Professor Hong J. DI, ONZM, FNZSSS, FNZIAHS, FRSNZ
Director of the New Zealand – China Water Research Centre (+)
Position: Professor of Soil and Environmental Science
Address:
Department of Soil and Physical Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PO Box 85084
Lincoln University
Lincoln 7647, Christchurch
New Zealand
Telephone: 64 3 4230779
Fax: 64 3 325 3607
Email: hong.di@lincoln.ac.nz
Website : http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/
Awards, honours, and memberships
Honoured by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the II, as Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM), for services to agricultural research. Announced in The Queen’s Birthday Honours, 2 June 2008.
Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ). 2016.
Elected as Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (FNZIAHS). 2008.
Agricom Significant Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of agriculture and horticulture. New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science Inc. 2005.
Awarded the New Zealand Society of Soil Science Leamy Award for Most Meritorious New Zealand Contribution to Soil Science published in the past 3 years (2000).
Research interests
Nitrate leaching, nitrous oxide emissions.
Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching using nitrification inhibitors.
Soil molecular microbial ecology.
Publications
Di, H.J. and Cameron, K.C. (2016). Inhibition of nitrification to mitigate nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions in grazed grassland: A review. Journal of Soils and Sediments 16: 1401–1420. DOI 10.1007/s11368-016-1403-8.
Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Podolyan, A., Edwards, G., de Klein, C., Dynes, R. and Woods, R. (2016). The potential of using alternative pastures, forage crops and gibberellic acid to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 16:2252–2262. DOI 10.1007/s11368-016-1442-1.
Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Podolyan, A., and Robinson, A. (2014). Effect of soil moisture status and a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, on ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier growth and nitrous oxide emissions in a grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.02.01. 73: 59-68.
Di, H.J. and Cameron, K.C. (2012). How does the application of different nitrification inhibitors affect nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching from cow urine in grazed pastures? Soil Use and Management 28: 54–61.
Di, H.J. and Cameron, K.C. (2011). Inhibition of ammonium oxidation by a liquid formulation of 3,4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) compared with a dicyandiamide (DCD) solution in six New Zealand grazed grassland soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments 11: 1032–1039.
Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Shen, J.P., Winefield, C.S., O’Callaghan, M., Bowatte, S. and He, J.Z. (2011). Methanotroph abundance not affected by applications of animal urine and a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, in six grazed grassland soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 11: 432-439. DOI 10.1007/s11368-010-0318-z.
Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Shen, J.P., Winefield, C.S., O’Callaghan, M., Bowatte, S. and He, J.Z. (2010). Ammonia oxidizing bacteria and archaea grow under contrasting soil nitrogen conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 72: 386-394.
Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Sherlock, R.R., Shen, J.P., He, J.Z., Winefield, C.S. (2010). Nitrous oxide emissions from grazed grassland as affected by a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, and relationships with ammonia oxidizing bacteria and archaea. Journal of Soils and Sediments DOI 10.1007/s11368-009-0174-x. 10: 943-954.
Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Shen, J.P., Winefield, C.S., O’Callaghan, M., Bowatte, S. and He, J.Z. (2009). Nitrification driven by bacteria and not archaea in nitrogen rich grassland soils. Nature Geoscience 2: 621-624.
Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Shen, J.P., He, J.Z., Winefield, C.S. (2009). A lysimeter study of nitrate leaching from grazed grassland as affected by a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, and relationships with ammonia oxidizing bacteria and archaea. Soil Use and Management 25: 454-461.
Di, H.J. and Cameron, K.C. (2008). Sources of nitrous oxide from 15N-labelled animal urine and urea fertilizer with and without a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD). Australian Journal of Soil Research 46: 76-82.
Di, H.J. and Cameron, K.C. (2007). Nitrate leaching losses and pasture yields as affected by different rates of animal urine nitrogen returns and application of a nitrification inhibitor – a lysimeter study. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 79: 281-290.
Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C. and R.R. Sherlock (2007). Comparison of the effectiveness of a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD), in reducing nitrous oxide emissions in four different soils under different climatic and management conditions. Soil Use and Management 23: 1-9.
Di, H.J. and Cameron, K.C. (2006). Nitrous oxide emissions from two dairy pasture soils as affected by different rates of a fine particle suspension nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD). Biology and Fertility of Soils 42: 472-480.
