April 2009 issue - Science and Research Updates

AWARD-WINNING SOILS SCIENCE | Soils chemist wins Piper award for cadmium work
Soils chemist, Paul Milham, received an industry award for the best published original research in the field of soil chemistry.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/april-2009/soils-chemist-wins-piper-award-for-cadmium-work

PLANT HEALTH | NSW DPI bolsters biosecurity for cotton industry
A NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) pathology team is continuing to underpin biosecurity and help the cotton industry stay on top of pests and diseases by monitoring crops from Griffith to Goondiwindi.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/april-2009/biosecurity-for-cotton-industry

SCIENTISTS | DPI research paper in global top 50 of all time
A publication by three NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) researchers has made a list of the world’s 50 most cited scientific articles published in the Journal of Animal Science.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/april-2009/dpi-research-paper

SOILS SCIENCE | Soils ain’t soils: NSW DPI on the front foot with carbon sequestration potential in soils.
With the potential for carbon sequestration in Australian soils such a hot topic at the moment, NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has dedicated two up-to-date and informative web pages to the issue.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/april-2009/soils-aint-soils

FISHERIES SCIENCE | NSW DPI research paper most cited in five year period
A NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) paper on an innovative control technique for the introduced marine seaweed, Caulerpa taxifolia, has received an award from the prestigous scientific journal Biological Conservation as the most cited paper from that journal for the five year period 2003-2008
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/april-2009/nsw-dpi-research-paper-most-cited-in-five-year-period