AgTAC Publications
The Agriculture Technology and Adoption Centre (AgTAC) research is focussed on advancing transformative research and technology adoption in Tropical Agriculture to benefit industry, community and the environment.
Below we feature key publications that demonstrate our progress in advancing this mission.
2026
Canning, A. D. 2026. Agricultural practices for cleaner water: a global synthesis of meta-evidence. Environmental Reviews, 34, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2025-0263
Canning, A., & Tink, M. (2026). Floodplain reforestation reduces nitrate loss through soil microbial pathways. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 7, e70266. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70266
A.D. Canning. 2026. Vermicompost Alters Soil Microbial Communities and Decomposition but Increases Nitrate Leaching in Tropical Sugarcane. Ecology and Evolution. Volume 16, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72925
A.D. Canning. 2026. Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) mulch and urea interactions shape soil biota and nitrogen cycling. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 407, 110448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110448
Talukder, S., Gardiner, C., O’Reagain, J., Nath, S., Cavalieri, J. 2026. In vitro total gas production and nutritional evaluation of tropical legumes. Proceedings of the Northern Beef Research Update Conference, 10–13 March 2026, Brisbane, Australia. (Abstract) https://www.nbruc.com.au/
2025
Allen-Ankins, S., Hoefer, S., Bartholomew, J., Brodie, S., & Schwarzkopf, L. 2025. The use of BirdNET embeddings as a fast solution to find novel sound classes in audio recordings. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 1409407.
Aoetpah, A., Parker, A.J., Gummow, B., Gardiner, C., Mialone, A., Walker, G., 2025. Urea and/or cottonseed meal supplements to Rhodes grass hay improve productivity of periparturient, crossbred Boer goat does. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 37, Article #07. http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd37/1/3707aloh.html
Bhuiyan, S. M, Gupta, D., Silip, J., Talukder, S., Haque, H., Forwood, J., Sarker S. 2025. Current trends and future potential in the detection of avian coronaviruses: An emphasis on sensors-based technologies. Virology, 604, 110399. DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110399
Brodie, S., Allen‐Ankins, S., & Schwarzkopf, L. 2025. Environmental influences on chorusing patterns in an Australian tropical savanna frog community. Ecosphere, 16(1), e70153.
Canning, A. 2025. A Review on Harnessing the Invasive Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) for Use as an Agricultural Soil Amendment. Land, 14(5), 1116. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051116
Canning, A.D., Smart, J.C.R., Dyke, J. et al. 2023. Constructed Wetlands Suitability for Sugarcane Profitability, Freshwater Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Environmental Management 71, 304–320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01734-4
E. Charmley, G. Bishop-Hurley, M. Matthews, J. Simington, J. Stanford, C. Gardiner, L. Godson, Z. Geldor, N. Kempe. 2025. A longitudinal study of methane emissions by cattle grazing buffel grass or buffel grass-Desmanthus pastures. Animal Production Science 65(18):AN25329. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN25329
E. Charmley , C. Gardiner, I. Watson and J. O’Reagain. 2025. Reimagining the northern Australian beef industry; review of feedbase opportunities for growth. The Rangeland Journal 47, RJ25009. doi:10.1071/RJ25009
Constantinoiu, C., Wang, W., Firth, C., Duffy, R., Constantinoiu, E., Picard, J., Gummow, B., 2025. Description of a new species of sucking louse Hoplopleura kuhnludwigi (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the Cape York rat Rattus leucopus cooktownensis (Rodentia: Muridae) in Australia using conventional methodology and novel epiflourescence microscopy, Parasitology International, 106: 103002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2024.103002
Cullen, B., Sinnett, A., Talukder, S., Reichelt, N. 2025. Implications of farm adaptation to a changing climate on greenhouse gas emissions of livestock production. In ‘The 9th International Greenhouse Gas & Animal Agriculture Conference, Nairobi Kenya, GGAA2025, Book of abstracts.’ (Eds V. Lind, M. Vold Hansen & C. Arndt). pp 232. ISBN: 978-82-17-03896-2. (Abstract) GGAA2025 Book of abstracts NIBIO Book 11-9
Chris Gardiner and Heitor Fleury. 2025. Desmanthus, waterlogging and lenticels – some serendipitous observations. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Gardiner, C; Kempe, N; O'Reagain, J. 2025. Multipurpose shrub and tree legumes for Northern Australian rangelands. Proceedings of the XII International Rangeland Conference Adelaide
Chris Gardiner and Joe O’Reagain. 2025. A newly detected Tephrosia species in Australia. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Chris Gardiner, Jack & Kylie Stewart-Moore. 2025. The search for resilient sown pasture legumes for the Mitchell Grass Downs of NW Queensland. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Abby Glasser, Chris Gardiner, Sam Gardiner. 2025. Faecal seeding Desmanthus seed, hard versus scarified seed. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Green, H., Larsen, P., Liu, Y., Nelson, P. 2025. Carbon Dioxide removal via enhanced weathering: Understanding in-field processes and the effect of soil properties. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
SB Gurung, RJ Wasson, M Bird, B Jarihani. 2025. Assessment of Coastal Compound Flooding in Tropical Catchment: Saltwater Creek Catchment in Australia. Land 14 (9), 1898.
