Dr Rai Kookana

Biography/ Background

2012-present

2011-2023

1992-2012

Professor (Affiliate), Soil Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water, Adelaide, Australia

Senior Principal Research Scientist (2006-2012) at CSIRO Australia

Principal Research Scientist (2001-2006) at CSIRO Australia

Senior Research Scientist (1996-2001), Research Scientist (1992-1996),

1989-1992

Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Qualifications

Ph.D. Soil Science	The University of Western Australia, Australia	1989
M.Sc. Soil Science	Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India	1980
B.Sc. (Hons) Ag Sci	Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India	1978

Awards & Achievements

2023

2021

2020

2018

2016

2012

Fellow - National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (India)

CSIRO Lifetime Achievement Medal

Member of The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

President – IUPAC Chemistry and the Environment Division

Vice President - IUPAC Chemistry and the Environment Division

J.A. Prescott Medal by Australian Society of Soil Science

Fellow Soil Science Society of America

2005-2015

Science Fellow – Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority

Research Interests

§ Environmental chemistry (Soil and Water)

§  Fate and effects of pesticides and other organic contaminant in water, soils and sediments

§  Ecological risk assessment for organic contaminants in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

§  Contaminant transport modelling

§ Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment

§ Nanomaterials in the environment (fullerenes, nanopesticides)

§ Fate and impact of Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment

§ Mobilisation of Geogenic chemicals during coal seam gas exploration

§ Chemicals used in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids (Fracking)

§ Release behaviour of nanoparticles (e.g. fullerenes)

§ Attenuation of micropollutants during aquifer storage and recovery (ASR)

§ Fate of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in Australian riverine environment

§ Linking pharmacokinetics to environmental fate of drugs

§ The role of carbon chemistry on pesticide sorption and bioavailability.

§ Risk based approaches for minimising off-site impacts of organic contaminants
Publications
Rai Kookana (0000-0002-0477-3284) (orcid.org)

Total number of published articles:               333

Invited Book Chapters                               39

Books/ Journal issues Edited:                   12

Refereed Journal articles                          254

Refereed conference proceedings            28

Total ISI citations (H-Index)                                         13517 (H index - 59)

Google Scholar citations (H-Index)                             22547 (H index - 72)

Google Scholar i10 index                                               237

Publications

Full list available via ORCiD Rai Kookana (0000-0002-0477-3284) (orcid.org)

Books and Volumes (authored/edited) (12)
1. Kookana RS, Maheshwari B, Dillon P, Purohit R and Oza S (2019). Our Groundwater: A Resource Book for Water Literacy. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia. (Hindi and Gujarati versions of the book also published).
2. Boxall ABA and Kookana RS. 2018. Environmental Contaminants and Healthcare. Series Editor: Environmental Contaminants by Elsevier B.V. Pubs. (Netherlands). First Volume Jan. 2018.
3. Williams M; Backhaus T; Bowe C; Choi K; Connors K; Hickmann S; Hunter W; Kookana R; Marfil-Vega R; Verslycke T (2016). Pharmaceuticals in the environment: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 35 (Special Issue).
4. Silburn M, Lewis S, Shaw M, and Kookana RS. 2016. Pesticides fate and effects in tropical environments. Journal of Agricultural and Food Quality; Volume 64.
5. Chen W, Sabljic A, Cryer SA and Kookana RS. 2015. Non-first order degradation and time dependent sorption of organic chemicals in soil. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 1174. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. pp 1-380.
6. Oliver DP, Kookana RS. 2012. Assessing off-site migration of sediments and agrochemicals from agricultural/horticultural catchments in Philippines and Australia. Agriculture, Water Management. Volume 106 (April 2012 issue). pp 1-85.
7. Salama, R. and Kookana RS. 2005. Agrochemical pollution of water resources under tropical intensive agricultural systems. Water, Air, Soil Pollution: Focus. Volume 5 (1-2) pp 1-189. Springer.
8. Naidu R, Gupta VVSR, Rogers S, Kookana RS, Bolan NS and Adriano D. 2003. Bioavailability, Toxicity and Risk relationships in Ecosystems. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, USA. 344 pages.
9. Kookana RS, Sadler R, Sethunathan N and R Naidu. 2002. Environmental Protection and Risk Assessment of Organic Contaminants. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, USA. 254 pages.
10. Salama RB. and RS Kookana. 2001. Agrochemical Pollution of Water Resources, ACAIR Proceedings No 104, p158. Adelaide.
11. Naidu R, Willett IR, Mahimairajah S, Kookana RS and K Ramasamy 2000. Towards Better Management of Soils Contaminated with Tannery Waste. ACAIR Proceedings No 88, p174. Canberra.
12. Naidu R, Kookana RS, Oliver DP, Rogers S and McLaughlin M. 1996. Contaminants and the Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific Region. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. p 717.
Invited Book Chapters (39)

1.       Kookana RS and Navaro DA (2022). Persistent Organic Pollutants. In: Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, 2^nd Edition. Elsevier, Amesterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00061-6

2.       Naidu R, Megharaj M, Dillon P, Kookana RS, Correll R and Wenzel WW (2020). Pollution: Nonpoint Source.In: Wang, Y. (Ed.). (2020). Wetlands and Habitats (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429445507

3.       Meghraj M, Dillon P, Naidu R, Kookana RS, Correll, R, Wenzel WW. (2020). Pollution: Point Source In: Wang, Y. (Ed.). (2020). Landscape and Land Capacity (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429445552

4.       Kookana RS and Boxall ABA (2018). Environmental Contaminants and Healthcare: An Introduction. In: Environmental Contaminants and Healthcare. (Editors Boxall ABA and Kookana RS): Environmental Contaminants by Elsevier B.V. Pubs. (Netherlands). pp 1-6.

5.       Williams, M. and Kookana RS (2018). Fate and behavior of environmental contaminants arising from health-care provision: Environmental Contaminants and Healthcare. (Editors Boxall ABA and Kookana RS): Environmental Contaminants by Elsevier B.V. Pubs. (Netherlands). pp 21-40.

6.       Kookana, RS and Oliver DP (2018). Chapter 13 - Environmental Risk Indicators: Their Potential Utility in Pesticide Risk Management and Communication. In: Editor(s): Britt Maestroni, Andrew Cannavan, Integrated Analytical Approaches for Pesticide Management, Academic Press, Pages 7-27, ISBN 9780128161555, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816155-5.00013-0

7.       Maestroni B, Ferris IG, Correll R, Kohlmann B, Nordgaard A, Kookana RS, Cannavan A (2018). Chapter 2 - Generic Guidelines on Integrated Analytical Approaches to Assess Indicators of Pesticide Management Practices at a Catchment Scale: Black-Box Monitoring and the Laboratory’s Role in Fostering Good Agricultural Practice. In: Editor(s): Britt Maestroni, Andrew Cannavan, Integrated Analytical Approaches for Pesticide Management, Academic Press, Pages 7-27, ISBN 9780128161555, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816155-5.00002-6

8.       Nelson PN, Huth N, Sheaves M, Bessou C, Pardon L, Lim HC, Kookana RS (2018). Modelling environmental impacts of agriculture, focussing on oil palm. In: Rival, A. (Ed.) Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm Volume 2: Diseases, pests, quality and sustainability (1st ed.). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/AS.2017.0018.24

9.       Kookana RS., Graber E and R Smernik (2017). Guiding principles for easuring sorption of organic compounds on biochar. In: Singh, B, Camps M and Lehmann J (Eds). CSIRO Publications, Melbourne.

10.    Graber E and Kookana RS. (2015). Biochar and retention/efficacy of pesticides. In: Lehmann J and Joseph S (Eds) Biochar for Environmental Management: Science, Technology and Implementation; 2nd Edition; pp 655-678.

11.    Macdonald, Lynne; Kookana, Rai; van Zwieten, Lukas; Singh, Bhupinder Pal; Singh, Balwant; Farrell, Mark. (2015). Regional considerations for targeted use of biochar in agriculture and rehabilitation in Australia. In: M Guo, Z He, S Uchimiya, editor/s. Agricultural and Environmental Applications of Biochar: Advances and Barriers’,. American Society of Agronomy (ASA) | Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) |Soil Science Society of America (SSSA); 30p.

12.    Kookana RS, Ahmad R, Farenhorst A. (2014). Sorption of pesticides and its dependence on soil properties: Chemometrics approach for estimating sorption. In: Chen et al. (Eds). Non-first order degradation and time dependent sorption of organic chemicals in soil. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 1174. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. pp 221-240.

13.    Farenhorst A, McQueen R, Kookana RS, Singh B and Malley D. (2014). Spatial variability of pesticide sorption: Measurements and integration to pesticide fate models. In: Chen et al. (Eds). Non-first order degradation and time dependent sorption of organic chemicals in soil. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 1174. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. pp 241-254.

14.    Chen, W., Labbs, V., Kookana, RS and Koskinen, WC. (2014). Coupled sorption and degradation kinetics and non-first order behavior. In: Chen et al. (Eds). Non-first order degradation and time dependent sorption of organic chemicals in soil. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 1174. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. pp 5-37.

15.    Chen, W., Sabljie, A., Cryer, SA and Kookana, RS (2014). Introduction. In: Chen et al. (Eds). Non-first order degradation and time dependent sorption of organic chemicals in soil. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 1174. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. pp 5-37.

16.    Hunter WH, Gan J and Kookana RS (2011). Bioavailability of hydrophobic organic contaminants in soils and sediments. In: Biophysico-chemical processes of anthropogenic organic compounds in environmental systems (Eds. B Xing, N Senesi and PM Huang). John Wiley& Sons. pp 517-534.

17.    Kookana, RS; Kumar, A, Oliver, D and Correll R. (2007) Pesticide Risk Indicators - Their Role in Minimising Off-Site Impacts of Pesticides on Water Quality. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 966, 37-52.

18.    Ahmad, R and R.S. Kookana (2007). Geographical extrapolation of pesticide environmental fate data: challenges, risks and opportunities. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 966, 100-119.

