Tim George
Current research interests
Understanding how plants react to and alter their external environment is key to optimising their nutrition and therefore the sustainability of agriculture and natural ecosystems. I am specifically interested in understanding the physiology of and genetic controls on plant responses to P-deficiency and drought. I have specific expertise in understanding how the external environment mitigates plant physiological and genetic responses to a lack of phosphorus in the rhizosphere. In addition, I am interested in how plants interact with the soil chemical, biological and physical environment to impact nutrient cycles, specifically organic P turnover and nitrification. This work will help identify useful traits and cultivars for future agricultural environments which are more nutrient efficient so that agriculture can be managed at less nutrient replete levels reducing its impact on the wider environment.
Past research
- April 2011-present: Rhizosphere Scientist, James Hutton Institute, UK.
- 2007-April 2011: Rhizosphere Scientist, SCRI, UK. Holder of Royal Society of Edinburgh Personal Fellowship
- 2004-2007: Marie Curie International Fellowship. CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia and SCRI, UK.
- 2001–2004: Post Doctoral Research Fellow. CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia.
- 1997–2000: PhD Soil Science. Department of Soil Science, University of Reading, UK and ICRAF, Kenya.
- 1993–1996: BSc Natural Resources (First Class, Honours). Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
My personal research and that of the group which I manage, has produced a number of research highlights in the last 5 years:
Exudation of phytase and citrate by plants:Demonstration that plants exuding phytase and citrate change rhizosphere biochemistry to the plants benefit and that interactions between plants with different traits is important. We are currently developing 2D techniques for assessing organic P dynamics in-situ and in the future will apply knowledge into designing tools which allow better management of the rhizosphere.
Root hairs and rhizosheaths: Demonstration that root hairs are critical to the ability of cereals to yield under P-deficient conditions and that their absence is not compensated by mycorrhizae. In addition, the presence of root hairs is implicit in the development of rhizosheaths. We know that the rhizosheath trait is highly heritable, making it a good target for breeding of improved cultivars of cereal crops for future agricultural environments. In the future we aim to identify the genetic control and evolutionary origin of this trait and understand the physiology of how root hairs generate rhizopsheres.
Using traditional landraces for sustainability: Demonstration that extant barley landraces selected over many generations on marginal soils have adapted to tolerate limited micronutrient availability. We show that Bere barley has unprecedented abilities to tolerate Mn deficiency and constitutes a valuable resource of untapped adaptive genetic variation. In the future we will use genetics approaches to identify useful cultivars and genes controlling the key adaptive traits to underpin crop improvement in marginal soils
In the last five years I have supervised 8 Ph.D. students and have hosted visiting scientists from China, Australia, Turkey and Denmark. I am section editor for Plant and Soil and have examined 10 PhD theses in five different countries. Also in the last 5 years, the group has attracted over £5m in grants to fund our research and have produced over 50 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters.
Bibliography
- Lu, Y.; Wang, E.; Tang, Z.; Rui, J.; Li, Y.; Tang, Z.; Dong, W.; Liu, X.; George, T.S.; Song, A.; Fan, F. (In press) Roots and microbiome jointly drive the distributions of 17 phytohormones in the plant soil continuum in a phytohormone-specific manner., Plant and Soil.
- Marin, M.; Feeney, D.S.; Brown, L.K.; Naveed, M.; Ruiz, S.; Koebernick, N.; Bengough, A.G.; Hallett, P.D.; Roose, T.; Puertolas, J.; Dodd, I.C.; George, T.S. (In press) Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions., Annals of Botany.
- Brooker, R.W.; George, T.S.; Homulle, Z.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2021) Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming., Journal of Ecology. Published online.
- de Oliveira Mendes, G.; Bahri-Esfahani,J.; Hillier, S.; George, T.S.; Gadd, G.M. (2021) Chemical and physical weathering of fungal bioweathering of rock phosphate., Geomicrobiology Journal. Published online.
- Jiang, F.; Zhang, L.; Zhou, J.; George, T.S.; Feng, G. (2021) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance mineralisation of organic phosphorus by carrying bacteria along their extraradical hyphae., New Phytologist, 230, 304-315.
