Health and Welfare
Lecturer
- BDM5620 - Silage Science
- BR35720 - Equine Nutrition and Pasture Management
- BRM0320 - Livestock Nutrition
- BDM5920 - Livestock Health and Welfare
Grader
Coordinator
Research
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. Smart Animal Production, Springer Nature, pp. 17-53. 10.1007/978-3-031-22584-0_2
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.
Crotty, F, McCalman, H, Powell, H, Buckingham, S & Marley, C 2019, 'Should farmers apply fertilizer according to when their daffodils are in flower? Utilizing a “farmer-science” approach to understanding the impact of soil temperature on spring N fertilizer application in Wales', Soil Use and Management, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 169-176. 10.1111/sum.12503
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