Dr Neil White
Adjunct Associate Professor
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Research Interests
- Functional Structural Plant Modelling
- Research into how canopy management can influence light within tropical fruit and nut trees.
Qualifications
- PhD, The University of Queensland
- Master of Applied Science
- Bachelor of Applied Science
Journal Articles
Ullah, Muhammad Asad, Khanal, Amit, Joyce, Priya, White, Neil, Macnish, Andrew and Joyce, Daryl (2025). Susceptibility of vapour heat-treated “B74” mango fruit to internal disorders and mineral nutrient composition. Scientia Horticulturae, 341 114013, 114013. doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2025.114013
Khanal, Amit, Ullah, Muhammad Asad, Joyce, Priya, White, Neil, Macnish, Andrew, Hoffman, Eleanor, Irving, Donald, Webb, Richard and Joyce, Daryl (2024). Fruit sorting based on maturity reduces internal disorders in vapor heat-treated ‘B74’ mango. Horticulturae, 10 (12) 1257, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/horticulturae10121257
Wang, Ming, Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan, Koralewski, Tomasz E., Grant, William E., White, Neil, Hanan, Jim and Grimm, Volker (2024). From known to unknown unknowns through pattern-oriented modelling: driving research towards the Medawar zone. Ecological Modelling, 497 110853, 110853. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110853
Ullah, Muhammad Asad, Khanal, Amit, Joyce, Priya, White, Neil, Macnish, Andrew and Joyce, Daryl (2024). Internal disorders of mango fruit and their management—physiology, biochemistry, and role of mineral nutrients. Plants, 13 (18) 2596, 2596. doi: 10.3390/plants13182596
Khanal, Amit, Ullah, Muhammad Asad, Joyce, Priya, White, Neil, Macnish, Andrew, Hoffman, Eleanor, Irving, Donald, Webb, Richard and Joyce, Daryl (2024). Impact of fruit maturity on internal disorders in vapor heat treated mango Cv. ‘B74’. Sustainability, 16 (13) 5472, 1-21. doi: 10.3390/su16135472
Watter, Kurt, Thomas, Elaine, White, Neil, Finch, Neal and Murray, Peter J. (2021). Aging Sambar (Rusa unicolor) using cementum annuli and eruption and wear: implications for predicting populations. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 45 (3), 1-7. doi: 10.1002/wsb.1216
Watter, K., Thomas, E., White, N., Finch, N. and Murray, P.J. (2020). Reproductive seasonality and rate of increase of wild sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) in a new environment, Victoria, Australia. Animal Reproduction Science, 223 106630, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2020.106630
Wang, Ming, White, Neil, Hanan, Jim, He, DI, Wang, Enli, Cribb, Bronwen, Kriticos, Darren J., Paini, Dean and Grimm, Volker (2020). Parameter estimation for functional-structural plant models when data are scarce: using multiple patterns for rejecting unsuitable parameter sets. Annals of Botany, 126 (4), 559-570. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa016
Parkes, Heidi, Darbyshire, Rebecca and White, Neil (2020). Chilling requirements of apple cultivars grown in mild Australian winter conditions. Scientia Horticulturae, 260 108858, 108858. doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2019.108858
Wang, Ming, White, Neil, Grimm, Volker, Hofman, Helen, Doley, David, Thorp, Grant, Cribb, Bronwen, Wherritt, Ella, Han, Liqi, Wilkie, John and Hanan, Jim (2018). Pattern-oriented modelling as a novel way to verify and validate functional-structural plant models: a demonstration with the annual growth module of avocado. Annals of Botany, 121 (5), 941-959. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcx187
Whish, Jeremy P.M., Herrmann, Neville I., White, Neil A., Moore, Andrew D. and Kriticos, Darren J. (2015). Integrating pest population models with biophysical crop models to better represent the farming system. Environmental Modelling and Software, 72, 418-425. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.10.010
Mushtaq, S., White, N., Cockfield, G., Power, B. and Jakeman, G. (2015). Reconfiguring agriculture through the relocation of production systems for water, environment and food security under climate change. Journal of Agricultural Science, 153 (5), 779-797. doi: 10.1017/S0021859614001117
Williams, Allyson, White, Neil, Mushtaq, Shahbaz, Cockfield, Geoff, Power, Brendan and Kouadio, Louis (2015). Quantifying the response of cotton production in eastern Australia to climate change. Climatic Change, 129 (1-2), 183-196. doi: 10.1007/s10584-014-1305-y
Mushtaq, Shahbaz, Cockfield, Geoff, White, Neil and Jakeman, Guy (2014). Modelling interactions between farm-level structural adjustment and a regional economy: a case of the Australian rice industry. Agricultural Systems, 123, 34-42. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2013.08.010
Chakraborty, Sukumar, Luck, Jo, Hollaway, Grant, Fitzgerald, Glenn and White, Neil (2011). Rust-proofing wheat for a changing climate. Euphytica, 179 (1), 19-32. doi: 10.1007/s10681-010-0324-7
White, Neil A., Engeman, Richard M., Sugihara, Robert T. and Krupa, Heather W. (2008). A comparison of plotless density estimators using Monte Carlo simulation on totally enumerated field data sets. BMC Ecology, 8 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-8-6
Donald, Alexis, Meinke, Holger, Power, Brendan, Maia, Aline de H. N., Wheeler, Matthew C., White, Neil, Stone, Roger C. and Ribbe, Joachim (2006). Near-global impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on rainfall. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (9) L09704. doi: 10.1029/2005GL025155
Olsson, GE, White, N, Hjalten, J and Ahlm, C (2005). Habitat factors associated with bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) and concomitant hantavirus in Northern Sweden. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 5 (4), 315-323. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.315
Palo, R. Thomas, White, Neil and Danell, Kjell (2003). Spatial and temporal variations of 137Cs in moose Alces alces and transfer to man in northern Sweden. Wildlife Biology, 9 (3), 207-212.
