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Synthetic pyrethroids in European surface waters: sources, occurrence and need to reduce contamination Open

Kristina L. Hitzfeld, Annette Aldrich, Susanne Barth, Simon Buijs, Anja Duffek , et al. · 2025

Pyrethroids represent a class of highly potent insecticides characterised by their widespread use, extreme toxicity to non-target aquatic organisms, complex regulatory status, and the unique challenges they pose for environmental monitorin…

Dynamic anaerobic digestion-based biorefineries for on-demand renewable energy and bioproducts in a circular bioeconomy Open

Rajas Shinde, Anga Hackula, Milena Marycz, Archishman Bose, Richard O’Shea , et al. · 2025

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an important biotechnology for treating biodegradable residues and producing bioenergy, yet its full potential remains untapped. We investigate a two-phase AD system for biorefinery applications, producing valua…

Differential biomass and nutrient accumulation in perennial ryegrass accessions under excess water treatment in field conditions during winter Open

Susanne Barth, C.K.Y. NG, L. MOLONEY-FINN, Jan L Humphreys, Sabrina Buqueroni Alves · 2024

Excess water is an abiotic stress in plants, but the level at which excess water becomes varies widely between plant species. We conducted a two growing season replicated excess flooding experiment that was planted with 24 accessions of pe…

Environmental and landscape genomics of Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) reveals clusters of loci involved with both resistance to wintering and increases in height. Open

Tomás Byrne, Niall Farrelly, Colin T. Kelleher, Trevor R. Hodkinson, Stephen Byrne , et al. · 2023

Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) occupies a large number of host environments across the Pacific Northwest, stretching from California to Alaska. Populations have become locally adapted to their environmental niche rather than undergoing sp…

Characterization of mesosulfuron-methyl + iodosulfuron-methyl and pyroxsulam–resistant annual bluegrass (<i>Poa annua</i>) in an annual cropping system Open

Vijaya Bhaskar Alwarnaidu Vijayarajan, Charlotte Morgan, Nawaporn Onkokesung, S. K. Cook, Trevor R. Hodkinson , et al. · 2023

Herbicide-resistant annual bluegrass ( Poa annua L.) has become a problem in non-arable land areas. In arable fields, P. annua is frequently of lower priority in weed control program due to the variety of control options available and the …

Demand-driven biogas production from Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors to balance the power grid Open

Rajas Shinde, Anga Hackula, Richard O’Shea, Susanne Barth, Jerry D. Murphy , et al. · 2023

Future energy systems necessitate dispatchable renewable energy to balance electrical grids with high shares of intermittent renewables. Biogas from anaerobic digestion (AD) can generate electricity on-demand. High-rate methanogenic reacto…

An innovative food system approach to diversifying protein intake: <span>Protein‐I</span>: Shared Island sustainable healthy nutrition Open

Lorraine Brennan, Aoife O’Gorman, Susanne Barth, Trevor Cadden, Moira Dean , et al. · 2022

There is a need to transform our current food system if we are to feed the rapidly expanding global population while maintaining planetary health. Within the island of Ireland, there is an urgent need to diversify the foods that currently …

Grass-weed challenges, herbicide resistance status and weed control practices across crop establishment systems in Ireland’s mild Atlantic climate Open

Vijaya Bhaskar Alwarnaidu Vijayarajan, Réamonn Fealy, S. K. Cook, Nawaporn Onkokesung, Susanne Barth , et al. · 2022

The challenges of grass-weed control in a mild Atlantic climate, added to by the use of non-inversion tillage and limited herbicide options necessitated on-farm knowledge acquisition on grass weeds in Ireland. We surveyed 103 farms from 20…

Genetic Diversity and Structure of a Diverse Population of Picea sitchensis Using Genotyping-by-Sequencing Open

Tomás Byrne, Niall Farrelly, Colin T. Kelleher, Trevor R. Hodkinson, Stephen Byrne , et al. · 2022

Picea sitchensis, Sitka spruce, is of interest to forestry as both a conservation species and a highly productive crop. Its native range stretches from Alaska to California, and it is hence distributed across a large environmental cline wi…

A novel 3D X‐ray computed tomography (CT) method for spatio‐temporal evaluation of waterlogging‐induced aerenchyma formation in barley Open

Stephen Kehoe, Tomás Byrne, John Spink, Susanne Barth, Carl K.‐Y. Ng , et al. · 2022

Increased precipitation during winter months in Western Europe is predicted from climate change. This is expected to increase the frequency of flooding events, with waterlogged conditions becoming more prevalent. A consequence of waterlogg…

First Detection and Characterization of Cross- and Multiple Resistance to Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase (ACCase)- and Acetolactate Synthase (ALS)-Inhibiting Herbicides in Black-Grass (Alopecurus myosuroides) and Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) Populations from Ireland Open

Vijaya Bhaskar Alwarnaidu Vijayarajan, P.D. Forristal, S. K. Cook, David Schilder, Jimmy Staples , et al. · 2021

Understanding the resistance spectrum and underlying genetic mechanisms is critical for managing herbicide-resistant populations. In this study, resistance to acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) and acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors was i…

Physiological and transcriptional response to drought stress among bioenergy grass Miscanthus species Open