Bhatia P, Ashwath N and Midmore, D ( ). Effects of genotype, explant orientation and wounding on shoot regeneration in tomato. In vitro cellular and developmental biology-Plant.

Bhatia P, Walsh KB and Ashwath N ( ). Origin of shoots in in vitro cultured tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Australian Journal of Botany

Bhatia N, Walsh K and Ashwath N ( ). Detection and identification of ligands involved in detoxification of nickel in hyperaccumulator Stackhousia tryonii Bailey (Journal of Experimental Botany)

Bhatia, N, Ashwath N and Adholeya ( ). Arbuscular mycorrhizal association and provenance variation in nickel hyperaccumulation in the natural populations of a rare herb Stackhousia tryonii Bailey (New Phytologist).

Ashwath N, Fesuk S and Heard B (2003). Website on Native Plant Seedbank. http://seedbank.cqu.edu.au
Rank A, Stuckley C, Ashwath N and Dunglison C (2002). Green Waste to Charcoal & Energy Project-A Technical Feasibility Study. Report submitted to Rockhampton City Council.

Ashwath N (2003). Native plant seedbank for Central Queensland. Report submitted to Natural Heritage Trust via the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Rockhampton, Queensland.

Ashwath N (2001). Selection of suitable plant species and agronomic treatments for direct revegetation of nickel tailings. Contract research report to Argosy Minerals, Perth.

Ashwath N (2000).  Greenwaste market development: Characterisation of shredded greenwaste from Rockhampton City Council. Progress report to Rockhampton City Council, March 2000.

Ashwath N (2000). Ecology and propagation strategies for an endangered species, Alectryon ramiflorus. Project report to Queensland Parts and Wildlife Services.

Ashwath N (1998). Report on characterisation and management of topsoil at Lagoon Hill Nickel, Marlborough. Marlborough Nickel Project Environmental Impact Statement, Lagoon Hill Nickel, Perth. pp L1-L8.

Ashwath N (1998). Report on rare and threatened species, at Lagoon Hill Nickel, Marlborough. Marlborough Nickel Project Environmental Impact Statement, Lagoon Hill Nickel, Perth. pp M1-M18.

Brundrett M, Ashwath N, Jasper D, Abbott L, Bougher N, Brennan K and Malajczuk N (1995). Mycorrhizal Associations in the Alligator Rivers Region. Part 2. Experimental Results. Office of the Supervising Scientist Open File Record 117.

Andersen A, Ashwath N and Morrison S (1994). The role of terrestrial invertebrates in mine site restoration. I. Methods and preliminary results, December 1993. Internal report 133, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 31p.

Gray E and Ashwath N (1994). Evaluation of the growth responses of selected native grass species for use on the ERA Ranger Uranium Mine waste rock dump–Experimental Results. Internal report, Office of the Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region.

Ashwath N (1994). Key results of the research undertaken by the Revegetation section of the ARRRI 1990-1994. Internal report 171. Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra.

Cusbert P, Ashwath N, Hunt C and Bayliss B (1993). Determination of acid extractable elements in soils from the alligator rivers Region: a comparison of two digestion techniques. Proceedings of the National Workshop on Soil and Plant Analysis, ASPAC, 2-4 March 1993, Ballarat, Victoria.

Brundrett M, Abbott L, Jasper D, Ashwath N, Malajczuk N and Bougher N (1993). Mycorrhizal associations of plants in disturbed and undisturbed soils of the Alligator Rivers Region. Part III progress report December 1992. Internal report 121, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 41p.

Ashwath N (1993). Revegetation research program of the Alligator Rivers Region Research Institute: Revised version July 1991. Internal report 107, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 23p.

Ashwath N (1993). Progress of the revegetation research at the Alligator Rivers Region Research Institute, Jabiru (1990-1993). Internal report 113, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 38p.

Ashwath N and Chandrasekaran M (1993). An examination of plant stress symptoms at Ranger land application area, November 1993. Internal report 132, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 15p.

McInnes A and Ashwath N (1992). Techniques for the collection, isolation, authentication and maintenance of rhizobia. Internal report 84, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 14p.

McInnes A and Ashwath N (1992) Database for confirmed rhizobial isolates derived from 1991 nodule collection. Internal report 86, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 38p.

