PUBLICATIONS FOR D.J. MIDMORE 2003-8
Refereed Publications 2008
1. Zhu, G.X., Midmore, D.J., Doughton, J.A., Cupitt, 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. 21(1): 55-78.
2. McHugh, A.D. Bhattarai, S.B. Lotz, G. and Midmore, D.J. (2008). Soil erosion and off-site movement of nutrients and pesticides from furrow and subsurface drip irrigated cotton on a vertisol. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, (In Press).
3 Yang, Z., Midmore, D.J. and Ockerby, S.E. (2008) Internal modular competition in relation to developmental control in maize plants. Functional Plant Biology (Submitted).
4 Sparkes, E. and Midmore, D.J. (2008). Response of mature stands of Prosopis velutina of different density to a selection of herbicides. Weed Research (Submitted)
5 Qureshi, M.S., Midmore, D.J., Syeda S. and Reid D.J. (2008). Pyriproxyfen controls silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), biotype B (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) (SLW) better than buprofezin in bitter melons Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Australian Journal of Entomology (In Press).
6 Smith N.J.C., Zahid D.M., Ashwath N. and Midmore D.J. (2008). Seed ecology and successional status of 34 tropical rainforest cabinet timber species for farm forestry from Queensland. Forest Ecology and Management. 256: 1031-1038.
7. 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. 26: 439-450.
8. Smith N.J.C., Zahid D.M., Ashwath N. and Midmore D.J. (2008). Physiological responses of cabinet timber species to altered solar radiation, spectral quality and added nitrogen in a simulated natural growth environment. Functional Plant Biology (Submitted).
9. Yates, E.J., Ashwath N. and Midmore D.J. (2008). Effects of nutrients and salinity on the mangroves Avicennia marina, Ceriops tagal and Rhizophora stylosa. Trees (Submitted).
10 Bhattarai, S.P., Midmore, D.J. and Pendergast, L. (2008). Oxygation effect on growth, gas exchange, water relation and salt tolerance of vegetable soybean and cotton in a saline vertisol. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (Submitted).
11 Qureshi, M.S., Midmore, D. (2008). Habitat manipulation for the management of silverleaf whitefly (SLW) B. tabaci (Gennadius) Biotype B (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in vegetable cropping systems. Bulletin of Entomological Research. (Submitted).
12. Kaur, K., Midmore, D.J. and Jalota, R. (2008). Soil respiration rate and its sensitivity to temperature in pasture systems of dry-tropics. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science. (Submitted)
13. Ockerby, S.E., Midmore, D.J. Yule, D.F. and Foster, S.D. (2004). Leaf development and panicle are regulated by growth in Sorghum bicolor. (Submitted to Field Crops Research).
2007
Refereed Publications
1 Qureshi, M.S., Midmore, D.J., Syeda, S.S., and Playford, C.L. (2007). Floating row covers and pyriproxyfen help control silverleaf whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in zucchini. Australian Journal of Entomology. 46: 313-319.
2 Bhattarai, S. and Midmore, D.J. (2007). Carbon isotope discrimination and surrogates of water use efficiency for tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) under various soil moisture regimes. International Journal of Vegetable Science. 13(1):19-40.
3 Qureshi, M.S., Midmore, D.J., Newby, R., Syeda, S.S. and Sequiera, R. (2007). Effect of row covers on silverleaf whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) population densities and crop yield in zucchini. Acta Horticulturae 731: 295-301.
4 Sparkes E.C. and Midmore, D.J. (2007) Responses of two species of mesquite to initial and follow-up applications of selected herbicides in a potted trial. Plant Protection Quarterly 22: 100-105.
5 Kaur, K.K., Jalota, R.K. and Midmore, D.J. (2007). Impact of tree clearing on soil attributes for a pastoral property in central Queensland, Australia. Soil Science 172: 516-533.
6 Kaur, K., Jalota, R.K. and Midmore, D.J. (2007). Impact of temperature and defoliation (simulated grazing) on soil respiration of pasture grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) in a controlled experiment. Journal of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences. 1(2): 1-9.
7 Yang, Z., Midmore, D.J. and Ockerby, S.E. (2007) Internal modular competition in relation to developmental control in maize plants. Functional Plant Biology (Submitted).
8 Sparkes, E. and Midmore, D.J. (2007). Response of mature stands of Prosopis velutina of different density to a selection of herbicides. Weed Research (Submitted)
9 Yates, E.J., Ashwath N. and Midmore D.J. (2007). Effects of nutrients and salinity on the mangroves Avicennia marina, Ceriops tagal and Rhizophora stylosa. Trees (Submitted).
10 Smith N.J.C.; Zahid D.M.; Ashwath N. and Midmore D.J. (2007). Seed ecology and successional status of 34 tropical rainforest cabinet timber species for farm forestry from Queensland . Australian Journal of Botany (Submitted)
11 Midmore, D.J. (2007). Review of ‘Physiology of Crop Production’ by N K Fageira, V C Baligar and R B Clark, Haworth Press. Experimental Agriculture. 43: 405-406.
