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BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

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. (2002).

  • 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. and Doley, D.  The Water Relations of Heath-Adaptation to Drought.  In: Specht, R.L. (ed.).  Heathlands and Related Shrublands. Ecosystems of the World, Elsevier, Amsterdam  (1980).

  • 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., Sands R. and Strandgard, M.  Competition for water, light and nutrients in agroforestry associations of Pinus radiata and pasture. p. 451-462. In: W.S. Reifsnyder and T.O Darnhofer (eds.)  Meteorology and agroforestry, ICRAF, Nairobi (1989).

  • 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. and Handoko.  Simulation modeling and nitrogen management of rainfed wheat crops.  p. 293-302. In: Shi Yuanchun and Cheng Xu (eds.) Integrated Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture.  Beijing Agricultural University Press (1994).

  • Connor, D.J. and Hall, A.J. Sunflower physiology.  Chp 4, p. 113-182. In: Schneiter, A.A. (ed.)'Sunflower Science and Technology', ASA, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. (1997).

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

  • 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.

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

 

INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS

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  • Connor, D.J.  The Impact of Computers on Agricultural Research.  Meredith Memorial Lecture Series 1976, La Trobe University, 1976.

  • Connor, D.J.  Energy - The Weak Link?  AAAF Conference "Expansion of Agricultural Production".  La Trobe University, 1976.

  • Connor, D.J.  Mathematical Models in Plant Physiology.  Review Paper Aust. Soc. Plant Physiol. Ann. Meeting, Queensland University, Brisbane, 1977.

  • Connor, D.J. and Legge, N.J. Physical and physiological characteristics of eucalypts.  AWRC Symposium `Evaporation from Eucalypt Forests', Canberra, 1978.

  • Connor, D.J.  The role of modelling in botany.  XIII Int. Bot. Congr. Sydney, 1981.

  • Connor, D.J.  Water relations and the improved yield of sunflower.  Review Paper, Proc. XI International Sunflower Congress, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1985.

  • 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.

  • Connor, D.J. and Y.P Wang.  Climatic change and the Australian wheat crop.  p. 29-47 in Proc. Third Symposium on the Impact of Climatic Change on Agricultural Production in the Pacific Rim.  Taiwan, May 17-20, 1993.

  • 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.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.

  • 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).

 

REFEREED PAPERS

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  • Connor, D.J.   Seed production and seed germination of Amsinckia hispida.  Aust. J. Exp. Agric. Anim. Husb. 5: 495-99 (1965).

  • Connor, D.J.  Control of Amsinckia spp. by the pastures of north-western Victoria.  Aust. J. Exp. Agric. Husb. 5:  499-504 (1965).

  • Connor, D.J.  Vegetation studies in north-west Victoria.  I.  The Beulah-Hopetoun area.  Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. N.S. 72:  579-95 (1966).

  • Connor, D.J.  Vegetation studies in north-west Victoria.  II.  The Horsham area.  Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. N.S. 72:  637-53 (1966).

  • Connor, D.J. and Wilson, G.L.  Response of a coastal Queensland heath community to fertilizer application.  Aust. J. Bot. 16: 117-23 (1968).

  • Connor, D.J. and Tunstall, B.R.  Tissue water relations for brigalow and mulga.  Aust. J. Bot. 16:  487-90 (1968).

  • Connor, D.J.   Growth of grey mangrove (Avicennia marina)  in nutrient culture.  Biotropica  1:  36-40 (1969).

  • Connor, D.J. and Cartledge, O. Observed and calculated photosynthetic rates of Chloris gayana  communities. J. appl. Ecol.7:  353-61  (1970).

  • Connor, D.J. and Cartledge, O. Structure and photosynthesis of wheat communities.  J. appl. Ecol. 8:  353-62 (1971).

  • Van den Driessche, R., Connor, D.J. and Tunstall, B.R. Photosynthetic response of brigalow to irradiance, temperature and water potential.  Photosynthetica, 5:  210-17 (1971).

