Dr Nicole Robinson

Lakshmanan, Prakash and Robinson, Nicole (2014). Stress physiology: abiotic stresses. Sugarcane: physiology, biochemistry, and functional biology. (pp. 411-434) edited by Paul H. Moore and Frederik C. Botha. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118771280.ch16

Robinson, Nicole, Vogt, Jessica, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Sussane (2013). Nitrogen physiology of sugarcane. Sugarcane: Physiology, Biochemistry, and Functional Biology. (pp. 169-195) edited by Paul H. Moore and Frederik C. Botha. Oxford United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118771280.ch8

Schmidt, Susanne, Krishnan, Vithya, Gamage, Harshi, Walsh, Michael, Huelsen, Tim, Wolf, Juliane, Wadewitz, Peter, Jensen, Paul, Das, Bianca and Robinson, Nicole (2024). Enabling the circular nitrogen economy with organic and organo-mineral fertilisers. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. doi: 10.1007/s10705-024-10380-7

Bailey, Taleta, Robinson, Nicole, Macdonald, Ben, McGowan, Janine, Weaver, Tim, Antille, Diogenes L. and Farrell, Mark (2024). Opposing patterns of carbon and nitrogen stability in soil organic matter fractions compared to whole soil. European Journal of Soil Science, 75 (3) ARTN e13495. doi: 10.1111/ejss.13495

Witt, Torsten, Robinson, Nicole, Palma, Ana C., Cernusak, Lucas A., Pratt, Steven, Redding, Matthew, Batstone, Damien J., Schmidt, Susanne and Laycock, Bronwyn (2024). Evaluating novel biodegradable polymer matrix fertilizers for nitrogen‐efficient agriculture. Journal of Environmental Quality, 53 (3), 287-299. doi: 10.1002/jeq2.20552

Daroch, Rupinder K., Dang, Yash P., McKenna, Brigid, Robinson, Nicole, Finn, Damien, Page, Kathryn, Reeves, Steven and Dalal, Ram C. (2024). Biotic relationships to aggregation in a Vertisol under long-term no-till, stubble retention and nitrogen fertilisation. Applied Soil Ecology, 195 105260, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105260

Krishnan, Vithya, Robinson, Nicole, Firn, Jennifer, Herbohn, John and Schmidt, Susanne (2023). Organic nitrogen improves the water use of tropical tree seedlings cultivated for restoration plantings. Plants, People, Planet, 5 (3), 437-448. doi: 10.1002/ppp3.10363

Redding, M. R., Witt, T., Lobsey, C. R., Mayer, D. G., Hunter, B., Pratt, S., Robinson, N., Schmidt, S., Laycock, B. and Phillips, I. (2022). Screening two biodegradable polymers in enhanced efficiency fertiliser formulations reveals the need to prioritise performance goals. Journal of Environmental Management, 304 114264, 114264. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114264

Williams, Wendy J., Schmidt, Susanne, Zaady, Eli, Alchin, Bruce, Swe, Than Myint, Williams, Stephen, Dooley, Madeline, Penfold, Grace, O’reagain, Peter, Bushell, John, Cowley, Robyn, Driscoll, Colin and Robinson, Nicole (2022). Resting subtropical grasslands from grazing in the wet season boosts biocrust hotspots to improve soil health. Agronomy, 12 (1) 62, 62. doi: 10.3390/agronomy12010062

Rupawalla, Zeenat, Robinson, Nicole, Schmidt, Susanne, Li, Sijie, Carruthers, Selina, Buisset, Elodie, Roles, John, Hankamer, Ben and Wolf, Juliane (2021). Algae biofertilisers promote sustainable food production and a circular nutrient economy – An integrated empirical-modelling study. Science of the Total Environment, 796 148913, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148913

Bailey, Taleta, Robinson, Nicole, Farrell, Mark, Macdonald, Ben, Weaver, Tim, Antille, Diogenes L., Chin, Aidan and Brackin, Richard (2021). Storage of soil samples leads to over-representation of the contribution of nitrate to plant-available nitrogen. Soil Research, 60 (1), 22-32. doi: 10.1071/sr21013