SB Gurung, RJ Wasson, M Bird, B Jarihani. 2025. Impact of Climate Change on Water-Sensitive Urban Design Performances in the Wet Tropical Sub-Catchment Earth 6 (3), 99.
SB Gurung, RJ Wasson, M Bird, B Jarihani. 2025. Water-Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) Performance in Mitigating Urban Flooding in a Wet Tropical North Queensland Sub-Catchment. Preprints doi:10.20944/preprints202504.2127.v1
Haghighat, R.M., Saleh, A., Azghadi, M.R. 2025. Multimodal Language Models in Agriculture: A Tutorial and Survey. TechRxiv July 29, 2025. DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.175382864.40849059/v1
Jahanbakht, M., Azghadi, M.R. 2025. EcoSprAI: AI-Owered Precision Spraying for Sustainable and Efficient Agriculture. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Jahanbakht, M., Olsen, A., Marchant, R., Fillols, E., Azghadi, M.R. 2025. Advancements in Weed Mapping: A Systematic Review. arXiv: 2507.01269. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.01269
Ben Jarihani, Jack Koci, Keleisha Moore, Momoe Yoshida, David Phelps, L Gardner, P Wharton, D Rodriguez Cubillo. 2025. Satellite-based water analysis and drought planning. Tropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub.
Kader, M.A., Liu, Y. 2025. Low-Cost, On-Site Monitoring of Agrochemicals: Paraquat Detection Using Magnetic Molecularly Imprinted Electrochemical Sensors. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Kelly, C. L., Schwarzkopf, L., Gordon, I. J., Pople, A., & Hirsch, B. T. 2025. Habitat use of invasive chital deer is associated with soil mineral content. Wildlife Research, 52(7). https://doi.org/10.1071/WR24173
J Koci, A Tefera, T Hall, J Milson, D Phelps, B Jarihani, P Nelson, C Felderhof, L Gardner, P Wharton, M Martinez. 2025. Impact of drought and flood on land condition across Mitchell Grass Downs rangelands. International Rangeland Congress p1358-1362
Leite de Almeida, A. C., Lockie, S., Bueno, C., Dale, A., Hay, R., Jarihani, B., & Everingham, Y. 2025. Integration of ESG Standards in Australian Sugarcane Farming: A Co-Design Approach to Accelerate ESG Adoption and Innovation. Agricultural Systems V229, 104438. SSRN 5233693.