Brundrett M, Abbott L, Jasper D, Ashwath N, Malajczuk N and Bougher N (1992). Mycorrhizal associations of plants in disturbed and undisturbed soils of the Alligator Rivers Region: Part II, preliminary report progress report, September 1992. Internal report 82, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 31p.

Brundrett M, Abbott L, Jasper D, Ashwath N, Malajczuk N and Bougher N (1992). Mycorrhizal associations of plants in disturbed and undisturbed soils of the Alligator Rivers Region: Part I, methods progress report September 1992. Internal report 81, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 26p.

Ashwath N and Khanna PK (1992). Screening of Australian tropical and subtropical acacias for acid soil tolerance. (Manuscript submitted to CSIRO Forestry, Canberra).

Ashwath N and Ragupathy S (1992). Selected bibliography of restoration of disturbed mine sites and ecophysiology of native plants. Internal report 93, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 100p.

Chandrasekaran M, Ashwath N and Waggitt P (1992). A review of revegetation techniques in the tropics. Internal report, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region.

Ashwath N (1991). Revegetation research in the Alligator Rivers Region. In: Growback ’91. Eds T offer and RJ Watson. Fitzroy, Victoria. Growback Publications.

Ashwath N (1990). Proposed revegetation research program of the Alligator Rivers Region Research Institute. Internal report 14, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 19p.

Nelson M, Ng J, Moore M, Howkins T, Midmore D, Ashwath N (2003). Hyperaccumulating plants for the remediation of arsenic contaminated sites in Australia. Poster, QHSS Science Week, 18-22 August 2003. [best poster award]

Nelson M, Ng J, Moore M, Howkins T, Midmore D, Ashwath N (2003). Hyperaccumulating plants for the remediation of arsenic contaminated sites in Australia. Mining and Post Mining Landscapes – What are the environmental risks that matter? Environmental Protection Agency in Partnership with Sinclair Knight  Merz, 23-24 June 2003, Rockhampton, Queensland.

Nelson M, Ashwath N, Moore M and Ng J (2002). Arsenic hyperaccumulating plants for the remediation of contaminated sites in Australia. Science week, 19-23 August. QHSS, Brisbane.

Nelson M, Ng J, Moore M, Howkins T, Ashwath, N. (2002).  Hyperaccumulating plants for the remediation off arsenic contaminated sites in Australia. Queensland Health and Medical Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, 4-5 Dec, 2002.

Cox J, Bhatia P and Ashwath N (2000). In vitro propagation of Schizaea dichotoma using spores. Proceedings of the Australasian Biotechnology Association (poster paper), Brisbane, 2-6 July 2000.

Bhatia P and Ashwath N (2000). Optimising disinfestation procedures for establishing mangroves in tissue culture. Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Biotechnology Association (poster paper), Brisbane, 2-6 July 2000.

Cupitt D, Bhatia P and Ashwath N (2000). In vitro propagation of Angiopteris evecta using spores. Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Biotechnology Association (poster paper), Brisbane, 3-8 July 2000.

Yates E and Ashwath N (2000).  Soil and water factors relating to primary production in natural and replanted mangrove habitats of Central Queensland. In: Proceedings of the Mangrove 2000: sustainable use of estuaries and mangroves: Challenges and Prospects. 22-28 May 2000, Racife, Brazil. Proceedings p 204 (abstract).

Ashwath N, Fesuk S and Heard B (2000).  Native plant seedbank for Central Queensland.  In Pasture Production and Protection.  Proceedings of Tropical Grassland Conference, Emerald. (Poster presentation; abstract p 126), Tropical Grassland Society of Australia, Inc. 26-28 April 2000.

Ashwath N and Wann J (1999). Strategies for direct revegetation of nickel tailings. In: proceedings of the 3rd international conference on serpentinite Ecology, held at Berg-en-Dal, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 22-28 March 1999  South Africa. (Poster paper).

Ashwath N, Bhatia P, Siddique A and Barry S (1999). In-vitro propagation of Alectryon ramiflorus- an endangered species. In: Proceedings of the 4th ANPC Conference ‘Promotion, Practice and Partnerships’ 25-29 November 1999, Albury-Wodonga (in press).

Ragupathy S and Ashwath N (1998). Low diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in the flora of serpentinite habitats of Marlborough-Rockhampton region. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on mycorrhizae, 5-10 July 1998, Uppsala, Sweden (oral presentation).

