Prof Mike McLaughlin

 Position University Professorial Research Fellow
 Org Unit School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
 Email michael.mclaughlin@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone +61 8 8313 6876
 Mobile +61 4 3476 5574
 Location Floor/Room 3 ,  Prescott ,   Waite

  • Biography/ Background

    Mike McLaughlin is a Professor in the School of Agriculture Food and Wine and Director of the Mosaic-sponsored University of Adelaide Fertiliser Technology Research Centre (). He is also a Science Fellow of Australia’s Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Mike gained his B.Sc. from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, a M.Agr.Sc from the University of Reading (UK) and his Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide (Australia). 

    Mike's research interests are principally in soil and environmental analytical chemistry, the behaviour of nutrients and contaminants in soils and the improvement of fertiliser efficiency in agricultural systems.

     

  • Qualifications

      B.Sc. (Hons) - University of Ulster, UK, 1977.
      M.Agr.Sc.(Distinction) - University of Reading, UK, 1979.
      Ph.D. - Uiversity of Adelaide, Australia, 1986.

  • Awards & Achievements

    ·        American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America/Crop Science Society of America Inaugural Leo M. Walsh Distinguished Lectureship in Soil Fertility, New Orleans, November 2007.

    ·        Awarded Fellow status, American Society of Agronomy, 2008.

    ·        Awarded Fellow status, Soil Science Society of America, 2008.

    ·        International Award, Soil Science Society of America, 2008.

    ·        Researcher of the Year 2008, Fluid Fertilizer Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas, USA).

    ·        Australian Soil Science Society Prescott Medal, 2009.

    ·        Awarded Fellow Status, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2009.

    ·        Awarded CSIRO Fellow status, 2011.

    ·        International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), Science Award, 2011.

    ·        Nanoscience Fellow, Australian Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Medicines Authority, Nanotechnology Expert Advisory Panel, 2012.

    ·        Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Herb Ward Exceptional Service Award 2012.

    ·        Finalist (with team) in the Environment category of The Australian Innovation Challenge, for hand-held spectrophotometer Remscan, 2012.

    ·        Member of the Order of Australia, General Division (AM), 2014.

    ·        International Fertilizer Industry Association Norman Borlaug Laureate, 2015.

    ·        Awarded Fellow Status, Australian Academy of Sciences, 2015.

    ·        Awarded Fellow status, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2016.

    ·        Awarded Barry Inglis Prize, Australian National Measurement Institute, 2016.

  • Research Interests

    Soil and environmental chemistry, fertiliser formulations and crop nutrition, the behaviour and toxicity of nutrients and contaminants in the soil-plant system, the assessment and remediation of contaminated soils, and use of advanced techniques to measure and monitor nutrients and pollutants in the environment.

     

  • Publications

    Books

    1)      2007. Natural Attenuation of Trace Element Availability in Soils. Eds. R. Hamon, M. McLaughlin and E Lombi. SETAC Press, Pensacola/Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton. ISBN 1-4200-4282-3

    2)      2007. Fluid Fertilisers. A South Australian Manual. Eds. R. Holloway, M. McLaughlin, T. Beath and J. Kelly. Available on-line at , Published by Arris Pty Ltd, Adelaide, South Australia, Copyright Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia. ISBN 0 9750134 4  0

    3)      2006. Growing Vegetables with Reclaimed Water on the Northern Adelaide Plains: A Reference Manual. Editor: Stevens, D.P. Associate Editors: Kelly, J. M. Unkowicz, and McLaughlin M.J. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 0 643 06625 X.

    4)      2004. Kelly, J., Wojcik, N., and McLaughlin, M. 2004. Proceedings of the First Australian Fluid Fertiliser Workshop, 21-22 September 2004. Arris Pty Ltd. ISBN 0 9750 1342 4

    5)      1999. Cadmium in Soils and Plants.  Eds. M.J. McLaughlin, B.R. Singh, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht.

    6)      1996. Contaminants in the Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific Region. Eds. R. Naidu, R. Kookana, D.P. Oliver, S.R. Rogers and M.J. McLaughlin. Kluwer Publishers, Dordrecht.


    Book Chapters

    1)           Janik L.J., Forrester S. Kirby J.K., McLaughlin M.J., Soriano-Disla J.M. , Reimann C. (2014) Prediction of metal and metalloid portioning coefficients (Kd) in soil using mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. In: Reimann C., Birke M., Demetriades A., Filzmoser P., O’Connor P. (eds.): Chemistry of Europe’s agricultural soils. Geologisches Jahrbuch B, 103, 183-188.

    2)           McLaughlin, M.J., Smolders, E., Degryse, F., and Rietra, R. 2011. Uptake of metals from soil into vegetables. In Dealing with Contaminated Sites – from Theory to Practical Application, Ed. F. Swartjes.

