Items where Author is "Rayns, Francis"

Number of eprints: 20.

Journal paper

Kir, Alev; Cetinel, Barbaros; Sevim, Didar; Gungor, Feriste Ozturk; Rayns, Francis; Touliatos, Dionysios and Schmutz, Ulrich (2022) Agroecological Screening of Copper Alternatives for the Conservation of Soil Health in Organic Olive Production. Agronomy, 12 (7), p. 1712.

Dittrich, Christian; Pecenka, Ralf; Løes, Anne-Kristin; Caceres, Rafaela; Conroy, Judith; Rayns, Francis; Schmutz, Ulrich; Kir, Alev and Kruggel-Emden, Harald (2021) Extrusion of Different Plants into Fibre for Peat Replacement in Growing Media: Adjustment of Parameters to Achieve Satisfactory Physical Fibre-Properties. Agronomy MDPI, 11 (6), p. 1185.

Kir, Alev; Løes, Anne-Kristin; Cetinel, Barbaros; Turan, Hatice Sevim; Aydogdu, Erol; Pecenka, Ralf; Dittrich, Christian; Caceres, Rafaela; Lennartsson, Margi; Rayns, Francis; Conroy, Judith and Schmutz, Ulrich (2021) Testing peat-free growing media based on olive wood residues for olive saplings. Acta Horticultura, 1317, pp. 23-31.

Schmutz, Ulrich; Firth, Chris; Rayns, Francis and Rahn, Clive (2004) Can N Use and Farm Income be Optimized for Organic Field Vegetable Rotations in Europe? [Kann die N Nutzung und das Betriebseinkommen optimiert werden fuer organische Feldgemuese Fruchtfolgen in Europa?] Organic Farming, BGS Symposium No. 37. p. 200-203, 37, pp. 200-203.

Conference paper, poster, etc.

Rayns, Francis; Conroy, Judith; Goncalves Geiger, Anya and Schmutz, Ulrich (2021) Evaluating Alternatives To Fossil Fuel-Derived Plastic Mulches For Weed Control In An Organic Field Vegetable System. Paper at: Organic World Congress 2021, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB, Rennes, France, 8 - 10 September, 2021. [Completed]

Løes, Anne-Kristin; Schmutz, Ulrich; Katsoulas, Nikolaos; Caceres, Rafaela; Manuel De Cara, Francisco; Cirvillieri, Gabriella; Kir, Alev; Knebl, Lucas; Malinska, Krystyna; Oudshoorn, Frank; Raskin, Ben; Rayns, Francis; Valleix, Sophie and Conroy, Judith (2021) Peat, Plastic And Fertilisers In Organic Growing Across Europe - Current Use And Future Options. Poster at: Organic World Congress 2021, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB, Rennes, France, 8 - 10 September, 2021.

Kir, Alev; Løes, Anne-Kristin; Cetinel, Barbaros; Turan, Hatice Sevim; Aydogdu, Erol; Pacenka, Ralf; Dittrich, Christian; Caceres, Rafaela; Lennartsson, Margi; Rayns, Francis; Conroy, Judith and Schmutz, Ulrich (2021) Testing peat-free growing media based on olive wood residues for olive saplings. In: Testing peat-free growing media based on olive wood residues for olive saplings, Acta Horticultura, 1317, pp. 23-31.

Løes, Anne-Kristin; Schmutz, Ulrich; Katsoulas, Nikolaos; Caceres, Rafaela; de Cara, Manuel; Cirvilleri, Gabriella; Kir, Alev; Knebl, Lucas; Malinska, Krystyna; Oudshoorn, Frank; Raskin, Ben; Rayns, Francis; Valleix, Sophie and Conroy, Judith (2019) Peat, plastic and fertiliser in organic growing across Europe - current use and future options. Paper at: Organic World Congress, science forum, Rennes, France, September 23-25, 2020. [Submitted]

Schmutz, Dr Ulrich; Rayns, Dr Francis; Firth, Mr Chris; Nendel, Dr Claas; Lillywhite, Mr Rob; Zhang, Dr Kefeng and Rahn, Dr Clive (2008) National-scale modelling of N leaching in organic and conventional horticultural crop rotations - policy implications. Poster at: Cultivating the Future Based on Science: 2nd Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR, Modena, Italy, June 18-20, 2008.

Schmutz, Dr Ulrich; Rayns, Dr Francis; Firth, Mr Chris; Rosenfeld, Dr Anton; Thorup-Kristensen, Dr Kristian; Zhang, Dr Kefeng and Rahn, Dr Clive (2006) Environmental and economic modelling of organic, stockless, horticultural crop rotations. Paper at: Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.