Leung, F. K. W., Schwarzkopf, L., & Allen-Ankins, S. 2025. Advancing invasive species monitoring: A free tool for detecting invasive cane toads using continental-scale data. Ecological Informatics, 103172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103172
Li, Z., Zhao, G., Talukder, S., Dunshea, F., Chauhan, S.S., Jhajj, R., Cheng, L. 2025. In vitro fermentation characteristics of seven commonly used dairy roughages with relatively high and low nutritive values, Grass and Forage Science, 80, e70000. DOI: 10.1111/gfs.70000
Ly, H., Thorburn, P., Biggs, J., Martin, B., Everingham, Y., 2025 Correlating rainfall and simulated pasture growth for developing sustainable grazing insurance products in northern Australia, Hieu Ly, University of Queensland. In Proceedings of the 26th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2025), 123–130. Publisher: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MSSANZ)
Maglaya, R.C., Sadat-Noori, M., Anderson, M.S. 2025. Groundwater Discharge: A Major Driver of Global Methane Emissions from Aquatic Environments. Earth Systems and Environment. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41748-025-00788-8
Maartens, L.H., Thompson, P.N., Grewar, J.D., Picard, J., Gummow. B., 2025. A cross‑sectional study of keratoconjunctivitis among dairy cattle farms subject to Mediterranean climatic conditions. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 57:141, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-025-04341-7
Muller, B. J., Harison, R. F., Randriamanantena, N. F., Allen‐Ankins, S., & Schwarzkopf, L. 2025. Spawning site selection by invasive Asian toads (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) in eastern Madagascar. Pest Management Science, 81(6), 2997-3004. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8670
Vivian Musonda, Chris Gardiner, Glen Walker. 2025. Nutritional evaluation of Desmanthus to supplement Buffel grass. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Vivian Musonda, Chris Gardiner, Glen Walker. 2025. The effect of scarification methods on the germination of Desmanthus seeds. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Nath, S.K., Islam, M.S., Hossain, M.T., Islam, M.M., Dipa, R.A., Saha, T., Hossain, M.S., Sarker, S., Talukder, S. 2025. Matrix-Dosed Protease supplementation enhances growth performance, nutrient utilization, and economic return in broiler chickens. Poultry 2025, 4, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/poultry4040061
Nelson PN, Green H, Holden F. 2025. Comment on ‘CO2 removal with enhanced wollastonite weathering in acidic and calcareous soils’ Soil Ecology Letters 75(3), 250322 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42832-025-0322-2
O'Reagain, J Gardiner, C, Ossiya S. 2025. Potentially useful legume accessions persist 32 years on in abandoned subtropical coastal pasture evaluation site. Proceedings of the XII International Rangeland Conference Adelaide
Joe O’Reagain, Chris Gardiner and Chris Poole.2025. Evaluating and demonstrating the suitability of sown pasture and forage species for the basaltic clay soil region of Northeast Queensland. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Pelgay P., Koci J., Jarihani B., Smithers, S. Buono L.F. 2025. Rainfall and Runoff Characteristics of Alluvial Gullies in the Upper Burdekin Catchment. Water 2025 17(21) 3071. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17213071
C Poole, JH O’Reagain, CP Gardiner. 2025. Peer-to peer grazier groups for building enterprise economic and environmental resilience in the rangelands of the Burdekin Catchment of North Queensland. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
A Prniyazova, S Turaeva, D Turgunov, B Jarihani. 2025. Sustainable Transboundary Water Governance in Central Asia: Challenges, Conflicts, and Regional Cooperation Sustainability 17 (11), 4968.
Quin, M. J., Hirsch, B. T., Schwarzkopf, L., Watter, K., Pople, A., & Strugnell, J. M. 2025. DNA metabarcoding provides new insight into the diet of invasive chital deer (Axis axis) in a tropical savanna landscape. Ecosphere, 16(6), e70288. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70288
Rahaman, M. M., Sharma, B., Talukder, S., Uddin, M. J., Siddik, M. A. B., & Sarker, S. 2025. Viral Threats to Australian Fish and Prawns: Economic Impacts and Biosecurity Solutions—A Systematic Review. Viruses, 17(5), 692. DOI: 10.3390/v17050692
Sadat-Noori, M., Anderson, M.S., Rutlidge, H., Glamore, W. 2025. Coastal Wetland Restoration Effects on Carbon Dynamics: A Groundwater Perspective. Review of Geophysics, 63. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025RG000895
