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Neal W. Menzies

Neal W. Menzies

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
61
Citations
14175
World Ranking
1149
National Ranking
101

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
14268
World Ranking
2906
National Ranking
108

Overview

Neal W. Menzies is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and has a significant body of research spanning agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. The scientist's work covers various subfields including plant science, soil science, ecology, global and planetary change, and environmental engineering.

The research emphasis is on topics such as soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, remote sensing in agriculture, rice cultivation and yield improvement, soil and water nutrient dynamics, clay minerals and soil interactions, soil geostatistics and mapping, and soil and unsaturated flow.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Neal W. Menzies include:

  • Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils (2022), published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Soil organic carbon is significantly associated with the pore geometry, microbial diversity and enzyme activity of the macro-aggregates under different land uses (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • The role of soil in defining planetary boundaries and the safe operating space for humanity (2020), published in Environment International
  • Evaluation of water status of wheat genotypes to aid prediction of yield on sodic soils using UAV-thermal imaging and machine learning (2021), published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Improving Biomass and Grain Yield Prediction of Wheat Genotypes on Sodic Soil Using Integrated High-Resolution Multispectral, Hyperspectral, 3D Point Cloud, and Machine Learning Techniques (2021), published in Remote Sensing

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Neal W. Menzies include Peter M. Kopittke, Ram C. Dalal, Yash P. Dang, Jack Christopher, and Peng Wang.

The scientist's work has been published in a range of journals, with multiple publications in Soil and Tillage Research, Field Crops Research, The Science of The Total Environment, Remote Sensing, and Agronomy.

In addition to journal articles, Neal W. Menzies has contributed to the book "Climate Change Framework Legislation: A Growing Trend" (2024), published by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Soil and the intensification of agriculture for global food security.

    Peter M. Kopittke;Neal W. Menzies;Peng Wang;Brigid A. McKenna

  • Competitive sorption reactions between phosphorus and organic matter in soil: a review

    C. N. Guppy;N. W. Menzies;P. W. Moody;F. P. C. Blamey

  • Evaluation of extractants for estimation of the phytoavailable trace metals in soils.

    Neal W. Menzies;Michael J. Donn;Peter M. Kopittke

  • Fate of ZnO nanoparticles in soils and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata).

    Peng Wang;Neal W. Menzies;Enzo Lombi;Brigid A. McKenna

  • Identification of the primary lesion of toxic aluminum in plant roots

    Peter M. Kopittke;Katie L. Moore;Enzo Lombi;Alessandra Gianoncelli

  • Toxic effects of Pb2+ on growth of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata).

    Peter M. Kopittke;Colin J. Asher;Rosemary A. Kopittke;Neal W. Menzies

  • The effect of copper toxicity on the growth and root morphology of Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Knuth.) in resin buffered solution culture

    A. R. Sheldon;N. W. Menzies

  • A Review of the Use of the Basic Cation Saturation Ratio and the "Ideal" Soil

    Peter M. Kopittke;Neal W. Menzies

  • Process, performance, and pollution potential: A review of septic tank–soil absorption systems

    Cara Beal;E. A. Gardner;N. W. Menzies

  • Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils

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  • Trace metal phytotoxicity in solution culture: a review

    Peter M. Kopittke;F. Pax C. Blamey;Colin J. Asher;Neal W. Menzies

  • Nitrogen-rich microbial products provide new organo-mineral associations for the stabilization of soil organic matter

    Peter M. Kopittke;Maria C. Hernandez-Soriano;Ram C. Dalal;Damien Finn

  • Crop residues and fertilizer nitrogen influence residue decomposition and nitrous oxide emission from a Vertisol

    Wisal Muhammad;Sarah M. Vaughan;Ram C. Dalal;Neal W. Menzies

  • Environmental Fate of Fungicides in Surface Waters of a Horticultural-Production Catchment in Southeastern Australia

    Adam M. Wightwick;Adam M. Wightwick;Anh Duyen Bui;Pei Zhang;Gavin Rose

  • Global changes in soil stocks of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulphur as influenced by long‐term agricultural production

    Peter M. Kopittke;Ram C. Dalal;Damien Finn;Neal W. Menzies

  • The effect of salinity on plant-available water

    Anna R. Sheldon;Ram C. Dalal;Gunnar Kirchhof;Peter M. Kopittke

  • Effect of Cu Toxicity on Growth of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)

    Peter M. Kopittke;Neal W. Menzies

  • In situ distribution and speciation of toxic copper, nickel, and zinc in hydrated roots of cowpea

    Peter M. Kopittke;Neal W. Menzies;Martin D. de Jonge;Brigid A. McKenna

  • Mechanical and structural properties of native and alkali-treated bacterial cellulose produced by Gluconacetobacter xylinus strain ATCC 53524

    Brigid A. McKenna;Deirdre Mikkelsen;J. Bernhard Wehr;Michael J. Gidley

  • Seawater neutralization of alkaline bauxite residue and implications for revegetation.

    N. W. Menzies;I. M. Fulton;W. J. Morrell

  • Soil organic matter is stabilized by organo-mineral associations through two key processes: The role of the carbon to nitrogen ratio

    Peter M. Kopittke;Ram C. Dalal;Carmen Hoeschen;Cui Li;Cui Li

  • Environmental Risks of Fungicides Used in Horticultural Production Systems

    Adam Wightwick;Robert Walters;Graeme Allinson;Suzanne Reichman

  • Horticultural Use of Copper-Based Fungicides Has Not Increased Copper Concentrations in Sediments in the Mid- and Upper Yarra Valley

    Adam M. Wightwick;George Croatto;Suzanne M. Reichman;Neal W. Menzies

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Kopittke
Peter M. Kopittke University of Queensland
Ram C. Dalal
Ram C. Dalal University of Queensland
Enzo Lombi
Enzo Lombi University of South Australia
F. P. C. Blamey
F. P. C. Blamey University of Queensland
Yash Dang
Yash Dang University of Queensland
Colin J. Asher
Colin J. Asher University of Queensland
Ranjan Bhattacharyya
Ranjan Bhattacharyya Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Caixian Tang
Caixian Tang La Trobe University
Erica Donner
Erica Donner University of South Australia
Thomas B. Kinraide
Thomas B. Kinraide United States Department of Agriculture

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