Newcastle University

Research Interests

Factors affecting the efficiency of production and utilization of grasses, legumes and other forage crops in temperate environments
Interactions between grassland production and the environment
The restoration of land disturbed by industrial activity to agricultural or amenity use
Recycling of waste products onto land
Evaluation of different farming systems

Undergraduate Teaching

Module leader and sole contributor to ACE2019 Grassland.
Module leader for ACE3025 Forage Utilization.
Module leader and principal contrbutor for ACE3026 Land Reclamation

• Shirif A, Chaudhry AS, Younger A. Effect of Soaked and urea treated wheat straw based diets on live weight of wether sheep. In: British Society of Animal Science and the Association of Veterinary Teaching and Research Work. 2012, University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus: Cambridge University Press.
• Promkhambut A, Polthanee A, Akkasaeng C, Younger A. A flood-free period combined with early planting is required to sustain yield of pre-rice sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil & Plant Science 2011, 61(4), 345-355.
• Promkhambut A, Polthanee A, Akkasaeng C, Younger A. Growth, yield and aerenchyma formation of sweet and multipurpose sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) as affected by flooding at different growth stages. Australian Journal of Crop Science 2011, 5(8), 954-965.
• Promkhambut A, Younger A, Polthanee A, Akkasaeng C. Morphological and physiological responses of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) to waterlogging. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 2010, 9(4), 183-193.
• Al-Tabini RJ, Younger A. Browsing behaviour of Awassi ewes on Atriplex nummularia. In: 54th annual meeting of The Society for Range Management, Hawaii. 2001, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
• Shiel RS, El Tilib AMA, Younger A. The influence of fertilizer nitrogen, white clover content and environmental factors on the nitrate content of perennial ryegrass and ryegrass/white clover swards. Grass and Forage Science 1999, 54(3), 275-285.
• Younger A, Rimmer DL. Land reclamation after coal mining operations. Contaminated Land and its Reclamation: Issues in Environmental Science and Technology. Eds Hester RE & Harrison RM. Pub. Royal Society of Chemistry, 7, 73-90 1997.
• Younger A, Chapman R, Collins J. Control of legumes in a species-rich meadow re-created on land restored after opencast coal mining. Restoration Ecology, 4, No 4, 407-411 1996.
• Smith RS, Buckingham H, Bullard MJ, Shiel RS, Younger A. The conservation management of mesotrophic (meadow) grassland in northern England. 1. Effects of grazing, cutting date and fertilizer on the vegetation of a traditionally managed sward. Grass and Forage Science 1996, 51(3), 278-291.