- Brown, J.L.; Stobart, R.; Hallett, P.D.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; McKenzie, B.M. (2021) Variable impacts of reduced and zero tillage on soil carbon storage across 4-10 years of UK field experiments., Journal of Soils and Sediments, 21, 890-904.
- George, T.S.; Brown, L.K.; Bengough, A.G. (2021) Advances in understanding plant root hairs in relation to nutrient acquisition and crop root function., In: Gregory, P. (ed.) Understanding and Improving Crop Root Function. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd., Chapter 5, pp127-162.
- Gatiboni, L.; Brunetto, G.; Pavinato, P.S.; George, T.S. (2020) Editorial: Legacy phosphorus in agriculture: role of past management and perspectives for the future., Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, Article No. 619935.
- Cope, J.E.; Russell, J.; Norton, G.J.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C. (2020) Assessing the variation in manganese use efficiency traits in Scottish barley landrace Bere (Hordeum vulgare L.)., Annals of Botany, 126, 289-300.
- Zhou, J.; Chai, X.; Zhang, L. George, T.S.; Feng, G. (2020) Different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi cocolonizing on a single plant root system recruit distinct microbiomes., mSystems, 5, Article No. e00929-00.
- Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Valentine, T.A.; McKenzie, B.M.; George, T.S.; Hackett, C.A. (2020) Identifying spring barley cultivars with differential response to tillage., Agronomy, 10, Article No. 686.
- Ruiz, S.; Koebernick, N.; Duncan, S.; McKay Fletcher, D.; Scotson, C.; Boghi, A.; Marin, M.; Bengough, A.G.; George, T.S.; Brown, L.K.; Hallett, P.D.; Roose, T. (2020) Significance of root hairs at the field scale - modelling root water and phosphorus uptake under different field conditions., Plant and Soil, 447, 281-304.
- Brown, L.K.; Blanz, M.; Wishart, J.; Dieterich, B.; Schmidt, S.B.; Russell, J.; Martin P.; George, T.S. (2020) Is bere barley specifically adapted to fertilisation with seaweed as a nutrient source?, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 118, 149-163.
- Neugebauer, K.; El-Serehy, H.A.; George, T.S.; McNicol, J.W.; Moraes, M.F.; Sorreano, M.C.M.; White, P.J. (2020) The influence of phylogeny and ecology on root, shoot and plant ionomes of 14 native Brazilian species., Physiologia Plantarum, 168, 790-802.
- Mezeli, M.M.; Page, S.; George, T.S.; Neilson, R.; Mead, R.; Blackwell, M.S.A.; Haygarth, P.M. (2020) What do we know about soil biological interactions and phosphorus acquisition in plants?, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 142, Article No 107695.
- Zhang, L.; Peng, Y.; Zhou, J.; George, T.S.; Feng, G. (2020) Addition of fructose to the maize hyphosphere increases phosphatase activity by changing bacterial community structure., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 142, Article No. 107724.
- Wang, X.; Wang, S.; George, T.S.; Deng, Z.; Fan, X.; Lv, M. (2020) Effects of schedules of subsurface drip irrigation with air injection on water consumption, leaf physiology indexes, yield components and water use efficiency of tomato in a greenhouse in the North China Plain., Scientia Horticulturae, 269, Article No. 109396.
- Roberts, W.M.; George, T.S.; Stutter, M.I.; Louro, A.; Ali, M.; Haygarth, P.M. (2020) Phosphorus leaching from riparian soils with differing management histories under three grass species., Journal of Environmental Quality, 49, 74-84.
- Zhen, X.; Qu, M.; Liu, S.; Duan, X.; Wang, X.; Brown, L.K.; George, T.S.; Zheng, L.; Feng, G. (2020) Carbon addition reduces labile soil phosphorus by increasing microbial biomass phosphorus in intensive agricultural systems., Soil Use and Management, 36, 536-546.
- George, T.S.; White, P.J. (2020) Advances in understanding crop processing of phosphorus., In: Rengel, Z. (ed.). Achieving Sustainable Crop Nutrition. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Part 2, Chapter 4, pp83-114.
