Home » Plant Sciences at UQ

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School of Integrative Biology
| AITKEN, Liz | Molecular and genetic aspects of plant-pathogen interactions |
| BEVERIDGE, Christine | Control of plant development |
| BIRCH, Robert | Plant molecular improvement |
| BOTELLA, Jimmy | Ecological Biotechnology, genetic engineering, molecular biology and signal transduction in plants |
| BUCKLEY, Yvonne | Population dynamics, species interactions, evolution and management of invasive plants |
| CRITCHLEY, Christa | Photosynthesis in green leaves (chloroplast ultrastructure and chlorophyll fluorescence) |
| EBERT, Paul | Molecular mechanisms of oxidative stress toxicity and longevity |
| GEERING, Andrew | Plant pathology and diagnostics |
| GRESSHOFF, Peter | Functional genomics and molecular physiology of root nodules |
| IRWIN, John | The genetics of host parasite interactions |
| MASON, Michael | Plant nutrient regulation and signal transduction |
| SCHENK, Peer | Plant functional genomics, plant cell signalling and physiology, molecular plant-microbe interactions and biodiscovery |
| SCHMIDT, Susanne | Ecophysiology of Australian Plants and Ecosystems |
| THOMAS, John | Plant pathology |
School of Land, Crops and Food Sciences
| ADKINS, Steve |
Plant and Seed Physiology, Weed Science, Agricultural
biotechnology |
| BASFORD,
Kaye |
Theory and application of pattern analysis |
| BASNAYAKE,
Jayampathi |
Plant breeding, and plant adaptation to environmental
stress |
| BIRCH,
Colin |
Crop agronomy, Crop adaptation, growth and development
nutrition |
| BURNS,
Richard |
Bioremediation, soil-plant interactions |
| DALZELL,
Scott |
Tropical pasture agronomy, forage quality & anti-nutritive
factors |
| DART,
Peter |
Sustainable agroforestry systems |
| DeLACY,
Ian |
Plant adaption to stress and crop improvement |
| DIETERS,
Mark |
Agroforestry, abiotic stress physiology, crop improvement |
| FUKAI,
Shu |
Crop Physiology and abiotic stress physiology |
| GALEA,
Victor |
Plant Pathology |
| GEORGE,
Doug |
Crop improvement |
| GIDLEY,
Michael |
Nutritional benefits of plant-based foods |
| GILBERT,
Bob |
Emulsion polymerization, starch structure and nutrition |
| GODWIN,
Ian |
Molecular plant improvement and molecular genetics. |
| GUPTA,
Madan |
Postharvest technologies |
| HAMMER,
Graeme |
Crop ecophysiology, modelling and crop improvement |
| HARRISON,
Dion |
Molecular and genetic mechanisms of herbicide resistance
in weeds |
| HEWITT,
Andrew |
Director, C-START |
| JOYCE,
Daryl |
Post-harvest horticulture, and environmental systems |
| JOHNSTON,
Margaret |
Domestication of Australian plants with export
floriculture potential |
| KOPITTKE,
Peter |
Plant tolerance to heavy metal and saline environments |
| LAMBRIDES,
Christopher |
Molecular plant improvement, abiotic and biotic
stress resistance/tolerance in crops |
| MENZIES,
Neal |
Soil science and plant nutrition |
| NAVIE,
Sheldon |
Weed Biology and Ecology |
| van
OOSTEROM, Erik |
Physiological basis for crop adaptation to abiotic
stress |
| WEHR,
Bernard |
Plant growth in adverse environmental conditions,
plant root biology |
| WILLIAMS,
Richard |
Physiology of plant growth and development in vitro,
and its application for plant improvement |
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences
| CARROLL, Bernard | Molecular genetics of gene expression and development |
| DIETZGEN, Ralf | Molecular plant-pathogen interactions, plant protection technologies, gene discovery |
| FEGAN, Mark | Diversity and diagnostics of plant pathogenic bacteria |

School of Pharmacy
| STEADMAN, Kathryn |
Drug discovery and delivery, biology and chemistry
of plant seeds and fruits |
Centre for Mine Land Rehabilitation
| DOLEY, David | Ecophysiology and Plant responses to environmental stresses |

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
| AITKEN, Karen | Sugarcane breeding |
| BONNETT, Graham | Sugarcane improvement. Ecology and reproductive biology of sugarcane |
| CASU, Rosanne | Sugarcane improvement. Bioinformatics |
| CHAKRABORTY, Sukumar | Epidemiology and population biology of necrotrophic plant pathogens |
| CHAPMAN, Scott | Crop and plant physiology, plant breeding, quantitative genetics, crop/climate interactions |
| DRECCER, Fernanda | Abiotic stress and crop improvement |
| KAZAN, Kemal | Signalling processes regulating plant defence responses |
| GROF, Christopher | Metabolic steps underpinning sucrose accumulation in sugarcane |
| JACKSON, Phillip | Sugarcane improvement (better yield, adaptation to adverse environments, and increased sucrose content) |
| JAMES, Andrew | Soybean improvement breeding program |
| LIU, Chunji | Resistance to the diseases Fusarium head blight and crown rot in wheat |
| McINTYRE, Lynne | Molecular genetic basis of key traits for wheat and sugarcane improvement |
| MANNERS, John | Mechanisms of plant defence and improving disease resistance in grain crops |
| RAE, Anne | Development of tools for tissue-specific and subcellular targeting |
| SCHMIDT, Adele | Macadamia improvement |
| XUE, Gang-Ping | Cellular and molecular mechanisms of drought stress in wheat |

Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F)
| DIETZGEN, Ralf | Molecular plant-pathogen interactions, plant protection technologies, gene discovery |
| GEERING, Andrew | Plant pathology and diagnostics |
| HOLTON, Timothy | Genetics & functional genomics, gene discovery in tropical fruits and grasses, plant seconday metabolites |
| THOMAS, John | Plant pathology |

Institute for Molecular Biosciences
There are many more scientists who contribute to UQ Plant Sciences but are not listed above. These people can be found at the following places:
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