Dr Yash Dang is Senior Research Fellow at The University of Queensland possess extensive experience in soil and nutrient management. He is currently leading a national project on costs of edaphic stresses to the Australian grains industry. He is also leading the northern grains region in national GRDC projects to identify and manage soil constraints, conservation agriculture, strategic tillage and sustainable land management practices. While his research spans in the areas of crop production, much of his research focuses on soil constraints. He has also coordinated soil carbon and soil quality projects in Queensland cropping soils. Yash has great faith in engagement with the farmers to develop collaborative, participatory research project to address soil health issues. He also has strong interest in proximal and remote sensing to identify constraints at farm and national scales for site-specific soil and nutrient management.
Journal Article: Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a Vertisol following 50 years of no-tillage, crop stubble retention and nitrogen fertilization
Jha, Pramod, Hati, K. M., Dalal, Ram C., Dang, Yash P., Kopittke, Peter M. and Menzies, Neal W. (2020) Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a Vertisol following 50 years of no-tillage, crop stubble retention and nitrogen fertilization. Geoderma, 358 113996. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.113996
Journal Article: Changes in soil water storage with no-tillage and crop residue retention on a Vertisol: impact on productivity and profitability over a 50 year period
Page, Kathryn L., Dang, Yash P., Dalal, R. C., Reeves, Steven, Thomas, Greg, Wang, Weijin and Thompson, John P. (2019) Changes in soil water storage with no-tillage and crop residue retention on a Vertisol: impact on productivity and profitability over a 50 year period. Soil and Tillage Research, 194 104319. doi:10.1016/j.still.2019.104319
Journal Article: Chemical and physical influence of sodic soils on the coleoptile length and root growth angle of wheat genotypes
Anzooman, Monia, Christopher, Jack, Dang, Yash P, Taylor, Julian, Menzies, Neal W and Kopittke, Peter M (2019) Chemical and physical influence of sodic soils on the coleoptile length and root growth angle of wheat genotypes. Annals of Botany, . doi:10.1093/aob/mcz094
(2018–2022) Grains Research & Development Corporation
(2018–2022) Grains Research & Development Corporation
Identification and management of acid soils in Southern Queensland
(2016–2017) Cambooya Landcare Association Incorporated
Understanding the physiological basis for improved wheat seedling growth on dispersive sodic soils
(2019) Doctor Philosophy
Assessing the impact of soil sodicity to wheat production in Queensland using multi-year remote sensing and GIS
Doctor Philosophy
Potential of Thermal Sensing and Imaging to understand Water use of the Wheat genotypes on Sodic soils
Doctor Philosophy
Evolution of conservation agriculture in summer rainfall areas
Serafin L, Dang YP, Freebairn D, Rodriguez D and Yash Dang (2019). Evolution of conservation agriculture in summer rainfall areas. In J Pratley and J Kirkegaard and J Kirkegaard (Ed.), Australian Agriculture in 2020: From Conservation to Automation (pp. 65-78) Charles Sturt University: Wagga Wagga: Agronomy Australia.
Strategic tillage within conservation farming
Flower KC, Dang YP, Ward PR and Flower KC (2019). Strategic tillage within conservation farming. In J Pratley and J Kirkegaard (Ed.), Australian Agriculture in 2020: From Conservation to Automation (pp. 137-149) Charles Sturt University: Wagga Wagga: Agronomy Australia.
Strategic tillage within conservation farming
Conyers MK, Dang YP and Kirkegaard JA (2019). Strategic tillage within conservation farming. In J Pratley and J Kirkegaard (Ed.), Australian agriculture in 2020: from conservation to automation (pp. 107-115) Charles Sturt University: Wagga Wagga: Agronomy Australia.
