Research output per year
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Personal profile
Biography
Junior Scientist (Soil physics), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria, 1983-85
Soil-water management agronomist, IITA/USAID/OAU/Semi-arid food grains research & development project. Burkina Faso, 1985-88
Soil physicist, IITA, Nigeria, 1988-1990
Soil physicist, Humid Forest Zone Station, IITA, Cameroon, 1990-1991
Research Officer (Soil Science), NSW Agriculture, Narrabri, NSW, 1992-1999
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Primary Industries, Narrabri, NSW, 1999-2011
Principal Research Scientist, Department of Primary Industries, Narrabri, NSW, 2011-2015
Qualifications
B. Agr. Sci. (Hons.), LaTrobe University, 1979; PhD (Soil physics), LaTrobe University, 1985
Research Interests
- Soil & water conservation & management
- Hydrological processes in irrigated and dryland farming systems
- Organic matter management, dynamics and carbon sequestration in soil
- Farming & cropping systems (tillage, rotation and stubble management systems, soil amendments). Experienced in cotton, maize and cassava-based cropping systems, irrigated row crops, and agro-forestry systems.
- Soil quality (soil structure, sodicity, salinity, interactions between soil biology, physics and chemistry)
- Wastewater and solid waste reuse
- Root growth and dynamics
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Changes in soil microbial communities after exposure to neonicotinoids: A systematic review
Akter, S., Hulugalle, N. R., Jasonsmith, J. & Strong, C. L., Dec 2023, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports. 15, 6, p. 431-444 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Soil nitrogen and carbon changes in a biosolid amended sodic vertisol with a history of treated sewage effluent-enriched water irrigation
Nachimuthu, G., Hulugalle, N. R., Watkins, M. D. & Finlay, L. A., Jan 2022, In: Soil Use and Management. 38, 1, p. 426-434 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Soil: The key to the past, the present and the future
Hulugalle, N., Biswas, T. K., Greene, R. & Bacon, P., Jan 2021, In: Soil Research. 59, 1, p. I-IIIResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Sowing maize as a rotation crop in irrigated cotton cropping systems in a Vertosol: Effects on soil properties, greenhouse gas emissions, black root rot incidence, cotton lint yield and fibre quality
Hulugalle, N. R., Nachimuthu, G., Kirkby, K., Lonergan, P., Heimoana, V., Watkins, M. D. & Finlay, L. A., 2020, In: Soil Research. 58, 2, p. 137-150 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Storage and initial processing of water samples for organic carbon analysis in runoff
Nachimuthu, G., Watkins, M. D., Hulugalle, N. & Finlay, L. A., 2020, In: MethodsX. 7, 101012.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access10 Citations (Scopus)