Saleh, A., Hatano, S., Azghadi, M.R. 2025. Weed Detection in Challenging Field Conditions: A Semi-Supervised Framework for Overcoming Shadow Bias and Data Scarcity. arXiv: 2508.19511. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2508.19511
Saleh, A., Jerry, D., Azghadi, M.R. 2025. AutoFish: Advancing Sustainable Aquaculture through Automated Morphometric Analysis. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
Saleh, A., Olsen, A., Wood, J., Philippa, B., Azghadi, M.R. 2025. FieldNet: Efficient real-time shadow removal for enhanced vision in field robotics. Expert Systems with Applications 279, 127442. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.08142
A Saleh, M Sheaves, D Jerry, MR Azghadi. 2025. Adaptive deep learning framework for robust unsupervised underwater image enhancement. Expert Systems with Applications 268, 126314
A Saleh, M Sheaves, D Jerry, MR Azghadi. 2025. Overcoming annotation bottlenecks in underwater fish segmentation: a robust self-supervised learning approach. Signal, Image and Video Processing 19 (4), 1-10
Sankar, V., Saleh, A., Ehrampoosh, A., Arbon, P., Jerry, D.R., Azghadi, M.R. 2025. Artificial Intelligence in Aquaculture: Current Applications and Future Directions. TechRxiv. September 11, 2025. DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.175761373.38646239/v1
Sarker, S., Klukowski, N., Talukder, S., Athukorala, A., Uddin, MJ. 2025. Opportunistic sampling from the near-threatened Alexandrine parakeet uncovers genomes of a novel parvovirus and beak and feather disease virus. Aust Vet J. 2025; 1–6. DOI: 10.1111/avj.13442
Sarker, S., Talukder, S., Athukorala, A., & Whiteley, P. L. 2025. The Spleen Virome of Australia’s Endemic Platypus Is Dominated by Highly Diverse Papillomaviruses. Viruses, 17(2), 176. DOI: 10.3390/v17020176
Simbizi, V., Moerane, R., Gummow. B., 2025. The role of smallholder pig farmers in the biosecurity of pig diseases in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Veterinary Medicine International, Article ID 4755096, 8 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/vmi/4755096
Talukder, S., Cheng, L., Eckard, R., Munidasa, S., Barnes, L., Morton, J., Cullen, R.B. 2025. Exploring the impact of replacement rates on carbon footprint in south-east Australian dairy herds. Animal Production Science 65, AN24247. DOI: 10.1071/AN24247
S Talukder, CP Gardiner, JH O’Reagain, J Cavalieri. 2025 A preliminary nutritional and in vitro gas fermentation study of a banana-based supplement block for beef cattle in Northern Australia. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
S Talukder, CP Gardiner, JH O’Reagain, J Cavalieri. 2025. Nutritional evaluation of six novel and two existing legumes for the seasonally dry tropics of Northern Australia. Proceedings of TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane 11-13 November 2025. Abstract only.
EK Waters, CCM Chen, MR Azghadi. 2025. Sugarcane health monitoring with satellite spectroscopy and machine learning: A review. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 229, 109686
2024
Adamu, A.M., Firth, C., Gummow, B., Hickson, R.I., Hoskins, A.J., Horwood, P.F. 2024. Feral pigs as a reservoir for zoonotic and transboundary diseases in the Western Pacific Region. Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 15, (1) https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/1114
Aoetpah, A., Gardiner, C., Gummow, B., Mialon, A., Walker, G. 2024. Supplementation of crossbred boer goats with cottonseed meal and/or urea enhances estimated metabolizable protein intake, crude protein digestibility and nitrogen retention. Science Archives, Vol. 5(2), 14-21 Crossref DOI: https://doi.org/10.47587/SA.2024.5201
Aoetpah A, Gardiner C, Gummow B, Mialon A, and Walker G. 2024. Undegradable dietary protein limits growth and carcass yields in crossbred Boer kids fed Desmanthus hay or Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) hay supplemented with urea and/or cottonseed meal. Animal Production Science 64, AN23157. doi:10.1071/AN23157 https://www.publish.csiro.au/AN/AN23157
L Godson, N Kempe, T Hall and C Gardiner. 2024. Comparative Analysis of Cattle Weight Gains in Progardes Desmanthus-Sown vs. Grass-Only Grazing Systems. Proceedings of the 35th AAAS conference vol 35. 8th-12th July Melbourne.
Green H, Larsen P, Liu Y, Nelson PN. 2024. Carbon dioxide removal via weathering of sugarcane mill ash under different soil conditions. Applied Geochemistry 165, 105940 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.105940
Gummow, B., Lala, A., Horwood, P. Joone, C. 2024. Investigating Leptospira in the reproductive tract of mares in Northern Queensland, Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists College Science Week Scientific Conference, The Star, Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia, 25-27 July 2024.
