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Dr Robert Norton
Regional Director Australia and New Zealand
54 Florence Street Horsham, Victoria 3400

Phone: +61353 821673 +61428877229
FAX: +61353 821673
rnorton@ipni.net
Dr Robert Norton
Regional Director Australia and New Zealand
Rob Norton has commenced at A&NZ director for IPNI as of October 01.

Education:

BAgrSc - The University of Melbourne 1975
Dip Ed - The University of Melbourne 1976
PhD - La Trobe University 1993

Curriculum Vitae:CV-Norton.pdf
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Awards & Recognition Professional Service Selected Publications
SSP(L) to visit University of Manitoba, Canada, May-August (2006).

GRDC Travel award to attend 11th International Rapeseed Congress, Denmark and study tour to Spain (2003).

VCAH Foundation - Travelling award for oilseeds study tour to Canada (1997).

Longerenong College Student Representative Council, Award for Excellence in Lecturing (1994)

2002-2009 Principal Lecturer (Agronomy) – Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne, based at Grains Innovation Park Horsham.

1993-2001 Principal Lecturer (Agronomy) and Deputy Head of Campus, Longerenong College, The Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (later Institute of Land and Food Resources).

1986-1993 Agronomy Lecturer, Longerenong College (PhD part-time), Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture.

1984-1986 Acting Senior Lecturer, Longerenong College, Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture.

1981-1984 Lecturer (Plant Sciences), Longerenong Agricultural College, Victorian Department of Agriculture (from May 26, 1981).

1981 (part) Secondary teacher, Balmoral High School, Victorian Education Department.

1980 Share Farming, Minyip, cereals and wool.

1977-1979 Secondary Teacher, Donald High School, Victorian Education Department.

Since 2006 (refereed only)
Mollah M, RM Norton, JE Huzzey (2009) National free-air CO2 enrichment facility at Horsham Australia for grain crops: design and performance Crop and Pasture Science, 60 (8), 697-707.
Rahimi A, RM Norton, D McNeil, SM Hoseini (2009) Effects of salinity and temperature on germination, seedling growth and ion relations of two lentil (Lens culinaris) genotypes. Seed Technology, 31(1), 76-85.
McCormick KM, RM Norton, HA Eagles (2009a) Phenotypic variation within a fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L) germplasm collection. I. Description of the collection. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 56 (5), 639.
McCormick KM, RM Norton, HA Eagles (2009b) Phenotypic variation within a fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L) germplasm collection. II. Traits associated with biomass production and seed yield, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 56 (5), 651.
Dunbabin VM, RD Armstrong, SJ Officer, RM Norton (2009). Identifying fertiliser management strategies to maximise nitrogen and phosphorus acquisition by wheat in two contrasting soils from Victoria. Australian Journal of Soil Research 47, 74-90.
Officer SJ, VM Dunbabin, RD Armstrong, RM Norton (2009) Nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser interact to increase root growth of wheat in Sodosol and Vertosol soils of south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research 47, 91-102.
Officer SJ, RD Armstrong RD, RM Norton (2009) Plant availability of liquid phosphorus fertiliser is maintained under soil moisture deficit in non-calcareous soils of south eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research 47, 103-113.
Chakraborty S, J Luck, G Hollaway, A Freeman, R Norton, KA Garrett, K Percy, A Hopkins, C Davis, DF Karnosky (2008). Impacts of Global Change on Diseases of Agricultural Crops and Forest Trees CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources 3, No. 054, 10pp.
Burton WA, RF Flood, R Norton, B Field, DA Potts, MJ Robertson, PA Salisbury (2008). The diversity of phenological responses in Brassica juncea can be exploited to improve adaptation to low rainfall environments in Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 59, 874-881.
Ainsworth EA, C Beier, C Calfapietra, R Cuelemans, M Durand-Tarfid, DL Godbold, GR Hendrey, T Hickler, J Kaduk, DF Karnosky, BA Kimball, C Koerner, M Koornneef, T Lafarge, ADB Leakey, KF Lewin, SP Long, R Mandersheid, DL McNeil, T Mies, F Miglietta, JA Morgan, J Nagy, RJ Norby, RM Norton, KE Percy, A Rogers, JF Soussana, M Stitt, H-J Weigel, JW White (2008). Next generation of elevated [CO2] experiments with crops: A critical investment for feeding the future world. Plant Cell and Environment. 31, 1317-1324.
Jochinke DC, BJ Noonan, NG Wachsmann, RM Norton (2007). The adoption of precision agriculture in an Australian broadacre cropping system – challenges and opportunities. Field Crops Research 104, 68-76.
Kaur S, ME Nicolas, R Ford, RM Norton, PWJ Taylor (2006). Physiological mechanisms of tolerance to boron toxicity in Brassica rapa. Functional Plant Biology 33, 973-980.
Kaur S, M Nicolas, R Ford, R Norton, P Taylor (2006). Selection of Brassica rapa genotypes for tolerance to boron toxicity. Plant and Soil, 285, 115-123.
Norton RM, NG Wachsmann (2006). Differences in crop water use in southeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 57, 257-267.