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PUBLICATIONS IN SUNFLOWER PHYSIOLOGY AND MODELING

 

CHAPTERS OF BOOKS

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  • 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).

 

REFEREED PAPERS

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  • 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).

  • 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 Research12:281-293. (1985).

  • 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).

  • 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 Science 12:87-91 (1991).

  • 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).

  • 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 Research41:65-77 (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. Oecologia101:274-281 (1995).

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

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

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