Mills J and Ashwath N (1997). Techniques of Disinfesting Mangroves for Tissue Culture. Proceedings of the international symposium on biotechnology of tropical and subtropical species, Brisbane, October 1997 (poster paper).

McKiernan D and Ashwath N (1997). The significance of auxins and cytokinins in root and shoot induction of pineapple. Proceedings of the international symposium on biotechnology of tropical and subtropical species, Brisbane, October 1997 (poster paper).

Atkinson G, Ashwath N and Bachelard EP (1994). The effects of Mg:Ca ratios on growth and physiology of selected native plants. Annual Research Summary of the Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, AGPS, Canberra.

Malden J, Ashwath N and Longnecker N (1994). The effects of magnesium sulphate on germination of a selection of plant species native to Kakadu National Park. Poster paper In: Proceedings of the National Workshop on Native Seed Biology for Revegetation, 24-26 August 1994, Perth. Chamber of Mines and Energy, WA, Perth (poster paper).

McIntyre WD, Plummer JA and Ashwath N (1994). Kakadu National Park: seeds for rehabilitation. Poster paper. In: Proceedings of the National Workshop on Native Seed Biology for Revegetation, 24-26 August 1994, Perth. Chamber of Mines and Energy, WA, Perth (poster paper)

Brundrett M, Abbott L, Jasper DA and Ashwath N (1993). A comparison of the efficiency and specificity of methods for isolating Glomalean fungi in pot cultures. Poster paper, 9th NACOM Meeting, August 1993, Guelph, Canada.

Brundrett M, Abbott L, Jasper DA and Ashwath N (1993). Propagules of mycorrhizal fungi in disturbed and natural habitats near Kakadu National Park, tropical Australia. Poster paper, 9th NACOM Meeting, August 1993, Guelph, Canada.

Brundrett M, Abbott L, Jasper DA and Ashwath N (1993). The diversity of Glomalean fungi in disturbed and natural habitats near Kakadu National Park, tropical Australia. Poster paper, 9th NACOM Meeting, August 1993, Guelph, Canada.

Ashwath N (1993). Seed germination characteristics of local native plant species. 1992-93 Annual Report of the Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, AGPS, Canberra, pp. 45-46.

Brundrett M, Abbott L, Jasper DA and Ashwath N (1992). The infectivity of mycorrhizal fungi in undisturbed and disturbed habitats in the Alligator Rivers Region. International Symposium on Management of Mycorrhizas in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, Sept 28 1992, Perth (poster paper).

Brundrett M, Abbott L, Jasper DA and Ashwath N (1992). The diversity of VAM fungi in undisturbed and disturbed habitats in the Alligator Rivers Region. International symposium on Management of Mycorrhizas in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, Sept 28 1992, Perth (poster paper).

Ashwath N and McInnes A (1992). The use of symbiotic microorganisms in the revegetation of mine sites. 1991-92 Annual report of the Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region. AGPS, Canberra, pp. 41-42.

Brundrett M, Jasper D, McInnes A and Ashwath N (1991). Collection, isolation and maintenance of symbiotic microorganisms from local native plants of the ARR. Alligator Rivers Region Research Institute 1991-92 Annual Research Summary, AGPS, Canberra, pp. 64-65.

Ashwath N, Cusbert P and Bayliss B (1991). Characterisation of selected mine soils for plant growth factors. Alligator Rivers Region Research Institute 1991-1992 Annual Research Summary, AGPS, Canberra, pp. 63-64.

Aswathappa N (1989). Salinity and waterlogging tolerance of 16 native tree species. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists Meeting, Brisbane, pp. 129.

Marcar NE, Vercoe TK, McDonald M, Thomson LAJ, Aswathappa N, Hartney VJ and Cummins J (1988). Trees for combating salinity. Geology, groundwater and salinity management. Murray Basin, 88 Conference, Canberra 23-26 May 1988 (compiled by CM Brown and WR Evans) p 127-129.

Aswathappa N, Marcar NE and Thomson LAJ (1986). Screening seedlings of tropical and sub-tropical Australian tree species for salt tolerance. Australian Salinity Newsletter No. 14, 57-59.

Aswathappa N and Bachelard EP (1985). Studies on salt tolerance in Casuarina. Australian Salinity Newsletter, No 13, 74-76.

