School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine 138 Ucd Agriculture and Food Science Centre
Title
Lecturer
Address
School of Agriculture & Food Science Agriculture and Food Science Belfield Dublin 4
Telephone:
Ext. 7111
Email:
ei.dcu@elyod.newo
Biography:
National Certificate in Horticulture. ACOT (Teagasc)Kildalton College, Pilltown, Co. Kilkenny.
General Certificate in Horticulture. Royal Horticultural Society, London.
B.Agr. Sc. in Commercial Horticulture. University College Dublin.
Visiting Researcher Cornell University New York (1988)
Ph.D. 'Studies on Clubroot of Brassicas'. National University of Ireland.
Management Development. Irish Management Institute.
Research Interests
Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) Production.
Social and Therapeutic Horticulture.
Alternative ingredients from waste streams as components in peat reduced or non-peat horticultural growing media
Teaching Interests
HORT 20020 Fundamentals of Horticulture
HORT 30240 Food Production: Potato and Vegetable Crops
HORT 30250 Food Production: Protected Food Crops
HORT 30070 Professional Work Experience Horticulture
Recent Postgraduates
2011 Dr Jason Barry PhD
2011 Mr Conor McGee M.Sc (Agr.)
2005 Ms Yvonne Kelleher M.Agr.Sc Re-Discovering Horticulture: An Exploration from Plant Production to Social Capital.
2001 Ms Maria Reilly M.Agr.Sc An Evaluation of "Cabutz" casing additive and the effects of pH and ammonia concentration on selected pathogens of Agaricus bisporus (the cultivated mushroom).
1999 Ms Bridget Teresa O'Sullivan M.Agr.Sc Development of novel micropropagation technology for large-scale production of the flower crop, Zantedeschia (Calla Lilly).
1997 Ms Carol M. Scott M.Agr.Sc Studies on the Verticillium fungicola, the organism associated with Dry Bubble disease of cultivated mushrooms in Ireland.
