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Fran Walley is a Professor Emerita in Soil Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on soil nitrogen dynamics, including factors affecting bioavailable soil nitrogen pools. She employs synchrotron-based techniques, specifically X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES), to elucidate the nature of soil nitrogen pools. A significant aspect of her work involves pulse crop agronomy, particularly concerning biological dinitrogen fixation. Walley has contributed to the development of effective inoculation strategies and studied the impact of agrichemicals on biological nitrogen fixation. Her research also explores the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in improving soil quality and enhancing nitrogen use efficiency in cropping systems. Furthermore, she has investigated the benefits of microbial agents for biocontrol in pulse crop production and the effects of intercropping on dinitrogen fixation. Her recent projects focus on utilizing enhanced efficiency fertilizer technologies to improve nitrogen use efficiency in various cropping systems, primarily conducted in western Canada and in collaboration with Hawassa University in Ethiopia.
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