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The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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Professor Warwick B. Silvester

PhD, Canterbury 1969; MSc, Auckland (1963) BSc (1961)

Research interests: Plant phyisology, ecology, nutrition, and growth; nitrogen fixation and cycling, waste treatment.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Eiji, U.; Silvester, W.B. 2001: The role of papillae in the infection process in the Gunnera-Nostoc symbiosis. Plant Cell Physiology 42: 780-783.

Tjepkema, J.; Schwintzer, C.; Burris, R.; Johnson, W.; Silvester, W. 2000: Natural abundance of 15N in actinorhizal plants and nodules. Plant and Soil 219: 285-289.

Silvester, W.B. 2000: The biology of kauri (Agathis australis) II Nitrogen cycling in four forest remnants. N Z Journal of Botany 38: 205-220.

Faville, M.J.; Silvester, W.B.; Greent, G.A. 1999: Partitioning of 13C label in mature Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L) plants. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 27: 53-61.

Faville, M.J.; Silvester, W.B.; Greent, G.A.; Jermyn, W.A. 1999: Photosynthetic characteristics of three Asparagus cultivars differing in yield. Crop Science 39: 1070-1077.

Silvester, W.B.; Orchard, T. 1999: The biology of kauri (Agathus australis Salisb.) in New Zealand. Production, Biomass, Carbon Storage and litterfall in four forest remnants. N.Z. Journal of Botany 37: 553-571.

Stephens, D.W.; Silvester, W.B. 1999: Differences in water-use -efficiency between Agathis australis and Dacrycarpus dacridioides are not environmentally determined. N Z Journal of Botany 37:361-367.

Howard, B.R.; Langenstein, B.; Silvester, W.B. 1999: Development in the Datisca-Coriaria type nodule. Canadian Journal of Botany 37: 1334-1350.

Silvester, W.B.; Howard, B.R. 1999: Do mitochondria provide the oxygen diffusion barrier in root nodules of Coriaria and Datisca. Canadian Journal of Botany 37: 1358-1366.

Walcroft, A.S.; Silvester, W.B.; Whitehead, D.; Kelliher, F. 1997: Seasonal changes in stable carbon isotope ratios within annual rings of Pinus radiata reflect environmental regulation of growth processes Aust. J. Pl. Phys. 24: 57-68.

Walcroft, A.S.; Whitehead, D.; Silvester, W.B.; Kelliher, F. 1997: The response of photosynthetic model parameters to temperature and nitrogen concentration in Pinus radiata D. Don Plant Cell and Environment 20: 1338-1348.

Clawson, M.; David, C.; Benson, R.; Stephens, D.W.; Resch, S.K.C.; Silvester, W.B. 1997: Typical Frankia infect Actinorhizal plants exotic to New Zealand. N.Z. Journal of Botany 35:361-367.