- Boilard, G.; Bradley, R.L.; Paterson E.; Sim, A.; Brown, L.K.; George T.S.; Bainard, L.; Carubba, A. (2019) Interaction between root hairs and soil phosphorus on rhizosphere priming of soil organic matter., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 135, 264-266.
- Menezes-Blackburn, D.; Sun, J.; Lehto, N.; Zhang, H.; Stutter, M.I.; Giles, C.D.; Darch, T.; George, T.S.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.; Blackwell, M.; Wearing, C.; Cooper, P.; Wendler, R.; Lawrie, B. (2019) Simultaneous quantification of soil phosphorus labile pool and desorption kinetics using DGTs and 3D-DIFS., Environmental Science and Technology, 53, 6718-6728.
- Fan, F.; Yu, B.; Wang, B.; George, T.S.; Yin, H.; Xu, D.; Li, D.; Song, A. (2019) Microbial mechanisms of the contrast residue decomposition and priming effect in soils with different organic and chemical fertilization histories., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 135, 213-221.
- Koebernick, N.; Daly, K.R.; Keyes, S.D.; Bengough, A.G.; Brown, L.K.; Cooper, L.J.; George, T.S.; Hallett, P.D.; Naveed, M.; Raffan, A.; Roose, T. (2019) Imaging microstructure of the barley rhizosphere: particle packing and root hair influences., New Phytologist, 221, 1878-1889.
- Schmidt, S.D.; George, T.S.; Brown, L.K.; Booth, A.; Wishart, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Martin, P.; Russell, J.; Husted, S. (2019) Ancient barley landraces adapted to marginal soils demonstrate exceptional tolerance to manganese limitation., Annals of Botany, 123, 831-843.
- Wallace, M.; Bonhomme, V.; Russell, J.; Stillman, E.; George, T.S.; Ramsay, L.; Wishart, J.; Timpany, S.; Bull, H.; Booth, A.; Martin, P. (2019) Searching for the origins of bere barley: a geometric morphometric approach to cereal landrace recognition in archaeology., Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 26, 1125-1142.
- Naveed, M.; Ahmed, M.A.; Bernard, P.; Brown, L.K.; George, T.S.; Bengough, A.G.; Roose, T.; Koebernick, N.; Hallett, P.D (2019) Surface tension, rheology and hydrophobicity of rhizodeposits and seed mucilage influence soil water retention and hysteresis., Plant and Soil, 437, 65-81.
- Brown, L.K.; Kazas, C.; Stockan, J.; Hawes, C.; Stutter, M.I.; Ryan, C.; Squire, G.; George, T.S. (2019) Is green manure from riparian buffer strip species an effective nutrient source for crops?, Journal of Environmental Quality, 48, 385-393.
- Mezeli, M.M.; Haygarth, P.; George, T.S.; Neilson, R.; Blackwell, M. (2019) Soil 'organic' phosphorus: an untapped resource in soils for crop production?, Better Crops with Plant Food, 103, 22-25.
- George, T.S.; Giles, C.D.; Menezes-Blackburn, D.; Condron, L.M.; Gama-Rodrigues, A.C.; Jaisi, D.; Lang, F.; Neal, A.L.; Stutter, M.I.; Almeida, D.S.; Bol, R.; Cabugao, K.G.; Celi, L.; Cotner, J.B.; Feng, G.; Goll, D.S.; Hallama, M.; Krueger, J.; Plassard, C.; Rosling, A.; Darch, T.; Fraser, T.; Giesler, R.; Richardson, A.E.; Tamburini, F.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Zhang, H.; Blackwell, M.S.A.; Wearing, C.; Mezeli, M.M.; Alm?s, ?.R.; Audette, Y.; Bertrand, I.; Beyhaut, E.; Boitt, G.; Bradshaw, N.; Brearley, C.A.; Bruulsema, T.W.; Ciais, P.; Cozzolinom, V.; Cuevas, P.D.; Mora, M.L.; de Menezes, A.B.; Dodd, R.J.; Dunfield, K.; Engl, C.; Fraz?o, J.J.; Garland, G.; Gonzalez Jimenez, J.L.; Graca, J.; Granger, S.J.; Harrison, A.F.; Heuck, C.; Hou, E.Q.; Johnes, P.J.; Kaiser, K.; Kj?r, H.A.; Klumpp, E.; Lamb, A.L.; Macintosh, K.A.; Mackay, E.B.; McGrath, J.; McIntyre C.; McLaren, T.; Meszaros, E.; Missong, A.; Mooshammer, M.; Negron, C.P.; Nelson, L.-A.; et.al. (2018) Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities (Correction, vol 427, pg191, 2018)., Plant and Soil, 427, 209-211.
