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PUBLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

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BOOKS

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  • Connor, D.J. and Smith, D.F.(eds.). Agriculture in Victoria. AIAS, Melbourne, 231p. (1987).

  • Loomis, R.S. and Connor, D.J. Crop ecology: productivity and management in agricultural systems. Cambridge University Press 538 p. (1992).

  • Loomis, R.S. and Connor, D.J. Crop ecology: productivity and management in agricultural systems. Japanese Translation. Tuttle-Mori Agency Inc., Tokyo. Vol.1 to 3, 180p. 257p. and 263p. (1995).

  • Loomis, R.S. and Connor, D.J. Crop ecology: productivity and management in agricultural systems. Cambridge University Press, Reprint with corrections. 538p. (1996).

  • Loomis, R.S. and Connor, D.J. Ecología de cultivos: productividad y manejo en sistemas agrarios. MundiPrensa, Madrid, 591 p.

  • Loomis, R.S. and Connor, D.J. Crop ecology: productivity and management in agricultural systems. Chinese Translation. China Agricultural Press, Beijing, 487p. (2002).

  • Connor, D.J., Loomis, R.S., and Cassman, K.G. Crop ecology: productivity and management in agricultural systems- Second Edition. Cambridge University Press 562p. (2011).

  • Connor, D.J., Loomis, R.S., and Cassman, K.G. Crop ecology: productivity and management in agricultural systems- Second Edition. Chinese Translation. China Agriculture Press, Beijing (2016).

 

CHAPTERS OF BOOKS

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  • Connor, D.J. Energetic efficiency of cropping systems. P. 16-41. In: Energy in Agriculture. Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Melbourne (1974).

  • Connor, D.J. Plant stress factors and their influence on production of agroforestry plant associations. p. 401-426. In: Huxley, P.A. (ed.) Plant Research and Agroforestry. ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya (1983).

  • Connor, D.J. Crop models, components of and contributors to models of agroforestry associations. p. 249-256. In: Huxley, P.A. (ed.) Plant Research and Agroforestry. ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya (1983).

  • Connor, D.J., Parbery, D.G. and White, D.H. The Ecology of Agriculture. p.83-106. In: Connor, D.J. and Smith D.F. (eds.) Agriculture in Victoria. AIAS, Melbourne (1987).

  • Connor, D.J. and Loomis, R.S. Strategies and tactics for water-limited agriculture in low rainfall mediterranean climates. p. 441-465. In: E. Acevedo, E. Fereres, C. Gimenez and J.P. Srivastrava (eds.) Improvement and management of winter cereals under temperature, drought and salinity stresses. Proceedings of an International Symposium, 26-29 October 1987, Cordoba, Spain, INIA, Madrid (1991).

  • Connor, D.J. and Rimmington, G.M. Simulation models and analysis of variability in Australian wheat production. In: Shu Geng and Casey Walsh Cady (eds.) Climatic variation and change: implications for agriculture in the Pacific Rim. University of California, Davis, p. 27-44 (1991).

  • Connor, D.J. 1993. Managing wheat within the crop-livestock system of rainfed agriculture in Southeast Australia. (in press). In: D.R. Buxton et al. (ed.) International crop Science I. Crop Science Society of America, Madison, WI.

  • Egan, A.R. and Connor, D.J. Land and sustainability. p. 138-150. In: Laurie Cosgrove et al. (eds) "Restoring the land. Environmental values, knowledge and action", Melbourne University Press (1994).

  • Connor, D.J. Optimizing crop diversity. Chp. 12, p. 191-211. In: Nosberger, Geiger and Struik (eds) 'Crop Science - Progress and Prospects'. Proc 4th Int. Crop Science Congress, CABI, International, Oxford, UK (2001).

  • Connor, D.J., Gupta, Raj K., Hobbs, Peter R. and Sayre, K.D. Bed planting in rice-wheat systems. pp.103-108. In: RWC-CIMMYT Addressing Resource Conservation Issues in Rice-Wheat Systems of South Asia: A Resource Book. Rice-Wheat Consortium for the Indo-Gangetic Plains- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, New Delhi, India. (2003).

