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A/PROF ROBERT EDIS



Contact Details

Organization: Resource Management and Geography
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Fax: 8344 4465

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science, Agriculture University of Sydney 31-Dec-1986
Master of Science, Agriculture University of Sydney 31-Dec-1992
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1999

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Society of Soil Science Inc Member of Australian Society of Soil Science Inc 05-Feb-2007
Member City of Melbourne Bowling Club Member, City of Melbourne Bowling Club 04-Feb-2007

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
Spatial and temporal quantification of nitrous oxide emissions in response to climate signals Principal Supervisor DAIRY AUSTRALIA Postgraduate Awards 01/09/2004
UM 028 - Indirect greenhouse gas emissions from wheat-sheep farming systems Chief Investigator GRAINS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORP Agronomy, Soils and Environment 12/06/2006
Enhanced efficiency fertilisers for agricultural sustainability and environmental quality Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2009
Enhanced efficiency fertilisers as mitigation tools for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from intensive agricultural systems in Australia. Chief Investigator GRAINS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORP Agronomy, Soils and Environment 01/07/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY, PROFITABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS OF NITROGEN FERTILIZERS - INCITEC PIVOT R&D GRANT Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE,
INCITEC - PIVOT
30/01/2006
Effect of nitrogenous fertiliser formulation on emissions from sugarcane production Chief Investigator AUST GREENHOUSE OFFICE 20/06/2006
QUANTIFYING NH3 (AN INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS) VOLATILISATION FROM INTENSIVE AG. SYSTEMS IN AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Chief Investigator DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT & WATER RESOURCES,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE,
AUST GREENHOUSE OFFICE
01/06/2007
A review of nitrification Inhibitors Chief Investigator PASTORAL GREENHOUSE GAS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM

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 2011

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Mechanically Stabilised Clay Contaminated Biosolids as Compacted Landfill Liners
    Year: 2011
    Event name: ICAGE 2011
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
    Page numbers: 543-548
    Publisher: Curtin University of Technology(Perth)
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Publications in 2010

Journal Articles

  • Determination and mitigation of ammonia loss from urea applied to winter wheat with N-(n-butyl) thiophosphorictriamide
    Year: 2010
    Journal: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
    Volume: 137
    Issue: 3-4
    Page numbers: 261-266
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  • Influence of nitrification inhibitors on nitrification and nitrous oxide (N2O) emission from a clay loam soil fertilized with urea
    Year: 2010
    Journal: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 660-664
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  • Modeling Nitrate Leaching and Optimizing Water and Nitrogen Management under Irrigated Maize in Desert Oases in Northwestern China
    Year: 2010
    Journal: Journal of Environmental Quality
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 667-677
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  • Nitrogen fixation by Casuarina oligodon L. Johnson agroforestry
    in the Papua New Guinea highlands
    Year: 2010
    Journal: Journal of South Pacific Law
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 1 and 2
    Page numbers: 38-52
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Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers (EEF) for Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Quality in Australia
    Year: 2009
    Event name: Footprints in the landscape: Sustainability through Plant and Soil Sciences, ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 International Annual Meetings.
    Conference Publication: Footprints in the landscape: Sustainability through Plant and Soil Sciences, ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 International Annual Meetings
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: American Society of Agronomy(Madison)
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  • Potential of the Nitrification Inhibitor DMPP for Reducing Nitrification and N2O Emissions From Australian Agricultural Soils.
    Year: 2009
    Event name: Footprints in the landscape: Sustainability through Plant and Soil Sciences, ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 International Annual Meetings.
    Conference Publication: Footprints in the landscape: Sustainability through Plant and Soil Sciences, ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 International Annual Meetings
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: American Society of Agronomy(Madison)
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  • Reducing NH3 Emissions From Australian Agriculture with the Urease Inhibitor NBPT
    Year: 2009
    Event name: Footprints in the landscape: Sustainability through Plant and Soil Sciences, ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 International Annual Meetings.
    Conference Publication: Footprints in the landscape: Sustainability through Plant and Soil Sciences, ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 International Annual Meetings
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: American Society of Agronomy(Madison)
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Improved drainage and greater air-filled porosity for raised beds in south-western Victoria
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Soil Research
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 397-405
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  • MEASUREMENT OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM AUSTRALIAN FEEDLOT BEEF PRODUCTION USING OPEN-PATH SPECTROSCOPY AND ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELLING
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 244-247
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  • Prospects of improving efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in Australian agriculture; a review of enhanced efficiency fertilizers
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Soil Research
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 289-301
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  • Simulation of nitrate leaching under irrigated maize on sandy soil in desert oasis in Inner Mongolia, China
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Agricultural Water Management
    Volume: 95
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1180-1188
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  • Soil nitrogen dynamics in irrigated maize systems as impacted on by nitrogen and stubble management
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 382-386
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  • Spatial Variability of Nitrous Oxide Emissions from an Australian Irrigated Dairy Pasture
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Plant and Soil
    Volume: 309
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 77-88
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • NITRIFICATION AND NITROUS OXIDE (N2O) EMISSIONS FROM A WHEAT SOIL FERTILIZED WITH UREA AS AFFECTED BY THE NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS, DMPP AND N-SERVE