    3)           Holm, P.E., Jensen, L.S., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2011. Utilization of biologically treated waste on land. pp. 665-682. In Solid Waste Technology and Management. Edited by Thomas H. Christensen. 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

    4)           McLaughlin, M.J., Lofts, S., Warne, M. St.J., Amorim, M.J.B., Fairbrother, A., Lanno, R., Hendershot, W., Schelkat, C.E., Ma, Y., Paton, G.J. 2011. Derivation of ecologically based soil standards for trace elements. pp. 7- 80. In Soil Quality Standards, Eds. G. Merrington and I. Schoeters, SETAC Press, Pensacola, Florida.

    5)           Merrington, G., Schoeters, I., Warne, M., Hale, B., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2011. Recommendations for the derivation of interpretable and implementable soil quality standards for trace elements. pp. 141-144. In Soil Quality Standards, Eds. G. Merrington and I. Schoeters, SETAC Press, Pensacola, Florida.

    6)           Stacey, S.P., McLaughlin, M.J., Hettiarachchi, G. 2010. Fertilizer-borne trace elemental contaminants in soil.  pp. 135-154. In Trace Elements in Soils, Ed. P. Hooda, Blackwell Scientific.

    7)           Smolders, E., McGrath, S., Fairbrother, A., Hale, B.A., Lombi, E., McLaughlin, M., Rutgers, M., Van der Vliet, L. 2007. Hazard assessment of inorganic metals and metal substances in terrestrial systems. pp. 113-133. In Assessing the Hazard of Metals and Inorganic Metal Substances in Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems, Eds., Adams, W.J. and Chapman, P.M., CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton. 

    8)           Hamon R.E., Stacey S., Lombi E., McLaughlin M. J. 2007. Natural attenuation: implications for trace metal/metalloid nutrition. pp.173-195. In Natural Attenuation of Trace Element Availability in Soils, Eds Hamon R., McLaughlin M., Lombi E. SETAC Press, Pensacola/ Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton.

    9)           Lombi, E. Stevens, D.P., Hamon, R.E. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2007. Biological assessment of natural attenuation of metals in soils. pp.41-55. In Natural Attenuation of Trace Elements in Soils, Hamon R.E., McLaughlin M.J., Lombi E. (eds). SETAC Press, Pensacola/ Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton.

    10)        Stevens, D. and McLaughlin M. 2006. Managing risks to soil and plant health from inorganic elements in irrigation waters. pp. 139-146. In “Growing Vegetables with Reclaimed Water”, Stevens, D. (Ed.), Kelly, J, McLaughlin, M., and Unkovich, M. (Assoc Eds), CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

    11)        Hedley, M.J. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2005. Reactions of phosphate fertilizers and by-products in soils. pp. 181-252. In “Phosphorus:  Agriculture and the Environment” (Agronomy Monograph no. 46), American Society of Agronomy/Crop Science Society of America/Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin.

    12)        McLaughlin, M.J., Hamon, R.E., Parker, D.R., Pierzynski, G.M., Smolders, E., Thornton, I. and Welp, G.  2002  Soil Chemistry. pp.5-16. In “Test Methods to Determine Hazard of Sparingly Soluble Metal Compounds in Soils”  Fairbrother, A. P. Glazebrook, N. van Straalen, and J. Tarazona (eds.).  SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL.

    13)        McLaughlin, M.J. 2002. Heavy metals. In “Encyclopaedia of Soil Science”, Ed. R. Lal, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York.

    14)        McLaughlin, M.J. 2002. Bioavailability of metals to terrestrial plants. SETAC Press, Pensacola/ Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, pp.173-195 In “Bioavailability of Metals in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Influence of Partitioning for Bioavailability to Invertebrates, Microbes and Plants.” Ed. H.E. Allen. SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL.

    15)        Tiller, K.G., McLaughlin, M.J. and Roberts, A.N. 1999. Environmental impacts of heavy metals in agroecosystems and amelioration strategies in Oceania. pp. 1-41. In “Soils and Groundwater Pollution and Remediation. Asia, Africa and Oceania.” Ed. P.M. Huang and I.K. Iskandar. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton.

    16)        Singh, B.R. and McLaughlin, M.J. 1999. Cadmium in soils and plants. Summary and research persepctives. Pp. 257-267. In “Cadmium and Soils and Plants”. Eds. M.J. McLaughlin and B.R. Singh.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

    17)        Grant, C.A., Bailey, L.D., McLaughlin, M.J. and Singh, B.R. 1999. Management techniques to reduce cadmium transfer from soils to plants. A review. Pp. 151-198. In “Cadmium in Soils and Plants” Eds. M.J.McLaughlin and B.R. Singh. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

    18)        McLaughlin, M.J. and Singh, B.R. 1999. Cadmium in soils and plants. A global perspective. Pp. 1-9. In “Cadmium in Soils and Plants”. Eds. M.J. McLaughlin and B.R. Singh.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

    19)        McLaughlin, M.J., Reuter, D.J. and Rayment, G.D 1999. Soils testing - principles and concepts. Pp. 1-21 In “Australian Soil Interpretation Manual” Eds. K. Peverill, D.J. Reuter, L. Sparrow. Australian Soil and Plant Analysis Council/CSIRO Publications, Melbourne, Australia.