Soil microbial community interactions under tillage systems in Australia
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia C., Dang, Yash P. and Schenk, Peer M. (2016). Soil microbial community interactions under tillage systems in Australia. In Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Mohd Sayeed Akhtar and Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah (Ed.), Plant, Soil and Microbes: Volume 1: Implications in Crop Science (pp. 93-102) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27455-3_5
Jha, Pramod, Hati, K. M., Dalal, Ram C., Dang, Yash P., Kopittke, Peter M. and Menzies, Neal W. (2020) Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a Vertisol following 50 years of no-tillage, crop stubble retention and nitrogen fertilization. Geoderma, 358 113996. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.113996
Page, Kathryn L., Dang, Yash P., Dalal, R. C., Reeves, Steven, Thomas, Greg, Wang, Weijin and Thompson, John P. (2019) Changes in soil water storage with no-tillage and crop residue retention on a Vertisol: impact on productivity and profitability over a 50 year period. Soil and Tillage Research, 194 104319. doi:10.1016/j.still.2019.104319
Anzooman, Monia, Christopher, Jack, Dang, Yash P, Taylor, Julian, Menzies, Neal W and Kopittke, Peter M (2019) Chemical and physical influence of sodic soils on the coleoptile length and root growth angle of wheat genotypes. Annals of Botany, . doi:10.1093/aob/mcz094
Anzooman, Monia, Dang, Yash P., Christopher, Jack, Mumford, Michael H., Menzies, Neal W. and Kopittke, Peter M. (2018) Dataset on seed details of wheat genotypes, solution treatments to measure seedling emergence force and the relation between seedling force and strain. Data in Brief, 21 1598-1602. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.134
Page, K. L., Dalal, R. C., Wehr, J. B., Dang, Y. P., Kopittke, P. M., Kirchhof, G., Fujinuma, R. and Menzies, N. W. (2018) Management of the major chemical soil constraints affecting yields in the grain growing region of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia – a review. Soil Research, 56 8: 765-779. doi:10.1071/sr18233
An empirical model for prediction of wheat yield, using time-integrated Landsat NDVI
Lai, Y.R., Pringle, M.J., Kopittke, P.M., Menzies, N.W., Orton, T.G. and Dang, Y.P. (2018) An empirical model for prediction of wheat yield, using time-integrated Landsat NDVI. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 72 99-108. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2018.07.013
Quantifying the economic impact of soil constraints on Australian agriculture: a case study of wheat
Orton, Thomas G., Mallawaarachchi, Thilak, Pringle, Matthew J., Menzies, Neal W., Dalal, Ram C., Kopittke, Peter M., Searle, Ross, Hochman, Zvi and Dang, Yash P. (2018) Quantifying the economic impact of soil constraints on Australian agriculture: a case study of wheat. Land Degradation & Development, . doi:10.1002/ldr.3130
Anzooman, Monia, Christopher, Jack, Mumford, Michael, Dang, Yash P., Menzies, Neal W. and Kopittke, Peter M. (2018) Selection for rapid germination and emergence may improve wheat seedling establishment in the presence of soil surface crusts. Plant and Soil, 426 1-2: 227-239. doi:10.1007/s11104-018-3609-6
The influence of tillage frequency on crop productivity in sub-tropical to semi-arid climates
Crawford, Mark H., Bell, K., Kodur, S. and Dang, Y. P. (2018) The influence of tillage frequency on crop productivity in sub-tropical to semi-arid climates. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology, 21 1: 13-22. doi:10.1007/s12892-017-0044-0
Anzooman, Monia, Dang, Yash P., Christopher, Jack, Mumford, Michael H., Menzies, Neal W. and Kopittke, Peter M. (2018) Greater emergence force and hypocotyl cross sectional area may improve wheat seedling emergence in sodic conditions. Plant Science, 277 188-195. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.09.007
Dang, Yash Pal, Balzer, Anna, Crawford, Mark, Rincon-Florez, Vivian, Liu, Hongwei, Melland, Alice Rowena, Antille, Diogenes, Kodur, Shreevatsa, Bell, Michael John, Whish, Jeremey Patrick Milroy, Lai, Yunru, Seymour, Nikki, Carvalhais, Lilia Costa and Schenk, Peer (2017) Strategic tillage in conservation agricultural systems of north-eastern Australia: why, where, when and how?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25 2: 1-16. doi:10.1007/s11356-017-8937-1