Rayns, Francis; Schmutz, Ulrich; Firth, Chris; Thorup-Kristensen, Kristian; Zhang, Kefeng and Rahn, Clive (2006) The use of computer modelling to evaluate the agronomic, economic and environmental impacts of N management in contrasting organic rotations. In: Atkinson, C.; Ball, B.; Davies, D.H.K.; Rees, R.; Russell, G.; Stockdale, E.A.; Watson, C.A.; Walker, R. and Younie, D. (Eds.) Aspects of Applied Biology 79, What will organic farming deliver? COR 2006, Association of Applied Biologists, pp. 171-174.

Schmutz, Ulrich; Firth, Chris and Rayns, Francis (2005) Economic analysis of stockless, horticultural crop rotations on a model farm in temperate zone organic systems. Paper at: Researching Sustainable Systems - International Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture, Adelaide, Australia, September 21-23, 2005. [Unpublished]

Report

Zikeli, Sabine; Weiler, Carolin Susanne; Løes, Anne-Kristin; Conroy, Judith; Rayns, Francis; Touliatos, Dennis; Malinska, Krystyna; Drozdz, Danuta and Laursen, Casper (editor): Schmutz, Ulrich and Rayns, Francis (Eds.) (2022) Deliverable 5.7.Technical report on alternative fertilisers (arable farming and vegetables). University of Hohenheim, Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.

Caceres, Rafaela; Carreras, Mar; Colom, Gloria; Manubens, Joan; Rayns, Francis; Conroy, Judith; Touliatos, Dennis; Schmutz, Ulrich; Lennartsson, Margi; Kir, Alev; Løes, Anne-Kristin; McKinnon, Kirsty; Pecenka, Ralf and Dittrich, Christian (editor): Schmutz, Ulrich and Conroy, Judith (Eds.) (2022) Report on Farmer-focused open days. Organic PLUS: Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe Deliverable 5.9. .

Caceres, Rafaela; Carreras, Mar; Pecenka, Ralf; Dittrich, Christian; Kir, Alev; Rayns, Francis; Conroy, Judith; Touliatos, Dennis; Schmutz, Ulrich; Lykas, Christos; Kazi, Martha; Zografou, Maria; Katsoulas, Nikolaos; McKinnon, Kirsty and Løes, Anne-Kristin (editor): Schmutz, Ulrich and Rayns, Francis (Eds.) (2022) Report on trials with alternative growing media (replacement of contentious input peat). Organic PLUS: Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe Deliverable 5.8. .

Zikeli, Sabine; Weiler, Carolin Susanne; Løes, Anne-Kristin; Conroy, Judith; Rayns, Francis; Touliatos, Dennis; Schmutz, Ulrich; Malinska, Krystyna; Drozdz, Danuta and Laursen, Casper (editor): Schmutz, Ulrich and Rayns, Francis (Eds.) (2022) Summary paper on alternative fertilisers. Organic PLUS: Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe Deliverable 5.6. .

Oudshoorn, Frank; Kristensen, Cecilie; Løes, Anne-Kristin; Caceres, Rafaela; Kir, Alev; Pecenka, Ralf; Knebl, Lucas; Postawa, Przemyslaw; Stachowiak, Tomasz; Szczypior, Agnieszka; Montemayor, Erica; Malinska, Krystyna; Zikeli, Sabine; Conroy, Judith; Rayns, Francis and Schmutz, Ulrich (2019) Report on alternatives to contentious inputs (WP SOIL). Organic-PLUS deliverables, no. Deliverable 5.2. .

Løes, Anne-Kristin; Katsoulas, Nikolaos; Caceres, Rafaela; de Cara, Manuel; Cirvilleri, Gabriella; Kir, Alev; Knebel, Lucas; Malinska, Krystyna; Oudshoorn, Frank; Raskin, Ben; Rayns, Francis; Valleix, Sophie and Schmutz, Ulrich (2018) Current use of peat, plastic and fertiliser inputs in organic horticultural and arable crops across Europe. Deliverables from the Organic PLUS project: Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe, Deliverable, no. 5.1, Version 1.1. Coventry University, Coventry, UK.

Book chapter

Koller, Martin; Rayns, Francis and Schmutz, Ulrich (2016) Trials in Organic Horticulture. In: Koller, M.; Rayns, F.; Cubison, S. and Schmutz, U. (Eds.) Guidelines for Experimental Practice in Organic Greenhouse Horticulture. Research Report. BioGreenhouse COST Action FA 1105, www.biogreenhouse.org., chapter 2, pp. 13-22.

Practice tool

{Tool} Sort Out Your Soil: A practical guide to green manures. Creator(s): Rosenfeld, Anton and Rayns, Francis. Issuing Organisation(s): Cotswold Seeds Ltd., Garden Organic.

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