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Marisa Collins
Post-Doctoral Fellow, CSIRO Plant Industry, Glen Osmond, SA.
Email: marisa.collins@csiro.au
Research:
Marisa was the first member of VitUM and completed a PhD with Professor Snow Barlow in the School of Agriculture and Food Systems at the University of Melbourne in 2006. Her PhD investigated the physiological responses of field-grown Shiraz grapevines to partial root zone drying and deficit irrigation.
Marisa is continuing her research on grapevine irrigation and water relations, working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow under Dr Brian Loveys at CSIRO Adelaide. The focus of her research is optimising irrigation for different grapevine cultivars.
Recent projects and consultancies:
- "Physiology of Grape Quality"-funded by the Grape and Wine R & D Corp.
- Part of a team that prepared STI grant - ‘Regional and Economic Benefits through Smarter Irrigation”
Recent publications:
Collins, Marisa J (2006) Physiological responses of field grown Shiraz grapevines to partial rootzone drying and deficit irrigation. PhD thesis, Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Melbourne.
Collins M. J., G. Kelley, S. Fuentes, R. Wood and E.W.R Barlow. (2005). Physiological, growth, yield and quality responses of ‘Shiraz’ berries manipulated using PRD and drip irrigation. Acta Hort. 689:
Fuentes S., Kelley G., Collins M., Rogers G., Conroy J. (2005). Use of Infrared Thermography to Assess Spatial and Temporal Variability of Stomatal Conductance of Grapevines Under Partial Root-zone Drying. An Irrigation Scheduling Application. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 689:
Collins, M., Fuentes, S. and Barlow, E.W.R. (2005). Water-use of grapevines to PRD irrigation at two water levels. A case-study in North-Eastern Victoria. Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker. 502: 41-45
Collins, M., Kelley, G., Wood, R. and Barlow, E.W.R. (2004). PRD: A response to irrigation type or water level? A case-study in North-Eastern Victoria. Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker. 48: 58-64