    20)        McLaughlin, M.J., Smolders, E. and Merckx, R. 1998. Soil:root interface: Physicochemical processes. Pp. 233-277 In “Soil Chemistry and Ecosystem Health.” Ed. P.M. Huang. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI.

    21)        McLaughlin, M.J., Kookana, R., Donnelly, T.H and Wasson, R.J. 1998. Land degradation processes and water quality effects: organic matter, soil and nutrient loss, and chemical residues. Pp. 191-214 In “Farming Action - Catchment Reaction, the Effect of Dryland Farming on the Environment”, Eds. Williams, J., Hook, R. and Gascoigne, H. CSIRO Publications, Melbourne.

    22)        Tiller, K.G., Oliver, D.P., McLaughlin, M.J., Merry, R.H. and Naidu, R. 1997. Managing cadmium contamination of agricultural land. pp.225-255 In “Remediation of Soils Contaminated by Metals” Eds. I.K.Iskandar and D.C.Adriano. (Science and Technology Letters, Northwood, England.

    23)        Zarcinas, B.A., McLaughlin, M.J. and Smart, M.K. 1996. Effect of acid digestion technique on the performance of nebulisation systems used in inductively coupled plasma spectrometry. In “Soil and Plant Analysis in Sustainable Agriculture and Environment” Ed. T. M. Hood and J. Benton Jones Jnr. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York.

    24)        McLaughlin, M.J., Tiller, K.G. and Hamblin, A. 1996. Managing cadmium in Australian agriculture. pp.189-217 In “Fertilizers as a Source of Cadmium.” Inter-Organisation Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris.

    25)        Barzi, P., Naidu, R. and McLaughlin, M.J. 1996. Contaminants and the Australian soil environment. pp. 451-484 In “Contaminants in the Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific Region.” Eds. R. Naidu, R. Kookana, D.P. Oliver, S.R. Rogers and M.J. McLaughlin. Kluwer Publishers, Dordrecht.

    26)        Sumner, M.E. and McLaughlin, M.J. 1996. Impact of agriculture on soil, water and food quality. pp. 125-181 In “Contaminants in the Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific Region.” Eds. R. Naidu, R. Kookana, D.P. Oliver, S.R. Rogers and M.J. McLaughlin. Kluwer Publishers, Dordrecht.

    27)        McLaughlin, M.J. 1996. Phosphorus in Australian forest soils. pp.1-30 In “Nutrition of the Eucalypts” Eds. P.M.Attiwill and M.A.Adams, CSIRO Press, Melbourne.

    28)        McLaughlin, M.J., Fillery, I.R. and Till, A.R. 1992. Operation of the phosphorus, sulphur and nitrogen cycles. pp.67-116 In ‘Australia's renewable resources: sustainability and global changes’ Eds. R.M.Gifford and M.M.Barson. Bureau of Rural Resources Proceedings No.12, Australia Government Printing Services, Canberra.

    29)        McLaughlin, M.J., Malik, K.A., Memon, K.S., and Idris, M. 1989. The role of phosphorus for nitrogen fixation in upland crops. pp.295-305 In Phosphorus requirements for sustainable agriculture in Asia and Oceania, Eds. H. Tiessen and S.J. Banta, SCOPE/IRRI/APF/PPI, International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines.


    Journal Papers (last 5 years only)

    1)          Cakmak, I., McLaughlin, M.J. and White, P. 2017. Zinc for better crop production and human health. Plant and Soil 411(1): 1-4. doi:

    2)          Zhao, C. C., Gupta, V., Degryse F. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2017. Effects of pH and ionic strength on elemental sulphur oxidation in soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 53(2): 247-256. doi:

    3)          Degryse, F., Baird, R., da Silva, R.C. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2017. Dissolution rate and agronomic effectiveness of struvite fertilizers – effect of soil pH, granulation and base excess. Plant and Soil 410(1): 139-152. doi:

    4)          Zhao, C., Gupta V. V. S. R., Degryse F. and McLaughlin M. J. 2016. Abundance and diversity of sulphur-oxidising bacteria and their role in oxidising elemental sulphur in cropping soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils 53(2): 159-169. doi:

    5)          Mattiello, E., Da Silva, R., Degryse, F., Baird, R., Gupta, V. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2017. Sulfur and zinc availability from co-granulated Zn-enriched elemental sulfur fertilizers. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 65(6): 1108-1115. doi:

    6)          Navarro, D.A., Kookana, R.S., McLaughlin, M.J. and Kirby, J.K. 2016. Fate of radiolabelled C60 fullerenes in aged soils. Environmental Pollution 221: 293-300.  

    7)          Degryse, F., da Silva, R.C., Baird, R. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2016. Effect of cogranulation on oxidation of elemental sulfur: Theoretical model and experimental validation. Soil Science Society of America Journal 80(5): 1244-1253. doi:

    8)          Janik., L.J., Soriano-Disla, J.M., Forrester, S.T. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2016. Moisture effects on diffuse reflection infrared spectra of contrasting minerals and soils: A mechanistic interpretation. Vibrational Spectroscopy 86: 244-252.