Westermann, Maren, Brackin, Richard, Robinson, Nicole, Salazar Cajas, Monica, Buckley, Scott, Bailey, Taleta, Redding, Matthew, Kochanek, Jitka, Hill, Jaye, Guillou, Stéphane, Freitas, Joao Carlos Martins, Wang, Weijin, Pratt, Chris, Fujinuma, Ryo and Schmidt, Susanne (2021). Organic wastes amended with sorbents reduce N2O emissions from sugarcane cropping. Environments, 8 (8) 78, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/environments8080078

Ola, Anne, Staples, Timothy L., Robinson, Nicole and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2020). Plasticity in the above- and below-ground development of mangrove Ssedlings in response to variation in soil bulk density. Estuaries and Coasts, 43 (1), 111-119. doi: 10.1007/s12237-019-00660-9

Berg, Shelby, Dennis, Paul G., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Anderson, Jay, Robinson, Nicole, Brackin, Richard, Royle, Adam, DiBella, Lawrence and Schmidt, Susanne (2019). Effects of commercial microbial biostimulants on soil and root microbial communities and sugarcane yield. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56 (4), 565-580. doi: 10.1007/s00374-019-01412-4

Krishnan, Vithya, Robinson, Nicole, Firn, Jennifer, Applegate, Grahame, Herbohn, John and Schmidt, Susanne (2019). Without management interventions, endemic wet-sclerophyll forest is transitioning to rainforest in World Heritage listed K’gari (Fraser Island), Australia. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (3), 1378-1393. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4853

Chin, A., Schmidt, S., Buckley, S., Pirie, R., Redding, M., Laycock, B., Luckman, P., Batstone, D. J., Robinson, N. and Brackin, R. (2018). Sorbents can tailor nitrogen release from organic wastes to match the uptake capacity of crops. Science of the Total Environment, 645, 1474-1483. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.135

Jamtgard, Sandra, Robinson, Nicole, Moritz, Thomas, Colgrave, Michelle L. and Schmidt, Susanne (2018). Optimising methods for the recovery and quantification of di- and tripeptides in soil. Soil Research, 56 (4), 404-412. doi: 10.1071/SR17279

Worland, Belinda, Robinson, Nicole, Jordan, David, Schmidt, Susanne and Godwin, Ian (2017). Post-anthesis nitrate uptake is critical to yield and grain protein content in Sorghum bicolor. Journal of Plant Physiology, 216, 118-124. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.05.026

Brackin, Richard, Nasholm, Torgny, Robinson, Nicole, Guillou, Stephane, Vinall, Kerry, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Schmidt, Susanne and Inselsbacher, Erich (2015). Nitrogen fluxes at the root-soil interface show a mismatch of nitrogen fertilizer supply and sugarcane root uptake capacity. Scientific Reports, 5 (15727) 15727, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/srep15727

Yeoh, Yun Kit, Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Dennis, Paul G., Robinson, Nicole, Ragan, Mark A., Schmidt, Susanne and Hugenholtz, Philip (2015). The core root microbiome of sugarcanes cultivated under varying nitrogen fertiliser application.. Environmental Microbiology, 18 (5), 1338-1351. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12925

Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Yeoh, Yun Kit, Kasinadhuni, Naga Rup Pinaki, Lonhienne, Thierry G. A., Robinson, Nicole, Hugenholtz, Philip, Ragan, Mark A. and Schmidt, Susanne (2015). Nitrogen fertilizer dose alters fungal communities in sugarcane soil and rhizosphere.. Scientific Reports, 5 (8678) 8678, 1-6. doi: 10.1038/srep08678

Soper, Fiona M., Richards, Anna E., Siddique, Ilyas, Aidar, Marcos P. M., Cook, Garry D., Hutley, Lindsay B., Robinson, Nicole and Schmidt, Susanne (2014). Natural abundance (δ15N) indicates shifts in nitrogen relations of woody taxa along a savanna–woodland continental rainfall gradient. Oecologia, 178 (1), 297-308. doi: 10.1007/s00442-014-3176-3

Harper, Richard J., Sochacki, Stanley J., Smettem, Keith R. J. and Robinson, Nicole (2014). Managing water in agricultural landscapes with short-rotation biomass plantations. GCB Bioenergy, 6 (5), 544-555. doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12090

