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Mason MacDonald

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Mason MacDonald

Assistant Professor

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Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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24 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

531

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their Dalhousie University profile.

Abiotic and environmental stress in plant physiology Influence of climate change on crop yields and quality Seed preconditioning and other stress mitigating technologies Christmas tree physiology, ecology, and production Enhancing carbon sequestration in plants

Latest papers

Fungal Degradation of Microplastics—An Environmental Need
Toxics · 2026
Progressive exploration of the four municipal solid composting phases for microplastics pollution: Extraction, abundance, and distribution.
The Science of the total environment · 2026
Effect of Pyroligneous Acid on Needle Retention and Certain Stress-Related Phytochemicals in Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea).
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author

All 54 publications

54 publications.

Fungal Degradation of Microplastics—An Environmental Need

Rachel R. West, Mason Thane MacDonald, Chijioke Emenike

Toxics20267 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/toxics14010070 PMID: 41600619

Progressive exploration of the four municipal solid composting phases for microplastics pollution: Extraction, abundance, and distribution.

Adelugba A, MacDonald M, Asiedu S, Abbey L, Emenike C

The Science of the total environment20261 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181339 PMID: 41500131

Effect of Pyroligneous Acid on Needle Retention and Certain Stress-Related Phytochemicals in Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea).

Senthilkumar N, Kasu R, Ofoe R, Abbey L, MacDonald MT

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/plants15020261 PMID: 41600070

Ascorbic Acid Seed Priming Enhances Yield and Related Responses in Broccoli Under Water Deficit Stress.

Mohan VR, Abbey L, Hammermeister AM, MacDonald MT

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/plants15132085 PMID: 42452283

Co-application of selenium nanoparticles and Aloe vera gel alleviates chromium toxicity in spinach by modulating antioxidative defense mechanisms

Sahar Sajjad, Arslan Khan, Azeem Mushtaq, Mason Thane MacDonald, Muhammad Hamza, Saba Rasheed, Qamar uz Zaman, Mona S. Alwahibi, Shikha Alnamer, Afzal Hussain

Frontiers in Plant Science2026Open Access

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2026.1786570 PMID: 42179502

Editorial for Advances in Biostimulant Use on Horticultural Crops, First Edition.

Ofoe R, MacDonald MT, Abbey L

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.3390/plants15081139 PMID: 42075343

Chemical Seed Priming: Molecules and Mechanisms for Enhancing Plant Germination, Growth, and Stress Tolerance

Mason Thane MacDonald, Vijaya R. Mohan

Current Issues in Molecular Biology202549 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/cimb47030177 PMID: 40136431

Impact of Water Deficit Stress on Brassica Crops: Growth and Yield, Physiological and Biochemical Responses.

Mohan VR, MacDonald MT, Abbey L

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)202528 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/plants14131942 PMID: 40647951

A Combined Effect of Mixed Multi-Microplastic Types on Growth and Yield of Tomato

Chijioke Uche Emenike, Adeola Adelugba, Mason Thane MacDonald, Samuel Kwaku Asiedu, Raphael Ofoe, Lord Abbey

Microplastics202510 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/microplastics4010005

Exploring the potential of two vegetative indices, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index 2 (EVI2), to estimate balsam fir nutrition using uncrewed aerial vehicles and multispectral sensing

Mason Thane MacDonald, Travis J. Esau, Mathieu F. Bilodeau

Canadian Journal of Plant Science20252 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1139/cjps-2024-0072

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Mason MacDonald

Research

Latest papers

Fungal Degradation of Microplastics—An Environmental Need

Progressive exploration of the four municipal solid composting phases for microplastics pollution: Extraction, abundance, and distribution.

Effect of Pyroligneous Acid on Needle Retention and Certain Stress-Related Phytochemicals in Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea).

Ascorbic Acid Seed Priming Enhances Yield and Related Responses in Broccoli Under Water Deficit Stress.

Co-application of selenium nanoparticles and Aloe vera gel alleviates chromium toxicity in spinach by modulating antioxidative defense mechanisms

Editorial for Advances in Biostimulant Use on Horticultural Crops, First Edition.

Chemical Seed Priming: Molecules and Mechanisms for Enhancing Plant Germination, Growth, and Stress Tolerance

Impact of Water Deficit Stress on Brassica Crops: Growth and Yield, Physiological and Biochemical Responses.

A Combined Effect of Mixed Multi-Microplastic Types on Growth and Yield of Tomato

Exploring the potential of two vegetative indices, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index 2 (EVI2), to estimate balsam fir nutrition using uncrewed aerial vehicles and multispectral sensing

Frequent collaborators

Lord Abbey

Steeve Pépin

Martine Dorais

Chibuike Udenigwe

Yves Desjardins

Travis Esau

Chijioke Emenike

Samuel Asiedu

Aitazaz Farooque