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Alan T. Critchley

Alan T. Critchley

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
63
Citations
14752
World Ranking
1032
National Ranking
36

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Ascophyllum, Ecology, Kappaphycus and Food science. His Botany study incorporates themes from Salinity and Carrageenan. He works mostly in the field of Ascophyllum, limiting it down to topics relating to Arabidopsis and, in certain cases, Arabidopsis thaliana, Auxin, Plant physiology and Chlorophyll, as a part of the same area of interest.

As a part of the same scientific study, Alan T. Critchley usually deals with the Ecology, concentrating on Agroforestry and frequently concerns with Environmental impact assessment, Nutrient content and Coral Triangle. Alan T. Critchley has included themes like Chromatography, Chondracanthus, Epiphyte and Eucheuma in his Kappaphycus study. In his study, Animal feed and Proximate analysis is strongly linked to Kelp, which falls under the umbrella field of Food science.

His most cited work include:

  • Seaweed Extracts as Biostimulants of Plant Growth and Development (664 citations)
  • Identification of selected seaweed polysaccharides (phycocolloids) by vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR and FT-Raman) (230 citations)
  • Variability of Iodine Content in Common Commercially Available Edible Seaweeds (180 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Alan T. Critchley mainly investigates Botany, Ascophyllum, Algae, Kappaphycus and Ecology. His Botany research incorporates elements of Horticulture and Carrageenan. His work carried out in the field of Ascophyllum brings together such families of science as Arabidopsis thaliana, Food science, Propagule, Arabidopsis and Plant physiology.

His Kappaphycus study combines topics in areas such as Biomass, Agriculture and Eucheuma. His research integrates issues of Agroforestry and Biotechnology in his study of Agriculture. The Sargassum muticum, Range and Flora research Alan T. Critchley does as part of his general Ecology study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as East coast, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (40.67%)
  • Ascophyllum (23.33%)
  • Algae (19.33%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Ascophyllum (23.33%)
  • Agroforestry (8.67%)
  • Algae (19.33%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Ascophyllum, Agroforestry, Algae, Agriculture and Ecology are his primary areas of study. His work carried out in the field of Ascophyllum brings together such families of science as Thallus, Kappaphycus, Kappaphycus alvarezii and Horticulture. His Thallus study results in a more complete grasp of Botany.

His Botany research includes themes of Intertidal ecology and Seasonality. His Algae research integrates issues from Kelp and Carrageenan. His Agriculture study incorporates themes from Terrestrial plant, Biotechnology and Toxicology.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Seaweed production: overview of the global state of exploitation, farming and emerging research activity (178 citations)
  • Sustainable harvesting of wild seaweed resources. (52 citations)
  • Ascophyllum nodosum-Based Biostimulants: Sustainable Applications in Agriculture for the Stimulation of Plant Growth, Stress Tolerance, and Disease Management. (50 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

Alan T. Critchley mainly focuses on Ascophyllum, Kappaphycus, Agriculture, Agroforestry and Horticulture. His Ascophyllum study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabidopsis, Abiotic component and Plant physiology. Biotic stress, Botany and Thallus is closely connected to Biomass in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Kappaphycus.

His study in Agriculture is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Nutrient and Aquatic organisms. Alan T. Critchley combines subjects such as Productivity and Antioxidant with his study of Horticulture. His Carrageenan research focuses on Algae and how it connects with Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Seaweed Extracts as Biostimulants of Plant Growth and Development

    Wajahatullah Khan;Wajahatullah Khan;Usha P. Rayirath;Sowmyalakshmi Subramanian;Mundaya N. Jithesh

  • Seaweed production: overview of the global state of exploitation, farming and emerging research activity

    Alejandro H. Buschmann;Carolina Camus;Javier Infante;Amir Neori

  • Identification of selected seaweed polysaccharides (phycocolloids) by vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR and FT-Raman)

    Leonel Pereira;Ana M. Amado;Alan T. Critchley;Fred van de Velde

  • Ascophyllum nodosum -Based Biostimulants: Sustainable Applications in Agriculture for the Stimulation of Plant Growth, Stress Tolerance, and Disease Management.