Di, H.J. and Cameron, K.C. (2005). Reducing environmental impacts of agriculture by using a fine particle suspension nitrification inhibitor to decrease nitrate leaching from grazed pastures. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 109: 202-212.
Dr Jiafa Luo
Member of Leadership Group (+)
Affiliations: AgResearch Email: Jiafa.Luo@agresearch.co.nz Website of your own organisation: http://www.agresearch.co.nz/ Honours, awards, and memberships: 2015, Winner, Gallagher Agricultural Science Award, the Kudos, Hamilton Science Awards Trust 2015, Consultation expert, Meeting organized by FAO on sustainable grassland and pasture management, Lanzhou University, China. (fully paid invitation) 2015, Invited speaker, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology and Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Agricultural nutrient management and practices to reduce nutrient losses, Hebei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China. (fully paid invitation) 2014, Invited by the New Zealand - China Centre of Dairy Excellence to give a keynote speech on dairy farm effluent and nutrient management in a dairy industry conference (fully paid invitation) International journal editorships: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment; Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis; The Open Agriculture Journal Member of the New Zealand Society of Soil Science Research interests Nitrogen cycling in farming systems; Sustainable dairy farm systems; Anima effluent and manure treatment technologies; Soil science, Nitrous oxide emissions and mitigation List of your recent publications: Hoogendoorn CJ, Luo J, Lloyd-West CM, Devantier BP, Lindsey SB, Sun, S, Pacheco D, Li Y, Theobald PW, Judge A (2016) Nitrous oxide emission factors for urine from sheep and cattle fed forage rape (Brassica napus L.) or perennial ryegrass/white clover pasture (Lolium perenne L./Trifolium repens) Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 227:11-23. Luo J, Ledgard SF, Wise B, Welten B, Lindsey S, Judge A, Sprosen M 2016. Effect of dicyandiamide (DCD) on nitrous oxide emissions from cow urine deposited on a pasture soil, as influenced by DCD application method and rate. Animal Production Science 56: 350-354. Li J, Luo J, Shi Y, Li Y, Ma Y, Ledgard SF, Wang L, Houlbrooke D, B L, Lindsey S 2016. Dung and farm dairy effluent affect urine patch nitrous oxide emissions from a pasture. Animal Production Science 56: 337-342. van der Weerden TJ , Luo J, Di HJ, Podolyan A, Phillips RL, Saggar S, de Klein CAM, Cox N, Ettema P, Rys G 2016. Nitrous oxide emissions from urea fertiliser and effluent with and without inhibitors applied to pasture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 219: 58–70. van der Weerden TJ , Cox N, Luo J, Di HJ, Podolyan A, Phillips RL, Saggar S, de Klein CAM, Ettema P, Rys G 2016. Refining the New Zealand nitrous oxide emission factor for urea fertiliser and farm dairy effluent. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 222: 133–137. Luo J, Ledgard SF, Wise B, Welten B, Lindsey S, Judge A, Sprosen M 2015. Effect of dicyandiamide (DCD) delivery method, application rate and season on pasture urine patch nitrous oxide emissions. Biology and Fertility of Soils 51: 453-464. Luo J, Sun XZ, Pacheco D, Ledgard SF, Lindsey SB, Hoogendoorn CJ, Wise B, Watkins NL 2015. Nitrous oxide emission factors for urine and dung from sheep fed either fresh forage rape (Brassica napus L.) or fresh perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Animal - An International Journal of Animal Bioscience 9: 534-543. Li J, Luo J, Shi Y, Lindsey S, Houlbrooke D, Ledgard S 2015. Nitrous oxide emissions from dairy farm effluent applied to a New Zealand pasture soil. Soil Use and Management 31: 279-289. De Klein C, Luo J, Woodward B, Styles T, Wise B, Lindsey S Cox N 2014. The effect of nitrogen concentration in synthetic cattle urine on nitrous oxide emissions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 188: 85-92. Ledgard SF, Luo J, Sprosen MS, Wyatt J, Balvert S, Lindsey S 2014. Effects of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) on pasture production, nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching in Waikato, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 57: 294-315. van der Weerden TJ, Luo J, Dexter M 2014. Addition of straw or sawdust to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from slurry produced by housed cattle: a field incubation study. Journal of Environmental Quality 43:1345–1355. De Klein C, Luo J, Woodward B, Styles T, Wise B, Lindsey S Cox N 2014. The effect of nitrogen concentration in synthetic cattle urine on nitrous oxide emissions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 188: 85-92. Li J, Shi Y, Luo J, Zaman M, Houlbrooke D, Ding W, Ledgard S, Ghani A 2014. Use of nitrogen process inhibitors for reducing gaseous nitrogen losses from land-applied farm effluents. Biology and Fertility of Soils 50: 133-145. Luo J, Hoogendoorn C, van der Weerden T, Saggar S, de Klein C, Giltrap D, Rollo M, Rys G 2013. Nitrous oxide emissions from grazed hill land. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 181: 58-68. Luo J, Ledgard SF, Lindsey SB 2013. Nitrous oxide and greenhouse gas emissions from a grazed pasture as affected by use of a nitrification inhibitor and a restricted grazing regime. Science of the Total Environment 465: 107-114.
