Ehsan Tavakkoli

Dr Ehsan Tavakkoli

Associate Professor

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

College of Science


Year Citation
2025 Watts‐Williams, S. J., Gill, A. R., Nguyen, T. D., Tavakkoli, E., Jewell, N., & Brien, C. (2025). Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Can Improve the Water Use and Phosphorus Acquisition Efficiencies of Aerobically Grown Rice. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 4(1), e70040-1-e70040-9.
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2025 Kaur, H., Singh, G., Yeasmin, M., Ramadass, K., Panigrahi, P., Larson, A., . . . Vinu, A. (2025). Engineered biochar-attapulgite clay composite: A novel slow-release phosphorus fertilizer. Chemical Engineering Journal, 520, 11 pages.
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2025 Uddin, S., Rohan, M., Weng, Z. H., Tahmasbian, I., Fang, Y., Hayden, H. L., . . . Tavakkoli, E. (2025). Enhancing Root Proliferation in an Alkaline Dispersive Subsoil: a Comparative Study of Organic and Inorganic Amendments with Different Amelioration Mechanisms. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 25(3), 7381-7396.
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2025 Janke, C., Kirkegaard, J., Hunt, J., Barton, L., Bell, L., Karunaratne, S., . . . Farrell, M. (2025). The pros and cons of increasing soil organic matter in dryland cropping systems. Crop and Pasture Science, 76(7), 26 pages.
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2025 Lang, S., Cavagnaro, T., Chittleborough, D., Tavakkoli, E., & Wilhelm, N. (2025). Cereal root growth in a sandy soil with a hardsetting subsurface horizon was restricted only under dry conditions. Plant and Soil, 18 pages.
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2024 Uddin, S., Parvin, S., Armstrong, R., Fitzgerald, G. J., Löw, M., Houshmandfar, A., . . . Tausz, M. (2024). Water use dynamics of dryland wheat grown under elevated CO₂ with supplemental nitrogen. Crop and Pasture Science, 75(1), CP22344-1-CP22344-17.
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2024 Liu, B., Lu, Y., He, S., Yang, J., Liu, C., Fang, Y., . . . Liang, X. (2024). UV irradiation enhanced removal of colloidal phosphorus in agricultural runoff. Journal of Environmental Management, 352, 120109.
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2024 Sadanandan, A. M., Yang, J. H., Devtade, V., Singh, G., Panangattu Dharmarajan, N., Fawaz, M., . . . Vinu, A. (2024). Carbon nitride based nanoarchitectonics for nature-inspired photocatalytic CO₂ reduction. Progress in Materials Science, 142, 101242-1-101242-35.
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2024 Liu, B., Lu, Y., Yang, J., Eltohamy, K. M., Fang, Y., Tavakkoli, E., & Liang, X. (2024). Navigating the complexity of colloidal phosphorus in water: Sources, occurrence, transformations, and eco-friendly removal strategies. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 54(20), 1459-1477.
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2024 Defterdarović, J., Filipović, L., Ondrašek, G., Bogunović, I., Dugan, I., Phogat, V., . . . Filipović, V. (2024). Impact of Hillslope Agriculture on Soil Compaction and Seasonal Water Dynamics in a Temperate Vineyard. Land, 13(5), 588.
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2024 Zhou, J., Zhang, S., Lv, J., Tang, C., Zhang, H., Fang, Y., . . . Li, Y. (2024). Maize straw increases while its biochar decreases native organic carbon mineralization in a subtropical forest soil.. The Science of the total environment, 939, 173606.
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2024 Kabiri, S., Tavakkoli, E., Navarro, D. A., Degryse, F., Grimison, C., Higgins, C. P., . . . McLaughlin, M. J. (2024). The complex effect of dissolved organic carbon on desorption of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances from soil under alkaline conditions. Environmental Pollution, 356, 124234-1-124234-9.
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2024 Tucker, W., Degryse, F., McBeath, T., Tavakkoli, E., & McLaughlin, M. (2024). Is subsurface soil a chemically more hostile zone for deep‐placed phosphorus fertilizer?. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 88(5), 1778-1791.
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2024 Kumar, P., Singh, G., Bahadur, R., Li, Z., Zhang, X., Sathish, C. I., . . . Vinu, A. (2024). The rise of borophene. Progress in Materials Science, 146, 101331.
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2024 Tavakkoli, E., Watts-Williams, S. J., Rengasamy, P., & McDonald, G. K. (2024). Eliciting the aboveground physiological regulation that underlies salinity tolerance in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Environmental and Experimental Botany, 226, 105849-1-105849-11.
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2024 Mod, B., Baskar, A. V., Bahadur, R., Tavakkoli, E., Van Zwieten, L., Singh, G., & Vinu, A. (2024). From cane to nano: advanced nanomaterials derived from sugarcane products with insights into their synthesis and applications. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 25(1), 31 pages.
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2023 Kong, Y., Zhang, H., Tian, L., Yuan, J., Chen, Y., Li, Y., . . . Cai, Y. (2023). Relationships between denitrification rates and functional gene abundance in a wetland: The roles of single- and multiple-species plant communities. Science of the Total Environment, 863, 9 pages.
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2023 Karimian, N., Johnston, S. G., Tavakkoli, E., Frierdich, A. J., & Burton, E. D. (2023). Mechanisms of Arsenic and Antimony Co-sorption onto Jarosite: An X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Study. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(12), 4813-4820.
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2023 Zhang, S., Fang, Y., Kawasaki, A., Tavakkoli, E., Cai, Y., Wang, H., . . . Li, Y. (2023). Biochar significantly reduced nutrient-induced positive priming in a subtropical forest soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 59(6), 589-607.
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2023 Xiao, Z., Zhang, S., Guo, M., Zhao, F., Wang, H., Xu, W., . . . Tavakkoli, E. (2023). Nitrogen and phosphorus change the early natural vegetation restoration in degraded Phaeozems of gullies. Science of the Total Environment, 888, 12 pages.
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2023 Shen, Y., Fang, Y., Chen, H., Ma, Z., Huang, C., Wu, X., . . . Cai, Y. (2023). New insights into the relationships between livestock grazing behaviors and soil organic carbon stock in an alpine grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 355, 1-11.
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2023 Zhang, A., Wang, X., Fang, Y., Sun, X., Tavakkoli, E., Li, Y., . . . Du, Z. (2023). Biochar more than stubble management affected carbon allocation and persistence in soil matrix: a 9-year temperate cropland trial. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 23(8), 3018-3028.
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2022 Ramadass, K., Lakhi, K. S., Sathish, C. I., Ruban, A. M., Bahadur, R., Singh, G., . . . Vinu, A. (2022). Copper nanoparticles decorated N-doped mesoporous carbon with bimodal pores for selective gas separation and energy storage applications. Chemical Engineering Journal, 431(2), 1-11.
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2022 Singh, G., Ramadass, K., Sooriyakumar, P., Hettithanthri, O., Vithange, M., Bolan, N., . . . Vinu, A. (2022). Nanoporous materials for pesticide formulation and delivery in the agricultural sector. Journal of Controlled Release, 343, 187-206.
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2022 Fang, Y., Tavakkoli, E., Weng, Z., Collins, D., Harvey, D., Karimian, N., . . . Van Zwieten, L. (2022). Disentangling carbon stabilization in a Calcisol subsoil amended with iron oxyhydroxides: A dual-<sup>13</sup>C isotope approach. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 170, 1-13.
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2022 Uddin, S., Williams, S. W., Aslam, N., Fang, Y., Parvin, S., Rust, J., . . . Tavakkoli, E. (2022). Ameliorating alkaline dispersive subsoils with organic amendments: Are productivity responses due to nutrition or improved soil structure?. Plant and Soil, 480(1-2), 227-244.
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2022 Weng, Z. H., Van Zwieten, L., Tavakkoli, E., Rose, M. T., Singh, B. P., Joseph, S., . . . Cowie, A. (2022). Microspectroscopic visualization of how biochar lifts the soil organic carbon ceiling.. Nat Commun, 13(1), 12 pages.
