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Environmental Sciences
Australia
2023

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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Holger Meinke is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and has a research focus within agricultural and biological sciences. Their work centers primarily on plant science, encompassing ecological and agricultural perspectives.

Their research areas span several specialized subfields including plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, general agricultural and biological sciences, global and planetary change, and ecology.

Key topics addressed in their research consist of plant responses to water stress, climate change impacts on agriculture, and rice cultivation and yield improvement. They also explore subjects related to agriculture, land use, rural development, agricultural innovations and practices, innovation and socioeconomic development, as well as agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

Holger Meinke has published multiple papers with notable recent works including:

  • Molecular mechanisms of salinity tolerance in rice (2021), published in The Crop Journal
  • Silver lining to a climate crisis in multiple prospects for alleviating crop waterlogging under future climates (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • The State of the Art in Modeling Waterlogging Impacts on Plants: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know (2020), published in Earth's Future
  • Towards delivering on the sustainable development goals in greenhouse production systems (2021), published in Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Climate change shifts forward flowering and reduces crop waterlogging stress (2021), published in Environmental Research Letters

Their frequent coauthors comprise Meixue Zhou, Matthew Tom Harrison, Ke Liu, Xiaohai Tian, and Yunbo Zhang.

Holger Meinke has contributed to multiple publications in recognized venues including Agricultural Systems, The Crop Journal, Nature Communications, Earth's Future, and Resources Conservation and Recycling.

Best Publications

  • An overview of APSIM, a model designed for farming systems simulation

    B. A. Keating;Ps S. Carberry;Gl L. Hammer;Me E. Probert

  • Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change

    S. Mark Howden;Jean François Soussana;Francesco N. Tubiello;Francesco N. Tubiello;Netra Chhetri

  • The vulnerability of Australian rural communities to climate variability and change: Part II—Integrating impacts with adaptive capacity

    R. Nelson;P. Kokic;S. Crimp;P. Martin

  • Potential applications of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictions

    Christopher J. White;Christopher J. White;Henrik Carlsen;Andrew W. Robertson;Richard J.T. Klein

  • Eco-efficient agriculture: concepts, challenges, and opportunities.

    Brian A. Keating;Peter S. Carberry;Prem S. Bindraban;Senthold Asseng

  • Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting: The New Tool for Increasing Preparedness to Climate Variability and Change in Agricultural Planning and Operations

    Holger Meinke;Roger C. Stone

  • Impacts of the Madden-Julian oscillation on Australian rainfall and circulation

    Matthew C. Wheeler;Harry H. Hendon;Sam Cleland;Holger Meinke

  • Development of a generic crop model template in the cropping system model APSIM

    E. Wang;Mj J. Robertson;Gl L. Hammer;Ps S. Carberry

  • Actionable climate knowledge: from analysis to synthesis

    Holger Meinke;Rohan Nelson;Phil Kokic;Roger Stone

  • Silver lining to a climate crisis in multiple prospects for alleviating crop waterlogging under future climates

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  • The vulnerability of Australian rural communities to climate variability and change: Part I - Conceptualising and measuring vulnerability

    R. Nelson;P. Kokic;S. Crimp;H.B. Meinke

  • Beyond climate-smart agriculture: toward safe operating spaces for global food systems

    Henry Neufeldt;Molly Jahn;Bruce M. Campbell;Bruce M. Campbell;John R. Beddington

  • Near-global impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on rainfall

    Alexis Donald;Holger Meinke;Brendan Power;Aline de H. N. Maia

  • Adaptation science for agriculture and natural resource management - urgency and theoretical basis

    Holger Meinke;S Mark Howden;Paul C Struik;Rohan Nelson

  • Molecular mechanisms of salinity tolerance in rice

    Tianxiao Chen;Sergey Shabala;Sergey Shabala;Yanan Niu;Zhong-Hua Chen

  • A sunflower simulation model: I. Model development

    Scott C. Chapman;Graeme L. Hammer;Holger Meinke

  • Modelling global change impacts on wheat cropping in south-east Queensland, Australia

    P.J. Reyenga;S.M. Howden;H. Meinke;G.M. McKeon

  • Potential deep drainage under wheat crops in a Mediterranean climate. I. Temporal and spatial variability

    S. Asseng;I. R. P. Fillery;F. X. Dunin;B. A. Keating

  • Increasing profits and reducing risks in crop production using participatory systems simulation approaches

    H Meinke;W.E Baethgen;P.S Carberry;M Donatelli

  • Rice in cropping systems - modelling transitions between flooded and non-flooded soil environments.

    D.S. Gaydon;D.S. Gaydon;M.E. Probert;R.J. Buresh;H.B. Meinke;H.B. Meinke

  • Providing Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Information for Risk Management and Decision-making

    Lisa M. Goddard;Y. Aitchellouche;Walter E. Baethgen;M. Dettinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme L. Hammer
Graeme L. Hammer University of Queensland
Meixue Zhou
Meixue Zhou University of Tasmania
Sergey Shabala
Sergey Shabala University of Western Australia
Matthew C. Wheeler
Matthew C. Wheeler Bureau of Meteorology
Donald S. Gaydon
Donald S. Gaydon Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Lammert Bastiaans
Lammert Bastiaans Wageningen University & Research
Daniel Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez University of Queensland
Enli Wang
Enli Wang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Brian Keating
Brian Keating University of Queensland
Senthold Asseng
Senthold Asseng Technical University of Munich

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