19.    Naidu, R, Megharaj, M, Dillon, P, Kookana, RS, Correll, R and Wenzel, W. 2007. Pollution, Nonpoint Source. In: (Ed. Stanley W. Trimble) Encyclopedia of Water Science , Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY

20.    Naidu, R, Megharaj, M., Dillon, P, Kookana, RS, Correll, R and Wenzel, W. 2007. Pollution, Point Source. In: (Ed. Stanley W. Trimble) Encyclopedia of Water Science , Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY

21.    Miller, R; Correll, R Kookana R and Dillon P. 2002. ASRRI: A predictive index of contaminant attenuation during aquifer storage and recovery. In: (Ed. P. Dillon) Management of Aquifer Recharge for Sustainability. Pages 69-74. CRC Press, London. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003078838

22.    Kookana, R., Sadler, R., Connell, D., Sethunathan, N., Megharaj, M., Juhasz, A., Seth, P.K. and Naidu, R. 2002. Organic contaminants in soil environment- Environmental fate, impacts and remediation. In: Environmental Protection and Risk Assessment of Organic Contaminants. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, USA, pages 3-26.

23.    Salama, RB, D. Pollock, and R.S. Kookana(2002). Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment for Pesticides at the Plot, Field and Regional Scale In: Environmental Protection and Risk Assessment of Organic Contaminants. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, USA, pages 173-192.

24.    Ahmad, R and Rai S Kookana(2002). Extrapolation of Pesticide Sorption Data between Agroclimatic Regions In: Environmental Protection and Risk Assessment of Organic Contaminants. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, USA, pages 97-124.

25.    Naidu, R.., Megharaj, M., Dillon, P., Kookana, R., Correll, R and Wenzel, W. 2006. Nonpoint source Pollution. In: (Ed. Rattan Lal) Encyclopedia of Soil Science , Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY.

26.    Naidu, R.., Megharaj, M., Dillon, P., Kookana, R., Correll, R and Wenzel, W. 2006. Point source Pollution. In: (Ed. Rattan Lal) Encyclopedia of Soil Science , Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY.

27.    Raghu, K., Sethunathan, N., Singh, N., Megharaj, M., Kookana, R.S. and Naidu, R. 2002. Wetland rice ecosystem: A favourable environment for pesticide biodegradation. In: Environmental Protection and Risk Assessment of Organic Contaminants. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, USA. Pages 125-146.

28.    R. Naidu, S. Rogers, V. V. S. R Gupta, R. S Kookana, N. S. Bolan and D. Adriano^.2002. Bioavailability of metals in the soil-plant environment and its potential role in risk assessment. In: Bioavailability, Toxicity and Risk relationships in Ecosystems (Eds. R. Naidu et al.), Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, USA.

29.    Ahmad, R., RS Kookana, M Megharaj, and AM Alston. 2000. Bioavailability and Bioremediation of Carbaryl in a long-term contaminated soils from a pesticide storage facility. In: (Johnson C Ed.) Contaminated Site Remediation: From Source Zone to Ecosystem. Vol. 2: 731-738.

30.    Theng, B.K.G., Kookana, R.S. and A. Rahman. (2000) Environmental concerns of pesticides in soil and ground water and management strategies in Oceania. In Huang, P.M and IK Iskandar (Eds.) “Soil and groundwater Pollution and Remediation, Asia, Africa and Oceania” Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton. Chapter 2, pp 42-79.

31.    Kookana, R.S., Naidu, R., Barry, D.A., Tran, Y.T., and Bajracharya, K. (1999). Sorption-desorption equilibria and dynamics of cadmium during transport in soil. In: Fate and transport of heavy metals in the vadose zone, ( Eds. H.M. Selim and A. Iskandar), Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, pp. 59-90.

32.    RS Kookana, and M Megharaj. 1999. Natural attenuation potential of pesticides in the vadose zone. In: (Johnson C Ed.) Proc. Contaminated Site Remediation: Challenges posed by urban and industrial contaminants. pp. 303-310.

33.    Naidu, R, Smith, E., M Megharaj, LH Smith, J Smith, R Sreedaran, GJ Churchman, RS Kookana, A Juhasz, W Gates, DP Oliver, S Ragusa, G Taylor and P Peter. 1999. Options for remediating metal contaminated soils: an overview. In: (Johnson C Ed.) Proc. Contaminated Site Remediation: Challenges posed by urban and industrial contaminants. pp. 483-496.

34.    Sumner, M.E., Miller, W.P., Kookana, R.S and Hazelton, P. (1998). Sodicity, Dispersion and Environmental Quality. In Sumner and Naidu. R. (Eds). “Sodic soils: Distribution, Processes, Management and Environmental Consequences” Chapter 9, pp. 149-172. Oxford University Press, London.

35.    McLaughlin, M.J., Kookana, R.S., Donnelly, T.H., and Wasson, R.J. (1998). Land degradation processes and water quality effects: organic matter, soil and nutrient loss, chemical residues. Chapter 18 in “Farming Action- Catchment Reaction, the effect of dryland farming on the natural environment” CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. Chapter 18, 191-214.

36.    Ferris, I.G., Kookana, R.S., Wen, X., Haigh, B. And Pan, J. (1997). Maximizing the use of pesticide data in Australia and China for sustainable farming. Proc. Int. Symposium on the Use of Nuclear and Related Techniques for Studying Environmental behaviour of Crop protection Chemicals. IAEA, Vienna, Austria, 1-5 July 1996. 371-388.

37.    Kookana, R.S., and Naidu, R. (1996). Vertical heterogeneity in soil properties and contaminant transport through soil profiles. In: IAH-ICH Volume on Shallow Groundwater Systems, I. Simmers (Ed.) Heise Verlag, Amsterdam.

38.    Brusseau, M.L. and Kookana, R.S. (1996). Transport and fate of organic contaminants in the subsurface. In Naidu et al. (Eds) “Contaminants and the Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific region. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London. pp 95-124.

39.    Abel, K., P. Nelson, R. Johannes, J. Stauber, G. Vaughan, W. Bond, R. Kookana and S. Rogers. (1994). Bagasse pulp mill effluent literature review. Report prepared for the Joint Commonwealth-State Technical Working Group on Environmental Requirements for the Bagasse Pulp Mill Project. 106p.

Journal Publications (254)
1. Kabiri S., Navarro DA, Hamad SA, Grimison C, Higgins CP, Mueller J, Kookana R, McLaughlin MJ (2023). Physical and chemical properties of carbon-based sorbents that affect the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from solution and soil. Science of the Total Environment 875, 162653 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162653
2. Navarro DA, Shervin S, Ho J, Bowels KC, Davis G, McLaughlin MJ and Kookana RS (2023). Stabilisation of PFAS in soils: Long-term effectiveness of carbon-based soil amendments. Environmental Pollution, 323, 121249. Doil: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121249
3. Ghanadi M, Kah M, Kookana RS, Padhye LP. (2023). Formation of disinfection by-products from microplastics, tire wear particles, and other polymer-based materials. Water Research, 230, 119528. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119528
4. Grimison C, Knight ER, Nguyen TMH, Nagle N, Kabiri S, Braunig J, Navarro DA, Kookana R., Higgins CP, McLaughlin, MJ Mueller JF (2023). The efficacy of soil washing for the remediation of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the field. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 445, 130441. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130441
5. Kookana RS, Navarro DA, Kabiri S, McLaughlin MJ. (2022). Key properties governing sorption-desorption behaviour of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in saturated and unsaturated soils: a review. Soil Research, 61, 107-125. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR22183
6. Rayner JL, Slee D, Falvey S, Kookana RS, Bekele E, Stevenson G, Lee A, Davis GB (2022). Laboratory batch representation of PFAS leaching from aged field soils: Intercomparison across new and standard approaches. Science of The Total Environment, 838, 156562, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156562.
7. Kookana R S, Williams M, Gregg A, Semmler A, Du J, Apte SC (2022). Sorption, degradation and microbial toxicity of chemicals associated with hydraulic fracturing fluid and produced water in soils. Environmental Pollution. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119754
8. Nguyen TMH, Bräunig J, Kookana RS, et al. (2022). Assessment of Mobilization Potential of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances for Soil Remediation. Environmental Science & Technology 2022 56 (14), 10030-1004. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c00401
9. Srivastava P, Williams M, Du J, Navarro D, Kookana R, et al. (2022). Method for extraction and analysis of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in contaminated asphalt. Analytical Methods. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2AY00221C
10. Cai W, Navarro DA, Du J, Ying GG, Yang B, McLaughlin MJ, Kookana RS (2022). Increasing ionic stregth and valency of cations enhance sorption through hydrophobic interactions of PFAS with soils surfaces. Science of the Total Environment. 817: 15 April 2022, 152975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.152975
11. Kah M, Navarro D, Schenkeveld W, Kookana RS, Kirby JK, Santra S, Ozcan A (2022). Fate of copper in soil: effect of agrochemical (nano)formulations and soil properties. Environmental Science-Nano. Volume 9: 653-662. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EN00213A
12. Navarro DA, Oliver DP, Simpson SL and Kookana RS (2022). Organic carbon and salinity affect desorption of PFAS from estuarine sediments. J Soils Sediments 22, 1302–1314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-022-03172-5
13. Kabiri S, et al. Kookana R., McLaughlin MJ, (2022). Comparing the leaching behaviour of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from contaminated soils using static and column leaching tests. Environmental Science & Technology 56(1): 368-378. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06604
14. Kah M, Johnston LJ, KookanaR, BruceW, HaaseA, RitzV, Dinglasan J, DoakS, GarelickH, Gubala V. (2021) Comprehensive Framework for Human Health Risk Assessment of Nanopesticides. Nature Nanotechnology. 16, 955–964 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00964-7
15. Nguyen, T., Bräunig JJ., Thompson K., Thompson J, Kabiri S., Navarro DA, Kookana R., Grimison C., Higgins C.P., McLaughlin MJ, Mueller, J. (2021). Influences of Chemical properties, soil properties, and solution pH on soil-water partitioning coefficients of PFAS. Environmental Science & Technology 54, 15883.
16. Knight ER, Bräunig JJ, Janik LJ, Navarro DA, Kookana RS, Mueller JF, McLaughlin MJ (2021). An investigation into the long-term binding and uptake of PFOS, PFOA and PFHxS in soil – plant systems. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 404, Part B, 124065, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124065
17. Simpson, S.L., Liu, Y., Spadaro, D.A., Wang, X., Kookana, R.S., Batley, G.E. (2021). Chronic effects and thresholds for estuarine and marine benthic organism exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)-contaminated sediments: influence of organic carbon and exposure routes. Science of the Total Environment 776. 146008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146008
18. Kah M, Oliver D, Kookana RS (2020). Sequestration and potential release of PFAS from spent engineered sorbents. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142770
19. Kah M and Kookana RS (2020). Nanotechnology to develop novel agrochemicals: critical issues to consider in the global agricultural context. Emerging investigator series. Environmental Science-Nano. Volume 7: 8167-1873. DOI: 10.1039/d0en00271b.
20.    Oliver DP, Navarro D, Baldock, J. Simpson, S.L., Kookana RS (2020). Sorption behaviour of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) as affected by the properties of coastal estuarine sediments. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137263