- White, P.J.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Brown, L.K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Dupuy, L.X.; George, T.S.; Hammond, J.P.; Subramanian, N.K.; Thompson, J.A.; Wishart, J.; Wright, G. (2018) Juvenile root vigour improves phosphorus use efficiency of potato., Plant and Soil, 432, 45-63.
- Zhang, L.; Shi, N.; Fan, J.; Wang, F.; George, T.S.; Feng, G. (2018) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stimulate organic P mobilization by changing bacterial community structure in the field., Environmental Microbiology, 20, 2639-2651.
- George, T.S.; Taylor, M.A.; Dodd, I.C.; White, P.J. (2018) Climate change and consequences for potato production: a review of tolerance to emerging abiotic stress., Potato Research, 60, 239-268.
- Haling, R.E.; Brown, L.K.; Stefanski, A.; Kidd, D.R.; Ryan, M.H.; Sandral, G.A.; George, T.S.; Lambers, H.; Simpson, R.J. (2018) Differences in nutrient foraging among Trifolium subterraneum cultivars deliver improved P-acquisition efficiency., Plant and Soil, 424, 539-554.
- Giles, C.D.; Richardson, A.E.; Cade-Menun, B.J.; Mezeli, M.M.; Brown, L.K.; Menezes-Blackburn, D.; Darch, T.; Blackwell, M.S.A.; Shand, C.A.; Stutter, M.I.; Wendler, R.; Cooper, P.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Wearing, C.; Zhang, H.; Haygarth, P.M.; George, T.S. (2018) Phosphorus acquisition by citrate- and phytase-exuding Nicotiana tabacum plant mixtures depends on soil phosphorus availability and root intermingling., Physiologia Plantarum, 163, 356-371.
- Menezes-Blackburn, D.; Giles, C.; Darch, T.; George, T.S.; Blackwell, M.; Stutter, M.I.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.; Cooper, P.; Wendler, R.; Brown, L.K.; Almeida, D.S.; Wearing, C.; Zhang, H.; Haygarth, P.M. (2018) Opportunities for mobilizing recalcitrant phosphorus from agricultural soils: a review., Plant and Soil, 427, 5-16.
- Darch, T.; Giles, C.D.; Blackwell, M.S.A.; George, T.S.; Brown, L.K.; Menezes-Blackburn, D.; Shand, C.A.; Stutter, M.I.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Mezeli, M.M.; Wendler, R.; Zhang, H.; Wearing, C.; Cooper, P.; Haygarth, P.M. (2018) Inter- and intra-species intercropping of barley cultivars and legume species as affected by soil phosphorus availability., Plant and Soil, 427, 125-138.
- George, T.S.; Giles, C.D.; Menezes-Blackburn, D.; Condron, L.M.; Gama-Rodrigues, A.C.; Jaisi, D.; Lang, F.; Neal, A.L.; Stutter, M.I.; Almeida, D.S.; Bol, R.; Cabugao, K.G.; Celi, L.; Cotner, J.B.; Feng, G.; Goll, D.S.; Hallama, M.; Krueger, J.; Plassard, C.; Rosling, A.; Darch, T.; Fraser, T.; Giesler, R.; Richardson, A.E.; Tamburini, F.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Zhang, H.; Blackwell, M.S.A.; Wearing, C.; Mezeli, M.M.; Alm?s, ?.R.; Audette, Y.; Bertrand, I.; Beyhaut, E.; Boitt, G.; Bradshaw, N.; Brearley, C.A.; Bruulsema, T.W.; Ciais, P.; Cozzolinom, V.; Cuevas, P.D.; Mora, M.L.; de Menezes, A.B.; Dodd, R.J.; Dunfield, K.; Engl, C.; Fraz?o, J.J.; Garland, G.; Gonzalez Jimenez, J.L.; Graca, J.; Granger, S.J.; Harrison, A.F.; Heuck, C.; Hou, E.Q.; Johnes, P.J.; Kaiser, K.; Kj?r, H.A.; Klumpp, E.; Lamb, A.L.; Macintosh, K.A.; Mackay, E.B.; McGrath, J.; McIntyre C.; McLaren, T.; Meszaros, E.; Missong, A.; Mooshammer, M.; Negron, C.P.; Nelson, L.-A.; et.al. (2018) Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities., Plant and Soil, 427, 191-208.