Gageler, Rose, Bonner, Mark, Kirchhof, Gunnar, Amos, Mark, Robinson, Nicole, Schmidt, Susanne and Shoo, Luke P. (2014). Early response of soil properties and function to riparian rainforest restoration. PLoS One, 9 (8) e104198, e104198.1-e104198.8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104198

Brackin, Richard, Robinson, Nicole, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Susanne (2014). Soil microbial responses to labile carbon input differ in adjacent sugarcane and forest soils. Soil Research, 52 (3), 307-316. doi: 10.1071/SR13276

Brackin, Richard, Robinson, Nicole, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Susanne (2013). Microbial function in adjacent subtropical forest and agricultural soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 57, 68-77. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.07.015

Holst, Jirko, Brackin, Richard, Robinson, Nicole, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Susanne (2012). Soluble inorganic and organic nitrogen in two Australian soils under sugarcane cultivation. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 155 (2), 16-26. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.03.015

Vinall, Kerry, Schmidt, Susanne, Brackin, Richard, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Robinson, Nicole (2012). Amino acids are a nitrogen source for sugarcane. Functional Plant Biology, 39 (6), 503-511. doi: 10.1071/FP12042

Soper, Fiona M., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Brackin, Richard, Rentsch, Doris, Schmidt, Susanne and Robinson, Nicole (2011). Arabidopsis and Lobelia anceps access small peptides as a nitrogen source for growth. Functional Plant Biology, 38 (10), 788-796. doi: 10.1071/FP11077

Robinson, Nicole, Brackin, Richard, Vinall, Kerry, Soper, Fiona, Holst, Jirko, Gamage, Harshi, Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Rennenberg, Heinz, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Susanne (2011). Nitrate paradigm does not hold up for sugarcane. PLoS One, 6 (4 Article # e19045) e19045, e19045. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019045

Whan, Alex, Robinson, Nicole, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Schmidt, Susanne and Aitken, Karen (2010). A quantitative genetics approach to nitrogen use efficiency in sugarcane. Functional Plant Biology, 37 (5), 448-454. doi: 10.1071/FP09260

Paungfoo-Lonhienne, C., Lonhienne, T.G.A,, Rentsch, D., Robinson, N., Christie, M., Webb, R.I., Gamage, H. K., Carroll, B. J., Schenk, P. M.P. and Schmidt, Susanne (2008). Plants can use protein as a nitrogen source without assistance from other organisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (11), 4524-4529. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712078105

Robinson, N., Fletcher, A., Whan, A., Vinall, K., Brackin, R., Lakshmanan, P. and Schmidt, S. (2008). Sustainable sugarcane production systems: Reducing plant nitrogen demand. Sugar Cane International, 26 (5), 9-12.

Robinson, Nicole, Fletcher, Andrew, Whan, Alex, Critchley, Christa, von Wiren, Nicolaus, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Susanne (2007). Sugarcane genotypes differ in internal nitrogen use efficiency. Functional Plant Biology, 34 (12), 1122-1129. doi: 10.1071/FP07183

Robinson, N., Harper, R. and Smettem, K. (2006). Soil Water Depletion by Eucalyptus spp. Integrated into Dryland Agricultural Systems. Plant and Soil, 286 (1-2), 141-151. doi: 10.1007/s11104-006-9032-4

Brand, J., Robinson, N. and Archibald, R. (2003). Establishmnent and growth of sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) in South Western Australia: Acacia hot trials. Australian Forestry, 66 (4), 294-299.

Robinson, Nicole (1998). Influence of light on nitrogen metabolism in rainforest species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 109, 127-129.

Robson, Andrew, Rahman, Muhammad Moshiur, Falzon, Gregory, Kiran Verma, Niva, Johansen, Kasper, Robinson, Nicole, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Salter, Barry and Skocaj, Danielle (2016). Evaluating remote sensing technologies for improved yield forecasting and for the measurement of foliar nitrogen concentration in sugarcane. 38th Annual Conference Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, ASSCT 2016, Mackay, QLD, Australia, 27-29 April 2016. London, United Kingdom: Informa Agra.