Professor Keith Cameron
Member of Leadership Group (+)
Affiliations Professor and Head of Centre for Soil & Environmental Research Faculty of Agriculture & Life Sciences Lincoln University Canterbury New Zealand Email Keith.cameron@lincoln.ac.nz Website: http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/ http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/Research/Research-Centres/Centre-for-Soil-and-Environmental-Research/ Honours, awards, and memberships Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) Fellow of the NZ Society of Soil Science (FNZSSS) Fellow of the NZ Institute of Agricultural Science (FNZIAS) Awarded ‘A’ Grade Scholar (World Class Researcher) by PBRF assessment panel Member, NZAGRC Global Alliance Senior Scientist Award (GRASS) Advisory Panel. Research Interest Nitrification Inhibitors, soil nitrogen, nitrate leaching from soils, nitrous oxide emissions from grazed pasture systems, soil fertility, and soil physics. List of your recent publications Di, H.J. & Cameron, K.C. (2016). Inhibition of nitrification to mitigate nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions in grazed grassland: a review. Journal of Soils and Sediments 16: 1401-1420. Selbie, D.R., Lanigan, G.J., Laughlin, R.J., Di, H.J., Moir, J.L., Cameron, K.C., Clough, T.J., Watson, C.J., Grant, J., Somers, C., Richards, K.G. (2015). Confirmation of co-dentrification in grazed grassland. Nature Scientific Reports 5:17361. doi: 10. 1038/srep17361. Malcolm, B.J., Cameron, K.C., Edwards, G.R, Di, H.J. (2015). Nitrogen leaching losses from lysimeters containing winter kale: the effects of urinary N rate and DCD application. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 58(1), 13-25. Cameron, K.C., Di, H.J., Moir, J.L. (2014). Dicyandiamide (DCD) effect on nitrous oxide emissions, nitrate leaching and pasture yield in Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 57:251–270. Robinson, A., Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Podolyan, A., He, J.Z. (2014).The effect of soil pH and dicyandiamide (DCD) on N2O emissions and ammonia oxidiser abundance in a stimulated grazed pasture soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments 14: 1434 – 1444. Robinson, A., Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Podolyan, A. (2014). Effect of soil aggregate size and dicyandiamide on N2O emissions and ammonia oxidizer abundance in a grazed pasture soil. Soil Use and Management 30: 231-240. Selbie, D.R., Cameron, K.C., Di, H.J., Moir, J.L., Lanigan, G.J., Richards, K.G. (2014). The effect of urinary nitrogen loading rate and a nitrification inhibitor on nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland soil. Journal of Agricultural Science DOI: 10.1017/S0021859614000136. Guo, Yan, J., Di, Hong, J., Cameron, Keith, C., Li, Bowen (2014). Effect of application rate of a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD), on nitrification rate and ammonia-oxidising bacteria and archaea growth in a grazed pasture soil: an incubation study. Journal of Soils and Sediments 14: 897-903. Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Podolyan, A., Robinson, A. (2014). Effect of soil moisture status and a nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide on ammonia oxidiser growth and Nitrous oxide emissions in a grassland pasture. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 73: 59-68. Cameron, K.C., Di, H.J., Moir, J.L. (2013). Nitrogen losses from the soil/plant system: a review. Annals of Applied Biology 162: 145–173. Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C. (2011). Inhibition of ammonium oxidation by a liquid formulation of 3,4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) compared with a dicyandiamide (DCD) solution in six New Zealand grazed grassland soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments 11: 1032–1039. Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Shen, J.P., Winefield, C.S., O’Callaghan, M., Bowatte, S., He, J.Z. (2009). Nitrification driven by bacteria and not archaea in nitrogen rich grassland soils. Nature Geoscience 2: 621–624.
