Name:    Dr Longbin Huang

Ph.D. (Murdoch University), B.Sci. (Computer Studies), B.Sci. Agronomy (JiangXi Agricultural University)

E-mail Address: : l.huang@.uq.edu.au

Phone Number: (+61) 7 - 336 52025

Research Interests:  Micronutrients in Plant Reproduction and Food (Grain, Fruit and Vegetables) Nutrition; Plant Environmental Stress Physiology; Agroforestry (Integrated Nutrient Management in Commercial Hardwood Plantations)

Current Projects: Iron-bioavailability in rice

Project Title: Possible Roles of Phenolic Compounds in Rice Iron (Fe)-bioavailability

Recent Publications

Huang LB, Bell, RW, Woodward J (2004) Rapid Nitric Acid Digestion of Plant Material with An Open-vessel Microwave System. Communications in Soil Science & Plant Analysis, 35: 427-440.

Ye ZQ, Huang LB, Bell RW and Dell B (2003) Low root zone temperature favours shoot B partitioning into young leaves of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L. cv Hyola 42). Physiologia Plantarum, 118: 213-220

Dell B, Huang L and Bell R (2002) Boron in plant reproduction. In: Goldbach et al., Boron in Plant and Animal Nutrition, Proceedings of an International Workshop on All Aspects of Animal and Plant Boron Nutrition, 23-27 July, 2001, in Bonn, Germany, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp.103.

Huang L and Dell B 2002. Database Approach for Integrated Plantation Nutrition Management. Proc. International Symposium of Eucalypt Plantation, 31 August – 6 September, 2001, Guangzhou, China.

Sakya AT, Dell B and Huang L (2002) Boron requirements for Eucalyptus globulus seedlings. Plant Soil, 246: 87-95.

Xu JM, Wang K, Bell RW, Yang YA and Huang L B (2001) Soil boron fractions and their relationship to soil properties. Soil Science Society of American Journal, 65: 133-138.

Huang LB, Bell RW and Dell B.(2001) Boron supply into wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Wilgoyne) ears whilst still enclosed within leaf sheaths. Journal of Experimental Botany, 52:1731-1738.

Ye ZQ, Bell RW, Dell B and Huang LB (2000) Response of sunflower to boron supply at low root zone temperature. Communications in Soil Science & Plant Analysis, 31:2379-2392.

Huang L, Pant J, Dell B and Bell RW (2000) Effects of boron deficiency on anther development and floret fertility in wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Wilgoyne). Annals of Botany, 85: 493-5000.

Gheradi MJ, Dell B and Huang L (1999) Functional copper requirement for catechol oxidase activity in plantation Eucalyptus species. Plant Soil, 210: 75-81.

Huang L, Bell RW and Dell B (1999) Factors controlling equilibrium boron concentration in a B-buffered solution culture. Plant Soil, 208: 233-241.

Huang L, Bell RW and Dell B (1999) Estimating boron requirements for sunflower growth with a B-buffered solution culture system. Communications in Soil Science Plant Analysis, 31: 2111-2123.