    9)          Zhao, C., Degryse F., Gupta V. and McLaughlin M. J. 2016. Low effective surface area explains slow oxidation of co-granulated elemental sulfur. Soil Science Society of America Journal 80(4): 911-918. doi:

    10)       Wen, J., McLaughlin M. J., Stacey S. P. and Kirby J. K. 2016. Aseptic hydroponics to assess rhamnolipid-Cd and rhamnolipid-Zn bioavailability for sunflower (Helianthus annuus): a phytoextraction mechanism study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23(21): 21327-21335. doi:

    11)       Judy, J.D., Kirby, J.K., McLaughlin, M.J., McNear, D. and Bertsch, P.M. 2016. Symbiosis between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and Medicago truncatula is not significantly affected by silver and silver sulfide nanomaterials. Environmental Pollution 214: 731-736.

    12)       Webster, G. T., Soriano-Disla J. M., Kirk J., Janik L. J., Forrester S. T., McLaughlin M. J. and Stewart R. J. 2016. Rapid prediction of total petroleum hydrocarbons in soil using a hand-held mid-infrared field instrument. Talanta 160: 410-416.

    13)       Judy, J.D., Kirby, J.K., McLaughlin, M.J., Cavagnaro, T., Bertsch, P.M. 2016. Gold nanomaterial uptake from soil is not increased by arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of Solanum lycopersicum (Tomato). Nanomaterials 6(4): 68. doi: .

    14)       Oorts, K., Smolders, E., McGrath, S.P., van Gestel, C.A.M., McLaughlin, M.J. and Carey, S. 2016. Derivation of ecological standards for risk assessment of molybdate in soil. Environ Chem 13: 168-180. doi: .

    15)       Foyjunnessa, McNeill, A., Doolette, A., Mason, S. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2016. Quantifying total phosphorus accumulation below-ground by canola and lupin plants using P-33-labelling. Plant Soil 401: 39-50. doi:

    16)       Foyjunnessa, McNeill, A., Doolette, A., Mason, S. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2016. Use of 33P to trace in situ the fate of canola below-ground phosphorus, including wheat uptake in two contrasting soils. Crop and Pasture Science 67(7): 726-736.

    17)       Degryse, F., Ajiboye, B., Baird, R., da Silva, R.C. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2016. Oxidation of elemental sulfur in granular fertilizers depends on the soil-exposed surface area. Soil Sci Soc Am J 80: 294-305. doi: .

    18)       Navarro, D.A., Kookana, R.S., McLaughlin, M.J., and Kirby, J.K. 2016. Fullerol as a potential pathway for mineralization of Fullerene nanoparticles in biosolid-amended soils. Environmental Science and Technology Letters 3: 7-12. doi:

    19)       Doolette, C.L., Gupta, V.V.S.R., Lu, Y., Payne, J.L., Batstone D.J., Kirby, J.K., Navarro, D.A. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2016. Quantifying the sensitivity of soil microbial communities to silver sulfide nanoparticles using metagenome sequencing. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161979-1-e0161979-20.

    20)       Peirce, C.A.E., Priest, C., McBeath, T.M. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2016. Uptake of phosphorus from surfactant solutions by wheat leaves: spreading kinetics, wetted area, and drying time. Soft Matter 12: 209-218. doi:

    21)       Janik, L.J., Soriano-Disla, J.M., Forrester, S.T. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2016. Effects of soil composition and preparation on the prediction of particle size distribution using mid-infrared spectroscopy and partial least-squares regression. Soil Research 54(8): 889-904.

    22)       Montalvo, D., Degryse, F., Da Silva, R.C., Baird, R. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2016. Agronomic effectiveness of zinc sources as micronutrient fertilizer. Advances in Agronomy 139: 215-267.

    23)       Armstrong, R.D., Dunsford, K., McLaughlin, M.J., McBeath, T., Mason, S. and Dunbabin, V.M. 2015. Phosphorus and nitrogen fertiliser use efficiency of wheat seedlings grown in soils from contrasting tillage systems. Plant Soil 396: 297-309. doi: .

    24)       Montalvo, D., F. Degryse and M. J. McLaughlin (2015). Natural colloidal P and its contribution to plant P uptake. Environmental Science and Technology 49(6): 3427-3434. doi:

    25)       Montalvo, D., McLaughlin M. J. and Degryse F.  2015. Efficacy of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as phosphorus fertilizer in Andisols and Oxisols. Soil Science Society of America Journal 79(2): 551-558. doi:

    26)        McLaren, T.I., Smernik, R.J., McLaughlin, M.J., McBeath, T.M., Kirby, J.K., Simpson, R.J., Guppy, C.N., Doolette, A.L. and Richardson, A.E. 2015. Complex forms of soil organic phosphorus – a major component of soil phosphorus. Environ Sci Technol 49: 13238-13245. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02948.