  • Connor, D.J., Timsina, J., and Humphreys, E. Prospects for permanent beds for rice-wheat systems. Chp 9, p. 197-210. In: Ladha and Buresh (eds.). Improving the productivity and sustainability of rice-wheat systems: issues and impacts. ASA, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. (2003).

  • Fereres, E. and Connor, D.J. Sustainable management of water in agriculture. pp.157-170 in E. Cabrera and R. Cobacho (eds). "Challenges of the New Water Policies for the XX1 Century", Swets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, 2004.

  • Connor, D.J. Cropping Systems: Irrigated rice and wheat of the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Pp. 355-357 in Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, Marcel Dekker Inc. (2004).

  • Connor, D.J. y Cantero-Martínez, C. 2008. Estudio de un proyecto de desarrollo agroecológica en relacíon con la consolidación organizativa para pequeños agricultores en Alto-Paraná, Paraguay. Pp. 165-210 en Gabriel Pons y Josep Ferrer (eds). Derecho que no se defiende, derecho que no se pierde. Seis estudios sobre el trabajo en medios de vida sostenible. Intermón Oxfam Editorial, España.

  • Connor, D.J. and C.G. Hernandez. 2009. Crops for biofuels: current status and prospects for the future. Pages 65-80 in R.W. Howarth and S. Bringezu (eds) Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Proceedings of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) International Biofuels Project Rapid Assessment, 22-25 September 2008, Gummersbach Germany. Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA. (http://cip.cornell.edu/biofuels/)

  • Connor, D.J. (2009). Green Future. in "Edible: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Food Plants", National Geographic.

 

INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS

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  • Connor, D.J.. Climate, weather and agriculture. Keynote Address, Australian Agrometeorology Conference, Melbourne, July 17-19, 1991.

  • Connor, D.J. Managing wheat within the crop-livestock system of rainfed agriculture in southeast Australia. International Crop Science Congress, Ames, Iowa, July 1992.

  • Connor, D.J. and Debela, S. Management under uncertainty - discussion. International Crop Science Congress, Ames, Iowa, July 1992.

  • Rimmington, G.M. and Connor, D.J. Interaction of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and greenhouse enhancement and its implications for Australian wheat yields in 2060. p. 49-63 in Proc. Third Symposium on the Impact of Climatic Change on Agricultural Production in the Pacific Rim. Taiwan, May 17-20, 1993.

  • Fereres, E. and Connor, D.J. Modelling yield of water-limited crop production. European Society of Agronomy, Annual Meeting, Wageningen, July, 1996.

  • Connor, D.J. Optimizing crop diversification. Third International Crop Science Congress, Hamburg, Germany, August 2000.

  • Connor, D.J. Optimizing crop diversification. Third International Crop Science Congress, Hamburg, Germany, August 2000.

  • Fereres, E. and Connor, D.J. Sustainable management of water in agriculture. In 'Los Retos de la Política de Agua en el Siglo XXI/ Challenges of the New Water Policies for the XXI Century', Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Valencia, October 29-31, 2002.

  • Connor, D.J. Designing cropping systems for efficient use of limited water in southern Australia. Conference of the European Society of Agronomy, Córdoba, July, 2002.

  • Connor, D.J. Cropping systems for enduring productivity. Invited 'C.M. Donald Oration', Australian Society of Agronomy Conference, Geelong, January, 2003.

  • Connor, D.J. Strategies and tactics for efficient use of water in rainfed crop production. Mitt. Ges. Pflanzenbauwiss. 17:3­-6 (2005).

  • Connor, D.J. (2004). Cropping Systems: Irrigated rice and wheat of the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Pp. 355-357 in Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, Marcel Dekker Inc.

  • Connor, D.J. (2009). Green Future. in Edible: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Food Plants, National Geographic.

