Article

Orr, Ryan, Hocking, Rosalie K., Pattison, Anthony, and Nelson, Paul N. (2020) Extraction of metals from mildly acidic tropical soils: interactions between chelating ligand, pH and soil type. Chemosphere, 248. 126060.

Orr, Ryan, and Nelson, Paul N. (2019) How soil management can help in the battle against Panama disease and other Fusarium wilts. Science Trends LLC.

Orr, Ryan, Pattison, Anthony, East, David, Warman, Noeleen, O'Neill, Wayne, Czislowski, Elizabeth, and Nelson, Paul N. (2019) Image-based quantification of Fusarium wilt severity in banana. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 14. 14.

Dickinson, Geoff, O'Farrell, Patrick, Ridgway, Kaila, Bally, Ian, Masters, Bronwyn, Nelson, Paul, and Pattison, Tony (2019) Nitrogen and carbon management in Australian mango orchards to improve productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Acta Horticulturae, 1244. pp. 49-60.

Bowen, Alison, Orr, Ryan, McBeath, Anna V., Pattison, Anthony, and Nelson, Paul N. (2019) Suppressiveness or conduciveness to Fusarium wilt of bananas differs between key Australian soils. Soil Research, 57 (2). pp. 158-165.

Wedding, Brett B., Wright, Carole, Grauf, Steve, Gadek, Paul, and White, Ronald D. (2019) The application of FT-NIRS for the detection of bruises and the prediction of rot susceptibility of 'Hass' avocado fruit. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 99 (4). pp. 1880-1887.

Dennis, P., Birt, H, Raghavendra, A., Waugh, G., Wang, H., Aitken, E., Gervacio, T., Orr, R., Nelson, P., Daniells, J., and Pattison, T. (2018) Identification of disease suppressive banana plant and soil microbiomes. Phytopathology, 108 (10). S1.265-S1.265.

Orr, Ryan, and Nelson, Paul N. (2018) Impacts of soil abiotic attributes on Fusarium wilt, focusing on bananas. Applied Soil Ecology, 132. pp. 20-33.

Forbes, Samantha J., and Northfield, Tobin D. (2017) Increased pollinator habitat enhances cacao fruit set and predator conservation. Ecological Applications, 27 (3). pp. 887-899.

Forbes, Samantha J., and Northfield, Tobin D. (2017) Oecophylla smaragdina ants provide pest control in Australian cacao. Biotropica, 49 (3). pp. 328-336.

Nelson, Paul N., Banabas, Murom, Goodrick, Iain, Webb, Michael J., Huth, Neil I., and O'Grady, Damien (2015) Soil sampling in oil palm plantations: a practical design that accounts for lateral variability at the tree scale. Plant and Soil, 394 (1-2). pp. 421-429.

Armour, J.D., Nelson, P.N., Daniells, J.W., Rasiah, V., and Inman-Bamber, N.G. (2013) Nitrogen leaching from the root zone of sugarcane and bananas in the humid tropics of Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 180. pp. 68-78.

Wedding, Brett B., White, Ronald D., Grauf, Steve, Wright, Carole, Tilse, Bonnie, Hofman, Peter, and Gadek, Paul A. (2011) Non-destructive prediction of 'Hass' avocado dry matter via FT-NIR spectroscopy. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 91 (2). pp. 233-238.

Wakelin, Steven A., Nelson, Paul N., Armour, John D., Rasiah, Vellupillai, and Colloff, Matthew J. (2011) Bacterial community structure and denitrifier (nir-gene) abundance in soil water and groundwater beneath agricultural land in tropical North Queensland, Australia. Soil Research, 49 (1). pp. 65-76.

Wedding, B.B., Wright, C., Grauf, S., White, R.D., and Gadek, P.A. (2011) Near infrared spectroscopy as a rapid non-invasive tool for agricultural and industrial process management with special reference to avocado and sandalwood industries. Desalination and Water Treatment, 32. pp. 365-372.

Dick, J. McP., and Leakey, R.R.B. (2006) Differentiation of the dynamic variables affecting rooting ability in juvenile and mature cuttings of cherry (Prunus avium). Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology , 81 (2). pp. 296-302.

Leakey, Roger, Shackleton, Sheona, and du Plessis, Pierre (2005) Domestication potential of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra) in South Africa and Namibia: 1. Phenotypic variation in fruit traits. Agroforestry Systems, 64 (1). pp. 25-35.

Leakey, Roger, Pate, Kris, and Lombard, Cyril (2005) Domestication potential of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra) in South Africa and Namibia: 2. Phenotypic variation in nut and kernel traits. Agroforestry Systems, 64 (1). pp. 37-49.

Leakey, Roger (2005) Domestication potential of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra) in South Africa and Namibia: 3. Multiple trait selection. Agroforestry Systems, 64 (1). pp. 51-59.