21.    Oliver DP, Li Y, Orr R, Nelson P, Barnes M, McLaughlin MJ, Kookana RS (2020). Sorption behaviour of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in tropical soils. Environmental Pollution 258: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113726

22.    Kroon, FJ., Berry, KLE., Brinkman, D., Kookana R. et al. (2020). Sources, presence and potential effects of contaminants of emerging concern in the marine environment of the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, Australia. Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135140

23.    Navarro DA, Kah M, Losic D, Kookana RS, McLaughlin MJ (2020). Mineralisation and release of 14C-graphene oxide (GO) in soils. Chemosphere 238: 124558.

24.    Kookana RS, Drechsel P, Jamwal P, Vanderzalm, J. (2020). Urbanisation and emerging economies: Issues and potential solutions for water and food security. Science of The Total Environment,

Volume 732, 139057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139057

25.    Duhan, A, Oliver DP, Rashti, MR, Du J, Kookana RS (2020). Organic waste from sugar mills as a potential soil ameliorant to minimize herbicide runoff to the Great Barrier Reef. Science of the Total Environment, 713: article 136640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136640

26.    Jamwal P, Brown R, Kookana R, Drechsel P, McDonald R, Vorosmarty CJ, van Vleiet MTH, Bhaduri A (2019). The future of urban clean water and sanitation. One Earth 1, pages 10-12.

27.    Judy JD, Williams M, Gregg A, Oliver D, Kumar A, Kookana R, Kirby JK (2019). Microplastics in municipal mixed-waste organic outputs induce minimal short to long-term toxicity in key terrestrial biota. Environmental Pollution 252: 522-531.

28.    Kah M, Navarro, D, Kookana RS, Kirby JK, Santra, S, Ozcan A, Kabiri S. (2019). Impact of (nano) formulations on the distribution and wash-off of copper pesticides and fertilisers applied on citrus leaves. Environmental Chemistry, 16:401-410.

29.    Knight ER, Janik LJ, Navarro DA, Kookana RS, McLaughlin MJ (2019). Predicting partitioning of radiolabelled ¹⁴C-PFOA in a wide range of soils using diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy. Science of the Total Environment, 686: 505-513.

30.    Oliver DP, Li Y, Orr R, Nelson P, Barnes M, McLaughlin MJ, Kookana RS (2019). The role of surface charge and pH changes in tropical soils on sorption behaviour of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Science of the Total Environment, 673: 197-206.

31.    Lath S, Knight ER, McLaughlin MJ, Navarro D, Kookana RS (2019). Sorption of PFOA onto different laboratory materials: filter membranes and centrifuge tubes. Chemosphere 222: 671-678.

32.    Williams M, Kookana RS, Mehta, A, Yadav SK, Tailor BL, Maheshwari B. (2019). Emerging contaminants in a river receiving untreated wastewater from an Indian urban centre. Science of the Total Environment, 647: 1256-1265.

33.    Phogat V, Cox JW, Kookana RS, Šimůnek J, Pitt T, Fleming N. (2019). Optimizing the riparian zone width near a river for controlling lateral migration of irrigation water and solutes. Journal of Hydrology 570: 637-646.

34.    Kah M, Kookana RS, Gogos A and Bucheli TD (2018). A critical evaluation of nanopesticides and nanofertilizers against their conventional analogues. Nature Nanotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0131-1.

35.    Li Y, Oliver DP; Kookana RS (2018). A critical analysis of published data to discern the role of soil and sediment properties in determining sorption of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Science of the Total Environment, 628-629: 110-120.

36.    Carter, LJ; Williams, M; Martin S, Kamaludeen SPB and Kookana RS. (2018). Sorption, plant uptake and metabolism of benzodiazepines. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629: 18-25.

37.    Yang B, Xu C, Kookana RS, Williams M, Du J, Ying GG, Gu F. (2018). Aqueous chlorination of benzodiazepines diazepam and oxazepam: Kinetics, transformation products and reaction pathways. Chemical Engineering Journal 354: 1100-1109.

38.    Varua ME, Ward J, Maheshwari B, Dave S, Kookana R. (2018). Groundwater management and gender inequalities: The case of two watersheds in rural India. Groundwater for Sustainable Development 6: 93-100.

39.    dos Santos DM; Buruaem L, Gonçalves RM, Williams M, Abessa DMS, Kookana RS; de Marchi MRR (2018). Multiresidue determination and predicted risk assessment of contaminants of emerging concern in marine sediments from the vicinities of submarine sewage outfalls. Marine Pollution Bulletin 129: 299-307.

40.    dos Santos DM; Williams M, Kookana RS; de Marchi MRR (2018). Predicting bioaccessibility of contaminants of emerging concern in marine sediments using chemical methods. Journal of Soils and Sediments DOI 10.1007/s11368-017-1905-z

41.    Hook S; Doan H; Gonzago D; Musson D; Du J; Kookana R; Sellars M and Kumar A (2018). The effects of modern-use pesticides on shrimp aquaculture: An assessment for north eastern Australia. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 148: 770-780.

42.    Walker, G; Kookana, RS; Smith NE, et al. (2017). Ecological risk assessment of nano-enabled pesticides: A perspective on Problem Formulation. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 66(26): 6480-6486. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02373.

43.    Esfandbod, M; Merritt, CR; Rashti, MR; Singh, B; Boyd, SE; Srivastava, P; Brown, CL; Butler, OM; Kookana, RS; Chen, CR (2017). Role of oxygen containing functional groups in forest fire generated and pyrolytic chars for immobilization of copper and nickel. Environmental Pollution, 220: 946-954.

44.    Navarro, DA; Kookana, RS; McLaughlin, MJ; Kirby, JK (2016). Fate of radiolabeled C60 fullerenes in aged soils. Environmental Pollution, 221: 293-300.

45.    Yang, B; Kookana, RS; Williams, M; Ying, GG; Du, J; Doan, H; Kumar, A (2016). Oxidation of ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin by ferrate(VI): Products identification, and toxicity evaluation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 320: 296-303.

46.    Mai, L; van den Akker, B; Du, J; Kookana, R; Fallowfield, H (2016) Removal of chemicals of concern by high rate nitrifying trickling filters. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 91: 3070-3078.

47.    Oliver, DP; Kookana, RS; Anderson, JS; Umali, B (2016). Field evaluation of two risk indicators for predicting likelihood of pesticide transport to surface water from two orchards. Science of the Total Environment, 571: 819-825.

48.    Kookana, RS; Maheshwari, B; Dillon, P; et al. (2016) Groundwater scarcity impact on inclusiveness and women empowerment: Insights from school absenteeism of female students in two watersheds in India. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 20: 1155-1171.

49.    Yang, B; Kookana, RS; Williams, M; Du, J; Doan, H; Kumar, A (2016). Removal of carbamazepine in aqueous solutions through solar photolysis of free available chlorine. Water Research 100: 413-420.

50.    Oliver, DP; Kookana RS; Miller RB; and Correll R (2016). Comparative environmental impact assessment of herbicides used on genetically modified and non-genetically modified herbicide-tolerant canola crops using two risk indicators. Science of the Total Environment, 557: 754-763.

51.    Khan, N; Clark, I; Sanchez-Monedero, MA; Shea, S; Meier, S; Qi, FJ; Kookana, RS and Bolan NS. (2016). Physical and chemical properties of biochar co-composeted with biowastes and incubated with chicken litter compost. Chemosphere 142: 14-23.

52.    Mai L; van den Akker B; Du J; Kookana RS; Fallowfield H (2016). Impact of exogenous organic carbon on the removal of chemicals of concern in the high rate nitrifying trickling filters. Journal of Environmental Management 174: 7-13.

53.    Navarro, DA; Kookana, RS; McLaughlin, MJ; and Kirby, J. (2016). Fullerol as a potential pathway for mineralization of fullerene nanoparticles in biosolids-amended soils. Environmental Science and Technology Letters 3: 7-12. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00292.

54.    Bonfleur EJ; Kookana RS; Tornisielo VL; Regitano JB (2016). Organomineral Interactions and Herbicide Sorption in Brazilian Tropical and Subtropical Oxisols under No-Tillage. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64: 3925-3934.

55.    Lewis SE; Silburn DM; Kookana RS; Shaw M (2016). Pesticide Behavior, Fate, and Effects in the Tropics: An Overview of the Current State of Knowledge. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64: 3917-3924.

56.    Williams M; Backhaus T; Bowe C; Choi K; Connors K; Hickmann S; Hunter W; Kookana R; Marfil-Vega R; Verslycke T (2016). Pharmaceuticals in the environment: An introduction to the ET&C special issue. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 35: 763-766.

57.    Unsworth JB; Corsi C; Van Emon JM; Farenhorst A; Hamilton DJ; Howard CJ; Hunter R; Jenkins JJ; Kleter, GA; Kookana RS; et al. (2016). Developing global leaders for research, regulations, and stewardship of crop protection chemistry in the 21^st Century. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64: 52-60.

58.    Sasidharan S; Torkzaban S; Bradford SA; Kookana R; Page D; Cook PG (2016). Transport and retention of bacteria and viruses in biochar-amended sand. Science of the Total Environment 548: 100-109.

