Dr Chanyarat Paungfoo-Lonhienne
Adjunct Lecturer
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
John Hines Building (62), Room 221B, St Lucia Campus
Researcher biography
I obtained my Bachelor of Science at Prince of Songkla University (PSU, Thailand) and received a Royal Golden Jubilee PhD Scholarship from the Thailand Research Fund to carry out my PhD in the field of microbial molecular biology in wastewater treatment at PSU in collaboration with the University of Queensland (UQ). I completed my PhD in 2004 and started my postdoctoral research career in 2005 in the research area of the uptake of organic nutrients by plants. In 2012, my research has spanned from plant nutrition to environmental microbes and plants, and the interactions between these organisms. It is recognised that the knowledge of plant-microbe interactions is limited with many important questions remaining unanswered largely due to the difficulty of studying these interactions in soils. Interactions and processes between plants and microbes can occur rapidly without leaving tangible metabolic or other fingerprints that would allow unravelling these complex interactions. Functional studies and high-resolution transcriptomic analysis were used here to characterise this association.
Book Chapter
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Schmidt, Susanne, Webb, Richard I. and Lonhienne, Thierry G. A. (2013). Rhizophagy-a new dimension of plant-microbe interactions. Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere. (pp. 1199-1207) edited by Frans J. de Bruijn. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118297674.ch115
Journal Articles
Pratt, Chris, Petersen, Ian Alexander and Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat (2024). Manipulating geological phosphorus resources for improved production and environmental outcomes during plant establishment. Journal of Environmental Management, 366 121702, 121702. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121702
Qiu, Zhiguang, Paungfoo‐Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Ye, Jun, Gonzalez Garcia, Axa , Petersen, Ian, Di Bella, Lawrence, Hobbs, Richard, Ibanez, Minka, Heenan, Marijke, Wang, Weijin, Reeves, Steven and Schmidt, Susanne (2022). Biofertilizers can enhance nitrogen use efficiency of sugarcane. Environmental Microbiology, 24 (8), 3655-3671. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16027
Gallart, Marta, Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat and Trueman, Stephen J. (2022). Effects of a growth-promoting Paraburkholderia species on nitrogen acquisition by avocado seedlings. Scientia Horticulturae, 295 110767, 110767. doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110767
Grunennvaldt, Renata L., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Trueman, Stephen J. and Gallart, Marta (2022). Effects of organic and inorganic fertilisers and Paraburkholderia sp. SOS3 on growth and drought responses of the therapeutic-honey plant Leptospermum polygalifolium. Rhizosphere, 21 100471, 100471. doi: 10.1016/j.rhisph.2022.100471
Phillips, Ian, Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Tahmasbian, Iman, Hunter, Benjamin, Smith, Brianna, Mayer, David and Redding, Matthew (2022). Combination of Inorganic Nitrogen and Organic Soil Amendment Improves Nitrogen Use Efficiency While Reducing Nitrogen Runoff. Nitrogen, 3 (1) 4, 58-73. doi: 10.3390/nitrogen3010004
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Wang, Weijin, Yeoh, Yun Kit, Reeves, Steven, Halpin, Neil and Daly, Joshua (2021). Effects of different rotational legume crops and residue management regimes on soil microbial properties and functions in a sugarcane farming system. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 184 (3), 398-408. doi: 10.1002/jpln.202000535
Petersen, Ian, Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Marcellin, Esteban, Nielsen, Lars Keld and Gonzalez, Axayacatl (2021). Towards sustainable bioinoculants: a fermentation strategy for high cell density cultivation of Paraburkholderia sp. SOS3, a plant growth-promoting bacterium isolated in Queensland, Australia. Fermentation, 7 (2) 58, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/fermentation7020058
Gallart, Marta, Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Gonzalez, Axayacatl and Trueman, Stephen J. (2021). Nitrogen source influences the effect of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (Pgpr) on Macadamia integrifolia. Agronomy, 11 (6) 1064, 1064. doi: 10.3390/agronomy11061064