  • Connor, D.J., Tunstall, B.R. and Van den Driessche, R.   An analysis of photosynthetic response in a brigalow forest.  Photosynthetica  5:  218-25 (1971).

  • Connor, D.J. and Clifford, H.T.  The vegetation near Brown Lake, North Stradbroke Island.  Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld. 83:  69-82 (1972).

  • Cartledge, O. and Connor, D.J.  Field chamber measurements of community photosynthesis.  Photosynthetica  6:  310-16 (1972).

  • Downes, R.W. and Connor, D.J.  Effect of growth environment on gas exchange characteristics of brigalow (Acacia harpophylla).  Photosynthetica  7:  34-40 (1973).

  • Cartledge, O. and Connor, D.J.  Photosynthetic efficiency of tropical and temperate grass canopies.  Photosynthetica  7:  109-113 (1973).

  • Connor, D.J., Brown, L.F. and Trlica, M.J.  Plant cover, light interception and photosynthesis of shortgrass prairie.  A functional model.  Photosynthetica  8:  18-27 (1974).

  • Van Zyl, J., Pallaghy, C.K. and Connor, D.J.  Observations on salinity-induced crassulacean acid metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum:  effect of ouabain.  Aust. J. Pl. Physiol.  1:  583-90 (1974).

  • Connor, D.J.  Growth, water relations and yield of wheat.  Aust. J. Pl. Physiol.  2:  353-66 (1975).

  • Tunstall, B.R. and Connor, D.J.  The internal water balance of brigalow (Acacia harpophylla  F. Muell).  Aust. J. Pl. Physiol.  2:  489-99 (1975).

  • 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).

  • Connor, D.J., Legge, N.J. and Turner, N.C.  Water relations of mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans  F. Muell) forests.  Aust. J. Pl. Physiol.  4:  753-62 (1977).

  • Specht, R.L., Connor, D.J. and Clifford, H.T.  The heath-savannah problem:  the effect of fertilizer on sand-heath vegetation of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland.  Aust. J. Ecol.  2:  179-86 (1977).

  • Whitfield, D.M. and Connor, D.J.  Architecture of individual plants comprising a field grown tobacco crop.  Aust. J. Pl. Physiol.  7:  415-33 (1980).

  • Whitfield, D.M. and Connor, D.J.  Penetration of photosynthetically active radiation in tobacco crops.  Aust. J. Pl. Physiol.  7:  449-61 (1980).

  • Whitfield,D.M. and Connor, D.J.  Diurnal variation in physical quantities appropriate to prediction of canopy photosynthesis.  Aust. J. Pl. Physiol.  7: 463-72 (1980).

  • Whitfield, D.M., Connor, D.J. and Sale, P.J.M.  Carbon dioxide exchange of tobacco canopies in response to environment and defoliation.  Aust. J. Plant Physiology.  7:  473-85 (1980).

  • Tunstall, B.R. and Connor, D.J.  A hydrological study of a subtropical semiarid forest of Acacia harpophylla  F. Muell. ex. Benth. (brigalow).  Aust. J. Bot.  29:  311-20 (1981).

  • Connor, D.J., Cock, J.H. and  Parra, G.H.  The response of cassava to water shortage.  I.  Growth and yield.  Field Crops Research.  4:  181-200. (1981).

  • Connor, D.J. and Cock, J.H.  The response of cassava to water shortage.  II.  Canopy dynamics.  Field Crops Research.  4:  285-296 (1981).

  • Connor, D.J. and Palta, J.  The response of cassava to water shortage.  III.  Stomatal control of plant water status.  Field Crops Research.  4:  297-311 (1981).

  • Denholm, J.V. and  Connor, D.J. Potential photosynthesis in trellis-type orchard canopies.  Aust. J. Pl. Physiol.  9:  629-40 (1982).

  • Paltridge, G.W., Denholm, J.V. and  Connor, D.J.  Determinism, senescence and the yield of plants.  J. Theor. Biol.  10: 383-398 (1984).