59.    Rose MT, Cavagnaro TR, Scanlan CA, Rose TJ, Vancov T, Kimber S, Kennedy IR, Kookana RS, Van Zwieten L. (2016). Impact of Herbicides on Soil Biology and Function. Advances in Agronomy, 136: 133-120.

60.    Carter, LJ; Williams, M; Bottcher, C and Kookana RS. (2015). Uptake of pharmaceuticals influences plant development and affects nutrient and hormone homeostases. Environmental Science and Technology, 49: 12509-12518.

61.    Williams, M; Martin, S and Kookana, RS (2015). Sorption and plant uptake of pharmaceuticals from an artificially contaminated soil amended with biochars. Plant and Soil 395: 75-86.

62.    Gros, M; Williams, M; Llorca, M; Rodriguez-Mozaz, S; Barcelo, D and Kookana, RS. (2015). Photolysis of the antidepressants amisulpride and desipramine in wastewaters: Identification of transformation products formed and their fate. Science of the Total Environment, 530: 434-444.

63.    Smernik, RJ and Kookana RS. (2015). The effects of organic matter-mineral interactions and organic matter chemistry on diuron sorption across a diverse range of soils. Chemosphere, 119: 99-104.

64.    Vajda, A; Kumar, A; Woods, M; Williams, M; Doan, H; Tolsher, P; Kookana, RS and Barber, LB. (2015). Integrated assessment of wastewater treatment plant effluent estrogenicity in the Upper Murray River, Australia, using the native Murray Rainbowfish (Melantonia fluviatilis). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34: 1078-1087.

65.    Pan, CG; Ying, GG; Zhao, JL; Liu, YS; Liu, SS; Du, J. and Kookana, RS. (2015). Spatial Distribution of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Surface Sediments of Five Major Rivers in China. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 68: 566-576.

66.    Macdonald, L., Williams, M., Oliver, D., & Kookana, R. (2015). Biochar and hydrochar as low-cost sorbents for removing contaminants from water. Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, 42(2), 142–147. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.269604591550627

67.    Kookana, RS; Williams, M; Boxall, ABA; et al. (2014). Potential ecological footprints of active pharmaceutical ingredients: an examination of risk factors in low-, middle- and high-income countries. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences Volume: 369 Issue: 1656. (DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0586).

68.    Kookana, RS; Boxall, A; Reeves PT, et al. (2014). Nanopesticides: Guiding principles for regulatory evaluation of environmental risks. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62: 4227-4240.

69.    Yeasmin, S; Singh, B; Kookana, RS; Farrell, M; Sparks, DL and Johnston, CT. (2014). Influence of mineral characteristics on the retention of low molecular weight organic compounds: A batch sorption-desorption and ATR-FTIR study. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 432: 246-257.

70.    Navarro, DA; Kirby, J; McLaughlin, MJ; Waddington, L and Kookana, RS. (2014). Remobilisation of silver and silver sulphide in soils. Environmental Pollution, 193: 102-110.

71.    Carter, L, Harris, E, Williams, M. Kookana, RS, Boxall, AJA. (2014). Fate and uptake of pharmaceuticals in soil-plant systems. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62: 816-825.

72.    Kookana, RS, Ali A., Smith L., Arshad M. (2014). Contrasting effects of two antimicrobial agents (triclosan and triclocarban) biomineralisation of an organophosphate pesticide in soils. Chemosphere, 107: 360-365.

73.    Maheshwari B, et al., (2014). The role of transdisciplinary approach and community participation in village scale groundwater management: Insights from Gujarat and Rajasthan, India. Water, 6 (11) 3386-3408. DOI: 10.3390/w6113386

74.    Oliver, DO; Anderson, JS; Davis, A; Lewis, S; Brodie, J and Kookana, RS. (2014). Banded applications are highly effective in minimising herbicide migration from furrow-irrigated sugar cane. The Science of Total Environment, 466-467: 841-848.

75.    Trigo, C; Koskinen, WC and Kookana, RS. (2014). Sorption-desorption of indaziflam and its three metabolites in sandy soils. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B- 49: 836-843.

76.    Williams, M; Page, D; Shareef, A; Toze, S; Bartkow, M and Kookana, RS. (2014). Determination of attenuation rates of recycled water disinfection by-products in a natural reservoir system using a laboratory-based approach. Water and Environment Journal, 28: 358-364.

77.    Singh, B; Macdonald, LM; Kookana, RS; e.t al. (2014). Opportunities and constraints for biochar technology in Australian agriculture: looking beyond carbon sequestration. Soil Research, 52: 739-750.

78.    Langdon, K.A.; Warne, MS; Smernik, RJ, Shareef, A., Kookana, R.S. (2014). Persistence of estrogenic activity in soils following land application of biosolids. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33: 26-28.

79.    Shareef A, Page D, vanderzalm J, Williams M, gupta VVSR, Dillon P and Kookana R. (2014). Biodegradation of Simazine and Diuron Herbicides under Aerobic and Anoxic Conditions Relevant to Managed Aquifer Recharge of Storm Water. Clean-Soil Air Water, 42: 745-752. DOI: 10.1002/clen.201300092

80.    Navarro, DA; Kookana, RS; Kirby, J; Martin, S; Shareef A; Du, J and McLaughlin, MJ. (2013). Behaviour of fullerenes (C₆₀) in the terrestrial environment: Potential release from biosolids-amended soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 262: 496-503.

81.    Kookana RS, Shareef A., Fernandes MB, Hoare S., Gaylard S., Kumar A. (2013). Bioconcentration of triclosan and methyl-triclosan in marine mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) under laboratory conditions and in metropolitan waters of Gulf St Vincent, South Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 74: 66-72.

82.    Williams M, Kumar A, Ort C, Lawrence MG, Hambly A, Khan SJ and Kookana R (2013). The use of multiple tracers for tracking wastewater discharges in freshwater systems. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185: 9321-9332. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3254-8

83.    Tang JC, Zhu WY, Kookana R and Katayama A. (2013). Charcateristics of biochar and its application in remediation of contaminated soil. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 116, 653-659. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.05.035

84.    Liu, Y-S., Ying, G.G., Shareef, A. and Kookana, RS. (2013). Biodegradation of three selected benzotriazoles in aquifer materials under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 151: 131-139.

85.    Forouzangohar, M., D. Cozzolino, R Smernik, J.A. Baldock, S. T. Forrester, D Chittleborough and R.S. Kookana, (2013). Using the power of C-13 NMR to interpret infrared spectra of soil organic matter: A two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy approach. Vibrational Spectroscopy 66: 76-82.

86.    Langdon, K.A.; Warne, MS; Smernik, RJ, Shareef, A., Kookana, R.S. (2013). Comparison of degradation between indigenous and spiked bisphenol A and triclosan in a biosolids amended soil. Science of the Total Environment. 447: 53-63.

87.    Liu, Y-S., Ying, G.G., Shareef, A. and Kookana, RS. (2013). Photodegradation of three benzotriazoles induced by four Fe-III-carboxylate complexes in water under ultraviolet irradiation. Environmental Chemistry 10: 135-143.

88.    Kookana RS., Moggridge B., Mihinui R, Gray B., Northcott G., Boxall A. (2013). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: cultural and spiritual perspectives. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management  , 9: 164-166.

89.    Oliver, D.P., Pan YF, Anderson J.S., Lin TF, Kookana R.S., Douglas GB, Wendling LA. (2013). Sorption of pesticides by a mineral sand mining by-product, neutralised used acid (NUA). Science of the Total Environment. 442: 255-262.

90.    Liu, Y-S., Ying, G.G., Shareef, A. and Kookana, RS. (2013). Degradation of six selected ultraviolet filters in aquifer materials under various redox conditions. Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, 33: 79-88. DOI: 10.1111/gwmr.12027

91.      Cook FJ, Knight JH, Silburn DM, Kookana RS, Thorburn PJ (2013). Upscaling from paddocks to catchments of pesticide mass and concentration in runoff. Agiculture Ecosystems and Environment, 180: 136-147. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.08.009

92.      Emnet P, Kookana RS, Shareef A, Gaw S, Williams M, Crittenden D, Northcott GL (2013). The effect of irradiance and temperature on the role of photolysis in the removal of organic micropollutants under Antarctic conditions. Environmental Chemistry 10: 417-423. DOI: 10.1071/EN12089

93.    Martin, S.M., Kookana, R.S., Van Zwieten, L. and Krull E. (2012). Marked changes in herbicide sorption-desorption upon ageing of biochars in soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 231: 70-78.

94.    Liu, Y-S., Ying, G.G., Shareef, A. and Kookana, RS. (2012). Occurrence and removal of benzotriazoles and ultraviolet filters in a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Environmental Pollution, 165: 225-232.

95.    Umali, B.P., Oliver, D.P., Ostendorf, B., Forester, S., Chittleborough D.J., Hutson, J.L., and Kookana R.S. (2012). Spatial distribution of diuron sorption affinity as affected by soil, terrain and management practices in an intensively managed apple orchard . Journal of Hazardous Materials, 217: 398-405.

96.    Oliver, D.P., Kookana R.S., Anderson J.S., Cox J.W., Fleming N., Waller, N. and Smith L.H. (2012). Off-site transport of pesticides in dissolved and particulate forms from two land uses in the Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia . Agricultural Water Management, 106: 78-85.

97.    Oliver, D.P., Kookana R.S., Anderson J.S., Cox J.W., Fleming N., Waller, N. and Smith L. (2012). The off-site transport of pesticide loads from two land uses in relation to hydrological events in the Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia . Agricultural Water Management, 106: 70-77.

98.    Oliver, D.P., Kookana R.S., Anderson J.S., Cox J.W., Fleming N., Waller, N. and Smith L. (2012). Off-site transport of pesticides from two horticultural land uses in the Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia. Agricultural Water Management, 106: 60-69.

99.    Sanchez, P.B., Oliver, D.P., Castillo H.C. and Kookana R.S. (2012). Nutrient and sediment concentrations in the Pagsanjan-Lumban catchment of Laguna de Bay, Philippines . Agricultural Water Management, 106: 17-26.