12 Kele, B., Midmore, D.J., Hood, B. and McKennariey, B.J. (2007). Large on-site wastewater treatment and reuse systems for commercial applications. Water and Environmental Management Series. [Presented at Decentralised Water and Wastewater Systems, Fremantle, July 2006]
Refereed Conference Papers
Midmore, D.J. (2007). Recycling urban organic matter via vermiculture and roof-top aquaponics. In: Green Roofs for Australia. Brisbane Technology Park, Brisbane, 22-23 February, 2007. [Invited presentation]
Midmore, D.J., Bhattarai, S.P. and Pendergast, L. (2007). Oxygation – can roots respond to additional oxygen? In: Root and Soil Biology in Agriculture: towards a better integration. CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, 31 January – 3 February, 2007. [Invited presentation]
Midmore, D.J. and Roe, B. (2007). Integrated aquaculture, hydroponics and vermiculture for food production. In: Moraitis Hydroponics 2007 Australian & Greenhouse Industry National conference ‘Challenges for the Future’, Launceston, 24-27 June. pp 53-58. [Invited presentation]
Yang Z.J and Midmore, D.J. (2007). Self-organized resource allocation and growth partitioning at the whole plant level: a modeling study. 5th International Workshop on Functional Structural Plant Models, 4-8 November, Napier, New Zealand.
Kele, B., Sinclair, W., Hood, B., Midmore, D.J., Bembridge, J. and Percival, R. (2007). Explaining the mysteries of nitrogen and phosphorus in on-site wastewater. In: On-Site ’07, Armidale, Lanfax Laboratories.
2006
1 Sangha, K.K., Jalota, R.J. and Midmore, D.J. (2006). Litter production, decomposition and nutrient release in cleared and uncleared pasture systems of central Queensland, Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22:177-189.
2 Bhattarai, S., Pendergast, L. and Midmore, D.J. (2006). Oxygation of subsurface drip irrigated tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) improves yield performance, tolerance to salinity and water use efficiency in normal and saline heavy clay soil. Scientia Horticulturae. (In press).
3 Zhu, G., Midmore, D.J., Radford, B. and Yule, D.F. (2006). Effects of timing of defoliation on wheat (Triticum aestivum) in central Queensland. II. N uptake and relative N use efficiency. Field Crops Research 96: 160-167.
4 Bhattarai, S. P., McHugh, A. D., Lotz, G. and Midmore, D. J. (2006). The response of cotton to subsurface drip and furrow irrigation in a vertisol. Experimental Agriculture. 42(1): 29-49.
5 Long, R.L., Walsh, K.B. Rogers, G. and Midmore, D.J. (2006). Irrigation scheduling to increase muskmelon fruit biomass and soluble solids concentration. HortScience. 41(2): 367-369.
6 Kamaljit K. Sangha, David J. Midmore, Rajesh K. Jalota, Nanjappa Ashwath (2006). Pasture composition in cleared and uncleared pastures of central Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany (In press).
7 Kamaljit K. Sangha, Kerry Walsh, Rajesh K. Jalota and David J. Midmore, (2005). Impact of tree clearing on soil respiration and soil microbial biomass in pasture systems of central Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Soils Research (Under revision).
8 Kele, B., Hoffman, K., Orr, N., Wolfs, P., Tomlinson, I. and Midmore, D.J. (2006) Water and energy requirements at a tenanted research house. Water (February): 57-61.
PUBLICATIONS FOR D.J. MIDMORE 2005
Book Chapters
Midmore, D.J., D.D. Poudel, T.M. Nissen, A. Dano, and G. Zhu. (2005). Biophysical outcomes of planting annual crops with trees and in rotation with other species in an upland tropical environment. In: Land Use Changes in Tropical Watersheds, (Eds G E Shively and I Coxhead) CABI, Wallingford, UK.
Refereed Publications
1 Yang, Z.J. and Midmore, D.J. (2005). Modelling plant resource allocation and growth partitioning in response to environmental heterogeneity. Ecological Modelling. 181: 59-77.
2 Sangha, K.K., Jalota, R.J. and Midmore, D.J. (2005). Impact of tree clearing on soil pH and nutrient availability in grazing systems of central Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Soils Research. 43: 41-50.
3 Bhatia, N.P., Nkang, A.E., Walsh, K.B., Baker, A.J.M., Ashwath, A.
and Midmore, D.J. (2005). Successful seed germination of the nickel hyperaccumulator Stackhousia tryonii Bailey. Annals of Botany 88: 159-163.
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/mci151?ijkey=67SdSMp3k8dICAY&keytype=ref
4 Ben Kele, B., Midmore, D.J., Harrower, K., McKennariey, B.J. and Hood, B. (2005). An overview of the CQU self-contained evapotranspiration beds. IWA : Water, Science and Technology. 51(10): 273–281.
http://www.iwaponline.com/wst/05110/10/default.htm
5 Bhatia P., Ashwath, N. and Midmore, D.J. (2005). Effects of genotype, explant orientation and wounding on shoot regeneration in tomato. In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology - Plant. 41: 457-464.