  • O'Leary, G.J., Connor, D.J. and D.M. White.  A simulation model of the development, growth and yield of the wheat crop.  Agric. Systems  17: 1-26 (1985).

  • O'Leary, G.J., Connor, D.J., and White, D.M.  The effect of sowing time on water-use, growth and yield of rainfed wheat  growth and yield of rainfed wheat in the Victorian Wimmera.  Aust. J. Agric. Res.  36: 187-196 (1985).

  • Connor, D.J., Jones, T.R. and Palta, J.A.  Response of sunflower to strategies of irrigation.  I. Growth, yield and the efficiency of water-use.  Field Crops Research   10: 15-26 (1985).

  • Legge, N.J. and Connor, D.J.  Hydraulic characteristics of mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans  F. Muell.) derived from in situ  measurements of stem water potential.  Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 12:  77-88 (1985).

  • Connor, D.J. and Jones, T.R.  Response of sunflower to strategies of irrigation.  II.  Morphological and physiological responses to water shortage.  Field Crops Research  12:  91-103. (1985).

  • Connor, D.J., Palta, J.A. and Jones, T.R.  Response of sunflower to strategies of irrigation.  III.  Crop photosynthesis and transpiration. Field Crops Research  12:  281-293. (1985).

  • Baldwin, P.J., Stewart, H.T.L., Bird, P.R., Hamer, W.I., Flinn, D.W. Cumming, K.N. and D.J. Connor. Establishment of an agroforestry research network in Victoria, Australia (1983-85). Agroforestry Systems 6: 213-33. (1988).

  • Blaikie, S.J., Martin, F.M., Mason, W.K. and D.J. Connor.  A basis for improved soil and water management for irrigated pastures in northern Victoria.  Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 28:315-9 (1988).

  • Blaikie, S.J., Martin, F.M., Mason, W.K. and D.J. Connor.  Effects of soil water supply and temperature on the photosynthesis of white clover and paspalum in irrigated pasture. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 28:321-6 (1988).

  • Whitfield, D.M., Connor, D.J. and A.J. Hall.  Carbon dioxide balance of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) subjected to water stress during grain filling. Field Crops Research. 20:65-80 (1989).

  • Hall, A.J., Connor, D.J. and Whitfield, D.M.  Contribution of pre-anthesis assimilates to grain filling in irrigated and water-stressed sunflower crops. I. Estimates using labelled carbon. Field Crops Research. 20: 95-112 (1989).

  • Hall, A.J., Whitfield, D.M. and D.J. Connor.  Contribution of pre-anthesis assimilates to grain filling in irrigated and water-stressed sunflower crops. II. Estimates from a carbon budget.  Field Crops Research.  24: 273-294 (1990).

  • Hall, A.J., Connor, D.J. and Whitfield, D.M.  Root respiration during grain filling in sunflower : the effects of water stress.  Plant and Soil  121: 57-66 (1990).

  • Sadras, V.O. and Connor, D.J.  Physiological basis of the response of harvest index to the fraction of water transpired after anthesis.  a simple model to estimate harvest index for determinate species.  Field Crops Research  26: 227-239 (1991).

  • Connor, D.J.  Research and extension needs in agroforestry.  Agric. Sci. 4: 20-23 (1991).

  • Sadras, V.O., Whitfield, D.M. and Connor, D.J.  Regulation of evapotranspiration and its partitioning between transpiration and soil evaporation.  A comparison between hybrids of different stature. Field Crops Research  28: 17-37 (1991).

  • Sadras, V.O., Whitfield, D.M. and Connor, D.J.  Transpiration efficiency in crops of semi-dwarf and standard-height sunflower. Irrigation Science12: 87-91  (1991).

  • Connor, D.J., Theiveyanathan, S and Rimmington, G.M.  Development, growth, water use and yield of a spring and a winter wheat to time of sowing.  Aust. J. Agric. Res. 43:493-516 (1992).

  • Connor, D.J. and Sadras, V.O.  Physiology of yield expression in sunflower.  Field Crops Res. 30: 333-389. (1992).