100. Oliver, D.P. and Kookana R.S. (2012). Minimising agricultural pollution to enhance water quality in the Philippines and Australia Preface. Agricultural Water Management, 106: 1-2.

101. Langdon, K.A.; Warne, MS; Smernik, RJ, Shareef, A., Kookana, R.S. (2012). Field dissipation of 4-nonylphenol, 4-t-octylphenol, triclosan and bisphenol A following land application of biosolids. Chemosphere, 86: 1050-1058.

102. Liu, Y-S., Ying, G.G., Shareef, A. and Kookana, RS. (2012). Biodegradation of the ultraviolet filter benzophenone-3 under different redox conditions. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 31: 289-295.

103. Yang, W., Williams, M., Smith L., Chen D.H. and Kookana R.S. (2012). Dissipation of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim antibiotics from manure-amended soil. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B - 47: 240-249.

104. Umali, B.P., Oliver, D.P., Forester, S., Chittleborough D.J., Hutson, J.L., Kookana R.S. and Ostendorf, B. (2012). The effect of terrain and management on the spatial variability of soil properties in an apple orchard. Catena, 93: 38-48.

105. Batley G and Kookana RS (2012). Environmental issues associated with coal seam gas recovery: managing the fracking boom. Environmental Chemistry 9: 425-428. DOI: 10.1071/EN12136.

106. Kookana, RS, Sarmah, A.K., Van Zwieten, L., Krull,E. and Singh, B. (2011). Biochar Application to Soil: Agronomic and Environmental Benefits and Unintended Consequences. Advances in Agronomy, 112: 103-143.

107. Nag, S.K., Kookana, R., Smith, L., Krull, E, Macdonald, L.M. and Gill, G. (2011). Poor efficacy of herbicides in biochar-amended soils as affected by their chemistry and mode of action. Chemosphere, 84: 1572-1577.

108. Forouzangohar, M. and Kookana, R.S. (2011). Sorption of nano-C60 clusters in soil: hydrophilic or hydrophobic interactions? Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 11: 1390-1394.

109. Kookana, R.S., Ying G.G., Waller, N.J. (2011). Triclosan: its occurrence, fate and effects in the Australian environment. Water Science and Technology, 62: 1416-1423.

110. Fernandes M, Shareef A, Kookana R, Gaylard S, Hoare S and Kildea T (2011). The distribution of triclosan and methyl-triclosan in marine sediments of Barker Inlet, South Australia. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 13: 801-806.

111. Liu, Y-S., Ying, G.G., Shareef, A. and Kookana, RS. (2011). Biodegradation of three selected benzotriazoles under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Water Research 45: 5005-5014.

112. Liu, Y-S., Ying, G.G., Shareef, A. and Kookana, RS. (2011). Photostability of the UV filter benzophenone-3 and its effect on the photodegradation of benzotriazole in water. Environmental Chemistry, 8: 581-588.

113. Liu, Y-S., Ying, G.G., Shareef, A. and Kookana, RS. (2011). Photolysis of benzotriazole and formation of its polymerised photoproducts in aqueous solutions under UV irradiation. Environmental Chemistry, 8: 174-181.

114. Liu, Y-S., Ying, G.G., Shareef, A. and Kookana, RS. (2011). Simultaneous determination of benzotriazoles and ultraviolet filters in ground water, effluent and biosolid samples using gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, A 1218, 5328-5335.

115. Langdon, K.A.; Warne, MS; Smernik, RJ, Shareef, A., Kookana, R.S. (2011). Degradation of 4-nonylphenol, 4-t-octylphenol, bisphenol A and triclosan following biosolids addition to soil under laboratory conditions. Chemosphere, 84: 1556-1562.

116. Langdon, K.A.; Warne, MS; Smernik, RJ, Shareef, A., Kookana, R.S. (2011). Selected personal care products and endocrine disruptors in biosolids: An Australia-wide survey. Science of the Total Environment, 409: 1075-1081.

117. Kookana, RS., Hotz, G, Barnes, C, Bub, K, Fremlin, R and Boardman, R. (2010). Impact of climatic and soil conditions on environmental fate of atrazine used under plantation forestry in Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 91: 2649-2656.

118. Williams M, Kookana, RS (2010) Isotopic exchangeability as a measure of the available fraction of the human pharmaceutical carbamazepine in river sediment. Science of the Total Environment 408: 3689-3695.

119. Holmes M, Kumar A, Shareef A, Doan H, Stuetz R and Kookana RS. (2010). Fate of indicator endocrine disrupting chemicals in sewage during treatment and polishing for non-potable reuse. Water Science & Technology, 62 : 1416-1423.

120. Kumar A, Doan H, Barnes M, Chapman, JC and Kookana RS (2010) Response and recovery of acetylcholinesterase activity in freshwater shrimp, Paratya australiensis (Decapoda: Atyidae) exposed to selected anti-cholinesterase insecticides. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 73: 1503-1510.

121. Kookana, RS. (2010). The role of biochar in modifying the environmental fate, bioavailability, and efficacy of pesticides in soils: a review. Australian Journal of Soil Research 48: 627-637.

122. Shareef A, Li GH, Kookana, RS (2010). Quantitative determination of fullerene (C-60) in soils by high performance liquid chromatography and accelerated solvent extraction technique. Environmental Chemistry 7: 292-297.

123. Ramezani MK, Oliver DP, Kookana RS, Lao WJ, Gill G, Preston C (2010). Faster degradation of herbicidally-active enantiomer of imidazolinones in soils. Chemosphere 79: 1040-1045.

124. Yang XB, Ying GG, Kookana RS (2010). Rapid multiresidue determination for currently used pesticides in agricultural drainage waters and soils using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B- 45: 152-161.

125. Yu XY, Pan LG, Ying GG, Kookana RS (2010). Enhanced and irreversible sorption of pesticide pyrimethanil by soil amended with biochars. Journal of Environmental Sciences   22: 615-620.

126. Forouzangohar, M., D. Cozzolino, R.S. Kookana, S. T. Forrester, R Smernik and D Chittleborough (2009). A direct comparison between visible 1 Near- and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy for predicting diuron sorption in soils. Environmental Science and Technology: 43: 4049-4055.

127. Shareef A, Egerer S, Kookana RS, (2009). Effect of triclosan and triclocarban biocides on biodegradation of estrogens in soils. Chemosphere 77:1381-1386.

128. Ying, GG, Kookana, RS, Kolpin DW (2009). Occurrence and removal of pharmaceutically active compounds in sewage treatment plants with different technologies. Journal of Environmental Monitoring  11: 1498-1505.

129. Williams, M. Ong, P.L., Williams, D and R.S. Kookana (2009). Estimating the sorption of pharmaceuticals based on their pharmacological distribution. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28:2572-2579.

130. Ramezani, M., Oliver, D.P., Simpson, N., Kookana, R.S., Gill, G. and Preston, C. (2009). Improved extraction and clean-up of imidazolinone herbicides from soil solutions using different solid-phase sorbents. Journal of Chromatography A    1216: 5092-5100.

131. Ying GG, Rawson CA, Kookana RS, Peng PA, Warne, MSJ, Tremblay LA, Laginestra E, Chapman JC and Lim RC. (2009). Contaminantion and screening level toxicity of sediments from remediated and unremediated wetlands near Sydney, Australia. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry   28 : 2052-2060.

132. Ying GG, Rawson CA, Kookana RS, Warne, MSJ, Peng PA, Li XM, Laginestra E, Tremblay LA, Chapman JC and Lim RC. (2009). Distribution of inorganic and organic contaminants in sediments from Sydney Olympic Park and the surrounding Sydney metropolitan area. Journal of Environmental Monitoring   11: 1687-1696.

133. Ying GG, Kookana RS, Kumar A, (2009). Occurrence and implications of estrogens and xenoestrogens in sewage effluents and receiving waters from South East Queensland. Science of The Total Environment 407: 5147-5155.

134. Rawson CA, Tremblay LA, Warne MStJ, Guang-Guo Ying, Kookana R, Edwina Laginestra, Chapman JC, Lim RP. 2009. Bioactivity of POPs and their effects in mosquitofish in Sydney Olympic Park, Australia. Science of The Total Environment, 407 : 3721-3730.

135. Waller N.J. and R.S. Kookana (2009). Effect of triclosan on microbial activity in Australian soils. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28: 65-70.

136. Saison C, Waller NJ, Kumar A, Kookana RS (2009). Effects of thiobencarb in combinations with molinate and chlorpyrifos on selected soil microbial processes. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B - 44: 226-234.

137. Yu, X-Y; GG Ying and RS Kookana (2009). Reduced plant uptake of pesticides with biochar additions to soil. Chemosphere: 76: 665-671.

138. Ahangar, A.G., R J. Smernik, R S. Kookana, D J. Chittleborough (2009). The effect of solvent-conditioning on soil organic matter sorption affinity for diuron and phenanthrene. Chemosphere    76 : 1062-1066.

139. Ahangar, A.G., R J. Smernik, R S. Kookana, D J. Chittleborough (2009). The effect of lipids on the sorption of diuron and phenanthrene in soils. Chemosphere: 74: 1062-1068.

140. Woods, M., A Kumar, M. Barton, A. Woods and R Kookana (2009), Localisation of estrogen responsive genes in the liver and testis of Murray rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis exposed to 17_-estradiol. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 303 (2009) 57–66

141. Singh, N. and R.S. Kookana (2009). Organo-mineral interactions mask the true sorption potential of biochars in soils. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B. 44, 214-219.

142. Kookana, R.S., L.J Janik, M. Forouzangohar and ST Forrester (2008). Prediction of atrazine sorption coefficients in soils using mid-infrared spectroscopy and partial least-squares analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 56: 3208-3213.

143. Forouzangohar, M., R.S. Kookana, S. T. Forrester, R Smernik and D Chittleborough (2008). Mid-infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics to predict diuron sorption coefficients in soils. Environmental Science and Technology: 42; 3283-3288.

144. Ying G.G. and R.S. Kookana and A Kumar (2008). Fate of Estrogens and Xenoestrogens in Four Sewage Treatment Plants with Different Technologies. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27: 87-94.