Aswathappa N and Bachelard EP (1985). Effect of culture medium and aeration on root growth and salt uptake in Casuarina. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists Meeting, Canberra.

Aswathappa N and Bachelard EP (1984). Comparison of sand and solution cultures in a study of salinity stress in two species of Casuarina. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists Meeting, Sydney, pp. 57.

Aswathappa N and Shivashankar G (1983). Genetics of resistance to Meloidogyne incognita in tomato. Fourth International Congress of Plant Pathology, Melbourne.

Bhatia P and Ashwath N (2005). Effect of medium pH on shoot regeneration from the cotyledonary explants of tomato. Biotechnology 4: 7-10

Bhatia P, Ashwath N, Senaratna T, Midmore DJ (2004). (Review article). Tissue culture studies of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 78: 1–21. [First most viewed paid article of the Journal in year 2004].

Bhatia P and Ashwath N (2004). Comparative performance of tissue-cultured and seed-grown tomato plants under greenhouse conditions. Biologia Plantarum 48: 625-628

Bhatia P and Ashwath N (2004). Effect of duration of light: dark cycles on in vitro shoot regeneration of tomato. Biotechnology (in press).

Bhatia P, Ashwath N (2004). Effects of ascorbic acid, activated charcoal and casein hydrolysate on shoot regeneration in tomato. Plant Biotechnology (in press).

Bhatia NP, Orlic I, Siegele R, Ashwath N, Baker AJM, Walsh KB (2004). Application of micro-PIXE and energy dispersive x-ray microanalytical techniques for localisation of nickel within fruits of the Ni-hyperaccumulator Stackhousia tryonii Bailey (Stackhousiaceae). Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Serpentine Ecology pp 267-273. [in press].

Bhatia NP, Walsh KB, Orlic I, Siegele R, Ashwath N, Baker AJM (2004). Studies on spatial distribution of nickel in leaves and stems of the metal hyperaccumulator Stackhousia tryonii Bailey using micro-PIXE and EDXS techniques. Functional Plant Biology 31, 1061-1074.

Bhatia P and Ashwath N (2004). Somatic embryogenesis in the nickel hyperaccumulating shrub, Hybanthus floribundus (Lindl.) F. Muell. Plant Tissue Cult. 14: 1-7.

Bhatia NP, Orlic I, Siegele R, Ashwath N, Baker AJM, Walsh KB (2003). Elemental mapping using PIXE shows the main pathway of nickel movement is principally symplastic within the fruit of the hyperaccumulator Stackhousia tryonii. New Phytologist 160 (3): 479–488.

Cox J, Bhatia, P and Ashwath, N. (2003) In vitro spore germination of the fern Schizaea dichotoma. Scientia Horticulturae 97: 369-378.

Bhatia NP, Ashwath N, Walsh K and Baker AJ (2003). Elemental mapping using PIXE shows the main pathway of nickel movement is principally symplastic within the fruit of the hyperaccumulator Stackhousia tryonii. New Phytologist 160, 479-488.

Bhatia P, Ashwath N (2002). Development of a rapid method for micropropagation of a new pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Murr.] clone, 'Yeppoon Gold'. Acta Horticulturae 575: 125–131.

Bhatia P, Bhatia NP, Ashwath N (2002). In vitro propagation of Stackhousia tryonii Bailey (Stackhousiaceae): a rare and serpentine-endemic species of central Queensland, Australia. Biodiversity & Conservation 11 (8): 1469-1477.

Bhatia NP, Bhatia P, Ashwath N (2002). Ex vitro rooting of micropropagated shoots of Stackhousia tryonii. Biologia Plantarum 45 (3): 441-444.

Bhatia NP, Bhatia P, Ashwath N (2002). Asexual propagation of Stackhousia tryonii Bailey: a step towards restoration of a rare metalophyte of central Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 50 (5): 577-582.

Gyasi-Agyei Y, Sibley J and Ashwath N (2001). Quantitative evaluation of strategies for erosion control on a railway embankment batter.  Hydrol. Process. 15, 3249-3268.

Cupitt D, Bhatia P and Ashwath N (2001). In vitro propagation of Angiopteris evecta using spores. Biotropia16, 1-9.

Yates E, Ashwath N and Midmore, D (2001). Responses to nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sodium chloride by three mangrove species in pot culture. Trees 16: 120-125.