- Naveed, M.; Brown, L.K.; Raffan, A.C.; George, T.S.; Bengough, A.G.; Roose, T.; Sinclair, I.; Koebernick, N.; Cooper, L.; Hallett, P.D. (2018) Rhizosphere-scale quantification of hydraulic and mechanical properties of soil impacted by root and seed exudates., Vadose Zone Journal, 17, Article No. 170083.
- Giles, C.D.; Dupuy, L.; Boitt, G.; Brown, L.K.; Condron, L.; Darch, T.; Blackwell, M.S.A.; Menezes-Blackburn, D.; Shand, C.A.; Stutter, M.I.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Wendler, R.; Cooper, P.; Wearing, C.; Zhang, H.; Haygarth, P.M.; George, T.S. (2018) Root development impacts on the distribution of phosphatase activity: Improvements in quantification using soil zymography., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 116, 158-166.
- Brooker, R.W.; George, T.S.; Homulle, Z.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schob, C. (2021) Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming., Journal of Ecology. Published online.
- de Oliveira Mendes, G.; Bahri-Esfahani,J.; Hillier, S.; George, T.S.; Gadd, G.M. (2021) Chemical and physical weathering of fungal bioweathering of rock phosphate., Geomicrobiology Journal. Published online.
- Jiang, F.; Zhang, L.; Zhou, J.; George, T.S.; Feng, G. (2021) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance mineralisation of organic phosphorus by carrying bacteria along their extraradical hyphae., New Phytologist, 230, 304-315.
- Brown, J.L.; Stobart, R.; Hallett, P.D.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C.; Valentine, T.A.; McKenzie, B.M. (2021) Variable impacts of reduced and zero tillage on soil carbon storage across 4-10 years of UK field experiments., Journal of Soils and Sediments, 21, 890-904.
- Gatiboni, L.; Brunetto, G.; Pavinato, P.S.; George, T.S. (2020) Editorial: Legacy phosphorus in agriculture: role of past management and perspectives for the future., Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, Article No. 619935.
- Cope, J.E.; Russell, J.; Norton, G.J.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C. (2020) Assessing the variation in manganese use efficiency traits in Scottish barley landrace Bere (Hordeum vulgare L.)., Annals of Botany, 126, 289-300.
- Zhou, J.; Chai, X.; Zhang, L. George, T.S.; Feng, G. (2020) Different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi cocolonizing on a single plant root system recruit distinct microbiomes., mSystems, 5, Article No. e00929-00.
- Newton, A.C.; Guy, D.C.; Valentine, T.A.; McKenzie, B.M.; George, T.S.; Hackett, C.A. (2020) Identifying spring barley cultivars with differential response to tillage., Agronomy, 10, Article No. 686.
- Ruiz, S.; Koebernick, N.; Duncan, S.; McKay Fletcher, D.; Scotson, C.; Boghi, A.; Marin, M.; Bengough, A.G.; George, T.S.; Brown, L.K.; Hallett, P.D.; Roose, T. (2020) Significance of root hairs at the field scale - modelling root water and phosphorus uptake under different field conditions., Plant and Soil, 447, 281-304.
- Brown, L.K.; Blanz, M.; Wishart, J.; Dieterich, B.; Schmidt, S.B.; Russell, J.; Martin P.; George, T.S. (2020) Is bere barley specifically adapted to fertilisation with seaweed as a nutrient source?, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 118, 149-163.
- Neugebauer, K.; El-Serehy, H.A.; George, T.S.; McNicol, J.W.; Moraes, M.F.; Sorreano, M.C.M.; White, P.J. (2020) The influence of phylogeny and ecology on root, shoot and plant ionomes of 14 native Brazilian species., Physiologia Plantarum, 168, 790-802.