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2022 Fang, Y., Van Zwieten, L., Rose, M. T., Vasileiadis, S., Donner, E., Vancov, T., . . . Tavakkoli, E. (2022). Unraveling microbiomes and functions associated with strategic tillage, stubble, and fertilizer management. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 323(107686), 1-14.
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2021 Chen, G., Fang, Y., Van Zwieten, L., Xuan, Y., Tavakkoli, E., Wang, X., & Zhang, R. (2021). Priming, stabilization and temperature sensitivity of native SOC is controlled by microbial responses and physicochemical properties of biochar. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 154, 12 pages.
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2021 Wang, M., Tavakkoli, E., Rengasamy, P., Huang, L., Ma, H., Yang, F., . . . Liang, Z. (2021). Management zone delineation based on soil properties measured during the reproductive stage of rice in the field. Land Degradation and Development, 32(10), 3106-3121.
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2021 Fang, Y., Singh, B. P., Van Zwieten, L., Collins, D., Pitt, W., Armstrong, R., & Tavakkoli, E. (2021). Additive effects of organic and inorganic amendments can significantly improve structural stability of a sodic dispersive subsoil. Geoderma, 404, 1-13.
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2021 Yin, X., Peñuelas, J., Sardans, J., Xu, X., Chen, Y., Fang, Y., . . . Wang, W. (2021). Effects of nitrogen-enriched biochar on rice growth and yield, iron dynamics, and soil carbon storage and emissions: A tool to improve sustainable rice cultivation. Environmental Pollution, 287, 1-13.
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2021 Xu, J., Fang, Y., Tavakkoli, E., Pan, X., Liao, F., Chen, W., & Guo, W. (2021). Preferential ammonium: Nitrate ratio of blueberry isregulated by nitrogen transport and reduction systems. Scientia Horticulturae, 288, 1-10.
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2021 Tavakkoli, E., Uddin, S., Rengasamy, P., & McDonald, G. K. (2021). Field applications of gypsum reduce pH and improve soil C in highly alkaline soils in southern Australia’s dryland cropping region. Soil Use and Management, 38(1), 12 pages.
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2021 Weng, Z. H., Zwieten, L. V., Rose, M., Singh, B. P., Tavakkoli, E., Joseph, S., . . . Cowie, A. (2021). Microspectroscopic visualization of how biochar elevates the soil organic carbon ceiling.
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2020 Talapaneni, S. N., Singh, G., Kim, I. Y., AlBahily, K., Al‐Muhtaseb, A. H., Karakoti, A. S., . . . Vinu, A. (2020). Carbon Capture and Conversion: Nanostructured Carbon Nitrides for CO
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Capture and Conversion (Adv. Mater. 18/2020). Advanced Materials, 32(18), 1.

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2020 Conyers, M. K., Holland, J. E., Haskins, B., Whitworth, R., Poile, G. J., Oates, A., . . . Tavakkoli, E. (2020). Sulfur and nitrogen responses by barley and wheat on a sandy soil in a semi-arid environment. Crop and Pasture Science, 71(10), 894-906.
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2020 Talapaneni, S. N., Singh, G., Kim, I. Y., AlBahily, K., Al-Muhtaseb, A. H., Karakoti, A. S., . . . Vinu, A. (2020). Nanostructured carbon nitrides for CO₂ capture and conversion. Advanced Materials, 32(18), 1904635-1-1904635-21.
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2020 Fang, Y., Singh, B. P., Collins, D., Armstrong, R., Van Zwieten, L., & Tavakkoli, E. (2020). Nutrient stoichiometry and labile carbon content of organic amendments control microbial biomass and carbon-use efficiency in a poorly structured sodic-subsoil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56(2), 219-233.
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2020 Kabiri, S., Andelkovic, I., Coqui da Silva, R., Degryse, J., Baird, R., Tavakkoli, E., . . . McLaughlin, M. (2020). Engineered phosphate fertilisers with dual-release properties. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(13), 5512-5524.
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2020 Weng, Z., Liu, X., Eldridge, S., Wang, H., Rose, T., Rose, M., . . . Van Zwieten, L. (2020). Priming of soil organic carbon induced by sugarcane residues and its biochar control the source of nitrogen for plant uptake: A dual <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>15</sup>N isotope three-source-partitioning study. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 146, 1-9.
