Emeritus Professor Peter Cornish

Journal Articles

• Philp, J., Cornish, P., Te, K., Bell, R., Vance, W., Lim, V., Li, X., Kamphayae, S. and Denton, M. (2021), 'Insufficient potassium and sulfur supply threaten the productivity of perennial forage grasses in smallholder farms on tropical sandy soils', Plant and Soil, vol 461, no 1-2 , pp 617 - 630.
• Carnegie, M., Cornish, P., Htwe, K. and Htwe, N. (2020), 'Gender, decision-making and farm practice change : an action learning intervention in Myanmar', Journal of Rural Studies, vol 78 , pp 503 - 515.
• Cornish, P., Kumar, A. and Das, S. (2020), 'Soil fertility along toposequences of the East India Plateau and implications for productivity, fertiliser use, and sustainability', Soil, vol 6, no 2 , pp 325 - 336.
• Herridge, D., Win, M., Nwe, K., Kyu, K., Win, S., Shwe, T., Min, Y., Denton, M. and Cornish, P. (2019), 'The cropping systems of the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar : productivity constraints and possible solutions', Agricultural Systems, vol 169 , pp 31 - 40.
• Croke, B., Merritt, W., Cornish, P., Syme, G. and Roth, C. (2018), 'An integrated approach to improving rural livelihoods : examples from India and Bangladesh', IAHS Proceedings, vol 376 , pp 45 - 50.
• Cornish, P., Birchall, C., Herridge, D., Denton, M. and Guppy, C. (2018), 'Rainfall-related opportunities, risks and constraints to rainfed cropping in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar as defined by soil water balance modelling', Agricultural Systems, vol 164 , pp 47 - 57.
• Hart, M. and Cornish, P. (2016), 'Soil phosphorus status and environmental risk of phosphorus run-off from pastures in south-eastern New South Wales', Soil Research, vol 54, no 6 , pp 685 - 691.
• Wangiyana, W., Cornish, P. and Ryan, M. (2016), 'Arbuscular mycorrhizas in various rice growing environments and their implication for low soybean yields on vertisol soil in Central Lombok, Indonesia', IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology, vol 10, no 12 , pp 51 - 57.
• Cornish, P., Karmakar, D., Kumar, A., Das, S. and Croke, B. (2015), 'Improving crop production for food security and improved livelihoods on the East India Plateau. I. Rainfall-related risks with rice and opportunities for improved cropping systems', Agricultural Systems, vol 137 , pp 166 - 179.
• Cornish, P., Choudhury, A., Kumar, A., Das, S., Kumbakhar, K., Norrish, S. and Kumar, S. (2015), 'Improving crop production for food security and improved livelihoods on the East India Plateau II. Crop options, alternative cropping systems and capacity building', Agricultural Systems, vol 137 , pp 180 - 190.
• Hart, M. and Cornish, P. (2014), 'An agronomic test to manage phosphorus environmental risk from pastures with good grazing management', Soil Research, vol 52, no 3 , pp 293 - 298.
• Hart, M. and Cornish, P. (2012), 'Available soil phosphorus, phosphorus buffering and soil cover determine most variation in phosphorus concentration in runoff from pastoral sites', Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, vol 93, no 2 , pp 227 - 244.
• Croke, B., Cornish, P., Choudhry, K., Kharmakar, D., Chakraborty, A., Islam, A. and Khan, M. (2012), 'Water harvesting and better cropping systems for the benefit of small farmers in watersheds of the East India Plateau', Water Practice and Technology, vol 7, no 1 .
• Hart, M. and Cornish, P. (2011), 'Soil sample depth in pasture soils for environmental soil phosphorus testing', Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, vol 42, no 1 , pp 100 - 110.
• Dang, Y., Dalal, R., Buck, S., Harms, B., Kelly, R., Hochman, Z., Schwenke, G., Biggs, J., Ferguson, N., Norrish, S., Routley, R., McDonald, M., Hall, C., Singh, D., Daniells, I., Farquharson, R., Manning, W., Speirs, S., Grewal, H., Cornish, P., Bodapati, N. and Orange, D. (2010), 'Diagnosis, extent, impacts, and management of subsoil constraints in the northern grains cropping region of Australia', Australian Journal of Soil Research, vol 48, no 2 , pp 105 - 119.
• Cornish, P. (2009), 'Phosphorus management on extensive organic and low-input farms', Crop & Pasture Science, vol 60, no 2 , pp 105 - 115.
• Cornish, P. (2009), 'Research directions : Improving plant uptake of soil phosphorus, and reducing dependency on input of phosphorus fertiliser', Crop & Pasture Science, vol 60, no 2 , pp 190 - 196.
• Hart, M. and Cornish, P. (2009), 'Comparison of bicarbonate-extractable soil phosphorus measured by ICP-AES and colourimetry in soils of south-eastern New South Wales', Australian Journal of Soil Research, vol 47, no 7 , pp 742 - 746.
