Dr Tamil Thangavel
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Book Chapter
Umar, Muhammad, Farooq, Tahir, Tegg, Robert, Thangavel, Tamilarasan and Wilson, Calum (2024). Poleroviruses in vegetable legumes. Viral diseases of field and horticultural crops. (pp. 455-461) edited by L. P. Awasthi. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-90899-3.00029-x
Journal Articles
Tanios, S., Thangavel, T., Eyles, A., Tegg, R. S. and Wilson, C. R. (2025). Relative importance of chlorophyll metabolic genes for light-induced greening of potato tubers. Photosynthetica, 63 (1), 37-45. doi: 10.32615/ps.2025.003
Amponsah, J., Tegg, R. S., Thangavel, T. and Wilson, C. R. (2023). Chemotaxis and motility of Spongospora subterranea zoospores in response to potato root exudate constituents and pH. Phytopathology, 113 (7), 1233-1243. doi: 10.1094/phyto-04-21-0176-r
Umar, Muhammad, Tegg, Robert S., Farooq, Tahir, Thangavel, Tamilarasan and Wilson, Calum R. (2022). Abundance of Poleroviruses within Tasmanian pea crops and surrounding weeds, and the genetic diversity of TuYV isolates found. Viruses, 14 (8) 1690, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/v14081690
Umar, Muhammad, Farooq, Tahir, Tegg, Robert S., Thangavel, Tamilarasan and Wilson, Calum R. (2022). Genomic characterisation of an isolate of brassica yellows virus associated with brassica weed in Tasmania. Plants, 11 (7) 884, 884. doi: 10.3390/plants11070884
Amponsah, Jonathan, Tegg, Robert S., Thangavel, Tamilarasan and Wilson, Calum R. (2022). Subversion of phytomyxae cell communication with surrounding environment to control soilborne diseases; a case study of cytosolic Ca2+ signal disruption in zoospores of Spongospora subterranea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13 754225. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.754225
Amponsah, Jonathan, Tegg, Robert S., Thangavel, Tamilarasan and Wilson, Calum R. (2021). Moments of weaknesses - exploiting vulnerabilities between germination and encystment in the Phytomyxea. Biological Reviews, 96 (4), 1603-1615. doi: 10.1111/brv.12717
Krishnamoorthy, Krithika, Thangavel, Tamilarasan, Jones, Suzanne, Scott, Jason B. and Wilson, Calum R. (2020). Host range of Peronospora somniferi and Pe. meconopsidis within selected members of the Papaveraceae under controlled conditions. Journal of Phytopathology, 168 (11-12), 668-677. doi: 10.1111/jph.12947
Tanios, Sabine, Eyles, Alieta, Corkrey, Ross, Tegg, Robert S., Thangavel, Tamilarasan and Wilson, Calum R. (2020). Quantifying risk factors associated with light-induced potato tuber greening in retail stores. PLoS One, 15 (9) e0235522, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235522
Tanios, Sabine, Tegg, Robert, Eyles, Alieta, Thangavel, Tamilarasan and Wilson, Calum (2020). Potato tuber greening risk is associated with tuber nitrogen content. American Journal of Potato Research, 97 (4), 360-366. doi: 10.1007/s12230-020-09786-0
Thangavel, Tamilarasan, Scott, Jason, Jones, Suzanne, Gugalothu, Ramya and Wilson, Calum (2020). Effect of physio-chemical seed treatments on opium poppy downy mildews caused by Peronospora meconopsidis and P. somniferi. PLoS One, 15 (4) e0230801, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230801
Tanios, Sabine, Thangavel, Tamilarasan, Eyles, Alieta, Tegg, Robert S., Nichols, David S., Corkrey, Ross and Wilson, Calum R. (2020). Suberin deposition in potato periderm: a novel resistance mechanism against tuber greening. New Phytologist, 225 (3), 1273-1284. doi: 10.1111/nph.16334
Thangavel, Tamilarasan, Jones, Suzanne, Scott, Jason B., Livermore, Mark and Wilson, Calum R. (2018). Detection of two Peronospora spp., responsible for downy mildew, in opium poppy seed. Plant Disease, 102 (11), 2277-2284. doi: 10.1094/pdis-03-18-0503-re
Clark, Tamara J., Rockliff, Luke A., Tegg, Robert S., Balendres, Mark A., Amponsah, Jonathan, Thangavel, Tamilarasan, Mulcahy, Frank, Wilson, Annabel J. and Wilson, Calum R. (2018). Susceptibility of opium poppy and pyrethrum to root infection by Spongospora subterranea. Journal of Phytopathology, 166 (10), 694-700. doi: 10.1111/jph.12746
Thangavel, T., Wilson, C. R., Jones, S., Scott, J. B. and Voglmayr, H. (2017). First report of systemic downy mildew of opium poppy caused by Peronospora somniferi in Australia. Plant Disease, 101 (2), 392-392. doi: 10.1094/pdis-06-16-0796-pdn
Thangave, Tamilarasan, Tegg, Robert S. and Wilson, Calum R. (2016). Toughing it out-disease-resistant potato mutants have enhanced tuber skin defenses. Phytopathology, 106 (5), 474-483. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-08-15-0191-R
Tegg, Robert S., Thangavel, Tamilarasan, Balendres, Mark A. and Wilson, Calum R. (2016). Grading seed potato lots to remove tubers with powdery scab damage may not eliminate the pathogen threat. American Journal of Potato Research, 93 (3), 231-238. doi: 10.1007/s12230-016-9499-3
Thangavel, Tamilarasan, Tegg, Robert S. and Wilson, Calum R. (2015). Monitoring Spongospora subterranea development in potato roots reveals distinct infection patterns and enables efficient assessment of disease control methods. PLoS One, 10 (9) e0137647, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137647
Thangavel, Tamilarasan, Tegg, Robert Steven and Wilson, Calum Rae (2014). Resistance to multiple tuber diseases expressed in somaclonal variants of the potato cultivar russet burbank. The Scientific World Journal, 2014 (1) 417697, 1-8. doi: 10.1155/2014/417697
Tegg, R. S., Thangavel, T., Aminian, H. and Wilson, C. R. (2013). Somaclonal selection in potato for resistance to common scab provides concurrent resistance to powdery scab. Plant Pathology, 62 (4), 922-931. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2012.02698.x
Conference Paper
Thangavel, T., Scott, J. B., Jones, S. J., Gugulothu, R. and Wilson, C. R. (2018). Efficacy of various physiochemical seed treatments for controlling poppy downy mildew in Papaver seed lots. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, MA USA, 29 July-3 August 2018. St. Paul, MN United States: American Phytopathological Society.