School of Plant Biology

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Key research areas by staff

Cropping Systems

Plant physiology

Agriculture and horticulture apply modern approaches in plant sciences, including genetics & plant breeding, ecology and physiology, developmental biology, molecular biology, pathology and natural product chemistry.


Nader Aryamanesh, Martin Barbetti, Nadia Bazihizina, Susan Barker, Sheng Chen, Tim Colmer, Michael Considine, Wallace CowlingKenneth Flower, Chris Jones, Roger Jones, Xuanli Ma, Matthew Nelson, Steve Powles, Julie PlummerMichael Renton, Megan Ryan, Natasha Teakle, Shane Turner, Erik Veneklaas, Guijun Yan, Mingpei You, Qin Yu,

Turf Research Program  

ROOTMAP

Barley Germplasm Project

Natural Terrestrial Systems

Conservation biology

Focused on interactions between plants and their environment, with many researchers studying threatening processes such as habitat destruction, fragmentation of wild areas, dieback disease, invasion by weeds, salinity and eutrophication.


Susan Barker, Oliver Berkowitz, Jerome Chopard, Tim ColmerKingsley Dixon (BGPA)Patrick FinneganPauline Grierson, Richard Hobbs, Roger Jones, Ricarda Jost, Siegy Krauss (BGPA), Etienne Laliberte, Hans Lambers, Pieter PootCharles Price, Michael Renton, Mike Shane, François Teste and Erik Veneklaas

Ecosystems Research Group (ERGo)

Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative (TERI)

Ecosystem Restoration & Intervention Ecology Research Group

Marine Systems

Marine science

Research interests and activities range from habitat mapping, basic taxonomy, genetics and physiology of marine plants to population and community ecology of plants, invertebrates and fish.



Euan HarveyGary Kendrick, Tim Langlois, Jessica MeeuwigMichael Renton, Elizabeth Sinclair, Daniel Smale and Thomas Wernberg