    27)       Ajiboye, B., Cakmak, I., Paterson, D., de Jonge M.D., Howard, D.L., Stacey, S.P., Turun, A.A., Aydin, D. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2015. X-ray fluorescence microscopy of zinc localization in wheat grains biofortified through foliar zinc applications at different growth stages under field conditions. Plant and Soil 392(1): 357-370. doi:

    28)       Judy, J.D., Kirby, J.K., McLaughlin, M.J., McNear, D., Jr., Bertsch, P.M. 2016. Symbiosis between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and Medicago truncatula is not significantly affected by silver and silver sulfide nanomaterials. Environmental Pollution 214: 731-736. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.078.

    29)       Judy, J.D., Kirby, J.K., Creamer, C., McLaughlin, M.J., Fiebiger, C., Wright, C., Cavagnaro, T.R. and Bertsch, P.M. 2015. Effects of silver sulfide nanomaterials on mycorrhizal colonization of tomato plants and soil microbial communities in biosolid-amended soil. Environ Pollut 206: 256-263. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.07.002.

    30)       Degryse, F., Ajiboye, B., Baird, R., da Silva, R. C., and McLaughlin, M. J. 2015. Availability of fertiliser sulphate and elemental sulphur to canola in two consecutive crops. Plant Soil doi: IF

    31)       McLaren, T. I., McLaughlin, M. J., McBeath, T. M., Simpson, R. J., Smernik, R. J., Guppy, C. N., and Richardson, A. E. 2016. The fate of fertiliser P in soil under pasture and uptake by subterraneum clover – a field study using 33P-labelled single superphosphate. Plant Soil 401(1-2): 23-38. doi:

    32)       Vasileiadis, S., Puglisi, E., Trevisan, M., Scheckel, K.G., Langdon, K.A., McLaughlin, M.J., Lombi, E. and Donner, E. 2015. Changes in soil bacterial communities and diversity in response to long-term silver exposure. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91.
    doi:     10.1093/femsec/fiv114.

    33)       Wang X, Wei D, Ma Y, McLaughlin MJ (2015) Derivation of soil ecological criteria for copper in Chinese soils. Plos One 10: e0133941. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133941.

    34)       McLaren, T., Smernik, R., Simpson, R., McLaughlin, M.J., McBeath, T., Guppy, C. and Richardson, A. 2015. Spectral sensitivity of solution 31P NMR spectroscopy is improved by narrowing the soil to solution ratio to 1:4 for pasture soils of low organic P content. Geoderma 257-258: 48-57. doi: IF

    35)       Zhao, C., Degryse, F., Gupta, V., McLaughlin, M.J. 2015. Elemental sulfur oxidation in Australian cropping soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 79: 89-96. IF

    36)       Doolette, C. L., McLaughlin, M. J., Kirby, J. K., and Navarro, D. A. 2015. Bioavailability of silver and silver sulfide nanoparticles to lettuce (Lactuca sativa): effect of agricultural amendments on plant uptake. J. Haz. Mat. 300: 788-795. doi: IF

    37)       McLaren, T. I., Simpson, R. J., McLaughlin, M. J., Smernik, R. J., McBeath, T. M., Guppy, C. N., and Richardson, A. E. 2015. An assessment of various measures of soil phosphorus and the net accumulation of phosphorus in fertilized soils under pasture. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 178(4): 543-554. doi: IF

    38)       Langdon, K. A., McLaughlin, M. J., Kirby, J. K. and Merrington, G. 2015. Influence of soil properties and soil leaching on the toxicity of ionic silver to plants. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. doi: IF

    39)       Abat, M., Degryse, F., Baird, R., and McLaughlin, M. J. 2015. Boron phosphates (BPO4) as a seedling-safe boron fertilizer source. Plant Soil 391(1-2): 153-160. doi: IF

    40)       Bhatia, H., Kumar, A., Chapman, J., and McLaughlin, M.J. T. 2015. Co-treatment of the non-steroidal anti-androgen drug, flutamide with the natural estrogen, 17β-estradiol does not lead to additive reproductive impairment in juvenile Murray rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis). J. Appl. Toxicol. 35(11): 1241-1235. doi: IF

    41)       Watts-Williams, S. J., Smith, F. A., McLaughlin, M. J., Patti, A. F., and Cavagnaro, T. R. 2015. How important is the mycorrhizal pathway for plant Zn uptake? Plant Soil 390(1-2): 157-166. doi: IF

    42)       Montalvo, D., Degryse, F., and McLaughlin, M. J. 2015. Agronomic effectiveness of granular and fluid phosphorus fertilizers in Andisols and Oxisols. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 79(2): 577-584. doi: IF

    43)       Janik L., Forrester S., Soriano-Disla J.M., Kirby J., McLaughlin M.J., Reimann C., The GEMAS Project Team. 2014. GEMAS: Prediction of solid-solution phase partitioning coefficients (Kd) for oxoanions and boric acid in soils using mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(2); 224-234. doi:

    44)       Abat, M., Degryse, F., Baird, R., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Slow-release boron fertilizers: co-granulation of boron sources with mono-ammonium phosphate (MAP). Soil Res. (in press, accepted 10th October 2014).