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2020 Fang, Y., Singh, B. P., Farrell, M., Van Zwieten, L., Armstrong, R., Chen, C., . . . Tavakkoli, E. (2020). Balanced nutrient stoichiometry of organic amendments enhances carbon priming in a poorly structured sodic subsoil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 145, 11 pages.
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2020 McDonald, G. K., Tavakkoli, E., & Rengasamy, P. (2020). Commentary: Bread Wheat With High Salinity and Sodicity Tolerance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 3 pages.
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2019 Farrar, M. B., Wallace, H. M., Xu, C. Y., Nguyen, T. T. N., Tavakkoli, E., Joseph, S., & Bai, S. H. (2019). Short-term effects of organo-mineral enriched biochar fertiliser on ginger yield and nutrient cycling. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 19(2), 668-682.
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2019 Weng, Z., Rose, M. T., Tavakkoli, E., Van Zwieten, L., Styles, G., Bennett, W., & Lombi, E. (2019). Assessing plant-available glyphosate in contrasting soils by diffusive gradient in thin-films technique (DGT). Science of the Total Environment, 646, 735-744.
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2019 Fang, Y., Singh, B. P., Nazaries, L., Keith, A., Tavakkoli, E., Wilson, N., & Singh, B. (2019). Interactive carbon priming, microbial response and biochar persistence in a Vertisol with varied inputs of biochar and labile organic matter. European Journal of Soil Science, 70(5), 960-974.
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2019 Andelkovic, I. B., Kabiri, S., Da Silva, R., Tavakkoli, E., Kirby, J. K., Losic, D., & Mclaughlin, M. J. (2019). Optimisation of phosphate loading on graphene oxide-Fe(iii) composites-possibilities for engineering slow release fertilisers. New Journal of Chemistry, 43(22), 8580-8589.
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2019 Fang, Y., Singh, B. P., Cowie, A., Wang, W., Arachchi, M. H., Wang, H., & Tavakkoli, E. (2019). Balancing nutrient stoichiometry facilitates the fate of wheat residue‑carbon in physically defined soil organic matter fractions. Geoderma, 354, 1-12.
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2018 Fang, Y., Singh, B. P., Collins, D., Li, B., Zhu, J., & Tavakkoli, E. (2018). Nutrient supply enhanced wheat residue-carbon mineralization, microbial growth, and microbial carbon-use efficiency when residues were supplied at high rate in contrasting soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 126, 168-178.
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2018 Weng, Z., Van Zwieten, L., Singh, B. P., Tavakkoli, E., Kimber, S., Morris, S., . . . Cowie, A. (2018). The accumulation of rhizodeposits in organo-mineral fractions promoted biochar-induced negative priming of native soil organic carbon in Ferralsol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 118, 91-96.
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2018 Andelkovic, I., Kabiri, S., Tavakkoli, E., Kirby, J., McLaughlin, M., & Losic, D. (2018). Graphene oxide-Fe(III) composite containing phosphate - a novel slow release fertilizer for improved agriculture management. Journal of Cleaner Production, 185, 97-104.
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2017 McDonald, G., Tavakkoli, E., Cozzolino, D., Banas, K., Derrien, M., & Rengasamy, P. (2017). A survey of total and dissolved organic carbon in alkaline soils of southern Australia. Soil Research, 55(7), 617-629.
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2017 Han Weng, Z., Van Zwieten, L., Singh, B., Tavakkoli, E., Joseph, S., Macdonald, L., . . . Cowie, A. (2017). Biochar built soil carbon over a decade by stabilizing rhizodeposits. Nature Climate Change, 7(5), 371-376.
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2016 Rengasamy, P., Tavakkoli, E., & McDonald, G. (2016). Exchangeable cations and clay dispersion: net dispersive charge, a new concept for dispersive soil. European Journal of Soil Science, 67(5), 659-665.
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2015 Tavakkoli, E., Juhasz, A., Donner, E., & Lombi, E. (2015). Characterising the exchangeability of phenanthrene associated with naturally occurring soil colloids using an isotopic dilution technique. Environmental Pollution, 199, 244-252.
