BSc Hons, MSc, PhD (UWA)

Associate Professor in Plant Pathology

Research Interests

- Plant Virology and phytopathogenic bacteria
- Epidemiology and control of plant diseases of horticultural crops
- Plant:pathogen interactions and mechanisms of host plant resistance

Research Areas:

• Perennial horticulture  Read More
• Vegetable Research  Read More

Teaching

Responsible for Plant Pathology units in Agricultural Science

Units

• KLA287 - Introduction to Plant Diseases
  
• KLA329 - Crop Health Management
  
• KLA346 - Agricultural and Forest Pathology
  

Current and Supervised Project/s:

• Processing Potato R&D Program
• Phytochemistry of thrips resistance in potato and its influence on acquisition and transmission of tomato spotted wilt virus
• Toward a durable management strategy for rayblight in Tasmanian pyrethrum crops
• The role of phytotoxins in rayblight disease of pyrethrum and significance of toxin tolerance to disease resistance
• Genetic diversity of viral pathogens of hop