- Mezeli, M.M.; Page, S.; George, T.S.; Neilson, R.; Mead, R.; Blackwell, M.S.A.; Haygarth, P.M. (2020) What do we know about soil biological interactions and phosphorus acquisition in plants?, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 142, Article No 107695.
- Zhang, L.; Peng, Y.; Zhou, J.; George, T.S.; Feng, G. (2020) Addition of fructose to the maize hyphosphere increases phosphatase activity by changing bacterial community structure., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 142, Article No. 107724.
- Wang, X.; Wang, S.; George, T.S.; Deng, Z.; Fan, X.; Lv, M. (2020) Effects of schedules of subsurface drip irrigation with air injection on water consumption, leaf physiology indexes, yield components and water use efficiency of tomato in a greenhouse in the North China Plain., Scientia Horticulturae, 269, Article No. 109396.
- Roberts, W.M.; George, T.S.; Stutter, M.I.; Louro, A.; Ali, M.; Haygarth, P.M. (2020) Phosphorus leaching from riparian soils with differing management histories under three grass species., Journal of Environmental Quality, 49, 74-84.
- Zhen, X.; Qu, M.; Liu, S.; Duan, X.; Wang, X.; Brown, L.K.; George, T.S.; Zheng, L.; Feng, G. (2020) Carbon addition reduces labile soil phosphorus by increasing microbial biomass phosphorus in intensive agricultural systems., Soil Use and Management, 36, 536-546.
- Boilard, G.; Bradley, R.L.; Paterson E.; Sim, A.; Brown, L.K.; George T.S.; Bainard, L.; Carubba, A. (2019) Interaction between root hairs and soil phosphorus on rhizosphere priming of soil organic matter., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 135, 264-266.
- Menezes-Blackburn, D.; Sun, J.; Lehto, N.; Zhang, H.; Stutter, M.I.; Giles, C.D.; Darch, T.; George, T.S.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.; Blackwell, M.; Wearing, C.; Cooper, P.; Wendler, R.; Lawrie, B. (2019) Simultaneous quantification of soil phosphorus labile pool and desorption kinetics using DGTs and 3D-DIFS., Environmental Science and Technology, 53, 6718-6728.
- Fan, F.; Yu, B.; Wang, B.; George, T.S.; Yin, H.; Xu, D.; Li, D.; Song, A. (2019) Microbial mechanisms of the contrast residue decomposition and priming effect in soils with different organic and chemical fertilization histories., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 135, 213-221.
- Koebernick, N.; Daly, K.R.; Keyes, S.D.; Bengough, A.G.; Brown, L.K.; Cooper, L.J.; George, T.S.; Hallett, P.D.; Naveed, M.; Raffan, A.; Roose, T. (2019) Imaging microstructure of the barley rhizosphere: particle packing and root hair influences., New Phytologist, 221, 1878-1889.
- Schmidt, S.D.; George, T.S.; Brown, L.K.; Booth, A.; Wishart, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Martin, P.; Russell, J.; Husted, S. (2019) Ancient barley landraces adapted to marginal soils demonstrate exceptional tolerance to manganese limitation., Annals of Botany, 123, 831-843.
- Wallace, M.; Bonhomme, V.; Russell, J.; Stillman, E.; George, T.S.; Ramsay, L.; Wishart, J.; Timpany, S.; Bull, H.; Booth, A.; Martin, P. (2019) Searching for the origins of bere barley: a geometric morphometric approach to cereal landrace recognition in archaeology., Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 26, 1125-1142.
- Naveed, M.; Ahmed, M.A.; Bernard, P.; Brown, L.K.; George, T.S.; Bengough, A.G.; Roose, T.; Koebernick, N.; Hallett, P.D (2019) Surface tension, rheology and hydrophobicity of rhizodeposits and seed mucilage influence soil water retention and hysteresis., Plant and Soil, 437, 65-81.
- Brown, L.K.; Kazas, C.; Stockan, J.; Hawes, C.; Stutter, M.I.; Ryan, C.; Squire, G.; George, T.S. (2019) Is green manure from riparian buffer strip species an effective nutrient source for crops?, Journal of Environmental Quality, 48, 385-393.