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Watanarojanaporn, Nantida, Petersen, Ian, Jaemsaeng, Ratchaniwan, Klomsa-ard, Peeraya and Sriroth, Klanarong (2021). Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria enhance the ratoon productivity of sugarcane. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 15 (12), 1442-1445. doi: 10.21475/ajcs.21.15.12.p3311
Redding, M.R., Phillips, I., Pratt, C., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, C., Levett, I., Hill, J., Mehta, C., Bailey, T., Brackin, R., McAuley, J., Pratt, S., Laycock, B. and Mayer, D.G. (2020). Can nitrogen source and nitrification inhibitors affect in-season nitrogen supply?. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 51 (16), 2189-2204. doi: 10.1080/00103624.2020.1822383
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
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Redding, Matthew, Pratt, Chris and Wang, Weijin (2019). Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria increase the efficiency of fertilisers while reducing nitrogen loss. Journal of Environmental Management, 233, 337-341. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.052
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Wang, Weijin, Yeoh, Yun Kit and Halpin, Neil (2017). Legume crop rotation suppressed nitrifying microbial community in a sugarcane cropping soil. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 16707, 16707. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17080-z
Yeoh, Yun Kit, Dennis, Paul G., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Weber, Lui, Brackin, Richard, Ragan, Mark A., Schmidt, Susanne and Hugenholtz, Philip (2017). Evolutionary conservation of a core root microbiome across plant phyla along a tropical soil chronosequence. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 002628, 215. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00262-8
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Lonhienne, Thierry G.A., Andreev, Andrei, Zhiltsova, Lidya V., Kovalev, Sergey, Belov, Alexey, Grebenyuk, Igor, Kinaev, Nikolai and Sagulenko, Evgeny (2017). Effects of humate supplemented with red seaweed (Ahnfeltia tobuchiensis) on germination and seedling vigour of maize. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 11 (6), 690-693. doi: 10.21475/ajcs.17.11.06.p412
Bissett, Andrew, Fitzgerald, Anna, Court, Leon, Meintjes, Thys, Mele, Pauline M., Reith, Frank, Dennis, Paul G., Breed, Martin F., Brown, Belinda, Brown, Mark V., Brugger, Joel, Byrne, Margaret, Caddy-Retalic, Stefan, Carmody, Bernie, Coates, David J., Correa, Carolina, Ferrari, Belinda C., Gupta, Vadakattu V. S. R., Hamonts, Kelly, Haslem, Asha, Hugenholtz, Philip, Karan, Mirko, Koval, Jason, Lowe, Andrew J., Macdonald, Stuart, McGrath, Leanne, Martin, David, Morgan, Matt, North, Kristin I. ... Young, Andrew (2017). Introducing BASE: the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database (vol 5, 1, 2016). Gigascience, 6 (5) gix021, 1-1. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/gix021
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Lonhienne, Thierry G. A., Yeoh, Yun Kit, Donose, Bogdan C., Webb, Richard I., Parsons, Jeremy, Liao, Webber, Sagulenko, Evgeny, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Hugenholtz, Philip, Schmidt, Susanne and Ragan, Mark A. (2016). Crosstalk between sugarcane and a plant-growth promoting Burkholderia species. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 37389, 37389. doi: 10.1038/srep37389
Bissett, Andrew, Fitzgerald, Anna, Meintjes, Thys, Mele, Pauline M., Reith, Frank, Dennis, Paul G., Breed, Martin F., Brown, Belinda, Brown, Mark V., Brugger, Joel, Byrne, Margaret, Caddy-Retalic, Stefan, Carmody, Bernie, Coates, David J., Correa, Carolina, Ferrari, Belinda C., Gupta, Vadakattu V. S. R., Hamonts, Kelly, Haslem, Asha, Hugenholtz, Philip, Karan, Mirko, Koval, Jason, Lowe, Andrew J., Macdonald, Stuart, McGrath, Leanne, Martin, David, Morgan, Matt, North, Kristin I., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat ... Young, Andrew (2016). Introducing BASE: the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database. Gigascience, 5 (1) 21, 21.1-21.11. doi: 10.1186/s13742-016-0126-5
Redding, M. R., Shorten, P. R., Lewis, R., Pratt, C., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, C. and Hill, J. (2016). Soil N availability, rather than N deposition, controls indirect N2O emissions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 95, 288-298. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.01.002
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
