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A selection of key scientific career papers spanning a range of topics are available for download.
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Corporate Overview |
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Smart Plantations |
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Irrigated Forest Plantation and Cropping Program |
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Robinson, J.B., Silburn, D.M., Rattray, D., Freebairn, D.M., Biggs, A., McClymont, D., and Christodoulou, N. (2010) "Modelling shows that the high rates of deep drainage in parts of the Goondoola Basin in semi-arid Queensland can be reduced with changes to the farming systems". Australian Journal of Soil Research, 48, 58-68. |
Deep drainage reduction |

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Dale, G.T., Silberstein, R., Daws, W., Morris, J. and Collopy, J. (2008). Sustainable management of salt-tolerant eucalypt hybrids: modelling growth and salt on saline discharge sites. RIRDC Report. 109pp. In press. |
Management of saline irrigation |
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DALE, G. T. and DIETERS, M. J. (2007) "Economic returns from environmental problems: breeding salt and drought-tolerant eucalypts for salinity abatement and commercial forestry". Ecological Engineering, 31, 175-182. |
Breeding trees for salt and drought tolerance |

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DALE, G. T. (2006) "Economic returns from environmental problems - Potential for breeding to make lower rainfall areas a reality. In: Proceedings of the Australian Forest Growers Biennial Conference, Launceston, Tasmania. 22-25 October, 2006. |
Breeding trees for salt and drought tolerance |

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SHEPHERD, M., HUANG, S., EGGLER, P., CROSS, M., DALE, G., DIETERS, M., and HENRY, R. (2006) "Congruence in QTL for adventitious rooting in Pinus eliottii x P. caribaea resolves between and within-species effects" Molecular Breeding 18:11-28. |
Genetic mapping |

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DALE, G. T. (2005) "Economic returns from environmental problems – Breeding salt and stress tolerant eucalypts for carbon sequestration, salinity abatement and commercial forestry." In: Proceedings COAL2005, 26-28 April, 2005. Brisbane, Australia. 271-276 |
Breeding trees for carbon sequestration |

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SHEPHERD, M., MELLICK, R., TOON, P., DALE, G. and DIETERS, M. (2005) "Genetic control of adventitious rooting on stem cuttings in two Pinus elliottii x P. caribaea hybrid families". Ann. For. Sci. 62:403-412. |
Genetic mapping |

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DALE, G. T. and HENRY, R. J. (2003) "Biotechnology for Salt Tolerance and/or Enhanced Water Use in Plants – Interesting Science or a Pathway to the Future? " Proceedings of the 9th National PURSL Conference, Rockhampton Queensland 29 September to 2nd October 2003. |
Biotechnology for Salinity Review |

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DALE, G.T. (2001) "Hybrid and clonal eucalypts for saline land. Current progress and where to from here?" Forestry with a pinch of salt! Proceedings of the Dubbo Farm Forestry Conference, Dubbo NSW 5-6 September 2001. pp. 36-40. |
Breeding trees for salt and drought tolerance |

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DALE, G. T., AITKEN, K. and SASSE, J. (2000) "Development of salt-tolerant E. camaldulensis x E. grandis hybrid clones using phenotypic selection and genetic mapping". Symposium on Hybrid Breeding and Genetics. Noosa, Queensland, 9-14 April, 2000. |
Hybrid breeding |

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SASSE, J. M., GEORGE, B. H., and DALE, G. T. (2000) "The XylonovA hybrid field trials: clonally replicated family trials for verification of QTL analysis and hybrid testing.". Symposium on Hybrid Breeding and Genetics. Noosa, Queensland, 9-14 April, 2000. |
Hybrid breeding |

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DALE, G. T. and TEASDALE, R. D. (1997) "Strategies for efficient application of marker-assisted breeding in tree improvement." In: Proceedings of the IUFRO Conference on Genetics of Radiata Pine. Rotorua, New Zealand, 1- 4 December, 1997. |
Genetic mapping |