  • Connor, D.J. and C.G. Hernandez. Crops for biofuels: current status and prospects for the future. Pages 65-80 in R.W. Howarth and S. Bringezu (eds) Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Proceedings of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) International Biofuels Project Rapid Assessment, 22-25 September 2008, Gummersbach Germany. Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA. (http://cip.cornell.edu/biofuels/) (2009).

  • Sadras, V., Calderini, D. and D. Connor. Sustainable agriculture and crop production. Chp. 1 p.1-20, in Sadras V and Calderini, D (eds). Crop physiology: applications for genetic improvement and agronomy. Academic Press (2009).

 

REFEREED PAPERS

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  • Tribe, D.E., Sidey, D.J., McColl J.C. and Connor, D.J. Plants and animals: accumulators and transformers of solar energy. Agric. and Environ. 2:85-94 (1975).

  • O'Leary, G.J. and Connor, D.J. Stubble retention and tillage in a semi-arid environment. 1. Soil water accumulation during fallow. Field Crops Research52:209-19 (1997).

  • O'Leary, G.J. and Connor, D.J. Stubble retention and tillage in a semi-arid environment. 2. Soil mineral nitrogen accumulation during fallow. Field Crops Research 52:221-229 (1997)

  • O'Leary, G.J. and Connor, D.J. Stubble retention and tillage in a semi-arid environment. 3. Response of wheat.Field Crops Research 54:39-50 (1997).

  • O'Leary, G.J., and Connor, D.J. A simulation study of wheat crop response to water supply, nitrogen nutrition, stubble retention and tillage. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 49, 11-19 (1998).

  • Cantero-Martínez, C., O'Leary, G.J. and Connor, D.J. Soil water and nitrogen interaction of wheat in a dry season under a fallow-wheat cropping system. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 39, 29-37 (1999).

  • Timsina, J. and Connor, D.J. Productivity and management of rice-wheat cropping systems: issues and challenges. Field Crops Research 69:93-132. (2001).

  • O'Connell, M.G., Connor, D.J. and O'Leary. G.J. (2002). Crop growth, yield and water use in long fallow and continuous cropping sequences in the Victorian Mallee. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 42:971-983.

  • Quayyum, M.A., Timsina, J., Haq, F., Alam, M.M. and D.J. Connor. 2002. Growth, yield and yield attributes of component crops in rice-wheat-mung bean and rice-wheat-maize systems in Central Bangladesh. Thai. J. Agric Sci. 35:25-40.

  • Quayyum, M.A., J. Timsina, M.A.H.S. Jahan, R.A. Begum, and D.J. Connor. 2002. Grain yield and system productivity for rice-wheat-mungbean and rice-wheat-maize sequences in northern Bangladesh. Thai J. Agric. Sci. 35:51-62.

  • Connor, D.J. (2004). Designing cropping systems for efficient use of limited water in southern Australia. Europ. J. Agronomy 21:419-431.

  • Diaz-Ambrona, C.G.H., O'Leary, C.G., Sadras, V.O., OConnell, M.G. and D.J. Connor (2005). Environmental risk analysis of farming systems in a semi-arid environment: effect of rotations and management practices on deep drainage. Field Crops Research 94:257-271.

  • Timsina, J., Panaullah, G.M., Saleque, M.A., Ishaque, M.,Pathan, A.B.M.B.U., Quayyum, M.A., Connor, D.J., Humphreys, E., Shah, P.K., Meisner, C.A. (2006). Nutrient Concentrations, Uptake, and Apparent Balances for Rice-wheat Sequences: I. Nitrogen. J. Plant Nutr. 29:137-155.

  • Saleque, M. A., Timsina, J., Panaullah, G.M., Ishaque, M.,Pathan, A. B. M. B. U., Connor, D.J., Humphreys, E., Saha, P.K., Quayyum,M.A., Meisner, C.A. (2006). Nutrient Concentrations, Uptake, and Apparent Balances for Rice-wheat Sequences: II. Phosphorus. J. Plant Nutr. 28:157-172.