  • Sadras, V.O., Connor, D.J. and Whitfield, D.M.  Yield, yield components and source-sink relationships in water-stressed sunflower. Field Crops Research  37: 27-39 (1992).

  • Connor, D.J., Hall, A.J. and Sadras, V.O.  Effects of nitrogen content on the photosynthetic characteristics of sunflower leaves.  Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 20:251-63 (1993).

  • Sadras, V.O., Hall,, A.J. and Connor, D.J.  Light-associated nitrogen distribution profiles in flowering canopies of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) altered during grain growth.  Oecolgia  95: 488-494 (1993).

  • Dunn, G.M. and Connor, D.J.  An analysis of sap flow in mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests of different age.  Tree Physiology   13: 321-336 (1993).

  • Slafer, G.A., Halloran, G.M. and Connor, D.J.  Development rate in wheat as affected by duration and rate of change of photoperiod.  Ann. Bot. 73:671-677 (1994).

  • Giménez, C., Connor, D.J. and Rueda, F.   Canopy development, photosynthesis and radiation-use efficiency in sunflower in response to nitrogen.  Field Crops Research  (38:15-27 (1994).

  • Hall, A.J., Connor, D.J. and Sadras, V.O.  Radiation-use efficiency of sunflower crops: effects of specific leaf nitrogen and ontogeny.  Field Crops Research  41: 65-77 (1995).

  • Connor, D.J., Sadras, V.O. and Hall, A.J.  Canopy nitrogen distribution and the photosynthetic performance of sunflower crops during grain filling -  a quantitative analysis.  Oecologia 101: 274-281 (1995).

  • Cantero-Martinez, C., O'Leary, G.J. and Connor, D.J.  Stubble retention and nitrogen fertilisation in a fallow-wheat rainfed cropping system. I.  Soil water conservation, growth and yield.  Soil and Tillage Research   34: 79-94 (1995).

  • Slafer, G.A., Halloran, G.M. and Connor, D.J.  Influence of photoperiod on culm length in wheat.  Field Crops Research  40: 95-99 (1995).

  • Wang. Y.P. and Connor, D.J.  Simulation of optimal development for spring wheat at two locations in southern Australia under present and future climate conditions.  Agric. For. Meteorol. 79: 9-28 (1996).

  • Connor, D.J. and Xingmin Mu.  An application of STELLA in simulation of wheat development and growth. J. Agric. Univ. Hebei, China 19:108-112 (1996).

  • O'Leary, G.J. and Connor, D.J.  A simulation model of the wheat crop in response to water and nitrogen supply. I. Model construction.  Agric. Systems. 52:1-29. (1996).

  • O'Leary, G.J. and Connor, D.J.  A simulation model of the wheat crop in response to water and nitrogen supply. II. Model validation.  Agric. Systems  52:31-55 (1996).

  • 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 Research  52: 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).

  • Connor, D.J. and Fereres, E.  A dynamic model of crop growth and partitioning of biomass.  Field Crops Research  63: 139-157 (1999).

  • McCallum, M.H., Peoples, M.B., and D.J. Connor.  Contributions of nitrogen by field pea (Pisum sativumL.) in a continuous cropping sequence compared with a lucerne (Medicago sativa L.)-based ley in the Victorian Wimmera.  Aust. J. Agric. Res. 52:13-22 (2000).

  • Boland, A-M. Jerie, P.H., Mitchell, P.D., Goodwin, I. and D.J. Connor.  Long-term effects of soil volume and irrigation on peach. I. Growth and nutrition. Am. J. Hort Res. 125: 135-142 (2000).

  • Boland, A-M. Jerie, P.H., Mitchell, P.D., Goodwin, I. and D.J. Connor.  Long-term effects of soil volume and irrigation on peach. II. Productivity and water use. Am. J. Hort Res. 125-143 (2000).

  • McCallum, M.H., Connor, D.J., and G.J. O'Leary.  Water use by lucerne and effect on crops in the Victorian Wimmera.  Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 52: 193-201 (2001).