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2015 Tavakkoli, E., Rengasamy, P., Smith, E., & Mcdonald, G. (2015). The effect of cation-anion interactions on soil pH and solubility of organic carbon. European Journal of Soil Science, 66(6), 1054-1062.
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2013 Tavakkoli, E., Donner, E., Juhasz, A., Naidu, R., & Lombi, E. (2013). A radio-isotopic dilution technique for functional characterisation of the associations between inorganic contaminants and water-dispersible naturally occurring soil colloids. Environmental Chemistry, 10(4), 341-348.
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2013 Lombi, E., Donner, E., Taheri, S., Tavakkoli, E., Jämting, A., McClure, S., . . . Vasilev, K. (2013). Transformation of four silver/silver chloride nanoparticles during anaerobic treatment of wastewater and post-processing of sewage sludge. Environmental Pollution, 176, 193-197.
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2013 Donner, E., Brunetti, G., Zarcinas, B., Harris, P., Tavakkoli, E., Naidu, R., & Lombi, E. (2013). Effects of chemical amendments on the lability and speciation of metals in anaerobically digested biosolids. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(19), 11157-11165.
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2012 Tavakkoli, E., Fatehi, F., Rengasamy, P., & McDonald, G. (2012). A comparison of hydroponic and soil-based screening methods to identify salt tolerance in the field in barley. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63(10), 3853-3868.
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2012 Tavakkoli, E., Paull, J., Rengasamy, P., & McDonald, G. (2012). Comparing genotypic variation in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in response to salinity in hydroponic and field experiments. Field Crops Research, 127, 99-108.
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2012 Lombi, E., Donner, E., Tavakkoli, E., Turney, T., Naidu, R., Miller, B., & Scheckel, K. (2012). Fate of zinc oxide nanoparticles during anaerobic digestion of wastewater and post-treatment processing of sewage sludge. Environmental Science and Technology, 46(16), 9089-9096.
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2011 Tavakkoli, E., English, P., & Guppy, C. (2011). Interaction of silicon and phosphorus mitigate manganese toxicity in rice in a highly weathered soil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 42(5), 503-513.
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2011 Tavakkoli, E., Lyons, G., English, P., & Guppy, C. (2011). Silicon nutrition of rice is affected by soil pH, weathering and silicon fertilisation. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science-Zzeitschrift fur Pflanzenernahrung und Bodenkunde, 174(3), 437-446.
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2011 Tavakkoli, E., Fatehi, F., Coventry, S., Rengasamy, P., & McDonald, G. (2011). Additive effects of Na⁺ and Cl⁻ ions on barley growth under salinity stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62(6), 2189-2203.
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2010 Tavakkoli, E., Rengasamy, P., & McDonald, G. (2010). High concentrations of Na⁺ and Cl⁻ ions in soil solution have simultaneous detrimental effects on growth of faba bean under salinity stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61(15), 4449-4459.
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2010 Tavakkoli, E., Rengasamy, P., & McDonald, G. (2010). The response of barley to salinity stress differs between hydroponics and soil systems. Functional Plant Biology, 37(7), 621-633.
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Year Citation
2024 Van Zwieten, L., Cayuela, M. L., Kammann, C., Joseph, S., Wrage-Mönnig, N., Cowie, A., . . . Tavakkoli, E. (2024). Biochar influences methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soil. In J. Lehmann, & S. Joseph (Eds.), Biochar for Environmental Management (pp. 463-488). Routledge.
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2023 Rengasamy, P., McDonald, G., & Tavakkoli, E. (2023). Managing Multiple Constraints to Crop Production in Dispersive Soils. In N. Bolan, & M. B. Kirkham (Eds.), Soil Constraints and Productivity (pp. 319-341). Taylor & Francis.
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2021 Sale, P., Tavakkoli, E., Armstrong, R., Wilhelm, N., Tang, C., Desbiolles, J., . . . Hart, M. (2021). Ameliorating dense clay subsoils to increase the yield of rain-fed crops. In D. L. Sparks (Ed.), Advances in Agronomy (Vol. 165, pp. 249-300). Cambridge, MA; United States: Academic Press.
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2022 - ongoing Associate Editor European Journal of Soil Science The University of Adelaide Australia

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