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Penny R. Hirsch is a researcher affiliated with Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Plant Science, Ecology, Soil Science, Molecular Biology, and Pollution as subfields.

The main topics of study for Hirsch include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Gut Microbiota and Health, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Nematode Management and Characterization Studies, and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Hirsch's recent publications highlight a range of research in microbial ecology and soil-plant interactions. Selected recent papers include:

  • Century long fertilization reduces stochasticity controlling grassland microbial community succession, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Wheat dwarfing influences selection of the rhizosphere microbiome, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Metagenomic approaches reveal differences in genetic diversity and relative abundance of nitrifying bacteria and archaea in contrasting soils, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Theory of microbial coexistence in promoting soil-plant ecosystem health, 2021, Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • Identification of microbial signatures linked to oilseed rape yield decline at the landscape scale, 2021, Microbiome

Hirsch frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry (1 publication)
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils (1 publication)
  • Microbiome (1 publication)
  • European Journal of Soil Science (1 publication)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Hirsch's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Ian M. Clark (9 co-authored works)
  • Tim H. Mauchline (5 co-authored works)
  • David Hughes (4 co-authored works)
  • Yuting Liang (2 co-authored works)
  • Bo Sun (2 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • A binary plant vector strategy based on separation of vir- and T-region of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti-plasmid

    A. Hoekema;P. R. Hirsch;P. R. Hirsch;P. J. J. Hooykaas;R. A. Schilperoort

  • Are root exudates more important than other sources of rhizodeposits in structuring rhizosphere bacterial communities

    Paul G. Dennis;Paul G. Dennis;Paul G. Dennis;Anthony J. Miller;Penny R. Hirsch

  • Soil pH Determines Microbial Diversity and Composition in the Park Grass Experiment

    Kateryna Zhalnina;Raquel Dias;Patricia Dörr de Quadros;Patricia Dörr de Quadros;Austin Davis-Richardson

  • Soil management in relation to sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services

    D S Powlson;P J Gregory;W R Whalley;J N Quinton

  • Failure of the Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine: some species of environmental mycobacteria block multiplication of BCG and induction of protective immunity to tuberculosis

    Lise Brandt;Joana Feino Cunha;Anja Weinreich Olsen;Ben Chilima;Ben Chilima

  • High frequency transfer of nodulating ability between strains and species of Rhizobium

    A. W. B. Johnston;J. L. Beynon;A. V. Buchanan-Wollaston;S. M. Setchell

  • Accessing the soil metagenome for studies of microbial diversity.

    Tom O. Delmont;Patrick Robe;Sébastien Cecillon;Ian M. Clark

  • Simple and rapid method fordirect extraction of microbial DNA fromsoil for PCR

    D.W. Cullen;P.R. Hirsch

  • Culture-independent molecular techniques for soil microbial ecology

    Penny R. Hirsch;Tim H. Mauchline;Ian M. Clark

  • TerraGenome: A consortium for the sequencing of a soil metagenome

    Timothy M. Vogel;Pascal Simonet;Janet K. Jansson;Penny R. Hirsch

  • Structure, Fluctuation and Magnitude of a Natural Grassland Soil Metagenome

    Tom O Delmont;Emmanuel Prestat;Kevin P Keegan;Michael Faubladier;Michael Faubladier

  • Absence of nitrogen fixation in clover grown on soil subject to long-term contamination with heavy metals is due to survival of only ineffective Rhizobium

    K.E. Giller;S.P. McGrath;P.R. Hirsch

  • Use of molecular and isotopic techniques to monitor the response of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing populations of the β subdivision of the class Proteobacteria in arable soils to nitrogen fertilizer

    T. A. Mendum;R. E. Sockett;P. R. Hirsch

  • Data analysis for 16S microbial profiling from different benchtop sequencing platforms.

    Victor S. Pylro;Victor S. Pylro;Luiz Fernando W. Roesch;Daniel K. Morais;Daniel K. Morais;Ian M. Clark

  • A physical map of pPH1JI and pJB4JI

    P.R. Hirsch;J.E. Beringer

  • Physical Identification of Bacteriocinogenic, Nodulation and Other Plasmids in Strains of Rhizobium leguminosarm

    P. R. Hirsch;M. Van Montagu;A. W. B. Johnston;N. J. Brewin

  • Infection of plant-parasitic nematodes by nematophagous fungi - a review of the application of molecular biology to understand infection processes and to improve biological control.

    Oliver C. Morton;Penny R. Hirsch;Brian R. Kerry

  • The use of real-time PCR and species-specific primers for the identification and monitoring of Paecilomyces lilacinus

    Simon D. Atkins;Ian M. Clark;Sonal Pande;Penny R. Hirsch

  • Detection and quantification of Plectosphaerella cucumerina, a potential biological control agent of potato cyst nematodes, by using conventional PCR, real-time PCR, selective media, and baiting.

    S. D. Atkins;I. M. Clark;D. Sosnowska;P. R. Hirsch

  • Plant and rhizosphere processes involved in phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils.

    S. P. McGrath;F. J. Zhao;E. Lombi;D. S. Powlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Clark
Ian Clark Rothamsted Research
Brian R. Kerry
Brian R. Kerry Rothamsted Research
Steve P. McGrath
Steve P. McGrath Rothamsted Research
Anthony J. Miller
Anthony J. Miller John Innes Centre
Keith Goulding
Keith Goulding Rothamsted Research
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Philip C. Brookes
Philip C. Brookes Zhejiang University
Liyou Wu
Liyou Wu University of Oklahoma
Saran Sohi
Saran Sohi University of Edinburgh
David S. Powlson
David S. Powlson Rothamsted Research

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