    Pushp Sheel Shukla;Emily Grace Mantin;Mohd Adil;Sruti Bajpai

  • Variability of Iodine Content in Common Commercially Available Edible Seaweeds

    Jane Teas;Sam Pino;Alan Critchley;Lewis E. Braverman

  • Regulation of Phytohormone Biosynthesis and Accumulation in Arabidopsis Following Treatment with Commercial Extract from the Marine Macroalga Ascophyllum nodosum

    Owen S. D. Wally;Alan T. Critchley;David Hiltz;James S. Craigie

  • Prospects and challenges for industrial production of seaweed bioactives.

    Jeff T. Hafting;James S. Craigie;Dagmar B. Stengel;Rafael R. Loureiro

  • Rapid bioassays to evaluate the plant growth promoting activity of Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol. using a model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh

    Prasanth Rayorath;Mundaya N. Jithesh;Amir Farid;Wajahatullah Khan

  • Seaweeds for animal production use

    F. D. Evans;A. T. Critchley

  • Sustainable harvesting of wild seaweed resources.

    Michéal Mac Monagail;Lynn Cornish;Liam Morrison;Rita Araújo

  • Commercial extract of the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum enhances phenolic antioxidant content of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) which protects Caenorhabditis elegans against oxidative and thermal stress

    Di Fan;D. Mark Hodges;Junzeng Zhang;Christopher W. Kirby

  • Distribution and symptoms of epiphyte infection in major carrageenophyte-producing farms

    Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan;Chong Sim Chung;A. Q. Hurtado;Flower E. Soya

  • Carrageenans from Red Seaweeds As Promoters of Growth and Elicitors of Defense Response in Plants

    Pushp S. Shukla;Tudor Borza;Alan T. Critchley;Balakrishnan Prithiviraj

  • Seaweed resources of the world

    Alan T. Critchley;正夫 大野

  • On-land cultivation of functional seaweed products for human usage

    Jeff T. Hafting;Alan T. Critchley;M. Lynn Cornish;Scott A. Hubley

  • Lipophilic components of the brown seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum , enhance freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Prasanth Rayirath;Bernhard Benkel;D. Mark Hodges;Paula Allan-Wojtas

  • Seaweed extract improve drought tolerance of soybean by regulating stress-response genes

    Pushp S Shukla;Katy Shotton;Erin Norman;Will Neily

  • A Commercial Extract of Brown Macroalga (Ascophyllum nodosum) Affects Yield and the Nutritional Quality of Spinach In Vitro

    Di Fan;D. Mark Hodges;Alan T. Critchley;Balakrishnan Prithiviraj

  • Transcriptional and metabolomic analysis of Ascophyllum nodosum mediated freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Prasanth Nair;Saveetha Kandasamy;Junzeng Zhang;Xiuhong Ji

  • Cultivation of tropical red seaweeds in the BIMP-EAGA region

    Anicia Q. Hurtado;Grevo S. Gerung;Suhaimi Md Yasir;Alan T. Critchley

  • Occurrence of Polysiphonia Epiphytes in Kappaphycus Farms at Calaguas Is., Camarines Norte, Phillippines

    A. Q. Hurtado;A. T. Critchley;A. Trespoey;G. Bleicher Lhonneur

Frequent Co-Authors

Balakrishnan Prithiviraj
Balakrishnan Prithiviraj Dalhousie University
Alejandro H. Buschmann
Alejandro H. Buschmann University of Los Lagos
Nicholas A. Paul
Nicholas A. Paul University of the Sunshine Coast
Michael A. Borowitzka
Michael A. Borowitzka Murdoch University
Jennifer E. Smith
Jennifer E. Smith University of California, San Diego
Michael D. Guiry
Michael D. Guiry University of Galway
Liam Morrison
Liam Morrison University of Galway
Donald L. Smith
Donald L. Smith McGill University
Mark A. Ragan
Mark A. Ragan University of Queensland
Tim A. McAllister
Tim A. McAllister Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

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