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My research interests include: Neonatal survival. Developing alternative farrowing and lactation systems for sows and litters. Implementing uptake of high welfare systems and practices. Mitigating the health and welfare impacts of selection for production traits such as hyper-prolificacy. Using technology to allow early detection of animal health and welfare problems. Optimising performance of high welfare systems using genetic selection strategies. Understanding the short- and long-term health and welfare benefits of positive early-life experiences and understanding negative affective states
Current research interests Investigating the virulence function of Avr2 Exploring crosstalk between development and plant disease resistance Dissecting the role of light signalling in plant immunity Phytophthora rubi: Insight into root rot of Raspberry
My interests range between all aspects of grass and grassland agronomy; from agricultural production of grass for livestock production; through grasses for soil stabilisation on engineered sites; to the provision of grass playing surfaces for sports and leisure activities. I am also interested in the potential future role of grassland for the provision of harvestable material that can be used for renewable energy production and bioprocessing.
Carla Barlagne is a researcher in agricultural and rural economics working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences ( SEGS) research group at the James Hutton Institute. She has a background in agronomy, agricultural economics and behavioural economics. Prior to joining The James Hutton Institute she has received her PhD from The University of the French West Indies and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and carried a one-year postdoc at INRA (Guadeloupe, French West Indies/Paris, France). Her research investigates the generation, uptake and development of