Brundrett MC, Jasper DA and Ashwath N (1999). Glomalean mycorrhizal fungi from tropical Australia. II The effect of nutrient levels and host species on the isolation of fungi. Mycorrhiza 8, 315-321.

Schmidt S, Stewart GR and Ashwath N (1999). Monitoring plant physiological characteristics to evaluate mine site revegetation: a case study from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia.  Plant and Soil 215, 73-84.

Schmidt S, Stewart GR, Turnbull MH, Erskine PD and Ashwath N (1998). Nitrogen relations of natural and disturbed plant communities in tropical Australia. Oecologia 117, 95-104.

Andersen A, Morrison S, Belbin L, Ashwath N and Brennan K (1998). The role of ants in minesite restoration in the Kakadu region of Australia’s Northern Territory, with particular reference to their use as bioindicators. Supervising Scientist Report 130. Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, 98p.

Ragupathy S, Ashwath N and Mahadevan A (1998). Acacias and mine rehabilitation: the need for inoculating acacias with mycorrhizal fungi. ACIAR Proceedings No 82, Canberra, pp274-280.

Brundrett M, Ashwath N and Jasper D (1996). Mycorrhizas in the Kakadu region of tropical Australia. Part II. Propagules of mycorrhizal fungi and soil properties in disturbed habitats Plant and Soil 184, 172-184.

Brundrett M, Ashwath N and Jasper D (1996). Mycorrhizas in the Kakadu region of tropical Australia. Part I. Propagules of mycorrhizal fungi and soil properties in natural habitats Plant and Soil 184, 159-171.

Ashwath N, Gray E and Banks J (1994). Native grasses: their potential use in revegetation of disturbed sites in the wet-dry tropics. In: Proceedings of the AusIMM Annual Conference, 5-9 August 1994, Darwin, Northern Territory. pp. 459-464.

Brundrett M, Abbott LK, Jasper DA and Ashwath N (1994). Mycorrhizal associations in disturbed and natural habitats in tropical Australia. In M Brundrett, BDell, M Gong, and N Malajczuk (eds), Mycorrhizal research in southeast Asia. ACIAR Proceedings No. 62.

Ashwath N, Dart PJ, Edwards DG and Khanna PK (1994). Tolerance of Australian tropical and subtropical acacias to acid soil. Plant and Soil 171, 83-87.

Ashwath N, Dart PJ, Edwards DG and Khanna PK (1993). Acid soil tolerance of Australian tropical and subtropical acacias. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH, 12-16 September 1993, Brisbane.

Ashwath N (1992). Restoration Research in the Alligator Rivers Region, Australia. In: Proceedings of the 9th Annual National Meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, Duluth, Minnesota, pp. 633-643.

Popp M, C Feldl, J Polania and Aswathappa N (1990). Stress metabolites in Casuarina and other tropical trees. In: Fast Growing Trees and Nitrogen fixing Trees. D Werner and P Muller (eds), Gustav Fischer Verlag Stuttgart, New York, pp. 202-207.

Aswathappa N and Marcar N (1990). Evaluation of 60 Australian tropical and subtropical tree species for salt tolerance. Australian Forest Research (was accepted, but not published as the journal was discontinued).

Aswathappa N, Prakash KS, Shivashankar G and Satyan BA (1987). Genetics of nematode resistance in tomato. Indian J. Genet. 47 (3):329-332.

Aswathappa N, Munns R, Bachelard EP and Tonnet ML. (1986). Ion concentrations in the xylem sap of two Casuarina species differing in salt tolerance. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Transport ('Membrane Transport in Plants and Fungi' Eds. M J Beilby, NA Walker and JR Smith), University of Sydney publication, Sydney, pp. 486-489.

Aswathappa N, Marcar N and Thomson LAJ (1986). Salt tolerance of Australian tropical and subtropical acacias. In: Australian Acacias in Developing Countries (ed. J W Turnbull) Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Proceedings No. 16, 70-73, Canberra.

Aswathappa N and Bachelard EP (1986). Ion regulation in the organs of Casuarina species differing in salt tolerance. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 13, 533-545.

Setty BAS, Ranganatha ARG and Aswathappa N (1980). Interrelationships between grain yield and its components in green gram (Vigna radiata). Current Research 10, 58-60.

Ashwath N (1992). Australia celebrates Wattle Day. Jabiru Rag, Sept 10, 1992, pp. 1.