Melland, A. R., Antille, D. L. and Dang, Y. P. (2017) Effects of strategic tillage on short-term erosion, nutrient loss in runoff and greenhouse gas emissions. Soil Research, 55 3: 201-214. doi:10.1071/SR16136
Genetic diversity in barley and wheat for tolerance to soil constraints
Dang, Yash P, Christopher, Jack T. and Dalal, Ram C. (2016) Genetic diversity in barley and wheat for tolerance to soil constraints. Agronomy, 6 4: 55. doi:10.3390/agronomy6040055
Liu, Hongwei, Carvalhais, Lilia C., Crawford, Mark, Dang, Yash P., Dennis, Paul G. and Schenk, Peer M. (2016) Strategic tillage increased the relative abundance of Acidobacteria but did not impact on overall soil microbial properties of a 19-year no-till Solonetz. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 52 7: 1021-1035. doi:10.1007/s00374-016-1138-0
Dang, Y. P. and Moody, P. W. (2016) Quantifying the costs of soil constraints to Australian agriculture: a case study of wheat in north-eastern Australia. Soil Research, 54 6: 700-707. doi:10.1071/SR15007
Liu, Hongwei, Carvalhais, Lilia C., Rincon-Florez, Vivian, Crawford, Mark, Dang, Yash P., Dennis, Paul G. and Schenk, Peer M. (2016) One-time strategic tillage does not cause major impacts on soil microbial properties in a no-till Calcisol. Soil and Tillage Research, 158 91-99. doi:10.1016/j.still.2015.12.007
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Ng, Clement, Dang, Yash P., Schenk, Peer M. and Carvalhais, Lilia C. (2016) Short-term impact of an occasional tillage on microbial communities in a Vertosol after 43 years of no-tillage or conventional tillage. European Journal of Soil Biology, 74 32-38. doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.03.001
Liu, Hongwei, Crawford, Mark, Carvalhais, Lilia C., Dang, Yash P., Dennis, Paul G. and Schenk, Peer M. (2016) Strategic tillage on a Grey Vertosol after fifteen years of no-till management had no short-term impact on soil properties and agronomic productivity. Geoderma, 267 146-155. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.01.002
O'Leary, Garry J., Liu, De Li, Ma, Yuchun, Li, Frank Yonghong, McCaskill, Malcolm, Conyers, Mark, Dalal, Ram, Reeves, Steven, Page, Kathryn, Dang, Yash P. and Robertson, Fiona (2016) Modelling soil organic carbon 1. Performance of APSIM crop and pasture modules against long-term experimental data. Geoderma, 264 Part A: 227-237. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.11.004
Rabbi, S. M. F., Tighe, Matthew, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Cowie, Annette, Robertson, Fiona, Dalal, Ram, Page, Kathryn, Crawford, Doug, Wilson, Brian R., Schwenke, Graeme, Mcleod, Malem, Badgery, Warwick, Dang, Yash P., Bell, Mike, O'Leary, Garry, Liu, De Li and Baldock, Jeff (2015) Climate and soil properties limit the positive effects of land use reversion on carbon storage in Eastern Australia. Scientific Reports, 5 17866: . doi:10.1038/srep17866
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Dang, Yash P., Crawford, Mark H., Schenk, Peer M. and Carvalhais, Lilia C. (2015) Occasional tillage has no effect on soil microbial biomass, activity and composition in Vertisols under long-term no-till. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 52 2: 191-202. doi:10.1007/s00374-015-1066-4
Dang, Y. P., Seymour, N. P., Walker, S. R., Bell, M. J. and Freebairn, D. M. (2015) Strategic tillage in no-till farming systems in Australia's northern grains-growing regions: I. Drivers and implementation. Soil and Tillage Research, 152 104-114. doi:10.1016/j.still.2015.03.009
Dang, Y. P., Moody, P. W., Bell, M. J., Seymour, N. P., Dalal, R. C., Freebairn, D. M. and Walker, S. R. (2015) Strategic tillage in no-till farming systems in Australia's northern grains-growing regions: II. Implications for agronomy, soil and environment. Soil and Tillage Research, 152 115-123. doi:10.1016/j.still.2014.12.013
Crawford, M. H., Rincon-Florez, V., Balzer, A., Dang, Y. P., Carvalhais, L. C., Liu, H. and Schenk, P. M. (2015) Changes in the soil quality attributes of continuous no-till farming systems following a strategic tillage. Soil Research, 53 3: 263-273. doi:10.1071/SR14216
