Dr Bree Wilson
Name | Dr Bree Wilson |
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Email Address | bree.wilson@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Academic Program Coordinator |
Qualifications | BAppSc(Hons) RMIT, PhD Charles Sturt |
Department | Centre for Crop Health (Research) |
Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment (Operations) | |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-9980 |
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Biography
Bree completed her PhD at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, NSW in 2010 under the guidance of Prof Gavin Ash and Dr John Harper. She examined the diversity AMF populations in saline soil and AMF-improved plant growth. Bree has been worked with several funding bodies in research and capacity building, including Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Hort Innovation, as well as private industry.
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Research Fellow (Biological Control) | University of Southern Queensland | 2016 | 2023 |
Expertise
Bogia Coconut Syndrome
Sweetpotato pests and diseases
Entomopathogenic fungi
Fields of Research
- 300409. Crop and pasture protection (incl. pests, diseases and weeds)
BAppSc(Hons)
RMIT
2001
PhD
Charles Sturt
2011
Supervision Interests
Plant growth promoting bacteria and fungi
Entomopathogenic fungi
Mycorrhizal fungi
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Lantana camara L. soil legacy effects on native plant growth and symbiotic soil biota | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2022 |
Breakdown of sweetpotato bedding roots: investigating plant pathogenic bacteria and fungi and implications for their management in Australia and PNG | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2022 |
Invertebrates and their association with Yellow Canopy Syndrome in Sugarcane | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Soil solarisation to deliver near zero level crown rot reference sites in the northern grain region of Australia | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Serendipita SPECIES FROM AUSTRALIAN NATIVE ORCHIDS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON TOMATO GROWTH AND PROTECTION AGAINST POWDERY MILDEW | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Metarhizium anisopliae as a promising candidate for wireworm biocontrol in Australian sweetpotato fields | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Interactions of biopesticides with synthetic pesticides and their implications for management of the macadamia seed weevil, Kuschelorhynchus macadamiae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |