DrTony Twamley

My research focuses on sustainable horticulture and plant health, with particular expertise in plant–microbe interactions, defence priming, and the valorisation of agricultural by-products for crop protection and soil improvement. My work spans from the use of elicitors to prime plant defences to innovative approaches for slug control.

I have published across plant pathology and crop protection, with ongoing postgraduate projects on by-product mulches and genomic studies of medicinal plants.

I teach widely across horticulture modules at UCD and GDIC (Guangzhou-Dublin International College), covering topics such as protected cropping, fruit and postharvest physiology, plants and people and fundamentals of horticulture.