Current BioMarka Projects

  

 

Staff

Research Fellow

Name Current Project Full Profile
Chris Pittock Characterisation and selection of physical and chemical characters of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Xueyu Bian Pyramiding ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea

 

 

International Research Fellow

 

Name
Current Project
Full Profile
Gayatri Sumeet Gurjar
Studying the expression of virulence genes in Colletotrichum capsici during Chilli infection
Kiran Shafiq
Expression of Stress-related genes in response to Boron Toxicity in Brassica rapa
Profile - Kiran Shifaq
Lucie Viret
Expression of defence-related genes in response to Ascochyta lentis infection of lentil (Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris)
Profile - Lucie Viret

 

 

Postgraduate Research 

Name

Current Project
Full Profile

Audrey Leo

Molecular analysis of Goulburn Murray Water samples in relation to the determination of source of contamination
Barkat Mustafa
Functional Mechanisms of Ascochyta Blight Resistance in Lentil 
Thi Thuy Dung Nguyen
Characterisation of boron tolerance genes in Brassica nigra.
Gabrielle Smetham
The population biology of the fungal grapevine pathogen Phaeomoniella chlamydospora
Mohammad Javid
Physiological and genetic mechanisms of boron and salt tolerance in Brassica juncea
Nalika Ranathunge
Genetic variation and pathogenicity studies of Colletotrichum capsici in Capsicum species
Prabhakaran Samabsivam
Transcriptional Analysis of Resistance Reaction to Ascochyta Blight in Lentil at Maturity
Prabhpreet Inder
Seed quality and disease resistant mapping in lentil (Lens culinaris subsp. culinaris) 
Shanoor Hossain

Characterisation and selection of physical seed quality characters of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L).

 

 

Thesis Under Examination

Name
Current Project
Annabelle Novaro
Sulfur assimilation in vetch (Vicia sativa): Isolation and characterization of O-acetylserine (thiol) lyase.
Daniel Isseneger
Populations structure and resistance to Botrytis grey mold (Botyritis cinerea) of chickpea.
Kinlay Tshering

Host-pathogen interaction of Colletotrichum capsici on chilli.

Nina McCormick
Production of virus resistant carrot and celery genotypes with agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer.
Prashanti Pradhan
Population structure and mating type staus of Ascochyta rabiei on chickpea in Australia.