Centre for Plant & Water Science - Central Queensland University

Centre for Plant & Water Science 2008 Annual Report
Section C
C1
PRODUCTIVITY
Scholarship and Community Service
The Centre maintained scholarly output in 2008, with 10 refereed articles published (DEST category
C1) (Table 2, 3).
Table 2. CPWS Publications
Magazine Articles
Bhattarai, S. and Midmore, D. (2008) 'Potential benefits of oxygation-aeration of irrigation water to
the Australian fruit industry', Australian Fruitgrower, vol. 2, no. 1, pp 22-23.
Bhattarai, S., Salvaudon, C. and Midmore, D.J. (2008) 'Oxygation of the rockwool substrate for
hydroponics', Aquaponics Journal, vol. 2nd Quarter 2008, no. 49, pp 29-33.
Roe, B.R. and Midmore, D.J. (2008) 'Sustainable aquaponics', Practical Hydroponics and
Greenhouses Magazine, no. 103, November- December 2008.
Journal Articles
Bhatia, P. and Ashwath, N. (2008) 'Improving the quality of in vitro cultured shoots of tomato
(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill cv. Red Coat)', Biotechnology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp 188-193.
Bhattarai, S., Fox, J. and Gyasi-Agyei, Y. (2008) 'Enhancing buffel grass seed germination by acid
treatment for rapid vegetation establishment on railway batters', Journal of Arid Environments, vol.
72, no. 3, pp 255-262
Bhattarai, S.P., Midmore, D.J. and Pendergast, L. (2008) 'Yield, water-use efficiencies and root
distribution of soybean, chickpea and pumpkin under different subsurface drip irrigation depths and
oxygation treatments in vertisols', Irrigation Science, vol. 26, no. 5 , pp 439-450.
Makiela, S. and Harrower, K.M. (2008) 'Overview of the current status of buffel grass dieback',
Australasian Plant Disease Notes, vol. 3, no. 1, pp 12-16.
McHugh, A.D., Bhattarai, S., Lotz, G. and Midmore, D.J. (2008) 'Effects of subsurface drip
irrigation rates and furrow irrigation for cotton grown on a vertisol on off-site movement of
sediments, nutrients and pesticides', Agronomy for Sustainable Development, vol. 28, no. 4, pp
507-519.
Sammon, N.B. and Harrower, K.M. (2008) 'Microfungal contamination of municipal water supplies
- a review', Water, vol. 35, no. 5, pp 98-102.
Sharma, A., Harrower, K. and Ashwath, N. (2008) 'Enteric bacteria build-up in effluent irrigated
plantations', Microbiology Australia, vol. 30, no. 1, pp 40-41.
Smith, N.J.C., Zahid, D.M., Ashwath, N. and Midmore, D.J. (2008) 'Seed ecology and successional
status of 27 tropical rainforest cabinet timber species from Queensland', Forest Ecology and
Management, vol. 256, no. 5, pp 1031-1038.
Subedi, P.P. and Walsh, K.B. (2008) 'Non-invasive measurement of fresh fruit firmness', Journal of
Postharvest Biology and Technology, vol. 51, pp 297-304.
Zhu, G.X., Midmore, D.J., Doughton, J.A., Cuppitt, D.A. and Lever, T. (2008) 'Factors contributing
to the benefits of foliar nitrogen application for wheat in a sub-tropical winter environment', Journal
of Crop Improvement, vol. 21, no. 41, pp 55-78.
Conference Proceedings (Refereed and non-refereed)
Ashwath, N. and Clark, A. (2008) 'In vitro propagation of selected clones of wasabi (Wasabia
japonica)', Workshop presented at the 2008 National and Trans-Tasman Horticultural Science
Conference Gold Coast, Australia, 21st - 23rd July, 2008.
Ashwath, N. (2008) 'Selection and establishment of suitable plant species on phytocaps', paper
presented at the 5th International Phytotechnologies Conference, Nanjing, China, 22nd - 25th
October, 2008.
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