Olsson, GE, Ahlm, C, Elgh, F, Verlemyr, AC, White, N, Juto, P and Palo, RT (2003). Hantavirus antibody occurrence in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) during a vole population cycle. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 39 (2), 299-305. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.299
White, N, Sutherst, RW, Hall, N and Whish-Wilson, P (2003). The vulnerability of the Australian beef industry to impacts of the cattle tick (Boophilus microplus) under climate change. Climatic Change, 61 (1-2), 157-190. doi: 10.1023/A:1026354712890
White, Neil A. and Sjöberg, Mikael (2002). Accuracy of satellite positions from free-ranging grey seals using ARGOS. Polar Biology, 25 (8), 629-631.
Olsson, Gert E., White, Neil, Ahlm, Clas, Elgh, Fredrik, Verlemyr, Ann-Christin, Juto, Per and Palo, R. Thomas (2002). Demographic factors associated with hantavirus infection in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus). Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8 (9), 924-929. doi: 10.3201/eid0809.020037
Jackson, Michael, White, Neil, Giffard, Phil and Timms, Peter (1999). Epizootiology of Chlamydia infections in two free-range koala populations. Veterinary Microbiology, 65 (4), 255-264. doi: 10.1016/s0378-1135(98)00302-2
White, Neil A. (1999). Ecology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in rural south-east Queensland, Australia. Wildlife Research, 26 (6), 731-744. doi: 10.1071/WR98002
White, NA and Timms, P (1994). Chlamydia-Psittaci in a Koala (Phascolarctos-Cinereus) Population in South-East Queensland. Wildlife Research, 21 (1), 41-47. doi: 10.1071/WR9940041
Timms, P., Kato, J., Maugeri, M. and White, N. (1993). DNA fingerprint analysis of a free-range koala population. Biochemical Genetics, 31 (9-10), 363-374. doi: 10.1007/BF02396223
White, N. A. and Kunst, N. D. (1991). Aspects of the ecology of the koala in southeastern Queensland. Biology of the Koala, 109-116.
ELLIS, WAH, WHITE, NA, KUNST, ND and CARRICK, FN (1990). RESPONSE OF KOALAS (PHASCOLARCTOS-CINEREUS) TO REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD AFTER REHABILITATION. Australian Wildlife Research, 17 (4), 421-426. doi: 10.1071/WR9900421
Weigler B.J., Girjes A.A., White N.A., Kunst N.D., Carrick F.N. and Lavin M.F. (1988). Aspects of the epidemiology of Chlamydia psittaci infection in a population of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in southeastern Queensland, Australia.. Journal of wildlife diseases, 24 (2), 282-291. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-24.2.282
Conference Papers
Ullah, M.A., Joyce, D.C., Khanal, A., Joyce, P.A., White, N.A., Macnish, A.J. and Webb, R.I. (2023). Mineral nutrition and internal defects in vapour heat treated mango fruit. XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): International Symposium on Plant Nutrition, Fertilization, Soil Management, Angers, France, 14-20 August 2022. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2023.1375.55
Chen, Y., Joyce, D. C., White, N. A., Bryant, P., Valida, A., Duong, H. V., Macnish, A. J. and Smith, L. (2023). Mango shelf-life modelling. XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): International Symposium on Postharvest Technologies to Reduce Food Losses, Angers, France, 14-20 August 2022. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1364.19
Khanal, A., Joyce, D.C., Ullah, M.A., Irving, D.E., Macnish, A.J., Joyce, P.A., White, N.A., Hoffman, E.W. and Webb, R.I. (2023). Fruit maturity and vapour heat treatment influence ‘flesh cavity with white patches’ disorder in ‘Calypso™’ mango. XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): International Symposium on Postharvest Technologies to Reduce Food Losses, Angers, France, 14-20 August 2022. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2023.1364.32
Ibell, P. T., Normand, F., Kolala, R., Wright, C., White, N. and Bally, I. (2018). The effects of cultivar and training system on vegetative growth of mango (Mangifera indica) orchards in Far North Queensland. XI International Symposium on Integrating Canopy, Rootstock and Environmental Physiology in Orchard Systems, Bologna, Italy, 28 August - 2 September 2016. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1228.10
Yu, X., White, N., Lisle, A., Cao, S. F., Zhang, Y., Joyce, D. C. and Hofman, P. J. (2016). 3D modelling of mango fruit skin blush in the tree canopy. XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014): IV International Symposium on Papaya, VIII International Pineapple Symposium, and International Symposium on Mango, Brisbane, Australia, 17-22 August, 2014. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1111.49
Wang, Ming, Thorp, Grant, Hofman, Helen, White, Neil, Wherritt, Ella and Hanan, Jim (2016). Pattern-oriented modelling of plant architecture: a new approach for constructing functional-structural plant models. IEEE International Conference on Functional-Structural Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications (FSPMA), Qingdao, China, 7-11 November 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/FSPMA.2016.7818308
White, N. and Hanan, J. (2016). A model of macadamia with application to pruning in orchards. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1109: XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014): International Symposium on Nut Crops, Brisbane, Australia, 17 August 2014. LEUVEN 1: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1109.12
White, Neil A. and Hanan, Jim (2013). A self-organising model of Macadamia with application to pruning in orchards. 7th International Conference on Functional-Structural Plant Models (FSPM 2013), Saariselkä, Finland, 9-14 June 2013. Vantaa, Finland: Finnish Society of Forest Science.