  • Panaullah, G. M., Timsina, J., Saleque, M.A., Ishaque, M., Pathan, A. B.M.B. U., Connor, D.J., Humphreys, E., Saha, P. K., Quayyum, M. A., Meisner, C.A. (2006). Nutrient Concentrations, Uptake, and Apparent Balances for Rice-wheat Sequences: III. Potassium. J. Plant Nutr. 29:173-187.

  • Timsina, J., Quayyum, M.A., Connor, D.J., Saleque, M.A., Haq, F., Panaullah, G. M., Jahan, M. and R.A. Begum (2006). Effect of fertilizer and mungbean residue. Management of total productivity, soil fertility and N-use efficiency of intensified rice-wheat systems. Int. J. Agric. Res. 1(1):41-52.

  • Connor, D.J. (2006). Optimal canopy structure for hedgerow olive orchards. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 57:1067-1072.

  • Liang, W., Lu H., Wang, G., Connor, D.J. and Rimmington, G.M. (2007). A simulation model-assisted study on water and nitrogen dynamics and their effects on crop performance in wheat-maize system. I. The model. Frontiers of Agriculture in China 1(2):155-165.

  • Connor, D.J., Comas, J., Gomez Macpherson, H. and L. Mateos. (2008). Impact of small-holder irrigation on the agricultural production, food supply and economic prosperity of a representative village beside the Senegal River, Mauritania. Agricultural Systems 96:1-15.

  • Connor, D.J. (2008). Organic agriculture cannot feed the world. Field Crops Res. 106:187-190.

  • Lu, H., Liang, W., Wang, G., Connor, D.J. and G.M. Rimmington. (2009). A simulation model assisted study on water and nitrogen dynamics and their effects on crop performance in the wheat-maize system: (II) model calibration, evaluation and simulated experimentation. Agric. Front. China 3:109-121.

  • Mateos, L., D. Lozano, A.B.O. Baghil, A. Diallo, H. Gómez-McPherson, J. Comas, and D. Connor. (2010). Irrigation performance before and after rehabilitation of a representative, small irrigation scheme besides the Senegal River, Mauritania. Agric Water Manage. 97:901-909.

  • Comas, Jordi, David Connor, Mohamed El Moctar Isselmou, Luciano Mateos, Helena Gómez-Macpherson. 2012. Why has small-scale irrigation not responded to expectations with traditional subsistence farmers along the Senegal River in Mauritania? Agricultural Systems 110, 152-161.

  • García-Ponce, E., Gómez-Macpherson H., Diallo O., Djibril, M., Baba, C., Porcel, O., Mathieu B., Comas, J., Mateos, L., Connor, D.J. (2013). Contribution of sorghum to productivity of small-holder irrigation schemes: On-farm research in the Senegal River Valley, Mauritania. Agric Systems 115:72-82.

  • Borgia, C., García-Bolaños, M., Li T., Gómez-Macpherson H., Comas, J., Connor, D., Mateos, L. (2013). Benchmarking for performance assessment of small and large irrigation schemes along the Senegal Valley in Mauritania. Agric. Water Manage. 121:19-26.

  • Connor, D.J. (2013). Organically grown crops do not a cropping system make and nor can organic agriculture nearly feed the world. Field Crops Research 144:145-147.

  • Connor, D.J. (2013). Understanding the basics of crop growth and development. Prairie Soils & Crops Journal 6:1-6.

  • Connor, D.J., van Rees, H. and P.S. Carberry. (2015). Impact of systems modelling on agronomic research and adoption of new practices in smallholder agriculture. J. Int Agriculture 14:1478-1489.

  • Connor, David, J. 2018. Land required for legumes restricts the contribution of organic agriculture to global food security. Outlook on Agriculture 47:277–282.

  • Connor, D.J. 2018. Organic agriculture and food security: A decade of unreason finally implodes. Field Crops Research 225: 128–129.

  • Fischer, R.A and D.J Connor (2018).  Issues for cropping and agricultural science in the next 20 years. Field Crops Research 222:121–142.
     

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