Robert Norton

Integrating crop modelling and production economics to investigate multiple nutrient deficiencies and yield gaps

Kerry J Stott, Brendan Christy, Malcolm McCaskill, Kurt K Benke, Penny Riffkin, Garry J O'Leary, Robert Norton

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

A method is described for integrating crop modelling and production economics to quantify optimum applications of multiple nutrien..

Feeding the Palm: A Review of Oil Palm Nutrition

TT Tiemann, CR Donough, YL Lim, R Härdter, R Norton, HH Tao, R Jaramillo, T Satyanarayana, S Zingore, T Oberthür

Journal article  |  2018  |  Advances in Agronomy

After more than a century of cultivation and more than 80 years since the first field experiments on fertilizer use, there seems t..

Application of PCR-Based Tools to Explore Strongyloides Infection in People in Parts of Northern Australia.

Gemma J Robertson, Anson V Koehler, Robin B Gasser, Matthew Watts, Robert Norton, Richard S Bradbury

Journal article  |  2017  |  Trop Med Infect Dis

Strongyloidiasis, which is caused by infection with the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis, is endemic to areas of northern Austra..

Can additional N fertiliser ameliorate the elevated CO2-induced depression in grain and tissue N concentrations of wheat on a high soil N background?

M Tausz, RM Norton, S Tausz-Posch, M Low, S Seneweera, G O'Leary, R Armstrong, GJ Fitzgerald

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE

Elevated CO₂ stimulates crop yields but leads to lower tissue and grain nitrogen concentrations [N], raising concerns about grai..

More parasiticmyositis cases in humans in Australia, and the definition of genetic markers for the causative agents as a basis for molecular diagnosis

Anson V Koehler, David M Spratt, Robert Norton, Sanchia Warren, Belinda McEwan, Ravindra Urkude, Suresh Murthy, Thomas Robertson, Naomi McCallum, Fiona Parsonson, Richard S Bradbury, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2016  |  INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Since 1998, there have been six reported human cases of myositis in Australia, attributable to infection with the nematode Haycock..

Improving Rice Zinc Biofortification Success Rates Through Genetic and Crop Management Approaches in a Changing Environment

Niluka Nakandalage, Marc Nicolas, Robert M Norton, Naoki Hirotsu, Paul J Milham, Saman Seneweera

Journal article  |  2016  |  FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Though rice is the predominant source of energy and micronutrients for more than half of the world population, it does not provide..

Elevated atmospheric [CO2] can dramatically increase wheat yields in semi-arid environments and buffer against heat waves

Glenn J Fitzgerald, Michael Tausz, Garry O'Leary, Mahabubur R Mollah, Sabine Tausz-Posch, Saman Seneweera, Ivan Mock, Markus Low, Debra L Partington, David McNeil, Robert M Norton

Journal article  |  2016  |  GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Wheat production will be impacted by increasing concentration of atmospheric CO2 [CO2 ], which is expected to rise from about 400 ..

Effects of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) on N, P and K uptake of soybean in northern China

Xingyu Hao, Ping Li, Xue Han, RM Norton, SK Lam, Yuzeng Zong, Ming Sun, Erda Lin, Zhiqiang Gao

Journal article  |  2016  |  AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of elevated (550±19μmolmol−1) [CO2] on uptake and utilization of nitroge..

Nitrogen management to optimise canola production in Australia

RM Norton

Journal article  |  2016  |  CROP & PASTURE SCIENCE

The expansion of canola production in Australia coincided with an increase in cropping intensity and a reduction in pastures and t..

Genetic analysis of Giardia and Cryptosporidium from people in Northern Australia using PCR-based tools

Janine Ebner, Anson V Koehler, Gemma Robertson, Richard S Bradbury, Aaron R Jex, Shane R Haydon, Melita A Stevens, Robert Norton, Anja Joachim, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2015  |  INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

To date, there has been limited genetic study of the gastrointestinal pathogens Giardia and Cryptosporidium in northern parts of A..