Staff and Postgraduate Students
Staff:
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Current Students:
Masayo Kawaguchi (PhD). Understanding the mechanisms of graft incompatibility.
Naser Panjehkeh (PhD). Physiological and genetic basis of phytophthora disease resistancy in plants.
Tanya Tapingkae (PhD). Regulatory mechanisms of flowering in Sturt's Desert Pea.
Anthony Hassal (ProfD). Organic viticulture
Sousan Falahi (GradDip). Advantages of microponic culture systems.
Recent Completed Projects:
Greg Jones (Postdoctoral Fellow)- Agronomy of Tasmannia Stipitata (Dorrigo Pepperbush).
Jennifer Smith (PhD). Strategies for cultivation through in vitro and ex situ breeding techniques in Hakea pulvinifera.
Irawati (PhD). In vitro improvement of soybean (Glycine max L.) resistance to the allelopathic suppression of nut grass (Cyperus rotundus L.).
Rebecca Bruce (BRurSci-Hons). Water requirements of Chardonnay grapes.
Mershad Barary (PhD).Water stress responses of triticale.
Shahin Alemazkoor (PhD- The University of Queensland). Androgenesis, morphogenesis of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and the role of heat shock proteins on embryogenesis and chilling tolerance.
Mohammad Amiri (PhD), The control of mineral uptake in vitro.
Helen Dodd (PhD- QUT). Interactions of pathogenic and saprophytic Psedomonads with photoautotrophic and in vitro potato plants.
Monjur Hamid (PhD). Mechanism of Paclobutrazol regulation of shoot growth in Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa).
Zulkarnain (PhD). In Vitro breeding in Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa).
Snezana Dukic (MSc- QUT). Development of an in vitro germplasm collection of Saccharum spp. hybrid clones.
Masayo Kawaguchi (MSc). In vitro and in vivo grafting of Sturt’s Desert Pea.
Stefan Kempff (MRurSc). Responses of vegetables to seaweed extract application.
Tanya Tapingkae (MSc). Influences of light quality and quantity on growth and development in Anigozanthos bicolor and Zieria fraseria in vitro.
Ramal Yusuf (MSciAg). Factors affecting flowering in Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa).
Martin Witchard (MSc). The use of paclobutrazol in controlling tree growth.
Majid Danesh (DipHortSc). In vitro acclimatisation of Rosa sp cv Red cascade - Effects of light intensity, gradual reduction in relative humidity and sucrose concentration.
Penny Jones (DipHortSc). Effects of Natrakelp (seaweed concentrate), Cultar (Paclobutrazol) and Kinetin on the shelf life of Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa) flowers.
Jenni Butterworth (BRurSc- Honours). Factors affecting yield and oil quality and quantity in two aromatic plant species.
Elizabeth Jones (BRurSc Honours). Conservation of rare Hakea pulvinifera.
Elizabeth McGuire (BRurSc- Honours). Factors affecting multiplication rate of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) in vitro.
Donna Needham (BSc- Honours). Conservation of heritage plants in Central Park in Armidale.
Belinda Ryan (Honours). Control of morphogenesis in vitro through stock plant management in Begonia rex.
Georgina MacKinnon (BRurSci-Honours). Use of genetic markers in identification of desiable characteristics in some triticale lines.
Karlie Scott (BRur Sci-Honours). Towards production of hoploid plants in triticale using in vitro plants.
Kyleigh Black (BRurSc- Honours). Effect of cotton defoliant on olive trees.
Visiting Scholar
Karl Xiao
Research project: Microspore culture
Visiting Students
Delphine Spay (France)
Christophe Henoque (France)
Regis Courteillei (France)