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Plant Science and Agronomy
New Zealand
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
84
Citations
25884
World Ranking
357
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

Leo M. Condron mainly focuses on Soil water, Agronomy, Phosphorus, Environmental chemistry and Soil organic matter. His Soil water research incorporates elements of Organic matter, Cadmium and Sorption. His work carried out in the field of Agronomy brings together such families of science as Soil biology, Rhizosphere, Biochar and Mineralization.

His Phosphorus study combines topics in areas such as Chromatography, Extraction, Inorganic chemistry, Surface runoff and Phosphate. His Environmental chemistry research includes themes of Organic chemistry, Leaching, Nitrogen, Organic phosphorus and Soil chemistry. His Soil organic matter study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Ecosystem, Chronosequence, Soil fertility and Botany.

His most cited work include:

  • Biochar induced soil microbial community change: Implications for biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus (438 citations)
  • A Review of Biochar and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics (437 citations)
  • Processes governing phosphorus availability in temperate soils (403 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Soil water, Agronomy, Phosphorus, Environmental chemistry and Soil organic matter are his primary areas of study. His Soil water research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Organic matter, Ecosystem and Nutrient. Leo M. Condron has included themes like Leaching, Nitrogen and Biochar in his Agronomy study.

His Phosphorus study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Extraction, Fractionation, Phosphate, Surface runoff and Rhizosphere. Leo M. Condron has researched Environmental chemistry in several fields, including Nitrification, Sorption, Soil test, Soil pH and Soil chemistry. As a part of the same scientific family, Leo M. Condron mostly works in the field of Soil organic matter, focusing on Botany and, on occasion, Forest floor.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Soil water (48.43%)
  • Agronomy (41.81%)
  • Phosphorus (26.48%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Soil water (48.43%)
  • Phosphorus (26.48%)
  • Environmental chemistry (25.09%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Leo M. Condron mostly deals with Soil water, Phosphorus, Environmental chemistry, Agronomy and Rhizosphere. Leo M. Condron interconnects Manure and Water content in the investigation of issues within Soil water. His Phosphorus study incorporates themes from Mineralization, Water column, Pinus radiata, Fractionation and Soil pH.

His research integrates issues of Biomass, Soil organic matter and Pseudomonas in his study of Agronomy. His work in Soil organic matter tackles topics such as Organic matter which are related to areas like Ecosystem. His studies deal with areas such as Lupinus angustifolius, Botany and Nutrient as well as Rhizosphere.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities (71 citations)
  • Smart Fertilizers as a Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture (57 citations)
  • Fate of phosphorus applied to soil in pig slurry under cropping in southern Brazil (23 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

Leo M. Condron focuses on Soil water, Topsoil, Agronomy, Phosphorus and Environmental chemistry. The study incorporates disciplines such as Fertilizer and Eutrophication in addition to Soil water. Within one scientific family, Leo M. Condron focuses on topics pertaining to Leaching under Topsoil, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Lysimeter, Biochar, Grazing, Surface irrigation and Grazed pasture.

His Agronomy research integrates issues from Biomass, Soil organic matter and Pseudomonas. His Environmental chemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Loam, Subsoil and Sorption. His work is dedicated to discovering how Subsoil, Plant litter are connected with Organic matter and other disciplines.

Best Publications

  • A Review of Biochar and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics

    Tim J. Clough;Leo M. Condron;Claudia Kammann;Christoph Müller

  • Biochar induced soil microbial community change: Implications for biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus

    Craig R. Anderson;Leo M. Condron;Tim J. Clough;Mark Fiers

  • Processes governing phosphorus availability in temperate soils

    E. Frossard;L. M. Condron;A. Oberson;S. Sinaj

  • Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectral assignments of phosphorus compounds in soil NaOH–EDTA extracts

    Benjamin L. Turner;Nathalie Mahieu;Leo M. Condron

  • Biochar and the Nitrogen Cycle: Introduction

    Tim J. Clough;Leo M. Condron

  • Chemistry and dynamics of soil organic phosphorus.

    Leo M. Condron;Benjamin L. Turner;Barbara J. Cade-Menun

  • Biochar adsorbed ammonia is bioavailable

    Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi;Tim J. Clough;Robert R. Sherlock;Leo M. Condron

  • Extraction of soil organic phosphorus.

    Benjamin L. Turner;Barbara J. Cade-Menun;Leo M. Condron;Susan Newman

  • Effects of selected root exudate components on soil bacterial communities.

    Shengjing Shi;Shengjing Shi;Alan E. Richardson;Maureen O'Callaghan;Kristen M. DeAngelis

  • Changes in enzyme activities and soil microbial community composition along carbon and nutrient gradients at the Franz Josef chronosequence, New Zealand

    V.J. Allison;L.M. Condron;D.A. Peltzer;S.J. Richardson

  • Understanding ecosystem retrogression

    Duane A. Peltzer;David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle;Victoria J. Allison;W. Troy Baisden

  • Unweathered wood biochar impact on nitrous oxide emissions from a bovine-urine-amended pasture soil

    Timothy J. Clough;Janet E. Bertram;Jessica L. Ray;Leo M. Condron

  • Biochar incorporation into pasture soil suppresses in situ nitrous oxide emissions from ruminant urine patches.

    Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi;Tim J. Clough;Leo M. Condron;Robert R. Sherlock

  • The phosphorus transfer continuum : linking source to impact with an interdisciplinary and multi-scaled approach

    Phillip M. Haygarth;Leo M. Condron;A. L. Heathwaite;Benjamin L. Turner

  • Soil Organic Phosphorus Transformations During Pedogenesis

    Benjamin L. Turner;Leo M. Condron;Sarah J. Richardson;Duane A. Peltzer

  • Revisiting the fundamentals of phosphorus fractionation of sediments and soils

    Leo M. Condron;Susan Newman

  • Nature and distribution of soil phosphorus as revealed by a sequential extraction method followed by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance analysis

    L. M. Condron;K. M. Goh;R. H. Newman

  • Seasonal changes in soil phosphorus and associated microbial properties under adjacent grassland and forest in New Zealand

    C.R Chen;C.R Chen;L.M Condron;M.R Davis;R.R Sherlock

  • Phosphorus dynamics in the rhizosphere of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don.)

    Chengrong Chen;Chengrong Chen;L.M Condron;M. R. Davis;R.R. Sherlock

  • Effects of afforestation on phosphorus dynamics and biological properties in a New Zealand grassland soil

    C. R. Chen;L. M. Condron;M. R. Davis;R. R. Sherlock

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin L. Turner
Benjamin L. Turner Gyeongsang National University
Tim J. Clough
Tim J. Clough Lincoln University
Robert R. Sherlock
Robert R. Sherlock Lincoln University
Chengrong Chen
Chengrong Chen Griffith University
Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart Foundation for Arable Research
Ronald G. McLaren
Ronald G. McLaren Canterbury of New Zealand
Philip M. Haygarth
Philip M. Haygarth Lancaster University
Hong J. Di
Hong J. Di Lincoln University
María de la Luz Mora
María de la Luz Mora University of La Frontera

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