Dr Brigid McKenna
Dr

Brigid McKenna

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Dr Brigid McKenna is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Environmental Sciences Environmental management Land capability and soil productivity Natural resource management Soil chemistry and soil carbon sequestration (excl. carbon sequestration science) Soil sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Search Professor Brigid McKenna’s works on UQ eSpace

64 works between 2008 and 2026
All (64) Journal Article (51) Other Outputs (3) Conference Publication (10)

61 - 64 of 64 works

2010

Conference Publication

Novel methods to investigate metal interactions with plant cell walls

McKenna, Brigid A., Wehr, J. Bernhard, Kopittke, Peter M., Blamey, F. Pax C. and Menzies, Neal W. (2010). Novel methods to investigate metal interactions with plant cell walls. 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1-6 August 2010. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: International Union of Soil Sciences.

Novel methods to investigate metal interactions with plant cell walls

2009

Journal Article

Mechanical and structural properties of native and alkali-treated bacterial cellulose produced by Gluconacetobacter xylinus strain ATCC53524

McKenna, Brigid A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Wehr, J. Bernhard, Gidley, Michael J. and Menzies, Neal W. (2009). Mechanical and structural properties of native and alkali-treated bacterial cellulose produced by Gluconacetobacter xylinus strain ATCC53524. Cellulose, 16 (6) 1047, 1047-1055. doi: 10.1007/s10570-009-9340-y

Mechanical and structural properties of native and alkali-treated bacterial cellulose produced by Gluconacetobacter xylinus strain ATCC53524

2009

Journal Article

Metal-induced cell rupture in elongating roots is associated with metal ion binding strengths

Kopittke, P. M., McKenna, B. A., Blamey, F. P. C., Wehr, J. B. and Menzies, N. W. (2009). Metal-induced cell rupture in elongating roots is associated with metal ion binding strengths. Plant and Soil, 322 (1), 303-315. doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-9917-0

Metal-induced cell rupture in elongating roots is associated with metal ion binding strengths

2008

Conference Publication

Using Gluconacetobacter xylinus as a tool to investigate aluminium interactions with plant cell walls

McKenna, B. A., Wehr, J. B. and Menzies, N. W. (2008). Using Gluconacetobacter xylinus as a tool to investigate aluminium interactions with plant cell walls. Joint Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Societies of Soil Science: ‘SOIL – the living skin of Planet Earth’, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1-5 December 2008. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Massey University.

Using Gluconacetobacter xylinus as a tool to investigate aluminium interactions with plant cell walls

Current funding

  • 2026
    Sulfur cycling in a climosequence of chronosequences in Australia
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2030
    The use of polyhalite to alleviate soil constraints and supply nutrients to crops as assessed with nuclear techniques
    International Atomic Energy Agency - Austria
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2026
    Using multi-element fertilisers to increase potassium availability in soil by decreasing fixation
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2026
    Investigating Phosphorus and Sulphur Speciation in a Space-for-Time Study of Land Use Change in Tropical Soils
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2026
    Temporal changes in soil organic carbon speciation following conversion from rainforest to long-term cropping in tropical climates
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025
    Examining root distribution along fertiliser bands with co-application of potassium and phosphorus
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025
    Factors controlling soil sulfur speciation in tropical Australia
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025
    Improving Potassium Fertiliser Efficiency in Australian Soils
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025
    The influence of land use on the role of phosphorus and sulfur in soil organic carbon stabilisation and persistence in a subtropical Ferrosol
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025
    Interaction of P-S-C in soil organic matter
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025
    Exploring the impacts of land use change on phosphorus speciation of soil organic matter fractions in sub-tropical Vertosols
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025
    23089 ¿ Exploring Responses of Carbon Speciation to Long-term Land Use Management in Semi-arid, Subtropical Australian Vertosols
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2024
    Uni Queensland - preferred access MCT
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2024
    Phosphorus fractions and speciation in highly weathered soils: unveiling the interplay with soil aggregation across diverse agricultural land uses
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2024
    Effect of long-term land use management strategies on sulfur speciation in semi-arid, subtropical Australian soils
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2024
    Medicinal and culinary properties of sulfur compounds in garlic and other allium species
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Linking fertiliser phosphorus transformations to plastic plant root responses
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Linking plastic root responses to fertiliser phosphorus transformations
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Phosphorus speciation within subtropical soils with concentrated fertilizer bands
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant

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