- Mezeli, M.M.; Haygarth, P.; George, T.S.; Neilson, R.; Blackwell, M. (2019) Soil 'organic' phosphorus: an untapped resource in soils for crop production?, Better Crops with Plant Food, 103, 22-25.
- George, T.S.; Giles, C.D.; Menezes-Blackburn, D.; Condron, L.M.; Gama-Rodrigues, A.C.; Jaisi, D.; Lang, F.; Neal, A.L.; Stutter, M.I.; Almeida, D.S.; Bol, R.; Cabugao, K.G.; Celi, L.; Cotner, J.B.; Feng, G.; Goll, D.S.; Hallama, M.; Krueger, J.; Plassard, C.; Rosling, A.; Darch, T.; Fraser, T.; Giesler, R.; Richardson, A.E.; Tamburini, F.; Shand, C.A.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Zhang, H.; Blackwell, M.S.A.; Wearing, C.; Mezeli, M.M.; Alm?s, ?.R.; Audette, Y.; Bertrand, I.; Beyhaut, E.; Boitt, G.; Bradshaw, N.; Brearley, C.A.; Bruulsema, T.W.; Ciais, P.; Cozzolinom, V.; Cuevas, P.D.; Mora, M.L.; de Menezes, A.B.; Dodd, R.J.; Dunfield, K.; Engl, C.; Fraz?o, J.J.; Garland, G.; Gonzalez Jimenez, J.L.; Graca, J.; Granger, S.J.; Harrison, A.F.; Heuck, C.; Hou, E.Q.; Johnes, P.J.; Kaiser, K.; Kj?r, H.A.; Klumpp, E.; Lamb, A.L.; Macintosh, K.A.; Mackay, E.B.; McGrath, J.; McIntyre C.; McLaren, T.; Meszaros, E.; Missong, A.; Mooshammer, M.; Negron, C.P.; Nelson, L.-A.; et.al. (2018) Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities (Correction, vol 427, pg191, 2018)., Plant and Soil, 427, 209-211.
- White, P.J.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Brown, L.K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Dupuy, L.X.; George, T.S.; Hammond, J.P.; Subramanian, N.K.; Thompson, J.A.; Wishart, J.; Wright, G. (2018) Juvenile root vigour improves phosphorus use efficiency of potato., Plant and Soil, 432, 45-63.
- De La Fuente Canto, C.; Kalogiros, D.I.; Ptashnyk, M.; George, T.S.; Waugh, R.; Bengough, A.G.; Russell, J.; Dupuy, L.X. (2018) Morphological and genetic characterisation of the root system architecture of selected barley recombinant chromosome substitution lines using an integrated phenotyping approach., Journal of Theoretical Biology, 447, 84-97.
- White, P.J.; Broadley, M.R.; El-Serehy, H.A.; George, T.S.; Neugebauer, K. (2018) Linear relationships between shoot magnesium and calcium concentrations among angiosperm species are associated with cell wall chemistry., Annals of Botany, 122, 221-226.
- Neugebauer, K.; Broadley, M.R.; El-Serehy, H.A.; George, T.S.; McNicol, J.W.; Moraes, M.F.; White, P.J. (2018) Variation in the angiosperm ionome., Physiologia Plantarum, 163, 306-322.
- Cooper, L.J.; Daly, K.R.; Hallett, P.D.; Naveed, M.; Koebernick, N.; Bengough, A.G.; George, T.S.; Roose, T. (2018) The effect of root exudates on rhizosphere water dynamics., Proceeding of the Royal Society A, 474, Article No. 20180149.
- Zhang, L.; Shi, N.; Fan, J.; Wang, F.; George, T.S.; Feng, G. (2018) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stimulate organic P mobilization by changing bacterial community structure in the field., Environmental Microbiology, 20, 2639-2651.
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- Haling, R.E.; Brown, L.K.; Stefanski, A.; Kidd, D.R.; Ryan, M.H.; Sandral, G.A.; George, T.S.; Lambers, H.; Simpson, R.J. (2018) Differences in nutrient foraging among Trifolium subterraneum cultivars deliver improved P-acquisition efficiency., Plant and Soil, 424, 539-554.
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