• Devasirvatham, V. and Cornish, P. (2007), 'Precision application of water for peri-urban horticulture', International Journal of Water, vol 3, no 4 , pp 418 - 424.
• Madafiglio, G., Medd, D., Cornish, P. and Van De Ven, R. (2006), 'Seed production of Raphanus raphanistrum following herbicide application during reproduction and effects on wheat yield', Weed Research, vol 46, no 1 , pp 50 - 60.
• Pedroli, B., Pinto-Correia, T. and Cornish, P. (2006), 'Landscape - what's in it? Trends in European landscape science and priority themes for concerted research.', Landscape Ecology, vol 21 , pp 421 - 430.
• Popov, V. and Cornish, P. (2006), 'Atrazine tolerance of grass species with potential for use in vegetated filters in Australia', Plant and Soil, vol 280, no 40575 , pp 115 - 126.
• Sun, H. and Cornish, P. (2006), 'A catchment-based approach to recharge estimation in the Liverpool Plains, NSW Australia', Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, vol 57 , pp 309 - 320.
• Popov, V., Cornish, P. and Sun, H. (2006), 'Vegetated biofilters: The relative importance of infiltration and adsorption in reducing loads of water-soluble herbicides in agricultural runoff', Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, vol 114, no 40635 , pp 351 - 359.
• Wangiyana, W., Cornish, P. and Morris, C. (2006), 'Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi dynamics in contrasting cropping systems on vertisol and regisol soils of Lombok, Indonesia', Experimental Agriculture, vol 42 , pp 427 - 439.
• Freebairn, D., Cornish, P., Anderson, W., Walker, S., Robinson, J. and Beswick, A. (2006), 'Management Systems in Climate Regions of the World - Australia', Dryland Agriculture 2nd ed. Agronomy Monograph 23, , pp 837 - 878.
• Cornish, P. and Burgin, S. (2005), 'Residual Effects of Glyphosate Herbicide in Ecological Restoration', Restoration Ecology, vol 13, no 4 , pp 695 - 702.
• Johnston, W., Cornish, P., Koen, T. and Shoemark, V. (2005), 'Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees. Complex pastures in southern NSW, Australia: a comparison of Eragrostis curvula cv Consol and Medicago sativa L. cv Nova under intenseive rotational grazing', Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, vol 45 , pp 1255 - 1266.
• Johnston, W. and Cornish, P. (2005), 'Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees. Complex pastures in southern NSW, Australia: impact of Eragrostis curvula, Medicago sativa and Phalaris aquaticaL. Pastures on soil water', Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, vol 45 , pp 1267 - 1289.
• Popov, V., Cornish, P., Sultana, K. and Morris, C. (2005), 'Atrazine degradation in soils: the role of microbial communities, atrazine applicatione history, and soil carbon', Australian Journal of Soil Research, vol 43 , pp 861 - 871.
• Sun, H. and Cornish, P. (2005), 'Estimating shallow groundwater recharge in the headwaters of the Liverpool Plains using SWAT', Hydrological Processes, vol 19, no 3 , pp 795 - 807.
• Johnston, W., Cornish, P. and Shoemark, V. (2005), 'Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees. complex pastures in southern New South Wales, Australia: Comparisons with Medicago sativa L. and Phalaris aquatica L. pastures under rotational grazing', Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, vol 45 , pp 401 - 420.
• Mcnamara, L. and Cornish, P. (2004), 'Participative decision-making to identify nutrient pollution sources and potential abatement actions.', The International Journal of River Basin Management, vol 2, no 1 , pp 71 - 80.
• Sun, H., Cornish, P. and Daniell, T. (2003), 'Digital elevation hydrological modelling in a small catchment in south australia', nordic hydrology, vol 34, no 3 , pp 161 - 178.
• Baginska, B., Milne-Home, W. and Cornish, P. (2003), 'Modelling nutrient transport in Currency Creek, NSW with AnnAGNPS and PEST', Environment Modelling & Software, vol 18 , pp 801 - 808.
• Sun, H., Cornish, P. and Daniell, T. (2002), 'Spacial variability in hydrologic modeling using rainfall-runoff model and digital elevation model', Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, vol 7, no 6 , pp 404 - 412.
• Sun, H. and Cornish, P. (2002), 'Contour-based digital elevation modeling of watershed erosion and sedimentation: eropsion and sedimentation estimation tool (EROSET)', Water Resources Research, vol 38, no 11 , pp 1 - 10.
• Cornish, P., Hallissey, R. and Hollinger, E. (2002), 'Is a rainfall simulator useful for estimating phosphorus runoff from pastures - a question of scale dependancy', Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, vol 42 , pp 953 - 959.
• Sun, H., Cornish, P. and Daniell, T. (2001), 'Turbidity-based erosion estimation in a catchment in South Australia', Journal of Hydrology, vol 253 , pp 227 - 238.
• Hollinger, E., Cornish, P., Baginska, B., Mann, R. and Kuczera, G. (2001), 'Farm-scale stormwater losses of sediment and nutrients from a market garden near Sydney, australia', Agricultural Water Management, vol 47 , pp 227 - 241.