Page, K. L., Dalal, R. C. and Dang, Y. P. (2013) How useful are MIR predictions of total, particulate, humus, and resistant organic carbon for examining changes in soil carbon stocks in response to different crop management? A case study. Soil Research, 51 8: 719-725. doi:10.1071/SR13064
Page, Kathryn, Dang, Yash and Dalal, Ram (2013) Impacts of conservation tillage on soil quality, including soil-borne crop diseases, with a focus on semi-arid grain cropping systems. Australasian Plant Pathology, 42 3: 363-377. doi:10.1007/s13313-013-0198-y
Page, K. L., Dalal, R. C., Pringle, M. J., Bell, M., Dang, Y. P., Radford, B. and Bailey, K. (2013) Organic carbon stocks in cropping soils of Queensland, Australia, as affected by tillage management, climate, and soil characteristics. Soil Research, 51 7-8: 596-607. doi:10.1071/SR12225
Dang, Y. P., Dalal, R. C., Pringle, M. J., Biggs, A. J.W., Darr, S., Sauer, B., Moss, J., Payne, J. and Orange, D. (2011) Electromagnetic induction sensing of soil identifies constraints to the crop yields of north-eastern Australia. Soil Research, 49 7: 559-571. doi:10.1071/SR11199
Identifying the spatial variability of soil constraints using multi-year remote sensing
Dang, Y. P., Pringle, M. J., Schmidt, M., Dalal, R. C. and Apan, A. (2011) Identifying the spatial variability of soil constraints using multi-year remote sensing. Field Crops Research, 123 3: 248-258. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2011.05.021
Dang, Y. P., Dalal, R. C., Buck, S. R., Harms, B., Kelly, R., Hochman, Z., Schwenke, G. D., Biggs, A. J. W., Ferguson, N. J., Norrish, S., Routley, R., McDonald, M., Hall, C., Singh, D. K., Daniells, I. G., Farquharson, R., Manning, W., Speirs, S., Grewal, H. S., Cornish, P., Bodapati, N. and Orange, D. (2010) Diagnosis, extent, impacts, and management of subsoil constraints in the northern grains cropping region of Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 48 2: 105-119. doi:10.1071/SR09074
Poor adoption of ley-pastures in south-west Queensland: Biophysical, economic and social constraints
Singh, D. K., McGuckian, N., Routley, R. A., Thomas, G. A., Dalal, R. C., Dang, Y. P., Hall, T. J., Strahan, R., Christodoulou, N., Cawley, S. and Ward, L. (2009) Poor adoption of ley-pastures in south-west Queensland: Biophysical, economic and social constraints. Animal Production Science, 49 10: 894-906. doi:10.1071/AN09015
Christopher, J.T. and Dang, Y. (2009) Superior performance in the presence of sub-soil constraints and under water constraints is associated in certain wheat genotypes. SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics, 41 .
Dang, Y. P., Dalal, R. C., Mayer, D. G., McDonald, M., Routley, R., Schwenke, G. D., Buck, S. R., Daniells, I. G., Singh, D. K., Manning, W. and Ferguson, N. (2008) High subsoil chloride concentrations reduce soil water extraction and crop yield on Vertosols in north-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 59 4: 321-330. doi:10.1071/AR07192
Dang, Y. P., Routley, R., McDonald, M., Dalal, R. C., Singh, D. K., Orange, D. and Mann, M. (2006) Subsoil constraints in Vertosols: Crop water use, nutrient concentration, and grain yields of bread wheat, durum wheat, barley, chickpea, and canola. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 57 9: 983-998. doi:10.1071/AR05268
Dang, Y. P., Dalal, R. C., Routley, R., Schwenke, G. D. and Daniells, I. (2006) Subsoil constraints to grain production in the cropping soils of the north-eastern region of Australia: An overview. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 46 1: 19-35. doi:10.1071/EA04079
Zinc speciation in soil solutions of Vertisols
Dang, Y. P., Tilled, K. G., Dalal, R. C. and Edwards, D. G. (1996) Zinc speciation in soil solutions of Vertisols. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 34 3: 369-383. doi:10.1071/SR9960369
Kinetics of zinc desorption from vertisols
Dang, Y. P., Dalal, R. C., Edwards, D. G. and Tiller, K. G. (1994) Kinetics of zinc desorption from vertisols. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 58 5: 1392-1399. doi:10.2136/sssaj1994.03615995005800050016x
Zinc buffer capacity of vertisols
Dang, Y. P., Dalal, R. C., Edwards, D. G. and Tiller, K. G. (1994) Zinc buffer capacity of vertisols. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 32 6: 1231-1242. doi:10.1071/SR9941231
Understanding zinc reactions in vertisols to predict zinc responses by wheat