    Year: 2008
    Event name: Joint Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Societies of Soil Science
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of Soils 2008 - Soil the living skin of planet earth
    Publisher: Massey University(Palmerston North)
    Author(s):
  • Improving efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in Australian agriculture; A Review of enhanced efficiency fertilizers
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Soils 2008 Soil The Living Skin of Planet Earth
    Conference Publication: Soils 2008 Soil The Living Skin of Planet Earth
    Page numbers: 265-265
    Publisher: Vince Neall (Chair)
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  • Potential reductions in urea hydrolysis and ammonia loss from intensive agricultural systems in Australia through the use of the urease inhibitor NBPT.
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Soils 2008 Soil The Living Skin of Planet Earth
    Conference Publication: Soils 2008 Soil The Living Skin of Planet Earth
    Page numbers: 1-2
    Publisher: Vince Neall (Chair)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • 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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  • 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 relationship 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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Publications in 2006

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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Reports

  • A Review of Nitrification Inhibitors and Other Nitrogen Cycle Modifiers in New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture
    Year: 2006
    Customer: NZ PGGRC
    Publisher: New Zealand Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of three modeling approaches for simulating denitrification and nitrous oxide emissions from loam-textured arable soils
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Global Biogeochemical Cycles
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 3
    Article number: GB3002
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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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  • Ammonia Volatilisation from Irrigated Acidic Dairy Pastures Soils in South-East Australia
    Year: 2005
    Event name: The 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Page numbers: 840-845
    Publisher: Science Press USA(New Jersey)
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  • Spatial Variability of N2O Emissions from an Australian Irrigated Dairy Pasture
    Year: 2005
    Event name: The 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Page numbers: 760-767
    Publisher: Science Press USA(New Jersey)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Ammonia volatilization and denitrification loss from irrigated maize-wheat rotation field in the North China Plain
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Pedosphere
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 533-540
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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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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: 8-8
    Publisher: The Regional Institute(Gosford)
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  • Micrometeorological Measurements of Ammonia Emissions During Phases of the Grazing Rotation of Irrigated Dairy Pastures
    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: 8-8
    Publisher: The Regional Institute(Gosford)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Solute-Water Interactions
    Year: 2003
    Book: Handbook of Processes and Modeling in the Soil-Plant System
    Publisher: Haworth Press(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Desorption of phosphate from sugarcane soils into simulated natural waters
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Marine and Freshwater Research
    Volume: 53
    Page numbers: 961-970
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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  • Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium and responsible microorganisms in two Chinese and Australian paddy soils
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1131-1137
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The RElationship between Grapevine Vigour and Potentially Mineralizable-N in Soils of Cool Climate Regions in Victoria
    Year: 2002
    Event name: FUTURE Soils
    Conference Publication: FUTURE Soils
    Page numbers: 198-199
    Publisher: Australian Society of Soil Science Inc (ASSSI)(Perth)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of laboratory uranium sorption data with 'in situ distribution coefficients' at the Koongarra uranium deposit, Northern Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
    Volume: 57
    Page numbers: 35-55
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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