Aswathappa N (1987). Sesbania formosa - for waterlogged-saline soils? ACIAR Forestry Newsletter, No.4, pp. 3.

Aswathappa N, Marcar NE and Thomson LAJ (1986). Screening Australian trees for salt tolerance. ACIAR Forestry Newsletter 4, pp. 3.

Aswathappa N and Termaat N (1986). Screening of Australian tropical and sub-tropical tree and shrub species for salt tolerance. In: Streamline 'Water Research in Australia - current projects', AGPS, Canberra, pp. 181.

Setty BAS, Ranganatha ARG and Aswathappa N (1981). Genetic variability in greengram (Vigna radiata), Pulse Crops Newsletter 1 (3), 15.

Aswathappa N (1979). Diascoria cultivation. Karnataka Vyavasaya Patrike, January 1979, 3-4*.

Aswathappa N (1979). Fertiliser management in fruit crops. Krishivarte, November 1979, 14-16*.

Aswathappa N (1978). Introduction to root grubs and their control. Krishivarte, August 1978. 25-26*.
 
*Published in the Kannada language.

Aswathappa N (1978). Concise information to farmers on fodder crops. Krishivarte, October 1978, 30-32*.

Aswathappa N (1978). Raulfia serpentina cultivation. Karnataka Vyavasaya Patrike, October 1978*

Magnussen, P.F., Ashwath, N. and Dunglison, C. (2004). Waste management in central Queensland. In A.L. Juhasz, G. Magesan, R. Naidu (Eds), Waste Management, Science Publishers Inc. Enfield USA, pp289-298.

Sharma, A and Ashwath, N (2004). Land disposal of wastewater and its impact on soil properties. In: Contemporary Environmental Changes (Eds MM Rahman, MJB Alam, MA Ali, M Ali and K. Vairavamoorthy). Centre for Environmental Resource Management and International Training Network Centre, Dhaka. Pp 179-185.

Bhatia P, Bhatia NP, Ashwath N, Hood B (2004). Somatic embryogenesis in Stackhousia tryonii Bailey (Stackhousiaceae): a rare and nickel-hyperaccumulating species of central Queensland (Australia). In: In vitro culture transformation and molecular markers for crop improvement (Ed. AS Islam). Science Publishers, Inc.: Enfield, USA. pp.

Bhatia P, Ashwath N, Senarathna T (2004). Effect of cytokinins on organogenesis and callus induction in cotyledonary explants of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum, Mill.). In: In vitro culture transformation and molecular markers for crop improvement (Ed. AS Islam). Science Publishers, Inc.: Enfield, USA. pp 17-24.

Ecophysiology
Biology of native plants of Kakadu National Park and Central Qld
Ecology of serpentinite flora of Rockhampton region
Restoration
Restoration of uranium mines in Kakadu National Park
Restoration of mangroves on salt flats of Gladstone

Conservation
Seed germination, seed storage and DNA finger printing using rare and threatened species

Plant Propagation
Tissue culture and vegetative propagation

Environmental  Management
Use of shredded green waste as mulch and ‘green energy’ source
Designing cropping systems to maximise effluent use
Phytoremediation of landfill sites in Brisbane, Noosa & Rockhampton
Phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated sites

Soil Science
Characterisation of uranium mine spoils, natural soils, nickel tailings, heavy metal contaminated sites and salt flats to delineate factors limiting plant growth

Remote Sensing
Hyperspectral image analysis in sugarcane and mangroves

Phytoremediation
Hyperaccumulating plants & phytoremediation/ phytomining

Plant-microbial interaction
Isolation and use of rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi in revegetation

Plant breeding & Genetics
Interspecific crossing and breeding in tomato

Stress physiology - salinity, drought, acid soil, heavy metal toxicity
Seed biology - synthetic seed technology, soil seed bank, seed dormancy and seed storage
Plant tissue culture - in vitro propagation of mangroves, rare and endangered species and horticultural crops (wasabi, quandong)
Revegetation - matching plants to site conditions
Ecosystem reconstruction - on nickel, coal and uranium mine wastes and tailings, mangrove mud and degraded lands
Waste management - wetland filtration, conversion of urban and industrial wastes to value added products
Environmental remote sensing - hyperspectral image analysis in mangroves and sugarcane.
Agroforestry - development of protocols for growing dry rainforest species in Central Queensland