145. Ahangar, A.G., R J. Smernik, R S. Kookana, D J. Chittleborough (2008). Separating the effects of organic matter–mineral interactions and organic matter chemistry on the sorption of diuron and phenanthrene. Chemosphere 72, 886-890.

146. Wakelin, S.A., M.J. Colloff and R.S. Kookana (2008). Effect of wastewater treatment plant effluent on microbial function and community structure in the sediment of a freshwater stream with variable seasonal flow. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 74: 2659-2668.

147. Ying G.G., S. Toze, J Hanna, X-Y Yu, P. J. Dillon, and R.S. Kookana (2008). Decay of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in aerobic and anoxic groundwater. Water Research 42: 1133-1141.

148. Ahangar, A.G., R J. Smernik, R S. Kookana, D J. Chittleborough (2008). Clear effects of soil organic matter chemistry, as determined by NMR spectroscopy, on the sorption of diuron. Chemosphere 70, 1153-1160.

149. Ramezani, M., Oliver, D.P., Kookana, R.S., Gill, G. and Preston, C. (2008) Abiotic degradation (photodegradation and hydrolysis) of imidazolinone herbicides. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B - 43: 105-112.

150. Ying G.G., X-Y Yu and R.S. Kookana (2007). Biological degradation of triclocarban and triclosan in a soil under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and comparison with environmental fate modelling. Environmental Pollution 150: 300-305.

151. Ying G.G. and R.S. Kookana (2007). Triclosan in wastewaters and biosolids from Australian wastewater treatment plants. Environmental International 33: 199-205.

152. Gräfe M, G Mustafa, B Singh, R. S. Kookana (2007). Temperature and Aging Effects on the Surface Speciation of Cd(II) at the Goethite–Water Interface. Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences, 7: 187-204.

153. Bornemann, L.C., R.S. Kookana and G. Welp. (2007). Differential sorption behaviour of aromatic hydrocarbons on charcoals prepared at different temperatures from grass and wood. Chemosphere 67, 1033-1042 .

154. Williams, M., D Williams, Saison, C and RS Kookana (2006). Can aquatic distribution of human pharmaceuticals be related to pharmacological data? Chemosphere, 65:2253-2259.

155. Yu, X-Y; GG Ying and Kookana, R.S (2006) Sorption and desorption of diuron in soils amended with charcoal. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54, 8545-8550.

156. Ochsner T.E., B. M. Stephens, W.C. Koskinen, and R.S. Kookana (2006). Sorption of a hydrophilic pesticide: Effects of soil water content. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1991-1997.

157. Smernik, R; Kookana, R.S; Skjemstad, J (2006). NMR Characterization of 13C-Benzene Sorbed to Natural and Prepared Charcoals. Environmental Science and Technology: 40(6) 1764-1769.

158. Ahmad R, Nelson PN and Kookana RS. (2006). The molecular composition of soil organic matter as determined by ¹³C NMR and elemental analyses and correlation with pesticide sorption. European Journal of Soil Science 57: 883-893.

159. Ying, G., and Kookana, R. (2006). Persistence and movement of fipronil termiticide with under-slab and trenching treatments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25 (no. 8): 2045-2050

160. Kookana, R.S. Correll, R and Barnes, M (2006). Ecological Risk Assessment for Terrestrial Ecosystems: The Summary of Discussions and Recommendations from the Adelaide Workshop (April, 2004). Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 12: 130-138.

161. Oliver, D., and Kookana, R. (2006). Minimising off-site movement of contaminants in furrow irrigation using polyacrylamide (Pam). II. Phosphorus, nitrogen, carbon, and sediment. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 44 (no. 6): 561-567.

162. Oliver, D., and Kookana, R. (2006). Minimising off-site movement of contaminants in furrow irrigation using polyacrylamide (Pam). I. Pesticides. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 44 (no. 6): 551-560.

163. Oliver, D.P. and R.S. Kookana (2006). On-farm management practices to minimise off-site migration of pesticides from furrow irrigation. Pest Management Science, 62; 899-911.

164. Mustafa G, Kookana RS. and Singh B 2006. Desorption of cadmium from goethite: Effects of pH, temperature and aging. Chemosphere 64: 856-865.

165. Liyanage J, Watawala RC, Aravinna AGP, Smith, Lester and Kookana, RS (2006) Sorption of Carbofuran and Diuron Pesticides in Forty-Three Tropical Soils of Sri Lanka. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54: 1784-1791.

166. Hollaway,K.L, Kookana, RS, Noy D. M., Smith J. G. and Wilhelm N. (2006). Crop damage caused by residual acetolactate synthase herbicides in the soils of south-eastern Australia " Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46, Issue 6 1323-1331.

167. Hollaway,K.L, Kookana, RS, Noy D. M., Smith J. G. and Wilhelm N. (2006)Persistence and leaching of sulfonylurea herbicides over a 4-year period in the highly alkaline soils of south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46: 1069-1076.

168. Hollaway,K.L, Kookana, RS, Noy D. M., Smith J. G. and Wilhelm N. (2006)Persistence and leaching of imazethapyr and flumetsulam herbicides over a 4-year period in the highly alkaline soils of south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46: (5) 669-674.

169. Koskinen WC, Ochsner TE, Stephens BE and Kookana RS (2006). Sorption of isoxaflutole diketonitrile degradate (DKN) and dicamba in unsaturated soils. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B - 41: 1071-1083. DOI: 10.1080/03601230600850903

170. Kookana, R.S., Correll, R. L. and Miller, R. 2005. Pesticide impact rating index (PIRI)- A pesticide risk indicator for water quality. Water, Air, Soil Pollution: Focus 5:45-65.

171. Pollock, D., Kookana^,R.S., and Correll, R. L. 2005. Integration of the Pesticide Impact Rating Index with a Geographic Information System for the assessment of pesticide impact on water quality. Water, Air, Soil Pollution: Focus 5: 68-88.

172. Ying GG and Kookana RS (2005). Sorption and Degradation of Estrogen-like Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Soil. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24: 2640-2645.

173. Oliver, D.P.; Kookana, R.S.; Quintana, B. (2005) Sorption of pesticides in tropical and temperate soils from Australia and the Philippines. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2005      53, 6420-6425.

174. Oliver, D.P., Baldock, J.A., Kookana, R.S. and Grocke, S. (2005). The effect of landuse on soil organic carbon chemistry and sorption of pesticides and metabolites. Chemosphere 60/4, 531-541.

175. Ahmad R, Katou H and Kookana RS. (2005). Measuring Sorption of Hydrophilic Organic Compounds in Soils by an Unsaturated Transient Flow Method. Journal Environmental Quality 34:1045-1054.

176. Ying GG, Kookana RS and Mallavarpu M (2005) Release behaviour of triazine residues in stabilised contaminated soils. Environmental Pollution 134, 71-77.

177. Ahmad, R, Kookana RS, Megharaj M. and Alston A. 2004. Aging reduces the bioavailability of even a weakly sorbed pesticide (Carbaryl) in soil. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23: 2084-2089.

178. Ahmad, R, Kookana RS, Alston A. 2004. Surfactant-enhanced release of carbaryl and ethion from two long-term contaminated soils. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part A., Vol.B39 (4) 565-576.

179. Ying GG and Kookana RS (2004) Simultaneous determination of imidacloprid, thiacloprid, and thiamethoxam in soil and water by high-performance chromatography with diode-array detection. Journal of Environmental Science and Health (Part B), vol. B39 (5-6), 737-746.

180. Ying, G-G, Kookana, R.S. and Dillon, P. (2004). Attenuation of Two Estrogen Compounds in Aquifer Materials Supplemented with Sewage Effluent. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 24(2): 102.

181. Singh, N., Megharaj, M., Kookana, R.S., Naidu, R. and Sethunathan, N. 2004. Atrazine and simazine degradation in Pennisetum rhizosphere. Chemosphere 56:257-263.

182. Mustafa G, Singh B and Kookana RS. 2004. Cadmium adsorption and desorption behaviour on goethite at low equilibrium concentrations: effect of pH and index cations. Chemosphere 57 (10) 1325-1333.

183. Singh N, Megharaj M, Gates WP, Churchman J, Kookana RS, Naidu R, Sethunathan N. 2004. Sorption-desorption of fenamiphos in surfactant-modified clays. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 72:276-282.

184. Baskaran S, Kookana RS, Naidu R. 2003. Contrasting behaviour of chlorpyrifos and its primary metabolite, TCP (3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol), with depth in soil profiles. Australian Journal of Soil Research 41 (4): 749-760.

185. Avudainayagam S, Megharaj A, Owens G, Kookana RS, Chittleborough D, Naidu R. 2003. Chemistry of chromium in soils with emphasis on tannery waste sites. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 178: 53-91.

186. Singh N, Megharaj M, Gates WP, Churchman GJ, Anderson J, Kookana RS, Naidu R, Chen Z, Slade PG, Sethunathan N. 2003. Bioavailability of an organophosphorus pesticide, fenamiphos, sorbed on an organo clay. J. Agric. Food Chem. 51 (9): 2653-2658.

187. Oliver, D.P., Kookana, R.S., and Salama, R B. (2003) Landuse effects on sorption of pesticides and their metabolites in soils. I Fenamiphos and its metabolites, fenarimol and azinphos methyl. Aust. J. Soil Res. 41 (5) 847-860.

188. Oliver, D.P., Kookana, R.S., Salama, R B. and Correll, R. (2003) Landuse effects on sorption of pesticides and their metabolites in soils. II. Atrazine and two metabolites, DEA and DIA, and prometryne. Aust. J. Soil Res. 41 (5) 861-874.

189. Ying, G-G, Kookana, RS and Dillon P. (2003). Sorption and degradation of selected five endocrine disrupting chemicals in aquifer material. Water Research: 37 (15): 3785-3791.

190. Ying, G-G and Kookana, RS (2003). Degradation of Selected Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Seawater and Marine sediment. Environmental Science and Technology: 37 1256-1260.