    45)       Abat, M., McLaughlin, M.J., Degryse, F. and Baird, R. 2014. Responses of canola (Brassica napus L.) to the application of slow-release boron fertilizers and their residual effect. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 79(1): 97-103. doi: 10.2136/sssaj2014.07.0280 IF

    46)       Abat, M., Degryse, F., Baird, R., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Formulation, synthesis, and characterization of boron phosphate (BPO4) as raw material to develop slow-release boron fertilizers. J. Plant Nut. Soil Sci. 177(6): 860-868. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201400234 IF

    47)       Forrester, S.T., Janik, L.J., Soriano-Disla, J.M., Mason, S., Burkitt, L., Moody, P., Gourley, C.J.P. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. The use of handheld mid-infrared spectroscopy and partial least squares for the prediction of phosphorus buffering index in Australian soils. Soils Res. 53(1): 61-80. doi: 10.1071/sr14126 IF

    48)       Bhatia, H., Kumar, A., Chapman, J., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Long-term exposures to di-n-butyl phthalate inhibit body growth and impair gonad development in juvenile Murray rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatalis). J. Appl. Toxicol. 35(7): 806-816. doi: 10.1002/jat.3076 IF

    49)       Janik L., Forrester S., Soriano-Disla J.M., Kirby J., McLaughlin M.J., Reimann C., The GEMAS Project Team. 2014. GEMAS: Prediction of solid-solution phase partitioning coefficients (Kd) for cationic metals in soils using mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(2): 224-234. doi: IF

    50)       Zhao, C., Degryse, F., Gupta, V., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2015. Elemental sulfur oxidation in Australian cropping soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 79(1): 89-96. doi: IF

    51)       Milani, N., Hettiarachchi, G. M., Kirby, J. K., Beak, D. G., Stacey, S. P., and McLaughlin, M. J. 2015. Fate of zinc oxide nanoparticles coated onto macronutrient fertilizers in an alkaline calcareous soil. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0126275-1-e0126275-16. doi: IF

    52)       Judy, J. D., Kirby, J. K., Creamer, C., McLaughlin, M. J., Fiebiger, C., Wright, C., Cavanaro, T.M. and Bertsch, P. M. 2015. Effects of silver sulfide nanomaterials on mycorrhizal colonization of tomato plants and soil microbial communities in biosolid-amended soil. Environ. Poll. 206: 256-263. doi: IF

    53)       Settimio, L., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J.K., Langdon, K.A., Janikm L. and Smith, S. 2015. Complexation of silver and dissolved organic matter in soil water extracts. Environ. Pollut. 199: 174-184. IF

    54)       Bhatia, H., Kumar, A., Chapman, J., and McLaughlin, M.J. T. 2014. Effects of short-term exposure to the model anti-androgen, flutamide on reproduction function based endpoints in female Murray rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatalis). Ecotoxicol. Env. Saf. 109: 141-153. IF 2.715  

    55)       Ryan, B.M., Kirby, J.K., Degryse, F., Scheiderich, K., McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Copper isotope fractionation during equilibration with natural and synthetic ligands. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48(15): 8620-8626.   IF 4.83

    56)       Navarro, D.A., Kirby, J.K., McLaughlin, M.J., Waddington, L., and Kookana, R.S. 2014. Remobilisation of silver and silver sulphide nanoparticles in soils. Environ. Poll. 193: 102-110.   IF 4.306  

    57)       Peirce, C.E., McBeath, T., Fernández, V., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Wheat leaf properties affecting the absorption and subsequent translocation of foliar-applied phosphoric acid fertiliser Plant Soil 384: 37-51.    IF 3.108

    58)       Soriano-Disla, J.M., Janik, L.J., Viscarra-Rossel, R.A., MacDonald, L.M., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. The performance of visible, near-, and mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for prediction of soil physical, chemical, and biological properties. Appl. Spectrosc. Rev. 49(2): 139-186. IF 3.109

    59)       Langdon, K., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J. and Merrington, G. 2014. The effect of soil properties on the toxicity of silver to the soil nitrification process. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 33(5): 1170-1178. IF 2.991

    60)       Zhang, Y., Mason, S., McNeill, A., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Application of the diffusive gradients in thin films technique for available potassium measurement in agricultural soils: Effects of competing cations on potassium uptake by the resin gel. Anal. Chim. Acta 842: 27-34. IF 0.734

    61)       Noack, S.R., McLaughlin, M.J., Smernik, R.J., McBeath, T.M., and Armstrong, R.D. 2014. Phosphorus speciation in mature wheat and canola plants as affected by phosphorus supply. Plant Soil 378: 125-137. IF 2.78

    62)       Bhatia, H., Kumar, A., Ogino, Y., Du, J., Gregg, A., Chapman, J., McLaughlin, M.J. and Iguchi, T. 2013. Effects of the commercial antiandrogen flutamide on the biomarkers of reproduction in male Murray rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. (in press, online). IF 2.991.