Leakey, Roger, Greenwell, P., Hall, M.N., Atangana, A.R., Usoro, C., Anegbeh, P.O., Fondoun, J-M., and Tchoundjeu, Z. (2005) Domestication of Irvingia gabonensis: 4. tree-to-tree variation in food-thickening properties and in fat and protein contents of dika nut. Food Chemistry, 90 (3). pp. 365-378.

Anegbeh, P.O., Ukafor, V., Usoro, C., Tchoundjeu, Z., Leakey, R.R.B., and Schreckenberg, K. (2005) Domestication of Dacryodes edulis: 1. Phenotypic variation of fruit traits from 100 trees in southeast Nigeria. New Forests, 29 (2). pp. 149-160.

Leakey, Roger R.B., Tchoundjeu, Zacharie, Schreckenberg, Kathrin, Shackleton, Sheona E., and Shackleton, Charlie M. (2005) Agroforestry Tree Products (AFTPs): targeting poverty reduction and enhanced livelihoods. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 3 (1). pp. 1-23.

Hassan, M.K., Shipton, W.A., Coventry, R.J., and Gardiner, C.P. (2005) Maintenance of fruit quality in organically-grown bananas under modified atmosphere conditions. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences, 4 (4). pp. 409-412.

Simons, A.J., and Leakey, R.R.B. (2004) Tree domestication in tropical agroforestry. Agroforestry Systems, 61 (1-3). pp. 167-181.

Waruhiu, Annabelle N., Kengue, Joseph, Atangana, Alain R., Tchoundjeu, Zac, and Leakey, Roger R.B. (2004) Domestication of Dacryodes edulis: 2. phenotypic variation of fruit traits in 200 trees from four populations in the humid lowlands of Cameroon. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, 2 (1). pp. 340-346.

McP. Dick , J., Leakey, R.R.B., McBeath, C., Harvey, F., Smith, R.I., and Woods, C. (2004) Influence of nutrient application rate on growth and rooting potential of the West African hardwood Triplochiton scleroxylon. Tree Physiology, 24 (1). pp. 35-44.

Hassan, M. K., Shipton, W. A., Coventry, R., and Gardiner, C. (2004) Extension of banana shelf life. Australasian Plant Pathology, 33 (2). pp. 305-308.

Leakey, R.R.B., Schreckenberg, K., and Tchoundjeu, Z. (2003) The participatory domestication of West African indigenous fruits. International Forestry Review, 5 (4). pp. 338-347.

Anegbeh, P. O., Usoro, C., Ukafor, V., Tchoundjeu, Z., Leakey, R.R.B., and Schreckenberg, K. (2003) Domestication of Irvingia gabonensis: 3. Phenotypic variation of fruits and kernels in a Nigerian village. Agroforestry Systems, 58 (3). pp. 213-218.

Lescano, H.G., Congdon, B.C., and Heather, N.W. (1994) Comparison of two potential methods of detecting Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae) gamma-irradiated for quarantine purposes. Journal of Economic Entomology, 87. pp. 1256-1261.

Book Chapter

Shackleton, Sheona, Shackleton, Charlie, Wynberg, Rachel, Sullivan, Caroline, Leakey, Roger, Mander, Myles, McHardy, Tania, den Adel, Saskia, Botelle, Andy, du Plesis, Pierre, Lombard, Cyril, Laird, Sarah, Cunningham, Tony, and O'Regan, Dermot (2009) Livelihood trade-offs in the commercialisation of multiple-use NTFP: lessons from marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra) in southern Africa. In: Shaanker, R. Uma, Hiremath, Ankila J, Joseph, Gladwin C., and Rai, Nitin D., (eds.) Non-Timber Forest Products: conservation, management and policy in the tropics. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, India, pp. 139-173.

Leakey, R.R.B., and Akinnifesi, F.K. (2008) Towards a domestication strategy for indigenous fruit trees in the tropics. In: Akinnifesi, F.K., Leakey, R.R.B., Ajayi, O.C., Sileshi, G., Tchoundjeu, Z., Matakala, P., and Kwesiga, F.R., (eds.) Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: domestication, utilization and commercialization. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 28-49.

Clement, Charles R., Cornelius, Jonathan P., Pinedo-Panduro, Mario H., and Yuyama, Kaoru (2007) Native fruit tree improvement in Amazonia: an overview. In: Akinnifesi, Festus K., Leakey, Roger R.B., Ajayi, Oluyede C., Sileshi, Gudeta, Tchoundjeu, Zac, Matakala, Patrick, and Kwesiga, Freddie R., (eds.) Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: domestication, utilization and commercialization. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, - .