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DALE, G. T., WALKER, S. M., HAINES, R., and TEASDALE, R. D. (1996) "Molecular marker based comparison of tree-form and hedged ramets of hybrid pine clones." In Dieters, M. J., Matheson A. C., Nikles, D. G., Harwood, C. E. and Walker, S. M. (eds). 1996. Tree improvement for Sustainable Tropical Forestry, (2) 512-513. QFRI-IUFRO Conf., Caloundra, Queensland, Australia 27 October - 1 November 1996. |
DNA Fingerprinting |

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DALE, G. T. and CHAPARRO, J. X. (1996) "Integration of molecular markers into tree breeding and improvement programs." In: Dieters, M. J., Matheson A. C., Nikles, D. G., Harwood, C. E. and Walker, S. M. (eds). 1996. Tree Improvement for Sustainable Tropical Forestry, (2) 472-477. Proc. QFRI-IUFRO Conf., Caloundra, Queensland, Australia 27 October - 1 November 1996. |
Genetic mapping |

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DALE, G. T. and TEASDALE, R. D. (1995) "Analysis of growth, form and branching traits in an F2 population of the Pinus elliottii x Pinus caribaea interspecific hybrid using RAPD markers." In: Proceedings of the 23rd Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference, Ashville, North Carolina, 20-22 June, 1995. |
Genetic mapping |

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DALE, G. T. and TEASDALE, R. D. (1995) "Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci for wood basic density in Pinus radiata using RAPD markers." Proceedings of the 23rd Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference, Ashville, North Carolina, 20-22 June, 1995. |
Genetic mapping |

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DALE, G. T., TEASDALE, R. D., NIKLES, G., DAGGARD, G. E. and JEFFERSON, L. (1993) "Mapping of Loci for Seed Set Incompatibility in the Interspecific Hybrid Between Pinus elliottii and Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis." In Imrie, B. C. and Hacker, J.B. (eds) Focused Plant Improvement: Towards Responsible and Sustainable Agriculture, Vol. 2, Proceedings of the Tenth Australian Plant Breeding Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, 18-23 April 1993, 221-222. |
Genetic mapping |

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DALE, G.T., GATES, C.T., VOGEL, H.M., DAGGARD, G.E. and TEASDALE, R.D. (1993) "Mapping of the Interspecific Hybrid Between Pinus elliottii and Pinus caribaea Using RAPD Markers." In Imrie, B.C. and Hacker, J.B. (eds) Focused Plant Improvement: Towards Responsible and Sustainable Agriculture, Vol. 2, Proceedings of the Tenth Australian Plant Breeding Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, 18-23 April 1993, 223-224. |
Genetic mapping |

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DALE, G. T. and APPLEGATE, G. B. (1992) "Polycyclic selection system for the tropical rainforests of northern Australia." In: Proceedings of the Session on Tropical Forestry for People of the Pacific, XVII Pacific Science Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, 27-28 May 1991, Gen Technical Report PSW-GTR-129, 21-25. |
Rainforest management |

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WILKES, J., DALE, G. T. and OLD, K. (1989) "Production of ethylene by Endothia gyrosa and Cytospora eucalypticola and its possible relationship to kino vein formation in Eucalyptus maculata." Physiol and Molecular Plant Pathol. (34) 171-180. |
Kino vein physiology |
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Melland, A.R., Vigiak, O., Roberts, A.M., Rattray, D, and Whitford, J. (2010, in press) Evaluation of a static water balance model in cropped and grazed systems of temperate Australia Environmental Modelling & Software, 2010, 25, 1682-1691 |
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Rattray, D.J., Standley, J., Silburn, D.M., Freebairn, D.M., Spann, K.P. (2007) Atrazine degradation and transport in runoff on a Black Vertosol Australian Journal of Soil Research 45: 598–606 |
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Rattray, D.J., Gurner, N., and Freebairn, D.M. (2007) Atrazine best management practice. The Conservation Farmer, Vol. 6, No. 14 April 2007 p 453 |
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Silburn D.M., Freebairn D.M., and Rattray D.J.(2007). Tillage and the environment in sub-tropical Australia—Tradeoffs and challenges. Soil & Tillage Research 97: 306–317 |
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Vigiak, O., Newham. L., Whitford, J., Roberts A.M., Rattray, D., and Melland, A. (submitted) Integrating farming systems and landscape processes to assess management impacts on sediment loads. Environmental Modelling and Software. |
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