  • Timsina, J. and Connor, D.J.  Productivity and management of rice-wheat cropping systems: issues and challenges.  Field Crops Research69:93-132.  (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., Torofder, G.S., Connor, D.J. (2001). Effect of fertilizer and pre-monsoon crops on productivity of rice-cropping based systems. Indian J. Agron. 46(4): 584­-591.

  • 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.

  • Chowdhury, J.A., Quayyum. M.A., Timsina, J., Haq, F. And Connor, D.J. (2002). System productivity for wheat-mungbean/maize-rice sequences in northwest of Bangladesh. Bangladesh. J. Agric. Res. 27(4), 619-627.

  • Nuttall, J.G., Armstrong, R.D., Connor, D.J., Matassa, V.J. (2003). Interrelationships between edaphic factors potentially limiting cereal growth on alkaline soils in north-western Victoria.  Aust. J. Soil Sci.  41: 277-292.

  • Nuttall, J.G., Armstrong, R.D., Connor, D.J. (2003). Evaluating physicochemical constraints of Calcarosols on wheat yield in the Victorian southern Mallee.  Aust. J. Agric. Res. 54: 487-497.

  • O'Connell, M.G., O'Leary, G.J., Connor, D.J. (2003).  Drainage and change in soil water storage below the root zone under long fallow and continuous cropping sequences in the Victorian Mallee.  Aust. J.  Agric. Res. 54: 663-675.

  • O'Connell, M.G., O'Leary, G.J., Whitfield, D.M., Connor, D.J. (2003).  Interception of photosynthetically active radiation and radiation-use efficiency of wheat, field pea and mustard in a semi-arid environment.  Field Crops Research 85:111-124.

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

  • Connor, D.J. and  Fereres, E. (2005).  The physiology of adaptation and yield expression in olive.  Hort. Rev. 34: 155-229.

  • Goodwin, I., Whitfield, D.M. and Connor, D.J.  (2004).  The relationship between peach tree transpiration and effective canopy cover.  Acta Hort 664:283-289.

  • 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.

  • Connor, D.J. (2005). Adaptation of  olive (Olea europaea L.) to water-limited environments.  Aust. J. Agric. Res. 56: 1-9.

  • Goodwin, I., Whitfield, D.M. and D.J. Connor (2006). Effects of tree size on water use of peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch). Irrig. Sci. 24:41-52.

  • 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.

  • Nuttall, J.G. Armstrong, J.D. and D.J. Connor. (2006).  Early growth of wheat is more sensitive to salinity than boron at levels encountered in alkaline soils of south-eastern Australia.  Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 46:1507-1514.

  • Connor, D.J. and M.I. Minguez. (2006).  Looking at biofuels.  Science 32:1473.

  • Hobson, K., Armstrong, R., Nicolas, M., Connor, D. and M. Materne. (2006).  Response of lentil (Lens culinaris) germplasm to high concentrations of boron. Euphytica151:371-382.

  • 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. Agric. Front. 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.

  • Gómez-del-Campo, M., Centeno, A. and D.J. Connor. (2009). Yield determination in olive hedgerow orchards. I. Yield and pro?les of yield components in north-south and east-west oriented hedgerows. Crop & Pasture Science 60: 434-442

  • Connor, D.J., Centeno, A. and. M. Gómez-del-Campo, (2009). Yield determination in olive hedgerow orchards. II. Analysis of radiation and fruiting pro?les. Crop & Pasture Science 60: 443-452.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Connor, D.J., Gómez-del-Campo, M., Comas, J. (2012). Yield characteristics of N-S oriented hedgerow orchards, cv. Arbequina.  Sci. Hort. 133:31-36.

  • Connor, D.J. and M.I. Mínguez (2012). Evolution not revolution of farming systems will best feed and green the world.  Global Food Security 1:106-113.

  • Gómez-del Campo, M., Trentacoste, E., Connor D.J. (2012). Diseño y manejo del olivar en seto: efecto en la productividad y calidad de aceite.  Revista de Fruticultura 24 (Especial en Olivicultura):66-73.

