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Plant Genetics, Genomics & Breeding
Contact: Prof Diane Mather
Analysis of the genetic and epigenetic control of economically important traits (abiotic stress, biotic stress, productivity, end-use quality) leads to understanding of causes of observed variation in plants and to the development of tools and technologies that can be used in crop improvement. We develop improved germplasm, breeding methods and breeding technologies. We develop new varieties of durum wheat, faba bean, almond and ornamental eucalypts.
Related research centres and facilities
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
- ARC Research Hub for Wheat in a Hot and Dry Climate
- University of Adelaide - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Laboratory for Plant Science and Breeding
- Germplasm stocks produced by the Cereal Cytogenetics Laboratory
- Researchers
- A/Prof Jason Able – durum breeding, plant epigenetics
- Amanda Box – barley quality, industry relations
- Prof Rachel Burton – plant cell walls, grains for health, biofuels
- A/Prof Kenneth Chalmers – molecular genetics for cereal breeding
- Dr Nicholas Collins – heat tolerance in cereals
- Stewart Coventry – germplasm development
- Dr Kate Delaporte – ornamental eucalypt breeding
- Dr Ian Dundas – alien introgression, cereal cytogenetics and chromosome engineering
- Dr Delphine Fleury – drought tolerance in cereals
- Dr Timothy March - frost tolerance in cereals; molecular genetics
- Prof Diane Mather – molecular genetics for plant breeding
- Dr Vanessa Melino – nitrogen use efficiency; plant-microbe interactions
- Dr Jeffrey Paull – faba bean breeding
- Dr Carlos Rodriguez Lopez – plant epigenetics
- Dr Stuart Roy – salinity tolerance in crops
- Dr Ryan Whitford – reproductive biology and genome editing
- Dr Michelle Wirthensohn – almond breeding
- Prof Dabing Zhang – cereal reproductive biology
Adjunct, affiliate and emeritus researchers
Prof Andrew Barr; Dr Chunyuan Huang; Rafiqul Islam; Prof Anna Koltunow; Dr Haydn Kuchel; Prof Peter Langridge; A/Prof Daryl Mares; Dr Kenneth Shepherd; Dr Bujun Shi; Dr Timothy Sutton; Prof Robbie Waugh
