Emeritus Professor Roger Swift
Emeritus Professor
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
+61 7 54601 202
Book Chapters
Hayes, Michael H.B. and Swift, Roger S. (2020). Vindication of humic substances as a key component of organic matter in soil and water. Advances in Agronomy. (pp. 1-37) Maryland Heights, MO, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.agron.2020.05.001
Hayes, Michael H. B., Mylotte, Rosaleen and Swift, Roger S. (2017). Humin: its composition and importance in soil organic matter. Advances in agronomy. (pp. 47-138) edited by Donald L. Sparks. Cambridge, MA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.agron.2017.01.001
Harper, Wilma and Swift, Roger (2007). Implications for future forestry and related environmental and development policy: risks and uncertainties. Forests & Climate Change. (pp. 209-213) edited by Peter H. Freer-Smith, Mark S.J. Broadmeadow and Jim M. Lynch. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI. doi: 10.1079/9781845932947.0000
Wong, M. T. F and Swift, Roger S. (2003). Role of organic matter in alleviating soil acidity. Handbook of soil acidity. (pp. 337-358) edited by Zdenko Rengel. New York, U.S.: Marcel Dekker.
Journal Articles
Hayes, Michael H. B. and Swift, Roger S. (2017). An appreciation of the contribution of Frank Stevenson to the advancement of studies of soil organic matter and humic substances. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 18 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s11368-016-1636-6
Upadhyay, Kalika P., George, Doug, Swift, Roger S. and Galea, Victor (2014). The influence of biochar on growth of lettuce and potato. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 13 (3), 541-546. doi: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60710-8
Hayes, Thomas M., Hayes, Michael H. B. and Swift, Roger S. (2012). Detailed investigation of organic matter components in extracts and drainage waters from a soil under long term cultivation. Organic Geochemistry, 52, 13-22. doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.07.011
Hayes, T. M., Hayes, M. H. B., Skjemstad, J. O. and Swift, R. S. (2008). Compositional relationships between organic matter in a grassland soil and its drainage waters. European Journal of Soil Science, 59 (4), 603-616. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2007.01007.x
Skjemstad, J. O., Krull, E. S., Swift, R. S. and Szarvas, S. (2008). Mechanisms of protection of soil organic matter under pasture following clearing of rainforest on an Oxisol. Geoderma, 143 (3-4), 231-242. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.11.006
Skjemstad, J. O., Swift, R. S. and McGowan, J. A. (2006). Comparison of the particulate organic carbon and permanganate oxidation methods for estimating labile soil organic carbon. Australian Journal Of Soil Research, 44 (3), 255-263. doi: 10.1071/SR05124
Skjemstad, J. O., Spouncer, L. R., Cowie, B. and Swift, R. S. (2004). Calibration of the Rothamsted organic carbon turnover model (RothC ver. 26.3), using measurable soil organic carbon pools. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 42 (1), 79-88. doi: 10.1071/SR03013
Spark, K. M. and Swift, R. S. (2002). Effect of soil composition and dissolved organic matter on pesticide sorption. Science of The Total Environment, 298 (1-3), 147-161. doi: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00213-9
Swift, R. S. (2001). Sequestration of carbon by soil. Soil Science, 166 (11), 858-871. doi: 10.1097/00010694-200111000-00010
Chepkwony, CK, Haynes, RJ, Swift, RS and Harrison, R (2001). Mineralization of soil organic P induced by drying and rewetting as a source of plant-available P in limed and unlimed samples of an acid soil. Plant And Soil, 234 (1), 83-90. doi: 10.1023/A:1010541000437
Conference Papers
Kochanek, J., Swift, R. S., Kochanek, M. A., Cox, J. and Flematti, G. R. (2016). A systematic approach to recycling organics for horticulture: comparing emerging and conventional technologies. XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014): International Symposia on Water, Eco-Efficiency and Transformation of Organic Waste in Horticultural Production, Brisbane, Australia, 17-22 August, 2014. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1112.44
Hayes, Michael H. B. and Swift, Roger S. (2013). Lumping or splitting: holistic or fractionation approaches to studies of humic substances. IHSS 16, Zheijiang University, Hangzhou, China, 9-14 September, 2012. Dordrecht , Netherlands: Zhejiang University Press and Springer Science+Business Media. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-5634-2_10
Hayes, M.H.B. and Swift, R.S. (2009). Humic substances in soils and their drainage water. The 14th Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS-14), 14-19 September, 2008, Moscow-Saint Petersburg, Russia. Oxford ; New York: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Spark, K. M. and Swift, R. S. (2008). Use of alkaline flyash-based products to amend soil acids: Plant growth response and nutrient uptake. Sydney, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/SR07209
Spark, K. M. and Swift, R. S. (2008). Use of alkaline flyash-based products to amend acid soils: Extractability of selected elements and their uptake by plants. Sydney, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/SR07210
Hayes, M. H. B. and Swift, R. S. (2001). Progress towards understanding aspects of composition and structure of humic substance. Understanding and Managing Organic Matter in Soils, Sediments and Water, Adelaide, 21-25 September 1998. USA: International Humic Substance Society.
Wong, M. T. F. and Swift, R. S. (2001). Application of fresh and humified organic matter to ameliorate soil acidity. Understanding and Managing Organic Matter in Soils, Sediments and Water, Adelaide, 21-25 September 1998. USA: International Humic Substance Society.
Spark, K. M. and Swift, R. S. (2001). Analysis of the Molecular weight fractions of a soil humic acid using DRIFT spectroscopy. Understanding and Managing Organic Matter in Soils, Sediments and Water, Adelaide, 21-25 September 1998. USA: International Humic Substance Society.
Research Reports
Kochanek, Jitka, Flematti, Gavin, Long, Rowena, Cox, Justine, Swift, Roger and Kochanek, Mark (2014). Novel, sustainable and profitable horticultural management systems: soil amendments, waste reuse and carbon sequestration. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Horticulture Australia.
Swift, Roger and Skjemstad, Jan (2002). Agricultural Land Use and Management Information. National Carbon Accounting System Technical Report No. 13: Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Greenhouse Office.