Leakey, Roger R.B. (2007) Domesticating and marketing novel crops. In: Scherr, Sara J., and McNeely, Jeffrey A., (eds.) Farming with Nature: the science and practice of ecoagriculture. Island Press, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 83-101.

Leakey, Roger RB (2004) Physiology of vegetative reproduction. In: Burley, Jeffrey, Evans, Julian, and Youngquist, J. A., (eds.) Encyclopaedia of Forest Sciences. Academic Press, London, UK, pp. 1655-1668.

Leakey, R.R.B. (2003) The domestication of indigenous trees as the basis of a strategy for sustainable land use. In: Lemons, John, Victor, Reginald, and Schaffer, Daniel, (eds.) Conserving Biodiversity in Arid Regions: best practices in developing nations. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 27-40.

Conference Item

Orr, R.W., Bowen, A., Pattison, A., East, D., and Nelson, P.N. (2018) Soil characteristics associated with Panama disease severity. In: Proceedings of the National Soils Conference. pp. 314-316. From: National Soils Conference 2018, 18-23 November 2018, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Nelson, Paul, Dickinson, Geoff, Pattison, Tony, Masters, Bronwyn, Armour, John, and Weinert, Matt (2015) Bananas and mangoes: fertiliser and ground cover management to benefit production, soil and the environment. In: Abstracts from TropAg2015. P202. pp. 182-183. From: TropAg 2015: Tropical Agriculture Conference: meeting the productivity challenge in the Tropics, 16-18 November 2015, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Kukulies, T., Pattison, A., Forsyth, L., and Nelson, P. (2014) Integrating organic matter into banana plantation in north Queensland: the effects on soil properties. In: Acta Horticulturae. pp. 441-447. From: I International Symposium on Organic Matter Management and Compost Use in Horticulture, 7 April 2011, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Bass, Adrian M., Bird, Michael I., Jenberu, Getachew, Beavan, Amy, and Nelson, Paul N. (2014) Biochar as a soil amendment in tropical Australia: crop yield and growth, greenhouse gas fluxes and soil chemistry. In: Abstracts from the National Soil Science Conference. From: National Soil Science Conference, 23-27 November 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Kukulies, T., Pattison, T., Forsyth, L., and Nelson, P. (2011) Integrating organic matter into banana plantations in north Queensland: the effects on soil properties. In: UNSPECIFIED. pp. 1-8. From: International Symposium on Organic Matter Management and Compost Use in Horticulture, 4-7 April 2011, Adelaide, SA, Australia. (Unpublished)

Jamnadass, Ramni, Dawson, Ian, Leakey, Roger, Kindt, Roeland, Muriuki, Jonathan, Beniest, Jan, and Simons, Tony (2009) Forest genetic resources and farmers’ tree domestication. In: Proceedings of a Regional Workshop: learning agrobiodiversity: options for universities in Sub-Saharan Africa. pp. 45-50. From: Regional Workshop: learning agrobiodiversity: options for universities in Sub-Saharan Africa, 21-23 January 2009, Nairobi, Kenya.

Wedding, B.B., White, R.D., Grauf, S., Tilse, B., Hofman, Peter, and Gadek, P.A. (2009) Non-invasive assessment of internal quality attributes of whole avocado fruit by NIRS. In: SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics (41) From: 14th APBC Conference and 11th Congress of SABRAO, 10-14 August 2009, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Shackleton, Sheona, Shackleton, Charlie, Mander, Myles, Wynberg, Rachel, Sullivan, Caroline, and Leakey, Roger (2003) Diversifying communal rangeland use and benefits: the case of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) in Bushbuckridge, South Africa. In: Proceedings of VII International Rangeland Congress. pp. 1-7. From: International Rangeland Congress: Rangelands in the new millenium, 26 July - 1 August 2003, Durban, South Africa.

Book

Akinnifesi, Festus K., Leakey, Roger R.B., Ajayi, Oluyede C., Sileshi, Gudeta, Tchoundjeu, Zac, Matakala, Patrick, and Kwesiga, Freddie R. (2008) Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: domestication, utilization and commercialization. CAB International, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 50-69.

Thesis

Masters, Bronwyn Leanne (2019) Nitrous oxide emissions from soil in mango and banana fields: effects of nitrogen rate, fertiliser type, and ground cover practices. Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University.

Wedding, Brett (2018) The non-invasive assessment of avocado maturity and quality. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Asad, Habat Ullah (2017) Improving mango breeding efficiency through improved pollen storage, fruit retention and understanding of the heritability of quantitative tree architectural traits. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Pauku, Richard Larry (2005) Domestication of indigenous fruit and nut trees for agroforestry in Solomon Islands. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Pritchard, Katie (2005) The unseen costs of agricultural expansion across a rainforest landscape: depauperate pollinator communities and reduced yield in isolated crops. Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University.