191. Megharaj M. Singh N., Kookana RS, Naidu R and Sethunathan N. (2003). Hydrolysis of fenamiphos and its oxidation products by a soil bacterium in pure culture, soil and water. Applied Microbilogy and Biotechnology, 61: 252-256.

192. Kookana RS, Ying GG, Kumar A and Dillon P. (2003). Sources and impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals in Australian riverine environment. Proceedings AWA Speciality Conference June 2003, Sydney.

193. Ying, G-G, Kookana, RS and Ru, Y-J. (2002). Occurrence and fate of hormone steroids in the environment. Environment International 28: 545-551.

194. Ying, G-G, Williams, B. and Kookana, RS (2002). Environmental fate of alkylphenols and alkylphenol ethoxylates - a review. Environment International 28: 215-226.

195. Ying, G-G, Kookana, RS. (2002). Laboratory and field studies on the degradation of fipronil in a soil. Australian Journal of Soil Research 40:1095-1102.

196. Caceres, T. Ying, G-G and Kookana, RS (2002). Sorption of pesticides used in banana production on soils of Ecuador. Australian Journal of Soil Research 40:1085-1094.

197. Pollock, D., Salama, RB, Kookana, RS (2002). A study of atrazine transport through a soil profile on the Gnangara Mound, Western Australia, using LEACHP and Monte Carlo techniques. .

198. Ying, GG, Kookana RS and Z Chen (2002). On-line solid phase extraction and flurosecence detection of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals in waster by High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Journal of Environmental Science and Health B37: 225-234.

199. Sethunathan, N., Megharaj, M.,Chen, Z., Singh, N., Kookana, R.S. and Naidu, R. 2002. Persistence of endosulfan and endosulfan sulfate in soil as affected by moisture regime and organic matter addition. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 68:725-731.

200. Ahmad, R, Kookana RS, Alston A and Skjemstad J (2001). The nature of soil organic matter affects sorption of pesticides, 1. Relationships with carbon chemistry as determined by 13C CPMAS NMR spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology 35: 878-884.

201. Ying, G. G. and R. S. Kookana 2001. Sorption of fipronil and its metabolites in soils from South Australia. Journal of Environmental Science and Health B36: 545-558.

202. Avudainayagam, S., Naidu, R, Kookana R.S., Alston, A.M., McLure, S. and Smith, L.H. (2001). Effects of elctrolyte composition on chromium desorption in soils contaminated by tannery waste. Australian Journal of Soil Research 39:1077-1089.

203. Sarmah AK, Kookana, RS and Alston, A. (2001). Application of VARLEACH and LEACHM models to experimental data on leaching of a no reactive tracer and three sulfonylurea herbicides. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 39:1041-1058.

204. Ahmad, R, Kookana RS, Alston A and Bromilow R. (2001). Differences in sorption behaviour of carbaryl and phosalone in soils from Australia, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. Australian Journal of Soil Research 39: 893-908.

205. Ahmad, R, Kookana RS and Alston A. (2001). Sorption of Ametryn and Imazethapyr in twenty five soils from Pakistan and Australia. J. Environ. Sci. and Health B 36(2), 143-160.

206. Ahmad, R, Kookana RS and Alston A. (2001). Syringe filtration as a source of error in pesticide residue analysis in environmental samples. Bulletin Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 66: 313-318.

207. Naidu, R, M Megharaj, GSR Krishnamurti, K. Vig, and RS Kookana. 2000. Bioavailability, Definition and analytical techniques for assessment and remediation of contaminated (inorganic and organic) soils. In: (Johnson C Ed.) Proc. Contaminated Site Remediation: From Source Zone to Ecosystem. Vol. 1: 283-290.

208. Kookana, RS and Simpson, BW. (2000). Pesticide fate in farming systems: Research and Monitoring. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 31(11014), 1641-1659.

209. Sarmah AK, Kookana RS, Duffy MJ, Alston AM and Harch BD (2000) Hydrolysis of triasulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl and chlorsulfuron in alkaline soil and aqueous solutions. Pest Management Science. 56: 463-471.

210. Chen, ZL, Kookana RS and Naidu R. (2000). Determination of sulfonylurea herbicides in soil extracts by solid-phase extraction and capillary zone electrophoresis. Chromatographia, 52: 142-146.

211. Oliver, DP, Kookana, RS, Rogers SL, Sinclair, RG, Roberts G and C Cook (2000). Strychnine uptake by cereals and legumes grown in the glasshouse and field. J. Environ. Qual. 29: 1329-1336.

212. Sarmah AK, Kookana, RS and Alston, A. (2000). Leaching and degradation of triasulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl, and chlorsulfuron in alkaline soils under field conditions. Aust. J. Soil. Res. 38:617-31.

213. Hollaway, KL, Kookana, RS, McQuinn DJ, Moerkerk, MR, Noy DM and Small M. (1999). Comparison of sulfonylurea herbicide residue detection in soil by bioasssay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and HPLC. Weed Res. 39: 338-397.

214. Black ID, Pederson, RN, Flynn A, Moerkerk M, Dyson CB, Kookana, R and Wilhelm N (1999) Mobility and persistence of three sulfonylurea herbicides in alkaline cropping soils of south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture. 39: 465-472.

215. Megharaj M, Singleton I, Kookana RS and Naidu R (1999). Persistence and effects of fenamiphos on native algal populations and enzymatic activities in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31: 1549-1553.

216. Sarmah AK, Kookana, RS and Alston, A. (1999). Degradation of chlrosulfuron and triasulfuron in alkaline soils under laboratory conditions. Weed Research 39: 83-94.

217. Sarmah AK, and Kookana RS. (1999). Simultaneous analysis of triasulfuron, metsulfuron methyl and chlorsulfuron in water and alkaline soils by HPLC. J Environ. Sci. & Health B. 34: 363-380.

218. Baskaran, S., Kookana, RS. And Naidu, R. (1999). Degradation of bifenthrin, chlorpyrifos and imidacloprid in soil bedding materials at termticidal application rates. Pesticide Science, 55:1222-1228.

219. Kookana, R.S., Baskaran, S. and Naidu, R. (1998). Pesticide fate and behaviour in Australian soils in relation to contamination and management of soil and water - a review. Aust. J. Soil. Res. 36:715-764

220. White, R.E., and Kookana, R.S. (1998). Measuring nutrient and pesticide movement in soils: benefits for catchment management. Aust. J. Experimental Agric. 38: 725-43.

221. Di, H.J., Aylmore, L.A.G. and Kookana, R.S. (1998). Degradation rates of eight pesticides in surface and subsurface soils under laboratory and field conditions. Soil Science, 163 (5) 404-411.

222. Kookana, R.S., and Naidu, R. (1998). Effect of soil solution composition on cadmium transport through soils. Geoderma 84: 235-248.

223. Sarmah, A., Kookana, R.S., and Alston, A. (1998). Fate and behaviour of triasulfuron, metsulfuron methyl and chlorsulfuron in the Australian soil environment: a review. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 49 775-790.

224. Rogers S.L., Froscio, S.M., Kookana, R.S., Oliver, D.P. (1998). Degradation of strychnine bu pure bacterial cultures isolated from South Australian soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 30(12):1623-1626.

225. Rogers S.L., Kookana, R.S., Oliver, D.P. and Richards, A. (1998). Microbial degradation of strychnine rodenticide in South Australian agricultural soils: laboratory studies. Soil Biol. Biochem. 30: 129-134.

226. Kookana, RS, Correll, R and Miller, R (1998). Assessing relative impacts of pesticides on groundwater quality using a simple index. In “ Seeking Agricultural Produce free of Pesticide Residues” (Eds. Kennedy IR et al.) Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Feb 17-19, 1998. pp. 191-198.

227. Baskaran S, Kookana, R.S., Naidu, R. (1997). Sorption and movement of some pesticides through turf profiles under Australian conditions. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 8: 151-166.

228. Baskaran S, Kookana, R.S., Naidu, R. (1997). Determination of the insecticide imidacloprid in water and soil using high performance liquid chromatography. J. Chromatography A, Vol. 787 (271-275).

229. Kookana, R.S., Phang, C. and Aylmore, L.A.G.. (1997). Transformation and degradation of fenamiphos nematicide and its metabolites in soils. Aust. J. Soil Res. 35, 753-61.

230. Kookana, R.S., Rogers, S.L. and Oliver, D. (1997). Sorption and desorption behaviour of strychnine rodenticide in soils. Aust. J. Soil Res. 35, 491-502.

231. Naidu, R., Kookana, R.S. Sumner, ME. Harter, RD and the late Tiller, KG (1997). Cadmium sorption and transport in variable charge soils: A review. J. Environ. Qual. 26 (3) 602-617.

232. Kookana, R.S., and Rogers, S.L. (1995). Effects of Pulp Mill Effluent Disposal on Soil. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 142, 13- 64.

233. Kookana, R.S., Di, H.J. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1995). A field study of leaching and degradation of nine pesticides in a sandy soil. Aust. J. Soil Res. 33 1029-39.

234. Di, H.J., Kookana, R.S. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1995) Application of a simple model to assess the ground water contamination potential of pesticides. Aust. J. Soil Res. 33 1040-48

235. Aylmore, L.A.G., Kookana, R.S. and H.J. Di. (1995). Pesticide leaching and model evaluation under field conditions. In Proc. International Symposium on Water Quality Modelling, Orlando, Florida, USA, April 2-5, 1995, pp. 128-136.

236. Kookana, R.S. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1994). Estimating the pollution potential of pesticides to groundwater. Aust. J. Soil Res. 32 : 1141-1155.

237. Kookana, R.S., Naidu, R. and Tiller, K.G. (1994). Sorption non-equilibrium during cadmium transport through soils. Aust. J. Soil Res. 32 : 635-651

238. Naidu, R., Bolan, N.S., Kookana, R.S. and Tiller, K.G. (1994). Ionic strength and pH effects on the surface charge and sorption of Cd by soils. European J. Soil Sci 45: 419-429.

239. Kookana, R.S., Schuller, R.D. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1993). Simulation of simazine transport through soil columns using time-dependent sorption data measured under flow conditions. J. Contam. Hydrol. 14: 93-115

240. Aylmore, L.A.G. and Kookana, R.S. (1993). Description and prediction of pesticide leaching. AGSO J. Aust. Geol. Geophysics. 14: 287-296.