  • 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.

  • Connor, D.J. and M. Gómez-del-Campo (2013).  Simulation of oil productivity and quality of N-S oriented olive hedgerow orchards in response to structure and interception of radiation.  Sci. Hort. 150:92-99.

  • 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 Res. 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., Gómez-del-Campo, M., Rousseaux, M.C. and Searles, P.S. (2014).  Structure, management and productivity of hedgerow olive orchards. Sci. Hort. 169:71-93.

  • Trentacoste, E.R., Connor, D.J., Gómez-del-Campo, M. (2015). Effect of olive hedgerow orientation on vegetative growth, fruit characteristics and productivity. Sci. Hortic. 192:60-69.

  • Trentacoste, E.R., Connor, D.J., Gómez-del-Campo, M. (2015). Effect of row spacing on vegetative structure, fruit characteristics and oil productivity of N-S and E-W oriented olive hedgerows. Sci. Hortic. 193:240-248.

  • 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, D.J., Gómez-del-Campo, M. Trentacoste, E.R. (2016). Relationships between olive yield components and simulated irradiance within hedgerows of various row orientations and spacings. Sci. Hortic. 198:12-20.

  • Trentacoste, E.R., Connor, D.J., Gómez-del-Campo, M. (2017). Efecto de la orientación de las filas del olivar en seto en radiacion and produccion. Revista de Fruticultura, Special Issue.

  • 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.

  • Trentacoste, E.R., Calderón, F.J., Puertas, C.M., Banco, A.P., Contreras-Zanessi, O.,Galarza, W. and  David J. Connor, D.J. 2018. Vegetative structure and distribution of oil yield components and fruit characteristics within olive hedgerows (cv. Arbosana) mechanically pruned annually on alternating sides in San Juan, Argentina.  Sci. Hort. 240:425–429.

 

TECHNICAL REPORTS

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  • Paltridge, G.W., Dilley, A.C., Garratt, J.R., Pearman, G.I., Shepherd, W. and Connor, D.J. The Rutherglen Experiment on Sherpa Wheat: Environmental and Biological Data. CSIRO Aust. Division of Atmospheric Physics Tech. Paper 22. pp. 41 (1972).

  • Connor, D.J. GROMAX: A potential productivity routine for a total grassland ecosystem model. US IBP Grassland Biome Tech. Report No. 208, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. pp. 27. (1973).

  • Wielgolaski, F.E., Haydock, K.P. and Connor, D.J. A grazing lands plant-decomposition carbon-mineral simulation model. US IBP Grassland Biome Tech. Report No. 203, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. pp. 74 (1973).

  • Paltridge, G.W., Dilley, A.C., Shepherd, W. and Connor, D.J. The Rutherglen Experiment of Sherpa Wheat. Environmental and Biological Data II. CSIRO Aust. Div. Atmos. Physics, Tech. Paper. pp. 26 (1975).

  • Goutzamanis, J.J. and Connor, D.J. A simulation model of the wheat crop. Bulletin No. 1, School of Agriculture, La Trobe University 123 pp. (1977).

  • Connor, D.J. and Watkins, W. Potential for crop production in Victoria. Report to Victorian Solar Energy Council (1983).

  • Dunn, G.M. and Connor, D.J. Transpiration and water yield in mountain ash forest. Final Report of Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation Partnership Project No. P88/37, School of Agriculture and Forestry, The University of Melbourne, 61 p. (1991).

  • Connor, D.J., Rimmington, G.M., Gordon, I. and Yuen, H.P. (1993). Development of a preliminary wheat yield forecasting model. Commissioned by The Australian Wheat Board, August 1993, 57 pp.

  • O'Leary, G.J. and Connor, D.J. (1996c). Details of input and output data files to run a simulation model of the wheat crop for conservation tillage systems. Joint Centre for Crop Improvement, The University of Melbourne, and Agriculture Victoria, Victorian Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Victoria. Technical Report No. 1, January, 1996 100 p.
     

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