Dr. Joseph Lynch

Lecturer Grade

Department of Agriculture, Food & Animal Health

Joseph.Lynch@dkit.ie
North Building (NE224)
+353 (0) 42 93700200 (2511)

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MSc / Postgraduate Diploma in Agricultural Biotechnology

Course Type: Postgraduate Study Mode: Full-Time, Part-Time Delivery Method: Duration: 1-2 Years Level: 9

School of Health & Science

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Research & Interests

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My research interests range across crop and forage science and animal feed science, with a background in field crop experimentation, cereal agronomy and modelling, and the evaluation of ruminant feed nutritive value, in particular silage crop preservation.

Current Research Supervision and Projects

Clodagh King (Co-Supervisor) - Agcumulate - A study on the accumulation of microplastics in soils and terrestrial ecosystems.
Ryan Callan - Multispec - Ensiling Multispecies Swards
Remember Roger Adjei - CrOptions - Modelling wholecrop cereal biomass, yield and value for Ireland
Farjana Akter - Predicting the impact of climate change on Irish tillage farms and developing adaptation strategies
Ella Mulkerrins (Co-Supervisor)- Quantifying the incidence and implications of increasing disease pressure on perennial ryegrass farming in Ireland

Selected Publications:

Lynch, J.P., Doyle, D., McAuley, S., McHardy, F., Danneels, Q., Black, L.C., White, E.M. and Spink, J., 2017. The impact of variation in grain number and individual grain weight on winter wheat yield in the high yield potential environment of Ireland. European journal of agronomy, 87, pp.40-49.
Lynch, J.P., Glynn, E., Kildea, S. and Spink, J., 2017. Yield and optimum fungicide dose rates for winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties with contrasting ratings for resistance to septoria tritici blotch. Field Crops Research, 204, pp.89-100.
Lynch, J.P., Jin, L., Church, J.S., Baah, J. and Beauchemin, K.A., 2015. Fibrolytic enzymes and a ferulic acid esterase‐producing bacterial additive applied to alfalfa hay at baling: effects on fibre digestibility, chemical composition and conservation characteristics. Grass and Forage Science, 70(1), pp.85-93.
Lynch, J.P., O’Kiely, P., Waters, S.M. and Doyle, E.M., 2012. Conservation characteristics of corn ears and stover ensiled with the addition of Lactobacillus plantarum MTD-1, Lactobacillus plantarum 30114, or Lactobacillus buchneri 11A44. Journal of dairy science, 95(4), pp.2070-2080.

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Dr. Joseph Lynch

Lecturer Grade

Department of Agriculture, Food & Animal Health

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