Gummow, B., Joone, C., Horwood, P. 2024. Canid Alphaherpesvirus-1 seroprevalence in domestic dogs in Northern Queensland. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists College Science Week Scientific Conference, The Star, Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia, 25-27 July 2024
Gummow, B., 2024. Invited plenary speaker: Making One Health Work: A personal journey. Expanding the veterinarian’s perspective on environmental health thru the One Health approach (Theme: "Developing the right attitude and altitude towards environmental health and conservation: a veterinarian's perspective"), Visayas State University, Visca, Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines, 8 May 2024
Hendri, Julius Dwi Nugroho, Aditya Rahmadaniarti, Nurlaela, Saraswati Prabawardani,Christopher Gardiner. 2024. Biodiversity conservation, food security, and carbon storage potential of local agroforestry practices to ensure resilience for extreme climate conditions in the Bird’s Head region of Papua. Biodiversitas, Journal of Biological Diversity https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d251131 Vol. 25 No. 11 (2024)
Xiaowen Huang, Tao Huang, Shushi Gu, Shuguang Zhao, Guanglin Zhang. 2024. Responsible federated learning in smart transportation: Outlooks and challenges, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10644028
Xi Kang, Siwei Guo, Cundong Xie, Christopher Gardiner, Nick Kempe, Hafiz A. R. Suleria, Frank R. Dunshea. 2024. Comprehensive phenolic profiling of Australian-grown Progrades™ Desmanthus through LC-ESI-QTOF-MS2 and determination of their antioxidant potential. Food Science & Technology. https://ifst.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijfs.16936
J Koci, T Hall, J Milson, A Tefera, B Jarihani, D Phelps, P Nelson, C Felderhof, L Gardner, P Wharton, M Martinez. 2024. Recovery in land condition on Mitchell Grass Downs rangelands five years on from 2019 Flinders River flood. Tropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub.
Ana Carla Leite de Almeida, Allan Dale, Rachel Hay, Yvette Everingham & Stewart Lockie. 2024. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) in agriculture: trends and gaps on research, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2024.https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2024.2430313
Leite de Almeida, Ana Carla, Hay, Rachel, Dale, Allan, Lockie, Stewart, and Everingham, Yvette. 2024. ESG analysis on-farm: a practical framework to support Australian producers. In: Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (45) pp. 147-153. From: ASSCT 2024: 45th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 15-19 April 2024, Townsville, QLD, Australia. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/82952/
N. Madhukumar, E. Wang, Y. Everingham and W. Xiang. 2024. Hybrid Transformer Network for Soil Moisture Estimation in Precision Irrigation. IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 48898-48909, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3378257.
S Rahimi Azghadi, A Saleh, D Jones, D Jerry. 2024. A Method And A System For Automated Prediction Of Characteristics Of Aquaculture Animals. AU Patent WO/2024/011,281.
M Rahimi Azghadi, A Olsen, J Wood, A Saleh, B Calvert, T Granshaw, et al. 2024. Precise Robotic Weed Spot-Spraying for Reduced Herbicide Usage and Improved Environmental Outcomes--A Real-World Case Study. arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2401.13931.
A Saleh, MM Hasan, HW Raadsma, MS Khatkar, DR Jerry, MR Azghadi. 2024. Prawn morphometrics and weight estimation from images using deep learning for landmark localization. Aquacultural Engineering 106, 102391. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144860924000025
A Saleh, M Olsen, B Senadji, MR Azghadi. 2024. Learning from the Giants: A Practical Approach to Underwater Depth and Surface Normals Estimation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.02072.
A Saleh, A Olsen, J Wood, B Philippa, MR Azghadi. 2024. Semi-Supervised Weed Detection for Rapid Deployment and Enhanced Efficiency. arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.07399.
A Saleh, A Olsen, J Wood, B Philippa, MR Azghadi. 2024. WeedCLR: Weed contrastive learning through visual representations with class-optimized loss in long-tailed datasets. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 227, 109526. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168169924009177https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168169924009177
A Saleh, M Sheaves, D Jerry, MR Azghadi. 2024. Applications of deep learning in fish habitat monitoring: A tutorial and survey. Expert Systems with Applications 238, 121841.
A Saleh, M Sheaves, D Jerry, M Rahimi Azghadi. 2024. How to track and segment fish without human annotations: a self-supervised deep learning approach. Pattern Analysis and Applications 27 (1), 4.
A Saleh, M Sheaves, D Jerry, M Rahimi Azghadi. 2024. Pattern Analysis and Applications 27 (1), 4.