6 Su, N. and Midmore, D.J. (2005). Two-phase flow of water and air during aerated subsurface drip irrigation. Journal of Hydrology. 313: 158-165.
7 Bhatia N.P., Baker A.J.M, Walsh, K.B. and Midmore, D.J. (2005). A role for nickel in osmotic adjustment in drought-stressed plants of the nickel hyperaccumulator Stackhousia tryonii Bailey. Planta. 223:134-139.
8 Bhattarai, S. P., Su, Ninghu and Midmore, D.J. (2005). Oxygation unlocks yield potentials of crops in oxygen-limited soil environments. Advances in Agronomy 88: 313-377.
9 Kaur, K.K., Jalota, R.J. Midmore, D.J. and Rolfe, J. (2005). Pasture production in cleared and uncleared grazing systems of central Queensland. The Rangeland Journal. 27: 143-149.
10 Sangha, K. K., Midmore, D. J., Rajesh K. Jalota, R. J. and Rolfe. J. (2005). Tradeoffs between production and ecosystem functions in pasture systems of central Queensland, Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and the Environment. 111: 93-103
11 Yang, Z.J., and Midmore, D.J. (2005). A model for the circadian oscillations in expression and activity of nitrate reductase in higher plants. Annals of Botany. 96: 1019-1026.
12 Bhattarai, S. and Midmore, D.J. (2005). Soil moisture stress influence on yield, quality and blossom end rot of tomato in a heavy clay soil. Acta Horticulturae 694: 451-454.
Refereed Conference Papers
Sparkes, E.C. and Midmore, D.J. (2005). Effects of plant height and water availability on response of Prosopis velutina to a selection of herbicides applied by the basal stem method. 20th Asian Pacific Weed Conference, Vietnam. pp 413-418.
PUBLICATIONS FOR D.J. MIDMORE 2004
Book Chapters
Midmore, D.J. and Gerstelling, P. (2004). Chinese waterchestnut. In: The New Crop Industries Handbook. (Eds. S. Salvin, M. Bourke, and T. Byrne) RIRDC, Canberra, Australia. pp. 34-41.
Refereed Publications
1 Bhatia, P., Ashwath, N., Senaratna, T. and Midmore, D.J. (2004). Plant tissue culture studies of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Plant, Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture 78(1):1-21.
2 Shively, G.E., Zelek, C.A., Midmore, D.J. and Nissen, T. (2004). Carbon sequestration in a tropical landscape: an economic model to measure its incremental cost. Agroforestry Systems 60(3):189-197.
3 Yang, Z.J. and Midmore, D.J. (2004). Experimental assessment of the impact of defoliation on growth and production of water-stressed cotton and maize plants. Experimental Agriculture 40: 189-199.
4 Zhu, G., Midmore, D.J., Radford, B. and Yule, D.F. (2004). Effects of timing of defoliation on wheat (Triticum aestivum) in central Queensland. I. Crop response and yield. Field Crops Research 88(2-3): 211-226.
5 Bhattarai, S.P., Huber, S. and Midmore, D.J. (2004). Aerated subsurface irrigation water gives growth and yield benefits to zucchini, vegetable soybean and cotton in heavy clay soils. Annals of Applied Biology 144: 285-298.
6 Bhattarai, S., McHugh J., Lotz, G. and Midmore, D.J. (2004). Water-lint production function: economical and physiological basis for cotton production on subsurface drip irrigation in heavy clay soils in central Queensland, Australia. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology 8: 81-88.
7 Long, R.L., Walsh, K.B., Rogers G. and Midmore, D.J. (2004). Source-sink manipulation to increase melon (Cucumis melo L.) fruit biomass and soluble sugar content. Australian Journal of Agricultural Science. 55: 1241-1251.
Refereed Conference Papers
S.P. Bhattarai and Midmore, D.J. (2004). Oxygation of rhizosphere with subsurface aerated irrigation water improves lint yield and performance of cotton on saline heavy clay soil. 4th International Crop Science Congress, Brisbane Sept. 2004.
http://www.regional.org.au/au/cs/2004/poster/3/6/2/665_bhattarrai.htm
Sparkes, E.C. and Midmore, D.J. (2004) Response of Prosopis velutina Wooton to a
selection of aerially applied herbicides. Weed management: balancing people, plant, profit. 14th
Australian Weeds Conference, Wagga Wagga. pp. 241-244.
Kele, B, Midmore, D J, Harrower, K, McKinniary, B J, Doyle, G, & Hood, (2004) Designing on-site wastewater systems for sites with large variation in wastewater generation. Conference papers of 6th specialist conference on small water and wastewater systems - 1st international conference on onsite wastewater treatment and recycling, (Fremantle, WA), pp.1-9, (CDROM), International Water Association, 11 February 2004, 6th specialist conference on small water and wastewater systems and the1st international conference on onsite wastewater treatment and recycling
Kele, B, Midmore, D J, Harrower, K, McKinniary, B J, Doyle, G, & Hood, B, (2004) An overview of the CQU self-contained evapotranspiration beds, Conference papers of 6th specialist conference on small