Brackin, Richard, Nasholm, Torgny, Robinson, Nicole, Guillou, Stephane, Vinall, Kerry, Buckley, Scott, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Schmidt, Susanne and Inselsbacher, Erich (2016). Microdialysis – a new technology for investigating soil nitrogen fluxes in the rhizosphere. International Nitrogen Initiative Conference, Melbourne VIC Australia, 4-8 December 2016. Melbourne VIC Australia: International Nitrogen Initiative.

Salazar Cajas, Monica Elizabeth, Robinson, Nicole, Royle, Adam, Di Bella, Lawrence, Wang, Weijin, Heenan, Marijke, Reeves, Steven, Schmidt, Susanne and Brackin, Richard (2016). Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from sugarcane soil with legume intercropping. International Nitrogen Initiative Conference, Melbourne VIC Australia, 4-8 December 2016. Melbourne VIC Australia: International Nitrogen Initiative.

Robinson, N., Brackin, R., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, C., Lonhienne, T., Westermann, M., Salazar, M., Yeoh, Y. K ., Hugenholtz, P., Ragan, M. A., Redding, M., Pratt, C., Wang, W. J., Royle, A., DiBella, L., Lakshmanan, P. and Schmidt, S. (2016). Addressing the nitrogen problem in sugarcane production to reduce pollution of the Great Barrier Reef. International Nitrogen Initiative Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 4-8 December 2016. Melbourne, Australia: International Nitrogen Initiative.

Stirling, G. R., Stirling, A. M., Schmidt, S. and Robinson, N. (2015). Impact of nitrogen inputs to a sugarcane soil on plant-parasitic nematodes and their natural enemies. 37th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, ASSCT 2015, Bundaberg, QLD Australia, 28-30 April 2015. Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.

Fangrath, S, Mudge, S., Deng, Y, Robinson, N, Schmidt, S, Hugenholtz, P, Ragan, M and Paungfoo-Lonhienne, C (2014). Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for use in horticulture.. The 29th International Horticultural Congress, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane Qld, Australia, 17 - 22 August 2014.

Brackin, Richard, Robinson, Nicole, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Susanne (2012). Microbial dynamics in forest and sugarcane soils of Queensland. Soil Science: Joint Australian and New Zealand Soil Science Conference: Soil solutions for diverse landscapes, Hobart, Australia, 2-7 December 2012. Warragul, Victoria: Australian Society of Soil Science.

Harper, R. J., Sochacki, S. J., Smettem, K. R. L. and Robinson, N. (2010). Bioenergy feedstock potential from short-rotation woody crops in a dryland environment. 2009 Sino-Australian Symposium on Advanced Coal and Biomass Utilisation Technologies, Wuhan, China, 9-11 December 2009. Washington, DC, United States: American Chemical Society. doi: 10.1021/ef9005687

Robinson, N., Gamage, H. K., Whan, A., Vinall, K., Fletcher, A., Brackin, R. T., Holst, J., Lakshmanan, P. and Schmidt, Susanne (2009). Evidence of differences in nitrogen use efficiency in sugarcane genotypes. Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, Ballina, NSW, Australia, 6-8 May 2009. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.

Whan, A. P., Robinson, N., Aitken, K. S., Lakshmanan, P. and Schmidt, S. (2008). Understanding nitrogen use efficiency in sugarcane: A quantitative genetics approach. 30th Annual Conference Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, ASSCT 2008, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 29 April - 2 May 2008. Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.

Robinson, N., Whan, A., Fletcher, A., Vinall, K., Brackin, R., Lakshmanan, P. and Schmidt, S. (2008). An integrated approach to reducing n inputs in australian sugarcane farming systems. 30th Annual Conference Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, ASSCT 2008, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 29 April - 2 May 2008. Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.

Brackin, R., Robinson, N., Lakshmanan, P. and Schmidt, S. (2008). A new nitrogen source from crop residues: Sugarcane uses organic nitrogen for growth. 30th Annual Conference Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, ASSCT 2008, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 29 April - 2 May 2008. Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.

Robinson, N., Fletcher, A.T., Whan, A., Vinall, K., Brackin, R.T., Lakshmanan, P. and Schmidt, S. (2008). Sustainable sugarcane production systems: reducing plant nitrogen demand. Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologies, Townsville, Australia, 29 April - 2 May 2008. Australia: Scribe Consulting.

Robinson, Nicole (2003). The influence of light environment on nitrogen assimilation in Rainforest species. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/106245

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