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PROF ROBERT EDWIN WHITE



Contact Details

Organization: Resource Management
Position: Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Agricultural Science The University of Queensland 31-Dec-1958
Doctor of Philosophy University of Oxford 31-Dec-1962
Master of Arts University of Oxford 31-Dec-1974

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (FNZIC) 31-Dec-1988

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The dynamics of organic matter turnover in soils to improve the productivity of Australia's agricultural industries Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2002
Changes in soil properties under raised bed cropping Chief Investigator GRAINS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORP Research Grants 04/03/2002

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Chemical Decomposition and Fixation of Nitrite in acidic pasture soils and implications for measurement of nitrification
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 1-4
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Can Contingent Valuation be used to measure the in Situ Value of Groundwater on the North China Plain


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Water Resources Management
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 1735-1749
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  • Estimating soil hydraulic properties of Fengqiu County soils in the North China Plain using pedo-trasfer functions


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Geoderma
    Volume: 138
    Page numbers: 261-271
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  • The Soil component of Terroir


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal International des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 9-18
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  • The relation between soil structure and solute transport
    under raised bed cropping and conventional cultivation
    in south-western Victoria


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Soil Research
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 577-585
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  • A spatially referenced water and nitrogen management model (WNMM) for (irrigated) intensive cropping systems in the North China Plain
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Ecological Modelling
    Volume: 203
    Page numbers: 395-423
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  • Developing a technique to quantify heterotrophic and autotrophic nitrification in acidic pasture soils
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 2309-2321
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  • Farmers' Perception of Sustainability for Crop Production on the North China Plain
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 129-147
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  • Heterotrophic and Autotrophic nitrification in two acid pasture soils
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 972-975
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  • Nitrogen balances in temperate perennial grass and clover dairy pastures in south-eastern Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 1167-1173
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  • Stochastic simulation of water drainage at the field scale and its application to irrigation management
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Agricultural Water Management
    Volume: 89
    Page numbers: 123-130
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Principles and Practice of Soil Science - The Soil as a Natural Resource
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Ltd.(Oxford)
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Book Chapters

  • Conservation Management of Water and Nitrogen in the North China Plain using a GIS-based Water and Nitrogen Management Model and Agricultural Decision Support Tool
    Year: 2006
    Book: Agricultural Water Management in China
    Publisher: ACIAR
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  • The Perspective of Farmers on Why the Adoption Rate of Water-Saving Irrigation Techniques is Low in China
    Year: 2006
    Book: Agricultural Water Management in China
    Publisher: ACIAR
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Journal Articles

  • Effect of Compost Treatment of Sewage Sludge on Nitrogen Behavior in two Soils
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Waste Management
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 614-619
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  • Nitrification Activity in Acid Soils of North-eastern Victoria, Australia, as affected by liming and phosphorus fertilisation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Soil Research
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 739-744
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Is Pricing Water and Taxing Fertilizer effective in Controlling the Inefficient Use of Water and Fertilizer in China?  A Farmers Perspective
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 3rd World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
    Conference Publication: 3rd World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: Webmeets(Kyoto)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Stochastic simulation and risk assessment of nitrate leaching at field scale


    Year: 2005
    Journal: Acta Pedologica Sinica - Kexue Chubanshe
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 909-915
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  • Bio-Economic Stategy to Combat Non-Point Pollution in China
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Pedosphere
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 156-163
    Publisher: Kexue Chubanshe(Beijing)
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  • Biosolids Effectiveness to Yield Ryegrass Based on their Nitrogen Content
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Scientia Agricola
    Volume: 62
    Issue: May/June 2005
    Page numbers: 274-280
    Publisher: Escola Superior de Agricultura, Universidade de Sao Paulo(Sao Paulo)
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  • Modelling the Risk of Nitrate Leaching from Two Soils Amended with Five Different Biosolids
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo
    Volume: 29
    Page numbers: 619-626
    Publisher: Soc Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo(Vicosa)
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  • Spatial Variability of Shallow Groundwater Level, Electrical Conductivity and Nitrate Concentration, and Risk Assessment of Nitrate Contamination in North China Plain
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Environment International
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 896-903
    Publisher: Pergamon
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Gis-based Water and Nitrogen Management Model (WNMM) and Agricultural Decision Support Tool (ADST) for Irrigated Wheat and Maize in the North China Plain
    Year: 2005
    Event name: The 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Page numbers: 899-908
    Publisher: Science Press USA(New Jersey)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A quantitative evaluation system of soil productivity for intensive agriculture in China
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Geoderma
    Volume: 123
    Page numbers: 12, 319-331
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Comparison of Water Drainage and Nitrate Leaching Calculated by Soil Water Balance Model and Dynamic Process Model
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Advances in Water Science
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 87-93
    Publisher: Zhongguo Shuili Shuidian Shubanshe
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  • Nitrate leaching from temperate perennial pastures grazed by dairy cows in south-eastern Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 911-920
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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  • The environmental impact of nitrogen fertiliser use on dairy pastures
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Dairy Technology
    Volume: 59
    Page numbers: 145-148
    Publisher: Dairy Industry Association of Australia(Highett)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Spatially Referenced Water and Nitrogen Management Model (WNMM) for (Irrigated) Intensive Cropping and Pasture Systems
    Year: 2004
    Event name: SuperSoil 2004: 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference
    Conference Publication: SuperSoil 2004: 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference, University of Sydney, Australia.Published on CDROM. Website www.regional.org.au/au/asssi/
    Volume: S9
    Page numbers: 8
    Publisher: The Regional Institute(Gosford)
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Publications in 2003

Books

  • Soils for Fine Wines