    63)       Noack, S.R., Smernik, R.J., McBeath, T.M., Armstrong, R.D. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Assessing crop residue phosphorus speciation using chemical fractionation and solution 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Talanta 126: 122-129. IF 3.733

    64)       McBeath, TT.M. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Efficacy of zinc oxides as fertilisers. Plant Soil 374: 843-855.  IF 3.108

    65)       Montalvo, D., Degryse, F. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Fluid fertilizers improve phosphorus diffusion but not lability in Andisols and Oxisols. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 78: 214-224. IF 2.18

    66)       McLaughlin, M.J. and Lanno, R. 2014. Use of “Bioavailability” as a term in ecotoxicology. Integ. Environ. Assess. Mngt. 10(1): 138-140.

    67)       Settimio, L., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J.K., Langdon, K.A., Lombi, E., Donner, E., and Scheckel, K.G.  2014. Fate and lability of silver in soils: Effect of ageing. Environ. Poll. 191: 151-157.  IF 3.86

    68)       Settimio, L., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J.K., Langdon, K.A. 2014. A method to determine silver partitioning and lability in soils. Environ. Chem. 11: 63-71. IF 2.701

    69)       Degryse, F. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Phosphorus diffusion from fertilizer: Visualization, chemical measurements and modelling. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 78(3): 832-842. IF 2.18

    70)       Fernández, V., Guzmán, P., Peirce, C.E., McBeath, T., Khayet, M., McLaughlin, M.J. 2014. Effect of wheat phosphorus status on leaf surface properties and permeability to foliar-applied phosphorus. Plant Soil 384(1-2): 7-20. IF 3.108

    71)       Bhatia, H., Kumar, A., Du, J., Chapman, J. and McLaughlin, M. 2014. Effects of the commercial antiandrogen Flutamide on the biomarkers of reproduction in male Murray Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatais). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 33(5): 1098-1107.  IF 2.991

    72)       Bhatia, H., Kumar, A., Ogino, Y., Gregg, A., Chapman, J., McLaughlin, M.J. and Iguchi, T. 2014. Di-n-butyl phthalate causes estogenic effects in male adult Murray rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatils). Aquat. Toxicol. 149: 103-115. IF 4.007

    73)       Noack, S.R., McBeath, T.M., McLaughlin, M.J., Smernik, R.J., and Armstrong, R.D. 2013. Management of crop residues affects the transfer of phosphorus to plant and soil pools: Results from a dual-labelling experiment. Soil Biol. Biochem. 71: 31-39. IF 4.038

    74)       Soriano-Disla J.M., Janik L., McLaughlin M.J., Forrester S., Kirby J., Reimann C., The EuroGeosurveys GEMAS Project Team. 2013. Prediction of the concentration of chemical elements extracted by aqua regia in agricultural and grazing European soils using diffuse reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopy. Appl. Geochem. 39: 33-42. IF 2.304 IF

    75)       Degryse, F. Ajiboye, B., Armstrong, R.D. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2013. Sequestration of phosphorus-binding cations by complexing compounds is not a viable mechanism to increase P efficiency. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 77: 2050-2059.   IF  2.18.

    76)       McBeath, T.M., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J., and Degryse, F. 2013. A stable isotope methodology for measurement of soil applied zinc fertilizer recovery in durum wheat (Triticum durum). J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 176(5): 756-763. IF 2.028

    77)       Navarro, D., Kookana, R., Kirby, J.K., Martin, S., Shareef, A., Du, J. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2013. Behavior of fullerenes (C60) in the terrestrial environment: potential release from biosolids-amended soils. J. Haz. Mat. 262: 496-503. IF 4.679

    78)       Bhatia, H., Kumar, A., Du, J., Chapman, J. and McLaughlin, M. 2013. Di-n-butyl phthalate causes antiestrogenic effects in female Murray rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 32(10): 2335-2344.  IF 2.991

    79)       Bo, L., Zhang, H., Ma, Y., McLaughlin, M.J. 2013. Relationship between soil properties and toxicity of copper and nickel to bok choy and tomato in Chinese soils. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 32(10): 2372-2378. IF 2.991

    80)       Vries, W. de, McLaughlin, M.J. 2013. Modeling the cadmium balance in Australian agricultural systems in view of potential impacts on food and water quality. Sci. Total Environ. 461-462: 240-257. IF 3.789

    81)       Mason, S.D., McLaughlin, M.J., Johnston, C. and McNeill, A. 2013. Soil test measures of available P (Colwell, resin and DGT) compared with plant P uptake using isotope dilution. Plant Soil 373(1-2): 711-722. IF  2.78

    82)       Ryan, B., Kirby, J., Degryse, F., Harris, H., McLaughlin, M.J., and Scheiderich, K. 2013. Copper speciation and isotopic fractionation in plants: uptake and translocation mechanisms. New Phytol. 199(2): 367-378. IF 6.888

    83)       Ma Y., Lombi E., McLaughlin M.J., Oliver I.W., Nolan A.L., Oorts K., Smolders E. 2013. Aging of nickel added to soils as predicted by soil pH and time. Chemosphere 92:962-968. IF 3.634

    84)       Cornelis, G., Pang L., Doolette C., Kirby J.K., McLaughlin M.J. 2013.  Transport of silver nanoparticles in saturated columns of natural soils. Sci. Tot. Environ. 463–464:120-130. IF 3.789

