Dumsane Themba Matse
Research Officer – Efficacy and safety of nitrification and urease inhibitors.Research Interests
I have interest in soil-plant-microbes interaction and the application of science to improve environmental quality and agricultural production.
- Soil microbiology
- Nitrogen dynamics
- Improving nitrogen use efficiency in farming systems
- Use and safety of nitrification and urease inhibitors
- Reducing nitrogen emissions in pastoral systems
- Improving biological nitrogen fixation
Education
2023- Ph.D in Soil Science, Massey University, New Zealand.
2017- MSc in Agriculture and Soil Microbiology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.
2012- BSc in Agronomy, University of Swaziland, Eswatini.
Dumsane Themba Matse, Fernando Avendano, Bishop P, Jeyakumar P, and Geoff Bates (2023). Simulating gibberellic acid effect on pasture yield on naturally deposited and fixed area urine. Environments. 10 (7): 112. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10070112.
Dumsane Themba Matse, Jeyakumar P, Bishop P and Anderson CWN (2023). Nitrification rate in dairy cattle urine patches can be inhibited by changing soil bioavailable Cu concentration. Environment Pollution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121107.
Dumsane Themba Matse, Jeyakumar P, Bishop P and Anderson CWN (2022). Copper induces nitrification by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in pastoral soils. Journal of Environmental Quality.53, 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20440.
Dumsane Themba Matse, Jeyakumar P, Bishop P and Anderson CWN. (2021). Bioavailable Copper can influence nitrification rate in New Zealand farm soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 22(3): 916-930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-021-03113-8
Dumsane Themba Matse, Cheng-Hua Huang, Yuh-Ming Huang and Ming-Yi Yen. (2020). Effects of coinoculation of Rhizobium with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on the nitrogen fixation and nutrient uptake of Trifolium repens in low phosphorus soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 43 (5): 739-752. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2019.1702205.
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Dumsane Themba Matse, Paramsothy Jeyakumar, Peter Bishop and Chris Anderson. (2021). Bioavailable copper on nitrification rate in New Zealand dairy farm soils. Paper presented at the Soil Science Australia and the New Zealand Society of Soil Science, 27 June-2 July, Cairns, Australia. Dumsane Themba Matse, Paramsothy Jeyakumar, Peter Bishop and Chris Anderson. (2020). The effect of copper bioavailability on nitrification rate in New Zealand pastoral soils. In: Nutrient Management in Farmed Landscapes. (Eds. C.L. Christensen, D.J. Horne and R. Singh). http://flrc.massey.ac.nz/publications.html. Occasional Report No. 33. Farmed Landscapes Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 6 pages. Dumsane Themba Matse, Cheng-Hua Huang, Yuh-Ming Huang and Ming-Yi Yen. (2019). Effects of coinoculation of Rhizobium with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on the nitrogen fixation and nutrient uptake of Trifolium repens in low phosphorus soil. 14th International Conference of the East and South-East Asia Federation, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Rukshagini Sutharsan, Massey University, New Zealand.
Nitrogen cycling and uptake under diverse pastures and regenerative management.