Dr Kirsty Owen
Name | Dr Kirsty Owen |
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Email Address | kirsty.owen@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Senior Lecturer (Crop Nematology) |
Qualifications | BScAg Sydney, MScAg Sydney, PhD Sydney |
Department | Centre for Crop Health (Operations) |
School of Agriculture and Environmental Science | |
Affiliations | Centre for Crop Health |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9663-8225 |
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Biography
Kirsty Owen is currently a Senior Lecturer (Crop Nematology) in the School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, and Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Crop Health at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She has expertise in the management of root-lesion nematodes in grain crops. Her research interests include biotic constraints to crop production within farming systems, particularly interactions between nematodes, soil-borne diseases and beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Her teaching in biology, plant sciences and agriculture draws on her experiences in applied research and communication of research outcomes with the rural community.
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Research Fellow | University of Southern Queensland | 2013 | 2022 |
Soil Microbiologist | Agri-Science Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries | 1999 | 2013 |
Senior Lecturer (Crop Nematology) and Senior Research Fellow | University of Southern Queensland | 2024 | 2024 |
Expertise
Plant nematology
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Farming systems
Teaching
Plant Physiology
Biology 1 (Metabolism)
Biology 2 (Plants)
Food Security in the 21st Century
Emerging Technologies in Agriculture
Science Project
Fields of Research
- 300499. Crop and pasture production not elsewhere classified
Professional Membership
Professional Membership | Year |
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Australasian Plant Pathology | |
Australasian Association of Nematologists |
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Genetics of Root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus thornei resistance in mung bean (Vigna radiata) | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Investigation into the Use of Different Platforms to Phenotype Wheat Cultivars for Tolerance to the Root Lesion Nematode Pratylenchus Thornei | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Elucidation of biochemical defence mechanisms in wheat (Triticum aestivum) against root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchus thornei) | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
The interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, rhizobia and root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus thornei) in mung bean (vigna radiata) | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Assessing the resistance to root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchus thornei) in a new collection of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum and C. echinospermum) from Turkey | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2020 |
Use of normalised difference vegetation index to assess tolerance of wheat cultivars to root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus thornel) | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2019 |