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  1. The effect of microbial activity on soil water diffusivity

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, January 2018, Wiley

    richard whalley

  2. Effect of soil saturation on denitrification in a grassland soil

    Article • Biogeosciences, October 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    richard whalley, Dr roland Bol

  3. Non-invasive estimation of the depth profile of soil strength with acoustic-to-seismic coupling measurement in the presence of crops

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, September 2017, Wiley

    richard whalley

  4. Effect of microbial activity on penetrometer resistance and elastic modulus of soil at different temperatures

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, June 2017, Wiley

    richard whalley

  5. Effect of soil saturation on denitrification in a grassland soil

    Article • Biogeosciences Discussions, January 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr roland Bol, richard whalley

  6. Methods to estimate changes in soil water for phenotyping root activity in the field

    Article • Plant and Soil, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  7. On the theory of Brutsaert about elastic wave speeds in unsaturated soils

    Article • Soil and Tillage Research, March 2016, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  8. Deep roots and soil structure

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, February 2016, Wiley

    richard whalley

  9. A simple model to predict soil penetrometer resistance as a function of density, drying and depth in the field

    Article • Soil and Tillage Research, January 2016, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  10. The effect of impedance to root growth on plant architecture in wheat

    Article • Plant and Soil, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry, richard whalley

  11. The Use of Electromagnetic Induction to Monitor Changes in Soil Moisture Profiles beneath Different Wheat Genotypes

    Article • Soil Science Society of America Journal, January 2015, Soil Science Society of America

    richard whalley

  12. Wheat root growth responses to horizontal stratification of fertiliser in a water-limited environment

    Article • Plant and Soil, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry, richard whalley

  13. Quantifying the impact of microbes on soil structural development and behaviour in wet soils

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, July 2014, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  14. Triaxial Testing to Determine the Effect of Soil Type and Organic Carbon Content on Soil Consolidation and Shear Deformation Characteristics

    Article • Soil Science Society of America Journal, January 2014, Soil Science Society of America

    richard whalley

  15. How do roots elongate in a structured soil?

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    richard whalley

  16. Soil physics: new approaches and emerging challenges

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, June 2013, Wiley

    richard whalley

  17. A dual-porous, inverse model of water retention to study biological and hydrological interactions in soil

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, June 2013, Wiley

    richard whalley

  18. Soil Mechanical Resistance and Root Growth and Function

    Article • April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    richard whalley

  19. Measurement of the matric potential of soil water in the rhizosphere

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, March 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    richard whalley

  20. The involvement of gibberellin signalling in the effect of soil resistance to root penetration on leaf elongation and tiller number in wheat

    Article • Plant and Soil, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  21. Applications of X-ray computed tomography for examining biophysical interactions and structural development in soil systems: a review

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, March 2013, Wiley

    richard whalley

  22. Natural capital and ecosystem services, developing an appropriate soils framework as a basis for valuation

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, February 2013, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  23. Non-invasive characterization of pore-related and elastic properties of soils in linear Biot-Stoll theory using acoustic-to-seismic coupling

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, December 2012, Wiley

    richard whalley

  24. The effects of compaction and soil drying on penetrometer resistance

    Article • Soil and Tillage Research, September 2012, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  25. The velocity of shear waves in unsaturated soil

    Article • Soil and Tillage Research, September 2012, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  26. The effect of compaction and shear deformation of saturated soil on hydraulic conductivity

    Article • Soil and Tillage Research, September 2012, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  27. Influence of organic matter on rheological properties of soil

    Article • Applied Clay Science, August 2012, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  28. Genotypic variation in the ability of wheat roots to penetrate wax layers

    Article • Plant and Soil, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry, richard whalley

  29. Predicting Penetrometer Resistance from the Compression Characteristic of Soil

    Article • Soil Science Society of America Journal, January 2012, Soil Science Society of America

    richard whalley

  30. The Velocity of Shear Waves in Saturated Soil

    Article • Soil Science Society of America Journal, January 2011, Soil Science Society of America

    richard whalley

  31. Drought Stress, Effect on Soil Mechanical Impedance and Root (Crop) Growth

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  32. Soil management in relation to sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services

    Article • Food Policy, January 2011, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  33. Estimating soil strength in the rooting zone of wheat

    Article • Plant and Soil, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  34. Deformation and Shrinkage Effects on the Soil Water Release Characteristic

    Article • Soil Science Society of America Journal, January 2010, Soil Science Society of America

    richard whalley

  35. Estimating Relative Hydraulic Conductivity from the Water Release Characteristic of a Shrinking Clay Soil

    Article • Soil Science Society of America Journal, January 2010, Soil Science Society of America

    richard whalley

  36. Soil Management and Grass Species Effects on the Hydraulic Properties of Shrinking Soils

    Article • Soil Science Society of America Journal, January 2010, Soil Science Society of America

    richard whalley

  37. Physical effects of soil drying on roots and crop growth

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, July 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    richard whalley

