Dr Patricia (Trish) Madsen

• Plant microbial associations and their role in the establishment of plant communities after mining. The associations studied have included legume – rhizobia, Casuarina – Frankia and various mycorrhizal associations (vesicular-arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal)
• Plant nutrition and its role in mine rehabilitation
• Salinity and its effects on plant establishment after mining
• Factors (especially microbial and nutritional) affecting tree establishment

• Rosbrook, P.A. (1986) A Frankia source selection programme to improve nitrogen fixation by Casuarinaceae. In ‘Amelioration of Soil by Trees. Proceedings and recommendations of a planning workshop, Lucknow, India. March, 1986’. CSC Technical Publication Series No. 190, pp.91-94.
• Rosbrook, P. A. and Bowen, G. D. (1987) The abilities of three Frankia isolates to nodulate and fix nitrogen with four species of Casuarina. Physiologia Plantarum, 70, 373-377.
• Reddell, P., Rosbrook, P. A., Bowen, G. D. and Gwaze, D. (1988) Field responses of Casuarina Cunninghamiana to inoculation with Frankia. Plant and Soil, 108, 79-86.
• Rosbrook, P. A., Burggraaf, A. J. P. and Reddell, P. (1989) A comparison of two methods and different media for isolating Frankia from Casuarina root nodules. Plant and Soil, 120, 187-193.
• Reddell, P., Rosbrook, P.A. and Ryan, P.A. (1989) Managing nitrogen fixation in Casuarina species to increase productivity. In ‘Trees for the tropics: Growing Australian multipurpose trees and shrubs in developing countries’, Ed. D.J. Boland. ACIAR Monograph No. 10. pp. 209-214.
• Rosbrook, P. A. (1990) Effect of inoculum type and placement on nodulation and growth of Casuarina cunninghamiana seedlings. Forest Ecology and Management, 36, 135-147.
• Sellstedt, A., Reddell, P. and Rosbrook, P. (1991) The Occurrence of Hemoglobin and Hydrogenase in Nodules of 12 Casuarina-Frankia Symbiotic Associations Physiologia Plantarum, 82, 458-464.
• Sellstedt, A., Reddell, P., Rosbrook, P. A. and Ziehr, A. (1991) The Relations of Hemoglobin and Lignin-Like Compounds to Acetylene-Reduction in Symbiotic Casuarina Journal of Experimental Botany, 42, 1331-1337.
• Rosbrook, P. A., Asher, C. J. and Bell, L. C. (1992) The cobalt status of Queensland soils in relation to pasture growth and cobalt accumulation. Tropical Grasslands, 26, 130-136.
• Sellstedt, A., Rosbrook, P. A., Kang, L. and Reddell, P. (1994) Effect of Carbon Source on Growth, Nitrogenase and Uptake Hydrogenase Activities of Frankia Isolates from Casuarina Sp Plant and Soil, 158, 63-68.
• Rosbrook, P. A. and Reddell, P. (1995) Isolation of Frankia from Root-Nodules of 3 Species of Casuarina Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 27, 427-429.
• Madsen, P.A., Grigg, A.H. and Mulligan, D.R. (2003) A review of completion criteria for native ecosystem rehabilitation on mined lands in eastern Australia. A Report to the Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland.

Conference abstracts and technical memorandums

• Rosbrook, P.A., Bell, L.C., Asher, C.J. and Jobin, M.P. (1984) Soil and plant factors affecting the cobalt status of pastures on soils of tropical Australia. Proc. National Soils Conference, Brisbane. Aust. Soc. Soil Science Inc. p. 334.
• Rosbrook, P.A. and Bowen, G.D. (1986) Nodulation and growth of Casuarina glauca inoculated with different Frankia sources. Proc. 8th Aust. Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Adelaide. Aust. Inst. Agric. Science. P. 109.
• Rosbrook, P.A., Bowen, G.D. and Correll, R. (1986) Lack of a positive growth response by Casuarina cunninghamiana to inoculation with Frankia. Proc. 8th Aust. Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Adelaide. Aust. Inst. Agric. Science. P. 107.
• Reddell, P., Rosbrook, P.A., Correll, R and Bowen, G.D. (1986) Field responses of three provenances of Casuarina cunninghamiana to inoculation with Frankia. Proc. 8th Aust. Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Adelaide. Aust. Inst. Agric. Science. P. 105.
• Francis, I.W. and Rosbrook, P.A. (1987) Techniques for isolation of Frankia from Casuarina root nodules. CSIRO Division of Soils, Technical Memorandum No. 52.
• Rosbrook, P.A. and Francis, I.W. (1987) Screening of Frankia isolates to assess their nodulation and nitrogen fixation ability when associated with five species of Casuarina sens. strict. CSIRO, Division of Soils, Technical Memorandum No. 74.
• Kang, L., Rosbrook, P. and Reddell, P. (1990) A comparison of two methods for determining the number of viable Frankia propagules in peat cultures. CSIRO, Division of Soils, Technical Memorandum No. 18.
• Rosbrook, P.A. and Robson, A. (1990) Infectivity of stored and new isolates of Frankia from Casuarina sens. strict. CSIRO, Division of Soils, Technical Memorandum No. 19.
• Rosbrook, P.A., Reddell, P. Joyce, S., Robson, A. and Ward, A. (1990) Isolation of Frankia from nodules of Casuarina sens. strict. from different geographical areas of Australia. CSIRO Division of Soils, Technical Memorandum No. 20.
• Rosbrook, P.A., Reddell, P., Joyce, S., Robson, A. and Ward, A. (1993) Isolation of Frankia from nodules of three species of Casuarina. In ‘Genetics, Microbial Ecology and Nitrogen Fixation – Is there a sustainable symbiosis?, Proceedings of the 10th Australian Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Brisbane, p. 35. The Australian Society for Nitrogen Fixation.