Dang, Y. P., Dalal, R. C., Edwards, D. G. and Tiller, K. G. (1993) Understanding zinc reactions in vertisols to predict zinc responses by wheat. Plant and Soil, 155-156 1: 247-250. doi:10.1007/BF00025030
Identification of an index tissue to predict zinc status of wheat
Dang, Y. P., Edwards, D. G., Dalal, R. C. and Tiller, K. G. (1993) Identification of an index tissue to predict zinc status of wheat. Plant and Soil, 154 2: 161-167. doi:10.1007/BF00012521
Dang, Yash Pal, Balzer, Anna, Crawford, Mark, Rincon-Florez, Vivian, Liu, Hongwei, Melland, Alice Rowena, Antille, Diogenes, Kodur, Shreevatsa, Bell, Michael John, Whish, Jeremey Patrick Milroy, Lai, Yunru, Seymour, Nikki, Carvalhais, Lilia Costa and Schenk, Peer (2018). Strategic tillage in conservation agricultural systems of north-eastern Australia: why, where, when and how?. In: International Conference on Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Land Use (CASLU), Budapest Hungary, (1000-1015). May 31-Jun 02, 2016. doi:10.1007/s11356-017-8937-1
Impacts of strategic tillage on soil erosion, nutrient loss in runoff and nitrous oxide emission
Melland, Alice R., Antille, Diogenes L. and Dang, Yash P. (2016). Impacts of strategic tillage on soil erosion, nutrient loss in runoff and nitrous oxide emission. In: 2016 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, ASABE 2016. 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, (). 17 - 20 July, 2016. doi:10.13031/aim.20162461222
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia C., Liu, Hongwei, Dang, Yash, Crawford, Mark, Balzer, Anna, Bell, Mike, Ram, Dalal and Schenk, Peer (2014). Strategic tillage did not affect soil microbial bioindicators in long-term no-till farming systems in vertosols from Queensland, Australia. In: Proceedings of the Soil Science Australia National Soil Science Conference. Soil Science 2014: National Soil Science Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (1-1). 23-27 November 2014.
Liu, Hongwei, Rincon-Florez, Vivian, Dang, Yash, Crawford, Mark, Balzer, Anna, Bell, Mike, Ram, Dalal, Costa Carvalhais, Lilia and Schenk, Peer (2014). Strategic tillage impacts on biological attributes of long term no-till soils in northern grain region of Australia. In: Antonio Patti, Caixan Tang and Vanessa Wong, Proceedings of the Soil Science Australia National Soil Science Conference. Soil Science 2014: National Soil Science Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (1-1). 23-27 November, 2014.
(2018–2022) Grains Research & Development Corporation
(2018–2022) Grains Research & Development Corporation
Identification and management of acid soils in Southern Queensland
(2016–2017) Cambooya Landcare Association Incorporated
(2015–2020) University of Adelaide
Costs of edaphic stress to the Australian grains industry
(2015–2017) Grains Research & Development Corporation
GRDC Soil Constraints Initiative - coordination and communication
(2015–2016) Queensland Government Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts
GRDC soil constraints - Management of sodic and magnesic soils
(2015–2016) Queensland Government Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts
Does strategic tillage undo long term improvement in soils under no-till?
(2014–2015) Grains Research & Development Corporation
Assessing the impact of soil sodicity to wheat production in Queensland using multi-year remote sensing and GIS
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Potential of Thermal Sensing and Imaging to understand Water use of the Wheat genotypes on Sodic soils
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Optimizing multispectral, hyperspectral and 3D point cloud techniques to discriminate wheat genotypes under sodic soils
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Spatial soil constraint diagnoses in Australia's northern grains region.
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Sorghum and maize establishment in cold and drying soils
Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Understanding the physiological basis for improved wheat seedling growth on dispersive sodic soils
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Effect of strategic tillage in soil microbial communities in Vertisols from Queensland, Australia
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Management of sodic, magnesic or dispersive soils