241. Kookana, R.S. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1993). Retention and release of Diquat and Paraquat herbicides in soils. Aust. J. Soil Res. 31: 97-109.

242. Kookana, R.S., Gerritse, R.G. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1992). A method for studying non-equilibrium sorption during transport of pesticides in soil. Soil Sci. 154: 344-349.

243. Kookana, R.S., Aylmore, L.A.G. and Gerritse, R.G. (1992). Time dependent sorption of pesticides during transport in soil. Soil Sci. 154 (3): 214-225.

244. Singh, G., Spencer, W.F., van Genuchten, M.Th, and Kookana, R.S. (1992). Predicting pesticide transport in soil. J. Pesticide Res. 4: 1-10

245. Kookana, R.S., Schuller, R.D. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1991). Numerical simulation of pesticide transport measured in a sandy soil. In 'Modelling the fate of chemicals in the environment'. I.D. Moore (ed.) Centre for Resource and Environment Studies, ANU Canberra, 75-82.

246. Kookana, R.S., Gerritse, R.G. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1990). Effect of organic cosolvent on adsorption and desorption of linuron and simazine in soil. Aust. J. Soil Res. 28(5): 717-725.

247. Singh, R. Gerritse, R.G. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1990). Adsorption desorption behaviour of selected pesticides in some Western Australian soils. Aust. J. Soil Res. 28(2): 227-243.

248. Singh, R. (1989). High Performance Liquid Chromatographic determination of Fenamiphos, Its Sulfoxide and Sulfone in water. The Analyst. 114 : 425-427.

249. Gerritse, R.G., Singh, R. (1988). The relationship between pore water velocity and longitudinal dispersivity of Cl- Br- and D2O in soils. J. Hydrol., 104 : 173-180.

250. Singh, R., Raj, M., Nath, J. and Oswal, M.C. (1985). Estimation of soil moisture in sandy loam and clay loam soils under two evaporativities. J. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. 33: 380-382.

251. Singh, R., Oswal, M.C. and Nath, J. (1985). Prediction of falling rate evaporation from bare soils. J. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. 33: 1-4.

252. Raj. M. Dixit, M.L. Singh, R. and Sangwan, O.P. (1985). Quality of Underground waters of Rania Block and their suitability for irrigation. Indian J. Agric. Res. 19: 233-236.

253. Nath, J. and Singh, R. (1984). Effect of water table depth and soil texture on evaporation rate.- A comparison of different methods of prediction. J. Indian Soc.Soil Sci. 32: 409-414.

254. Singh, R. and Oswal, M.C. (1983). Evaporation from sandy loam and a clay loam soils as influenced by thickness of soil mulch, depth of wetting and evaporation demand. Haryana Agric. Univ. J. Res. 13: 260-267.

Refereed Conference Proceedings (28)

1.       Dillon, P., Kumar A, Kookana R, Leijs R, Reed D, Parsons S and Ingleton G. (2009). Managed aquifer recharge- risk to groundwater dependent ecosystems – A Review. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship Report. May 2009.

2.       Kookana R.S. and Ahmad, R. (2005). Emerging Need for Better Extrapolation of Pesticide Fate Data from Temperate to Tropical regions. In Perspectives of Agricultural Research and Development, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Centenary Seminar Publication.

3.       Mustafa, G; Singh B and Kookana RS (2004). Cadmium desorption from goethite in the presence of desferrioxamine B and oxalic acid. Proc. 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference, 5 – 9 December 2004, University of Sydney, Australia. Published on CDROM. Website www.regional.org.au/au/asssi/

4.       Ahmad, R. and Kookana R.S. (2002). Role of the Chemistry of Soil Organic Carbon in Pesticide Sorption in Soils. In Proceedings 17^th World Soils Congress, Thailand.

5.       Naidu, R and Kookana, RS 2000. Chemistry of Chromium in Soils: an overview. In: (Naidu et al. Eds.) Towards Better Management of Soils Contaminated with Tannery Waste. ACAIR Proceedings No 88, pp 43-54.

6.       Naidu, R and Kookana, RS, Cox, J. Mowat, D. and Smith LH. 2000. Fate of chromium at taneery waste-contaminated sites at Mount Barker, South Australia. In: (Naidu et al. Eds.) Towards Better Management of Soils Contaminated with Tannery Waste. ACAIR Proceedings No 88, pp 57-70.

7.       Kookana, RS, Naidu, R. Mowat, D. Riley, G and Smith LH. 2000. Leaching of chromium from soils heavily contaminated with tannery wastes. In: (Naidu et al. Eds.) Towards Better Management of Soils Contaminated with Tannery Waste. ACAIR Proceedings No 88, pp 89-97.

8.       Naidu, R., Smith LH., Mowat, D. and Kookana RS. 2000. Soil-plant transfer of chromium from tannery waste sludge. In: (Naidu et al. Eds.) Towards Better Management of Soils Contaminated with Tannery Waste. ACAIR Proceedings No 88, pp 133-143.

9.       Shaktivel, S., Mahimairajah, S, Divakaran,J. Saravanan K., Kookana RS., K Ramasamy and Naidu, R., 2000. Tannery effluent irrigation for tree plantations: preliminary observations from field experiments. In: (Naidu et al. Eds.) Towards Better Management of Soils Contaminated with Tannery Waste. ACAIR Proceedings No 88, pp 133-143.

10.    Kookana, RS, Correll, R and Miller, R (1998). Assessing risk at catchment or regional level through a Pesticide Impact Ranking Index (PIRI). Proc. LWRRDC Occasional Paper no. 23/98, pp. 81-88.

11.    NaiduR. S. Kookana, M.E. Sumnerand S. Baskaran(1998). Inorganic and organic contaminant interactions in tropical soils: A Review. GeoTrop Conference.

12.    S. Baskaran, Kookana, R.S., Naidu, R. (1998). Sorption and degradation behaviour of chlorpyriphos and its primary metabolite, TCP (3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol) in surface and subsurface soils. Proceedings National Soils Conference, Brisbane, April 27-30, 1998.

13.    Kookana, R.S., Baskaran, S. And R Naidu. (1997). What determines pesticide leaching from golf and bowling greens and how to assess it?. Proc. Conf. “Environment issues for Turf” ATRI, Sydney, March 1997.

14.    Hollingsworth, I. D. Mowat, R. Kookana, C. Hignett and JC Macintosh (1997). Contaminant load contributed by soil water drainage from Radiata Pine plantations in the Mt Crawford Forest. CSIRO Division of Soils Tech. Rep. 1/97.

15.    Kookana, R.S., Baskaran, S. And R Naidu. (1997). Pesticides in the soil environment - An Australian perspective. Proc. 6th National Symposium on Environment. Tamil Nadu Agril. University, India. Pp 300-306.

16.    Kookana, R.S. and Baskaran, S. (1996). Leaching potential of eight common pesticides through USGA type turf profiles. Proc. 3rd Australian Turf research Conference, Volume 3, May 96, Sydney. Pp 9-15.

17.    Kookana, R.S. Aylmore, L.A.G. and Di, H.G. (1995). Degradation, transformation and leaching of fenamiphos and its metabolites in soils. Proc. 2nd Australian Turf research Conference, Volume 2, May 95, Sydney. Pp 66-80

18.    Kookana, R.S., Naidu, R. and Harter, R. (1994). Vertical heterogeneity and contaminant transport through soil profiles. In Proc. “Water Down Under 94”. Volume 1, NCP 94/10, pages 153-158.

19.    Kookana, R.S. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1993). Mechanisms and modelling of pesticide mobility in soils: an overview. Proc. International Symposium Indian Soc. Weed Sci., Hisar. 17-20 Nov. 1994, Volume 1, pp. 129-143.

20.    Kookana, R.S. (1993). Buffer strips in reducing waterways pollution by organic chemicals, especially pesticides. Proc. "The Role of Buffer Strips in Management of Waterway Pollution from Diffuse Urban and Rural sources" LWRRDC Occasional Paper Series No 01/93. p 71-78.

21.    Kookana, R.S., Gerritse, R.G. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1990). Potential mobility of pesticides to groundwater through Bassendean sand. Proc. of Seminar on Horticulture and the Environment, Mandurah June 7 & 8, 1990. Agdex No. 200/00

22.    Aylmore, L.A.G., Singh, R. and Gerritse, R.G. (1989). Adsorption-desorption behaviour of pesticides in soil and implications for groundwater pollution. International Conference on Water'89, Bangkok, EQM, pp 4-9.

23.    Singh, R. Gerritse, R.G. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1989). Evaluation of potential for groundwater pollution by four pesticides in a deep sand of Western Australia. Proc. Third National Workshop on Persistence of Herbicides residues. 47-58. Victorian Department of Agriculture, Melbourne.

24.    Singh, R. Gerritse, R.G. And Aylmore, L.A.G. (1988). Effects of conditions associated with management practices on retention and release of pesticides. Proc. Soil Science Conference (ASSS W.A. Branch) held on 5-6th Aug. 1988 at Meredin, W.A. pp 119-123.

25.    Singh, R., Adeney, J.A., Gerritse, R.G. and Aylmore, L.A.G. (1987). The Effect of Flow Rate on Adsorption of Pesticides in Soils. Proc. International Conf. on Vulnerability of Soil and Groundwater to Pollutants. Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. March 30- April 3,1987. pp 835- 844.

26.    Nath, J. Singh, R. and Malik, R.S. (1985). Water harvesting in a Canal Command Area, India. Proc. IV Int. Cong. IWRA , Brussels, Belgium.

27.    Raj, M. Singh, R. and Dixit, M.L. (1983). Role of Boron in deciding the suitability of groundwaters for irrigation. Proc. National Seminar on Assessment, Development and Management of Ground water Resources, 29-30 April, 1983, New Delhi.

28.    Singh, R. and Oswal, M.C. (1981). Influence of depth of Irrigation to two soils on Evaporation reduction under two evaporativities. Proc. National Seminar on Water Resources Development and its Management, Chandigarh. Vol. I:1-6.

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