Assoc. Prof. Paul Taylor

Associate Proffessor and Reader

Associate Dean (International)

   

	paulwjt@unimelb.edu.au
	+61 (03) 8344 5021

Qualifications

Research Interests and Expertise  

Research Interests and Expertise   

• Chair of the International Committee of the Melbourne School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne (2005, member since 1998).
• Member of the Associate Deans (International) Committee for the University of Melbourne (2005)
• Member of the Melbourne School of Land and Environment Executive (2005)
• Program Leader (Crop Protection Sciences) for the Joint Centre for Crop Innovation (2000-2005).

Postgraduate Supervision

22 Masters & PhD students have graduated under my supervision (18 as Principal) at the University of Melbourne and I am currently involved in co-supervision of postgraduate students in: Kasetsart University and Maejo University, Thailand; and University of Hong Kong.

Teaching

Coordinator of Plant Pathology (208-307) in the Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree, and responsible for supervision of students undertaking the International Experience program in Thailand as part of the Industry Project subject (202-301/202-303) in the Bachelor degree programs of FLFR.

Selected Publications

Published book chapters – 12; Refereed publications – 49; Invited conference papers – 35; Other publications as conference posters and industry reports – >50
 
Taylor, P. W. J. and Ford, R. (2002). Improved quality of lentil using molecular marker technology. In: Quality Improvement in Field Crops Eds A S Basra, L S Randhawa. The Haworth Press, NY, USA, 213-226.

Flandez-Galvez, H., Ford, R., Pang, E. C. K., Ades, P. K. and Taylor, P. W. J. (2003) QTL analysis for ascochyta blight resistance in an intraspecific population of chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 107: 1257-1265 

Rubeena, Ford, R. and Taylor, P. W. J. (2003) Construction of an intraspecific linkage map of lentil (Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 107 910-916.
 

Taylor, P. W. J., Petrasovits, L., van der Velde, R., Birch, R. G., Croft, B. J., Fegan, M., Smith, G. and Brumbley, S. M. (2003) Development of PCR-based markers for detection of Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli in fibrovascular fluid of infected sugarcane plants. Australasian Plant Pathology 32 367-375.
 

Phan, H. T. T., Ford, R. and Taylor, P. W. J. (2003) Population structure of Ascochyta rabiei in Australia based on STMS fingerprints. Fungal Diversity 13 111-129
 

Phan, H. T. T., Ford, R. and Taylor, P. W. J. (2003) Mapping the mating type locus of Ascochyta rabiei, the causal agent of ascochyta blight of chickpea. Molecular Plant Pathology 4 373-381
 

Taylor, P. W. J. (2004) Detection and control of transmission of ratoon stunting disease. In: Sugarcane Pathology: Volume III Bacterial and Nematode Diseases Ed G P Rao Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. pp 209-217.
 

Taylor, P. W. J. and Ford, R. (2005) Chickpea genome mapping. In: Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding. Volume III. Pulse, Sugar and Starch Crops Ed C Kole. Oxford and IBH Publishing House and Science Publishing Inc. (America). In press.

International Experiences

• Research linkages have been established with Washington State University, USA; University of Hong Kong; Kasetsart University Thailand; and the National Maize Research Institute in Hanoi, Vietnam. 

• A series of workshops and training in plant breeding and molecular marker technology have been undertaken in Thailand and Vietnam, through a consultancy program funded by the ASEAN-Australian Economic Cooperation Program Phase III Linkages Stream. 

• A United Nations consultancy has been undertaken in Anhui, China to review the molecular marker aspects of a project to improve rice production through biotechnology.

• Evaluated projects for the European Commission under the FP6-FOOD-3-A Priority 5 program.

• Currently, involved in an ACIAR project to improve resistance in chickpea to grey mould (Botrytis) in Bangladesh.