  38. Wetting of agricultural soil measured by a simplified capillary rise technique

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, August 2008, Wiley

    richard whalley

  39. A gradual rather than abrupt increase in soil strength gives better root penetration of strong layers

    Article • Plant and Soil, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  40. The effect of soil strength on the yield of wheat

    Article • Plant and Soil, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  41. Physical resilience of soil to field compaction and the interactions with plant growth and microbial community structure

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, December 2007, Wiley

    richard whalley

  42. A porous-matrix sensor to measure the matric potential of soil water in the field

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, February 2007, Wiley

    richard whalley

  43. Calculation of the compression index and precompression stress from soil compression test data

    Article • Soil and Tillage Research, August 2006, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  44. Does Soil Strength Play a Role in Wheat Yield Losses Caused by Soil Drying?

    Article • Plant and Soil, February 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  45. Aggregation of a soil with different cropping histories following the addition of organic materials

    Article • Soil Use and Management, January 2006, Wiley

    richard whalley

  46. In-field calibration of a dielectric soil moisture meter designed for use in an access tube

    Article • Soil Use and Management, January 2006, Wiley

    richard whalley

  47. Use of effective stress to predict the penetrometer resistance of unsaturated agricultural soils

    Article • Soil and Tillage Research, November 2005, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  48. BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT MEDIATE MICRO-AGGREGATION OF CLAYS

    Article • Soil Science, August 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    richard whalley

  49. Structural differences between bulk and rhizosphere soil

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, June 2005, Wiley

    richard whalley

  50. A rapid screening method for good root-penetration ability: Comparison of species with very different root morphology

    Article • Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant Science, May 2005, Taylor & Francis

    richard whalley

  51. Measurement of the size distribution of water-filled pores at different matric potentials by stray field nuclear magnetic resonance

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, February 2005, Wiley

    richard whalley

  52. Effects of seed priming and water potential on germination of cotton (Gossypium hirsutumL.) and maize (Zea maysL.) in laboratory assays

    Article • South African Journal of Plant and Soil, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    richard whalley

  53. The impact of mechanical impedance on the emergence of carrot and onion seedlings

    Article • Plant and Soil, August 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  54. In-field calibration of a dielectric soil moisture meter designed for use in an access tube

    Article • Soil Use and Management, June 2004, Wiley

    richard whalley

  55. THE HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SOIL AT ROOT-SOIL INTERFACE

    Article • Soil Science, February 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    richard whalley

  56. How do roots penetrate strong soil?

    Article • Plant and Soil, August 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  57. How do roots penetrate strong soil?

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  58. Aggregation of a soil with different cropping histories following the addition of organic materials

    Article • Soil Use and Management, December 2001, Wiley

    richard whalley

  59. The design of porous material sensors to measure the matric potential of water in soil

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, September 2001, Wiley

    richard whalley

  60. STRAFI-NMR studies of water transport in soil

    Article • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, April 2001, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  61. Particle Size Analysis

    Article • October 2000, Taylor & Francis

    richard whalley

  62. Response to: Comments on 'Considerationson the use of time-domain reflectrometry (TDR) for measuring soil water content' by W.R. Whalley, by I. White, J.H. Knight, S.J. Zegelin & G.C. Topp

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, December 1994, Wiley

    richard whalley

  63. Comments on 'Considerations on the use of time-domain reflectometry (TDR) for measuring soil water content' by W.R. Whalley

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, December 1994, Wiley

    richard whalley

  64. The temperature-dependence of the maximum axial growth pressure of roots of pea (Pisum sativum L.)

    Article • Plant and Soil, June 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  65. Root development and earthworm movement in relation to soil strength and structure

    Article • Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, January 1994, Taylor & Francis

    richard whalley

  66. The maximum axial growth pressure of roots of spring and autumn cultivars of lupin

    Article • Plant and Soil, December 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley

  67. Use of centrifugal photosedimentation to measure the particle size distribution of clays

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, June 1993, Wiley

    richard whalley

  68. Considerations on the use of time-domain reflectometry (TDR) for measuring soil water content

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, March 1993, Wiley

    richard whalley

  69. Real-time sensing of soil water content from mobile machinery: Options for sensor design

    Article • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, December 1992, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  70. Oriented and random sedimentation of plate-like clay particles in high centrifugal fields

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, September 1992, Wiley

    richard whalley

  71. Evaluation of the capacitance technique as a method for dynamically measuring soil water content

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, May 1992, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  72. Development and evaluation of a microwave soil moisturesensor for incorporation in a narrow cultivator tine

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, September 1991, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  73. An assessment of microwave reflectance as a technique forestimating the volumetric water content of soil

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, September 1991, Elsevier

    richard whalley

  74. Estimation of soil moisture status using near infrared reflectance

    Article • Hydrological Processes, July 1991, Wiley

    richard whalley

  75. Sensors for Soil, Substrates, and Concrete Based on the MCM100 Microchip

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    richard whalley