Dr Blair Miller
Member of Leadership Group (+)
Affiliations: Lincoln Agritech Limited Email: Blair.Miller@lincolnagritech.co.nz Website: www.lincolnagritech.co.nz Honours, awards, and memberships: Member NZSSS and New Zealand Hydrological Society Research interests: Mitigations for nitrate loss, including vadose and ground water processes, effluent management, Irrigation and water use efficiency, high resolution nitrate monitoring including sensor development. List of your recent publications Stenger, R., Wilson, S. R., Barkle, G. F., Close, M. E., Woodward, S. J. R., Burbery, L. F., Pang, L., Rekker, J., Wöhling, Th., Clague, J. C., McDowell, R., Thomas, S., Clothier, B., Lilburne, L., Miller, B. (2015) Transfer Pathways – New research to improve contaminant transfer understanding, NZ Hydrological Society Conference “From data to knowledge” p 261, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 1-4 December Miller, B.J., Clinton, P.W., Buchan, G.D., and Robson, A.B. (1997) Transpiration rates and canopy conductance of Pinus radiata D. Don growing with different pasture understoreys in agroforestry systems. International Union of Forest Research Organisations conference, Forests at the limit: Environmental constraints on forest function, Skukuza, Kruger National Park, SA, 11-17 May Miller B, Herbison J and McGregor G (2010) Final Report: Improved Irrigation Efficiency at Selwyn Dairies Ltd. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority funded project. Blair Miller, Graeme Buchan and Don Mead (1998) Thirsty Plants - Mixing trees and pasture works best when you understand the different needs of the plants. NZ Science Monthly, June 1998. http://nzsm.webcentre.co.nz/article1745.htm Blair Miller How to respond to the ‘water quality versus production debate’? NZ Food Manufacturer, 11 March 2016 Blair Miller Otago Farmers work together to meet their Water Meter Requirements Canterbury Farmer, July 2011
Dr Sam Carrick
Member of Leadership Group (+)
Affiliations Landcare Research Email carricks@landcareresearch.co.nz Website http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/home Honours, awards, and memberships 2014. Appointed to Council of New Zealand Soil Science Society. 2014. Appointed associate editor of the Journal of Environmental Quality. 2013. Landcare Research Distinguished service award, for achievement in science communication and technology transfer. 2010. Morice Fields award for exceptional merit in PhD thesis, NZ Soil Science Society. 2009. Summit-Quinphos award for 3rd year PhD students, NZ Soil Science Society. Member of the NZ Soil Science Society 2008. Royal Society international travel grant. 2005 - 2008. AgMardt PhD scholarship. Research interests Research Priority Leader for national soil mapping and modelling https://soils.landcareresearch.co.nz/ Soil Physics in relation to irrigation management and contaminant transfer List of your recent publications Gray CW, McDowell RW, Carrick S, Thomas S 2016. The effect of irrigation and urine application on phosphorus losses to subsurface flow from a stony soil. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 233: 425-431. Cichota, R., Kelliher, S., Thomas, S., Clemens, G., Fraser, P., Carrick, S. 2016. Effects of irrigation intensity on preferential solute transport in a stony soil. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research inpress Mueller, K., Carrick, S., Meenken, E., Clemens, G., Hunter, D., Rhodes, P., Thomas, S. 2016. Is subcritical water repellency an issue for efficient irrigation in arable soils? Soil & Tillage Research accepted McLeod, M.; Aislabie, J.; McGill, A.; Rhodes, P.; Carrick, S. 2014. Leaching of Escherichia coli from stony soils after effluent application. Journal of Environmental Quality 43: 528-538 Manderson A, Lilburne L, Hewitt A, Pollacco J, Carrick S. 2015. Recommendations and interim soils data to support the development of a national freshwater reporting model. Landcare Research Contract Report LC2380 for Ministry for the Environment. Collins A, Mackay A, Basher L, Schipper L, Carrick S, Manderson A, Cavanagh J, Clothier B, Weeks E, Newton P 2014. Future requirements for soil management in New Zealand. Phase 1: Looking Back. National Land Resource Centre, Palmerston North. Landcare Research contract report LC 2077, for Ministry of Primary Industries. pp 52. Carrick, S., Cavanagh, J., Scott, J., McLeod, M. 2014. Understanding phosphorus, nitrogen, and cadmium transfer through a young stony soil. In: Nutrient management for the farm, catchment and community. (Eds L.D. Currie and C L. Christensen). http://flrc.massey.ac.nz/publications.html. Occasional Report No. 27. Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.11 pages. Carrick, S., Palmer, D., Webb, T., Scott, J., Lilburne, L., 2013. Stony soils are a major challenge for nutrient management under irrigation development. In: Accurate and efficient use of nutrients on farms. (Eds L.D. Currie and C L. Christensen). http://flrc.massey.ac.nz/publications.html. Occasional Report No. 26. Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 8 pages. NEMS 2013. Soil Water Measurement, National Environmental Monitoring Standard. Version1. http://www.lawa.org.nz/learn/factsheets/(nems)-national-environmental-monitoring-standards/. 45 pages. Lilburne, L., Carrick, S., Webb, T., Moir, J. 2012. Computer-based evaluation of methods to sample nitrate leached from grazed pasture. Soil Use and Management 28, 19-26. Hedley, C., Payton, I., Lynn, I., Carrick, S., Webb, T., McNeill, S. 2012. Random sampling of stony and non-stony soils for testing a national soil carbon monitoring system. Soil Research vol. 50. Pp 18-29. Carrick, S.; Buchan, G.; Almond, P.; Smith, N. 2011. Atypical infiltration into a structured soil near field capacity: The dynamic interplay between sorptivity, hydrophobicity, and air encapsulation. Geoderma vol 160. Pp 579-589 Schwarzel, K., Carrick, S., Wahren, A., Feger, K., Bodner, G., Buchan, G. 2011. Soil hydraulic of recently tilled soil under crop rotation compared with two-year pasture: measurement and modelling. Vadose Zone Journal vol. 10. Pp 354-366. Carrick, S.; Almond, P.; Buchan, G.; Smith, N. 2010. Characterising in situ hydraulic conductivities of individual soil profile layers during infiltration over long time periods. European Journal of Soil Science vol. 61. Pp 1056-1069.
Dr. Henry Wai Chau
Member of the Leadership Group (+)
Affiliations Email: Henry.Chau@lincoln.ac.nz Website: http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/About-Lincoln/Staff-Profiles/?letter=C&page=2&StaffID=Chau Henry&filtercsv=false&title=false&intro=false&maxrows=false&noframe=false&facultybu=false&ludepartment=false&first=false&tab=false Honours, awards, and memberships New Zealand Soil Science Society Canadian Society of Soil Science Soil Science Society of America Canadian Water Resources Association Crop Science Society of America American Society of Agronomy Research Interests My current research focus includes understanding the movement and storage of water and nutrients in soil and its effects on agricultural production and environmental health, improving soil water measurement and monitoring, understanding the spatially and temporally variability of soil water at different scales, improving water storage capability on reclaimed and remediated landscapes. Key specialties include soil and environmental physics, vadose-zone hydrology, soil water measurement and monitoring, soil water repellency, soil mycology, land reclamation, and soil spatial and temporally variability. List of your recent publications 1. Ji, W., Lin, M., Biswas, A., Si, B. C., Chau, H.W., & Cresswell, H. P. (2016). Fractal behavior of soil water storage at multiple depths. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Discussions, 1-28. doi:10.5194/npg-2015-81 2. Hu, W., Chau, H.W., & Si, B.C. (2015). Vis-Near IR Reflectance Spectroscopy for Soil Organic Carbon Content Measurement in the Canadian Prairies. Clean - Soil, Air, Water, 43(8), 1215-1223. doi:10.1002/clen.201400400 3. Hu, W., Xie, J., Chau, H.W., & Si, B. C. (2015). Evaluation of parameter uncertainties in nonlinear regression using Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet. Environmental Systems Research, 4(1). doi:10.1186/s40068-015-0031-4 4. Chau, H.W., Biswas, A., Vujanovic, V., & Si, B.C. (2014). Relationship between the severity, persistence of soil water repellency and the critical soil water content in water repellent soils. Geoderma, 221-222, 113-120. