MS Student, Department of Crop Sciences
Education:
BSc Honours: Agriculture (2022) University of Reading. Dissertation title: Effects of Exogenous Acetic Acid on Glycine max Under Chronic Ozone Stress
Research:
During my undergraduate degree, I took an interest in novel and innovative climate change solutions within agronomic environments, with previous research investigating the use of anti-transpirants as a low-cost and practical method to protect crops from increasing concentrations of tropospheric ozone. I began my Master's in the Ainsworth lab in the summer of 2022 and subsequently joined LC3M (The Leverhulme Center for Climate Change Mitigation). I am part of a team working on the RockFACE (Free Air Carbon-dioxide Enrichment) project, which is exploring the potential interaction of elevated atmospheric CO2 and enhanced rock weathering in a maize-soybean cropping rotation. My aim is to help develop these new agronomic solutions that benefit both the farmer and the environment.
Publications:
Allen M., Allen D. (2021) Acetic acid is a low cost antitranspirant that increases begonia survival under drought stress. Scientia Horticulturae 287:110257. doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110257.
Allen M., Allen D. (2020) Biostimulant Potential of Acetic Acid Under Drought Stress Is Confounded by pH-Dependent Root Growth Inhibition. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:647. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00647.