Pratt, Chris, Redding, Mathew, Hill, Jaye, Mudge, Stephen Rowland, Westermann, Maren, Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat and Schmidt, Susanne (2014). Assessing refrigerating and freezing effects on the biological/chemical composition of two livestock manures. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 197, 288-292. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.08.012
Lonhienne, Thierry G. A., Trusov, Yuri, Young, Anthony, Rentsch, Doris, Näsholm, Torgny, Schmidt, Susanne and Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat (2014). Effects of externally supplied protein on root morphology and biomass allocation in Arabidopsis. Scientific Reports, 4 (5055) 5055, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/srep05055
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Lonhienne, Thierry G. A., Yeoh, Yun Kit, Webb, Richard I., Lakshmanan, Prakash, Chan, Cheong Xin, Lim, Phaik-Eem, Ragan, Mark A., Schmidt, Susanne and Hugenholtz, Philip (2014). A new species of Burkholderia isolated from sugarcane roots promotes plant growth. Microbial Biotechnology, 7 (2), 142-154. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12105
Lonhienne, Thierry G. A., Trusov, Yuri, Young, Anthony, Schmidt, Susanne and Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat (2014). The effect of protein supplied in the growth medium on plant pathogen resistance. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 9 (10) e976159, e976159.1-e976159.3. doi: 10.4161/15592324.2014.976159
Lonhienne, Thierry, Mason, Michael G., Ragan, Mark A., Hugenholtz, Philip, Schmidt, Susanne and Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat (2014). Yeast as a biofertilizer alters plant growth and morphology. Crop Science, 54 (2), 785-790. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2013.07.0488
Schmidt, Susanne, Raven, John A. and Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat (2013). The mixotrophic nature of photosynthetic plants. Functional Plant Biology, 40 (5), 425-438. doi: 10.1071/FP13061
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Visser, Jozef, Lonhienne, Thierry G. A. and Schmidt, Susanne (2012). Past, present and future of organic nutrients. Plant and Soil, 359 (1-2), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s11104-012-1357-6
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
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Schmidt, Susanne and Lonhienne, Thierry G. A. (2010). Uptake of non-pathogenic E. coli by Arabidopsis induces downregulation of heat shock proteins. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 5 (12), 1626-1628. doi: 10.4161/psb.5.12.13760
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Lonhienne, Thierry G. A. and Schmidt, Susanne (2010). DNA uptake by Arabidopsis induces changes in the expression of CLE peptides which control root morphology. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 5 (9), 1-3. doi: 10.4161/psb.5.9.12477
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Rentsch, Doris, Robatzek, Silke, Webb, Richard I., Sagulenko, Evgeny, Nasholm, Torgny, Schmidt, Susanne and Lonhienne, Thierry G. A. (2010). Turning the table: Plants consume microbes as a source of nutrients. PLoS One, 5 (7) e11915, e11915-1-e11915-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011915
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Lonhienne, Thierry G. A., Mudge, Stephen R., Schenk, Peer M., Christie, Michael, Carroll, Bernard J. and Schmidt, Susanne (2010). DNA is taken up by root hairs and pollen, and stimulates root and pollen tube growth. Plant Physiology, 153 (2), 799-805. doi: 10.1104/pp.110.154963
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Schenk, Peer M., Lonhienne, Thierry G. A., Brackin, Richard, Meier, Stefan, Rentsch, Doris and Schmidt, Susanne (2009). Nitrogen affects cluster root formation and expression of putative peptide transporters. Journal of Experimental Botany, 60 (9), 2665-2676. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erp111
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
Paungfoo, Chanyarat, Prasertsan, Poonsuk, Burrell, Paul C., Intrasungkha, Nugul and Blackall, Linda L. (2007). Nitrifying bacterial communities in an aquaculture wastewater treatment system using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), 16S rRNA gene cloning, and phylogenetic analysis. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 97 (4), 985-990. doi: 10.1002/bit.21270
Conference Papers
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.
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.
Paungfoo, C., Prasertsan, P., Intrasungkha, N., Blackall, L. L. and Bhamidimarri, R. (2003). Enrichment of nitrifying microbial communities from shrimp farms and commercial inocula. London, United Kingdom: IWA Publishing. doi: 10.2166/wst.2003.0463