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.025 5. Dobrovolskaya, Y.V., Chau, H.W., & Si, B.C. (2014). Improving water storage of reclamation soil covers by fractionation of coarse-textured soil. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 94(4), 489-501. doi:10.4141/CJSS2013-086 6. Biswas, A., Cresswell, H.P., Chau, H.W., Viscarra Rossel, R.A., & Si, B.C. (2013). Separating scale-specific soil spatial variability: A comparison of multi-resolution analysis and empirical mode decomposition. Geoderma, 209-210, 57-64. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.06.003 7. Chau, H.W., Goh, Y.K., Vujanovic, V., & Si, B.C. (2012). Wetting properties of fungi mycelium alter soil infiltration and soil water repellency in a γ-sterilized wettable and repellent soil. Fungal Biology, 116(12), 1212-1218. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2012.10.004 8. Biswas, A., Chau, H.W., Bedard-Haughn, A.K., & Si, B.C. (2012). Factors controlling soil water storage in the hummocky landscape of the Prairie Pothole Region of North America. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 92(4), 649-663. doi:10.4141/CJSS2011-045 9. Vujanovic, V., & Chau, H.W. (2012). Monitoring Fusarium complex mycelia replacement by mycopathogenic Sphaerodes using alcohol percentage test, qRT-PCR and HPLC. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 80, 28-34. doi:10.1016/j.pmpp.2012.07.004 10. Chau, H.W., Goh, Y.K., Si, B.C., & Vujanovic, V. (2011). An innovative brilliant blue FCF method for fluorescent staining of fungi and bacteria. Biotechnic and Histochemistry, 86(4), 280-287. doi:10.3109/10520295.2010.492733 11. Hunter, A. E., Chau, H.W., & Si, B.C. (2011). Impact of tension infiltrometer disc size on measured soil water repellency index. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 91(1), 77-81. doi:10.4141/CJSS10033 12. Chau, H.W., Goh, Y.K., Si, B.C., and Vujanovic, V. (2010). Assessment of alcohol percentage test for fungal surface hydrophobicity measurement. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 50:295-300. 13. Chau, H.W., Si, B.C., Goh, Y.K., and Vujanovic, V. (2009). A novel method for identifying hydrophobicity on fungal surfaces. Mycological Research. 113:1046-1052.
Dr Scott Ferguson
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Senior Research Fellow Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Otago scott.ferguson@otago.ac.nz Website: https://micro.otago.ac.nz https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-a-ferguson/ Honours, Awards, Memberships: New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Soil Science Society (NZSSS) New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS) Research Interest: My research focuses on applying modern biomedical research techniques to identify new antimicrobial solutions for the primary agricultural industry and the biomedical industry. I collaborate with a wide range of researchers to develop; new inhibitors for the mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen loss, sanitisers for the prevention of bovine mastitis, therapeutics (antimicrobials) for the treatment of bovine mastitis as well as bacterial infections in companion animals. Key to these translational projects is the connections between scientists, industry leaders, farmers and veterinarians, and regulatory experts. Alongside this translational research, I also investigate the use of novel antimicrobials against multidrug-resistant bacteria, and this work is now expanding into fungi. Recent Selected Publications: C-2 Derivatized 8-sulfonamidoquinolines as antibacterial compounds. Emma K. Davison, John E. McGowan, Freda F. Li, Andrew D. Harper, Joo Young Jeon, Sonya Mros, Nichaela Harbison-Price, Essie M. Van Zuylen, Melanie K. Knottenbelt, Adam Heikal, Scott A. Ferguson, Michelle A. McConnell, Gregory M. Cook, Woravimol Krittaphol, Greg F. Walker, Margaret A. Brimble, David Rennison. Bioorg Med Chem. 