Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Dr Katie O'Connor

Adjunct Fellow
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Publications

Book Chapter (1)
Journal Articles (13)
Conference Papers (5)
Thesis (1)
Data Collections (2)

Book Chapter

Topp, Bruce L., Nock, Catherine J., Hardner, Craig M., Alam, Mobashwer and O’Connor, Katie M. (2019). Macadamia (Macadamia spp.) breeding. Advances in plant breeding strategies: nut and beverage crops. (pp. 221-251) edited by Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain and Dennis V. Johnson. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-23112-5_7

Journal Articles

Nunn, Jasmine, Hardner, Craig, De Faveri, Joanne, Akinsanmi, Olufemi A., O’Connor, Katie, Alam, Mobashwer and Topp, Bruce (2023). Genetic parameters of husk spot resistance in macadamia breeding families. Euphytica, 219 (5) 54, 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s10681-023-03169-2
Nunn, Jasmine, Akinsanmi, Olufemi Akinyemi, Hardner, Craig, De Faveri, Joanne, O'Connor, Katie, Alam, Mobashwer and Topp, Bruce (2023). Evaluation of in-field inoculation methods for characterisation of macadamia germplasm to husk spot incidence and severity. Plant Disease, 107 (1), 76-82. doi: 10.1094/pdis-03-22-0507-re
Nunn, Jasmine, De Faveri, Joanne De, O’Connor, Katie, Alam, Mobashwer, Hardner, Craig, Akinsanmi, Olufemi and Topp, Bruce (2022). Genome-wide association study for abscission failure of fruit pericarps (stick-tights) in wild macadamia germplasm. Agronomy, 12 (8) 1913, 1913. doi: 10.3390/agronomy12081913
O’Connor, Katie M., Hayes, Ben J., Hardner, Craig M., Alam, Mobashwer, Henry, Robert J. and Topp, Bruce L. (2021). Genomic selection and genetic gain for nut yield in an Australian macadamia breeding population. BMC Genomics, 22 (1) 370, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12864-021-07694-z
O’Connor, Katie, Hayes, Ben, Hardner, Craig, Nock, Catherine, Baten, Abdul, Alam, Mobashwer, Henry, Robert and Topp, Bruce (2020). Genome-wide association studies for yield component traits in a macadamia breeding population. BMC Genomics, 21 (1) 199, 199. doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-6575-3
O’Connor, Katie, Kilian, Andrzej, Hayes, Ben, Hardner, Craig, Nock, Catherine, Baten, Abdul, Alam, Mobashwer and Topp, Bruce (2019). Population structure, genetic diversity and linkage disequilibrium in a macadamia breeding population using SNP and silicoDArT markers. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 15 (2) 24, 24. doi: 10.1007/s11295-019-1331-z
O’Connor, Katie, Hayes, Ben, Hardner, Craig, Alam, Mobashwer and Topp, Bruce (2019). Selecting for nut characteristics in macadamia using a genome-wide association study. HortScience, 54 (4), 629-632. doi: 10.21273/hortsci13297-18
Alam, Mobashwer, Hardner, Craig, Nock, Catherine, O’Connor, Katie and Topp, Bruce (2019). Historical and molecular evidence of genetic identity of macadamia cultivars HAES741 and HAES660. HortScience, 54 (4), 616-620. doi: 10.21273/hortsci13318-18
Alam, Mobashwer, Neal, Jodi, O'Connor, Katie, Kilian, Andrzej and Topp, Bruce (2018). Ultra-high-throughput DArTseq-based silicoDArT and SNP markers for genomic studies in macadamia. PLoS One, 13 (8) e0203465, e0203465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203465
O'Connor, Katie, Hayes, Ben and Topp, Bruce (2018). Prospects for increasing yield in macadamia using component traits and genomics. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 14 (1) 7. doi: 10.1007/s11295-017-1221-1
Shapcott, Alison, Lamont, Robert, O'Connor, Katie, James, Heather and Benwell, Andrew (2017). How is genetic variability in the threatened rainforest vine Marsdenia longiloba distributed at different geographical scales?. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 183 (1), 106-123. doi: 10.1111/boj.12494
O'Connor, Katie, Powell, Michael, Nock, Catherine and Shapcott, Alison (2015). Crop to wild gene flow and genetic diversity in a vulnerable Macadamia (Proteaceae) species in New South Wales, Australia. Biological Conservation, 191, 504-511. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.001
Shapcott, Alison, Lamont, Robert W., O’Connor, Katie M., James, Heather and Conroy, Gabriel C. (2015). Population genetics of Philotheca sporadica (Rutaceae) to advise an offset translocation program. Conservation Genetics, 16 (3), 687-702. doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0693-x

Conference Papers

O’Connor, K.M., Hardner, C.M., Alam, M.M., Hayes, B.J. and Topp, B.L. (2018). Variation in floral and growth traits in a macadamia breeding population. International Symposia on Tropical and Temperate Horticulture (ISTTH), Cairns, QLD, Australia, 20-25 November, 2016. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2018.1205.77
Topp, Bruce, Hardner, Craig, Alam, Mobashwer, Akinsanmi, Olufemi, O'Connor, Katie, Mai, Thuy and Russell, Dougal (2017). Opportunities and challenges in macadamia breeding. International Macadamia Research Symposium, Hawaii, USA, 13-14 September 2017.
O'Connor, Katie, Hayes, Ben, Hardner, Craig, Mobashwer Alam and Topp, Bruce (2017). Indirect prediction of macadamia yield through a genome wide association study of component traits. International Macadamia Research Symposium, Hawaii, United States, 13-14 September 2017.
Alam, Mobashwer, Hardner, Craig, Nock, Catherine, O'Connor, Katie and Topp, Bruce (2017). Historical and molecular evidence of genetic identity of 'HAES741' and 'HAES660' macadamia cultivars. International Macadamia Research Symposium, Hawaii, United States, 13-14 September 2017.
Alam, Mobashwer, Neal, Jodi, O'Connor, Katie, Nock, Catherine, Langdon, Kirsty and Topp, Bruce (2017). Morphological and molecular characterization of self-pollinated vs naturally out-crossed progeny of macadamia: a case study of 'HAES741'. International Tropical Agriculture Conference TropAg 2017, Brisbane, Australia, 19-20 November 2017.

Thesis

O'Connor, Katie (2019). Selection strategies to improve yield in macadamia using component traits and genomics. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.862

Data Collections

Topp, Bruce, Alam, Mobashwer and O'Connor, Katie (2021). Historical yield data_Katie_PhD_GS. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/5f8abc3
Topp, Bruce, O'Connor, Katie and Alam, Mohammad (2018). SNPs and silicoDArT markers of B1.2 progeny and parents. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.491