How to track and segment fish without human annotations: a self-supervised deep learning approach. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10044-024-01227-6
Sean Sloan, Raiyan R. Talkhani, Tao Huang, Jayden Engert, and William F. Laurance. 2024. Mapping remote roads using artificial intelligence and satellite imagery, Remote Sensing, MDPI, accepted 26 February 2024. (JCU Media Release) https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2024/march/ai-reveals-secret-roads-endangering-the-worlds-rainforests (MONRBAY news & inspiration from nature's frontline) https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/to-detect-illegal-roads-in-remote-areas-ai-comes-into-play/
Thorburn, P.J., Biggs, J.S., Puntel, L.A., Sawyer, J.E., Everingham, Y.L. and Archontoulis, S.V. 2024. The nitrogen fertilizer conundrum: Why is yield is poor determinant of crop fertilizer requirements? Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 44, 18 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00955-7
Vulliet, C., Koci, J., Jarihani, B. et al. 2024. Assessing Tidal Hydrodynamics in a Tropical Seascape Using Structure‐from‐Motion Photogrammetry and 2D Flow Modelling. Estuaries and Coasts 47, 352–375. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01288-6
EK Waters, CC Chen, MR Azghadi 2024 Machine Learning for Asymptomatic Ratoon Stunting Disease Detection With Freely Available Satellite Based Multispectral Imaging. arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.03141
Yusheng Zhou, Zhengmin Kong, Tao Huang, Euijoon Ahn, Hao, Li, and Li Ding. 2024. DFDS-Net: A dual forward denoising stream network for low-dose CT noise reduction in wavelet domain. Electronics, MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/10/1906
2023
Scarlett Allende, Yang Liu, Muhammad Adeel Zafar, Mohan V Jacob. 2023. Nitrite sensor using activated biochar synthesised by microwave-assisted pyrolysis. Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy, 2023, 5, 1-11. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42768-022-00120-4
Cheesman AW, Todd S, Owen L, AhKee D, Lim HS, Masson M, Nelson PN. 2023. In-drain denitrifying woodchip bioreactors for reducing nitrogen runoff from sugarcane. Ecological Engineering 192, 106986 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.106986
Cheng L, Goulven C. L, Cullen R. B., Clark C., Gregorini P., Sun, Z. S., Talukder S. 2023. High genetic merit dairy heifers grazing low quality forage had similar weight gain and urinary nitrogen excretion to those of low genetic merit heifers. Frontiers in Veterinary Science,10:1234872. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/82312/
Cullen, B., Li, Z., Talukder, S., Cheng, L., Jongman, E. C. 2023. Development of Thresholds to Predict Grazing Behaviour of Dairy Cows from Motion Sensor Data and Application in a Pasture-Based Automatic Milking System. Dairy, 4, 124-13. https://www.mdpi.com/2624-862X/4/1/9
Brian Collins, Steve Attard, Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar, Yvette Everingham. 2023. i-RAT: A discussion support system to rapidly assess economic and environmental impacts resulting from different sugarcane irrigation practices. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (Accepted). https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1i1L4cFCSXTJ8
Lucy Gardner, David Phelps, Jack Koci, Tao Huang, Ben Jarihani, Paul Nelson, Geoff Penton. 2023. Rapid Assessment of Mitchell Grass on Southern Gulf Rangelands using Drone Imagery and Machine Learning. Oral presentation at the 22nd Australian Rangeland Society Conference, Broome, Australia 2023.
Glasser, Abby, and Gardiner, Chris. 2023. Faecal seeding, drought, and seed survival in dung. In: [Presented at the Northern Beef Research Update Conference 2023]. From: Northern Beef Research Update Conference 2023, 22-25 August 2023, Darwin, NT, Australia. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/79958/
Green H, Larsen P, Koci J, Edwards W, Nelson PN. 2023. Long-term effects of gypsum on the chemistry of sodic soils. Soil & Tillage Research 233, 105780 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2023.105780
Gummow, B., 2023. Key Note Address. Making One Health Work – A personal journey. 20th Southern African Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine (SASVEPM) conference, Gaborone, Botswana. 23-25 August 2023.
M Jahanbakht, MR Azghadi, NJ Waltham. 2023. Semi-supervised and weakly-supervised deep neural networks and dataset for fish detection in turbid underwater videos. Ecological Informatics, 102303 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574954123003321
Steve Kerrison, Jusak Jusak, and Tao Huang. 2023 Blockchain-Enabled IoT for Rural Healthcare: Hybrid-Channel Communication with Digital Twinning in Electronics MDPI, vol. 12 no. 2128. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/9/2128
Maartens, L., Thompson, P., Gummow, B. 2023. A holistic approach to the prevention and control of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) in Western Cape dairy cattle. 20th Southern African Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine (SASVEPM) conference, Gaborone, Botswana. 23-25 August 2023
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