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115837 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968089620306672?via%3Dihub Multiple Bactericidal Mechanisms of the Zinc Ionophore PBT2. Nichaela Harbison-Price, Scott A. Ferguson, Adam Heikal, George Taiaroa, Kiel Hards, Yoshio Nakatani, David Rennison, Margaret A. Brimble, Ibrahim M. El-Deeb, Lisa Bohlmann, Christopher A. McDevitt, Mark von Itzstein, Mark J. Walker, Gregory M. Cook. 2020. mSphere. DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00157-20 https://msphere.asm.org/content/5/2/e00157-20 Substituted sulphonamide bioisosteres of 8-hydroxyquinoline as zinc-dependent antibacterial compounds. John E. McGowan, Andrew D. Harper, Emma K. Davison, Joo Young Jeong, Sonya Mros, Nichaela Harbison-Price, Essie M. Van Zuylen, Melanie K. Knottenbelt, Adam Heikal, Scott A. Ferguson, Michelle A. McConnell, Gregory M. Cook, Woravimol Krittaphol, Greg F. Walker, Margaret A. Brimble, David Rennison. Bioorg Med Chem. 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127110 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960894X20301992 Ferguson, S.A., Menorca, A., Zuylen Van M, E., Cheung, C-Y., McConnell, M., Rennison, D., Brimble, M.A., Bodle, K., McDougall, S., Cook, G.M., and Heikal, A. Microtiter Screening Reveals Oxygen-Dependent Antimicrobial Activity of Natural Products Against Mastitis-Causing Bacteria. Front. Microbiol. 2019. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01995 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01995/full
Dr Paul Johnstone
Member of Leadership Group (+)
Affiliation: Plant and Food Research Email: Paul.Johnstone@plantandfood.co.nz Website: https://www.plantandfood.co.nz/ Honours, awards, and memberships: • New Zealand Soil Science Society • International Society of Precision Agriculture • Agronomy Society of New Zealand • New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science • Associate-editor, New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. Research Interests: My current research covers a broad range of initiatives addressing high productivity, low footprint production systems. A key focus is on quantifying nutrient losses from cropping systems, linking these to soil, climate and management factors, and identifying practices to minimize adverse impacts on water bodies. Other research interests include digital horticulture and climate change which have a focus on improving the productivity, profitability and resilience of cropping systems. List of your recent publications: Teixeira EI, de Ruiter J, Ausseil AG, Daigneault A, Johnstone P, Holmes A, Tait A, Ewert F 2017. Adapting crop rotations to climate change in regional impact modelling assessments. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.247 Reid JB, Hunt AG, Johnstone PR, Searle BP, Jesson LK 2017. On the responses of carrots (Daucus carota L.) to nitrogen supply 2017. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. DOI: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01140671.2017.1402790 Chakwizira E, Fletcher AL, Johnstone P, de Ruiter JM, Pearson AJ, Parker M 2017. Maize silage-winter crop sequences that maximise forage production and quality. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2017.1415943 Teixeira EI, Johnstone P, Chakwizira E, de Ruiter J, Malcolm B, Shaw N, Zyskowski R, Khaembah E, Sharp J, Meenken E, Fraser P, Thomas S, Brown H, Curtin D 2016. Quantifying key sources of variability in cover crop reduction of N leaching. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 220: 226–235. Qiu W, Curtin D, Johnstone P, Beare M, Hernandez-Ramirez G 2016. Small-scale spatial variability of plant nutrients and soil organic matter: an arable cropping case study. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 47: 2189–2199. Searle BP, Johnstone PR, Reid JB 2016. Aspects of production affecting variability in vegetable crop quality. Acta Horticulturae 1123: 17–26. Reid JB, Trolove SN, Tan Y, Johnstone PR 2016. Nitrogen or potassium preconditioning affects uptake of both nitrate and potassium in young wheat (Triticum aestivum). Annals of Applied Biology 168: 65–80. Chakwizira E, Johnstone P, Fletcher AL, Meenken ED, de Ruiter JM, Brown HE 2015. Effects of nitrogen rate on nitrate–nitrogen accumulation in forage kale and rape crops. Grass and Forage Science 70: 268–282.