    85)       Doolette C.L., McLaughlin M.J., Kirby J.K., Batstone D.J., Harris H.H., Ge H., Cornelis G. 2013. The fate of PVP coated silver nanoparticles in a simulated wastewater treatment process and the effect on microbial communities. Chem. Centr. J.  7:46. IF 1.78

    86)       Batley, G.E., Halliburton, B., Kirby, J.K., Doolette, C.L., Navarro, D., McLaughlin, M.J. and Veith, C. 2013. Assessment of the ecological risk from the use of nanoparticulate CeO2 as a diesel fuel catalyst. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 32(8): 1896-1905.    IF 2.81

    87)       Abat, M., McLaughlin, M.J., Stacey, S.P., and Kirby, J.K. 2013. Responses of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) var. Tiny Tom to application of copper and zinc fertilisers in three limed tropical peat soils of Sarawak. J. Plant Nutr. 36: 1590-1604.
    IF 1.00

    88)       Zhang, Y., Mason, S., McNeill, A., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2013. Optimization of the diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) - method for simultaneous assay of potassium and plant-available phosphorus in soils. Talanta 113: 123-129. IF 3.733

    89)       Forrester S.T., Janik L.J., McLaughlin M.J., Soriano-Disla J.M., Stewart R., Dearman B. 2013. Total petroleum hydrocarbon concentration prediction in soils using diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 77:450-460. IF 2.232

    90)       Soriano-Disla J.M., Janik L., McLaughlin M.J., Forrester S., Kirby J., Reimann C., The EuroGeosurveys GEMAS Project Team. (2013) The use of diffuse reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopy for the prediction of the concentration of chemical elements estimated by X-ray fluorescence in agricultural and grazing European soils. Appl. Geochem. 29:135-153. IF 2.304

    91)       Batley, G.E., Kirby, J.K. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2013. The fate and risks of nanomaterials in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Accounts Chem. Res. 46(3): 842-862.  IF 21.84

    92)       Donner, E., Heemsbergen, D., McLaughlin, M.J, Hodgson, M.E., Warne, M.St.J.,  Nortcliff, S. and Broos, K. 2012. Ageing of zinc in highly-weathered iron-rich soils. Plant Soil 361(1-2): 83-95. IF 2.78

    93)       Premarathna, L., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J.K., Hettiarachchi, G., Stacey, S., and Chittleborough, D. J. 2012. Selenate-enriched urea is a highly effective fertilizer for Se biofortification of paddy rice grain. J. Sci. Food Agric. 60(23): 6037-6044. IF 1.36

    94)       Premarathna, L., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J.K., Hettiarachchi, G., and Stacey, S. 2012. Influence of submergence and subsequent drainage on the partitioning and lability of added selenium fertilizers in a sulphur containing Fluvisol. Europ. J. Soil Sci. 63(4): 514-522. IF 1.93

    95)       Kirby, J., McLaughlin, M.J., Ma, Y., and Ajiboye, B. 2012. Aging effects on molybdate lability in soils. Chemosphere 89(7): 876-883. IF 3.56

    96)       Smolders E., Oorts K., Lombi E., Schoeters I., Ma Y., Zrna S., McLaughlin M.J. 2012. The availability of copper in soils historically amended with sewage sludge, manure, and compost. J. Environ. Qual. 41:506-514.   IF 2.74

    97)       McBeath, T.M., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J., and Armstrong, R.D. 2012. The effect of soil water status on fertiliser, topsoil and subsoil phosphorus utilisation by wheat. Plant Soil 358: 337-348. IF 2.78

    98)       McBeath, T.M., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J., and Armstrong, R.D. 2012. Dry soil reduces fertilizer phosphorus and zinc diffusion but not bioavailability. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 76(4): 1301-1310. IF 2.18

    99)       Noack, S.R., McLaughlin, M.J., Smernik, R.J., McBeath, T.M., and Armstrong, R.D. 2012. Crop residue phosphorus: speciation and potential bioavailability. Plant Soil 359(1): 375-385. IF 2.78

    100)    Cornelis, G., Thomas, M., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J.K., Beak, D.G., and Chittleborough, D.J. 2012. Retention and dissolution of engineered silver nanoparticles in natural soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 76:891-902.*  IF 2.18

    101)    Milani, N., McLaughlin, M.J., Stacey, S.P., Kirby, J.K., Hettiarachchi, G.M., Beak, D.G., and Cornelis, G. 2012. Dissolution kinetics of macronutrient fertilizers coated with manufactured zinc oxide nanoparticles. J. Sci. Fd. Agric. 60(16): 3991-3998. IF 1.36

    102)    Abat, M., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J.K., and Stacey, S.P. 2012. Adsorption and desorption of copper and zinc in tropical peat soils of Sarawak. Geoderma 175-176, 58-63.  IF 2.81

    103)    Chien, S.H., Sikora, F.J., Gilkes, R., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2012. Comparing the difference and balance methods to calculate percent recovery of fertilizer phosphorus applied to soils: a critical discussion. Plant Soil 92(1): 1-8.  IF 2.78

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