Nigel Warwick
Lecturer in Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Qualifications
B Hort Sc (Hons) (Massey), DipSc (Biochem) (Massey), PhD (Melb)
Contact
| Email: | nwarwick@une.edu.au |
| Room: | S2 173 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2575 (or +61 2 6773 2575 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3283 |
| Homepage: | http://www.une.edu.au/botany/nwmwres.htm |
Areas of Teaching
Plant Ecophysiology - photosynthesis, water relations, plant nutrition, nutrient cycling, plant responses to environmental stresses (salt, drought, pH, temperature, light, nutrient, waterlogging), plant anatomy.
Units:
- AGRO 223 Agricultural Ecology & Crop Physiology (Coordinator)
- BIOL 120 Biology II (Plant Function and Anatomy)
- BOTY 202/402 Plant Physiology (Coordinator)
- BOTY 302/502 Plant Function & Environment (Coordinator)
- BOTY 400 Honours in Botany (Supervisor)
- HORT420 Horticultural Science (Coordinator)
Research interests
Plant Ecophysiology Group
Research Focus
1. soil-plant water dynamics of natural, forestry and agricultural systems;
2. drought physiology of natural, forestry and agricultural plants;
3. nutrient dynamics in arid, semi-arid and humid plant communities
The definition of Plant Ecophysiology...
Plant Ecophysiology deals with the relationship between plants and their physical and abiotic environment...the study of the adaptive functional and structural features which link the plant to its specific environment...also that of the forms of transfer and transformation of energy and mass connected with dynamics of the ecosystem...
(UNESCO Montpellier Symposium, 1962)
Personnel
- Dr Steve Griffith BSc(Hons) DipEd PhD, Research Fellow
- Dr Jim Charley BScAgr PhD, Honorary Fellow
- Ms Susan Rutherford BSc(Hons) Research Assistant
- Mr Rick Kenny BSc GradDipSc(PltPhys), Research Assistant
- Mr Laurie O'Donnell BScAgr GradDipSci(RurSc), Research Assistant
- Mr Dale Kenny PhD student
- Mr Abdallah Aldahadha PhD student
Recently completed theses
Doctor of PhilosophyAn investigation of drought tolerance mechanisms in triticale, with particular reference to osmotic adjustment.
Rainforest, drought and soil type: Phytogeography and functional and evolutionary ecology of dry rainforest on the western slopes of New South Wales (co-supervisor with Assoc Profs P.J. Clarke and J.J. Bruhl)
Master of Scientific Studies
Soil-plant relationships of white cypress pine in the soils of the Pilliga region
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Soil nitrogen dynamics in White Cypress Pine Forests of the Pilliga - with particular reference to Nitrogen mineralisation
The Groundwater Dependency of Selected Wallum Species from the Lower North Coast of New South Wales
Major Research Projects
Determining impacts of groundwater extraction on wallum vegetation communities on coastal sand masses: sustainable water supply for Eastern Australia. Funded by MidCoast Water, Taree, NSW (2005-2011) Dr Steve Griffith, Research Fellow; Mr Graeme Watkins Engineer, Strategic Operations, MidCoast WaterThe Pilliga Project – nutrient status and dynamics in relation to stand stability in white cypress pine (Callitris glaucophylla) forests
Current PhD Projects
Effects of root diseases and drought on water use efficiency of wheatDrought responses of economically-useful species of Acacia: an investigation of the induction and role of osmolytes
Recent visitors
Professor Mike DixonControlled Environment Systems Research Facility, Dept of Environmental Biology, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph
Dr Kathy Steppe
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University
Dr Dirk de Pauw
Phyto-IT bvba, Beekstraat
Publications
Curran, T., P.J. Clarke and N.W.M. Warwick. (2009) Water relations of woody plants on contrasting soils during drought: does edaphic compensation account for dry rainforest distribution? Australian Journal of Botany, (submitted for publication).
Warwick , N.W.M. and Thukten. (2006) Water relations of phyllodinous and non-phyllodinous Acacias, with particular reference to osmotic adjustment. Physiologia Plantarum, 127, 393-403.
Watkins, G., J. Moore, N. Warwick, S. Griffith and C. Deegan (2006) Is groundwater for urban use worth the effort? ENVIRO 06 – Building Better Cities, 9-11 May 2006, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Barary, M., N.W.M. Warwick, R. Jessop and A. Taji (2006) Pollen grain expression of osmotic adjustment in triticale genotypes. Proceedings of the 6th International Triticale Symposium, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Warwick, N.W.M. and Brock, M.A. (2003) Plant reproduction in temporary wetlands: The effects of seasonal timing, depth, and duration of flooding. Aquatic Botany, 77, 153-167.
Barary, M., N.W.M. Warwick, R. Jessop and A. Taji (2002). Osmotic adjustment and drought tolerance in Australian triticales. Proceedings of the 5th International Triticale Symposium, Vol I, 30 June - 5 July 2002, Radzikow, Poland. pp. 135-141.
Warwick, N.W.M. and P.C.E. Bailey (1998) The effect of time of exposure to NaCl on leaf demography and growth for two non-halophytic wetland macrophytes, Potamogeton tricarinatus F. Muell. & A. Benn ex A. and Triglochin procera R.Br. Aquatic Botany, 62, 19-31
Warwick , N.W.M. and P.C.E. Bailey (1997). The effect of increasing salinity on the growth and ion content of three non-halophytic wetland macrophytes. Aquatic Botany, 58, 73-88.
Wu, J., J. Lightner, N. Warwick and J. Browse (1997). Low-Temperature damage and subsequent recovery of fab1 mutant of Arabidopsis exposed to 2C. Plant Physiology, 113, 347-356.
Warwick , N.W.M. and P.C.E. Bailey (1996). The effects of increasing salinity on leaf demography, growth and asexual reproduction of wetland macrophytes. Wetlands for the Future - INTECOL V Wetlands Conference. 22–28 Sept 1996. Perth, WA.
Warwick , N.W.M. (1994). Diplachne fusca. A potential pasture species for reclamation of saline soils. In: Proceedings of the Third National Workshop on the Productive Use of Saline Lands. Echuca, Victoria. pp. 43-49. ISBN 0730685961.
Warwick , N.W.M. and G.M. Halloran (1992). Accumulation and excretion of sodium, potassium and chloride leaves of differing ages in two accessions of brown beetle grass (Diplachne fusca (L.) Beauv.). New Phytologist, 121, 53-61
Warwick , N.W.M. and G.M. Halloran (1991). Variation in salinity tolerance and ion uptake in accessions of brown beetle grass (Diplachne fusca (L.) Beauv.).New Phytologist, 119, 161-168.
Warwick, N.W.M. (1991) PhD Thesis: An ecogenetic and physiological study of salt tolerance in brown beetle grass (Diplachne fusca (L.) Beauv.). School of Agriculture & Forestry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
O'Sullivan, J.N., Warwick, N.W.M. and Dalling, M.J. (1987). A galactolipase activity associated with the thylakoids of wheat leaves (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Plant Physiology, 131, 393-404.
Browse, J., Warwick, N.W.M., Somerville, C.R. and Slack, C.R. (1986). Fluxes through the prokaryotic and euckaryotic pathways of lipid synthesis in the 16:3 plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemical Journal, 235, 25-31.
Edwards, W.R.N. and N.W.M. Warwick (1984). Transpiration of a kiwifruit vine as estimated by the heat-pulse technique and the Penman Monteith equation. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 27, 537-543.