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Brisbane, Queensland, AUS
Joined August 2020
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They found that dsRNA, applied preventatively or curatively, inhibits myrtle rust disease and improves plant growth and recovery following severe infections. These findings have immediate potential in the management of the more than 10-year epidemic of myrtle rust in Australia.
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I'm very proud of my PhD students @bec_degnan and Leny Jane Pame who both won oral prizes at #APPS2023 in Adelaide! Well done Bec and Leny! @UQ_SCMB @QAAFI – at Adelaide, South Australia
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The #APPS2023 conference started today! Several team members will be presenting their work in the next few days: Dr Chris Brosnan, Dr Mohsen Khani, @Cathryn_Todd_SA, @anne_swyr ,@Curious_Tory , Dr Linda Smith, @bec_degnan,Dr Prabhakaran T Sambasivam, Mrs Leny Jane Pame.
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They will be presenting and displaying posters across the five days
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We are proud our Deputy Director @DonaldGardiner2 was named as Australia's 2024 top researcher in the field of Plant Pathology! theaustralian.com.au/special… #research #excellence @arc_gov_au @QAAFI @UQ_News @australian
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Prof Kathy Evans is working with Tassie wine grape growers to give them site-specific answers about botrytis. Growers will select which botrytis management practices to test on their vineyards with expert guidance from the project team. Find out more: ow.ly/jr8Z50Q0qzf
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Our own PhD student Pratyush competing on @UQ_News all institutes 3 minutes thesis competition, talking about potential of RNA-based bio-pesticides to fight Fusarium in wheat! We are very proud of his work!#phdlife #phdchat #cropprotection @QAAFI @QAAFI_EMCR
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Our researchers are leading a world-first project to investigate the use of BioClayTM to suppress botrytis bunch rot disease in wine grapes. 🍇 Read more: ow.ly/VGpC50NGyZb @ARC_CropProtect #wineaustralia #botrytis #wineresearch #agresearch
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Possibility for a PhD student to join CI @PetaAshworth_ @CurtinUni scholarships.curtin.edu.au/S… on Ensuring a social license to operate for the use of RNA based bio pesticides for agriculture. Follow the link, join us! #sociallicensing #costumersacceptance
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The APC2023 biotic stress section continues with a great presentation by @ARC_CropProtect’ s Mohawk Khani on BioClay to control BGM in lentil
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It’s been a great week in Adelaide attending the @ARC_CropProtect F2F meeting hearing about the latest research progress of the Hub’s EMCR and HDR-students including @theCCDM own Thomas Hill
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And it’s a wrap! We are all looking forward to 2023 new experiments and results to move forward in developing dsRNA based bio pesticides to fight #botrytis #sclerotinia #verticillium #fuserium and #rust! In pictures full hub team and our director @neenamitter with PhD student
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Day 3 and it is all about our students work! We are proud to support them to become the leading academics of the future. #phdlife #phdstudent #phdagriculture
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Our amazing team! 54 members, 17 different nationalities. An incredible amount of knowledge on plant pathology, molecular biology, social sciences, industrial development all in 1 room. #sciencetalk #agricolture #DiversityandInclusion developing bio-pesticides for a green future.
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