Dr Vivian Rincon Florez
QAAFI Early Career, Research Fellow
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
+61 7 344 32762
Researcher biography
Dr Vivian Rincon is a microbiologist from Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia . She joined the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2008 as RA to work in projects related to plant-pathogen interactions and soil microbiology. She obtained a scholarship from the Grain Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) to start her PhD on the effect of tillage on soil microbial communities in wheat fields. Following her studies, she joined Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) at UQ to work on different aspects of disease management in broadacre crops. Currently, she is a research fellow at the Centre for Horticulturals Science (CHS) working on an integrated disease management approach for the Macadamia industry.
Book Chapters
Rincón-Flórez, Vivian, Ganeshamoorthy, Hariharan, Xu, Xiaxoue and Akinsanmi, Femi (2024). The perks of being a flower blight pathogen: current research and future work. Macadamia plant protection guide 2024–25. (pp. 36-40) Orange, NSW Australia: State of New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
Liu, Hongwei, Mirzaee, Hooman, Rincon-Florez, Vivian, Moyle, Richard, Spohn, Marie, Carvalhais, Lilia C. and Schenk, Peer M. (2017). Emerging culture-independent tools to enhance our understanding of soil microbial ecology. Microbial Biomass. (pp. 207-225) edited by Kevin R. Tate. Hackensack, NJ United States: World Scientific Publishing. doi: 10.1142/9781786341310_0008
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia C., Dang, Yash P. and Schenk, Peer M. (2016). Soil microbial community interactions under tillage systems in Australia. Plant, Soil and Microbes: Volume 1: Implications in Crop Science. (pp. 93-102) edited by Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Mohd Sayeed Akhtar and Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-27455-3_5
Carvalhais, Lilia C., Rincon-Florez, Vivian and Schenk, Peer M. (2014). Soil functional gene microarrays and applications in plant-microbe interactions. Microarrays: current technology, innovations and applications. (pp. 169-180) edited by Zhili He. Norfolk, United Kingdom: Caister Academic Press.
Journal Articles
Hariharan, Ganeshamoorthy, Rincón‐Flórez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia C., Galea, Victor J. and Akinsanmi, Olufemi A. (2025). Infection processes differ among Botrytis cinerea, Cladosporium cladosporioides and Neopestalotiopsis macadamiae in macadamia flowers. Plant Pathology. doi: 10.1111/ppa.70005
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia C., Silva, Adriano M. F., McTaggart, Alistair, Ray, Jane D., O'Dwyer, Cecilia, Roberts, Janet, Souza, Elineide B., Albuquerque, Greecy M. R. and Drenth, Andre (2024). Validation of PCR diagnostic assays for detection and identification of all Ralstonia solanacearum sequevars causing Moko disease in banana. Phytopathology, 114 (11), 2375-2384. doi: 10.1094/phyto-06-24-0190-r
Xu, Xiaoxue, Rincon-Florez, Vivian and Akinsanmi, Olufemi (2024). New insights into macadamia rachis tip dieback. Australia Macadamia society News Bulletin, 52 (2), 59-60.
Rincon-Florez, Vivian, Mensah, Theophilus and Akinsanmi, Olufemi (2024). Towards predicting husk rot severity in macadamia. Australia Macadamia society News Bulletin, 52 (2), 65-66.
Roberts, Janet M., Carvalhais, Lilia C., O'Dwyer, Cecilia, Rincón‐Flórez, Vivian A. and Drenth, Andre (2024). Diagnostics of Fusarium wilt in banana: Current status and challenges. Plant Pathology, 73 (4), 760-776. doi: 10.1111/ppa.13863
Ray, Jane, Subandiyah, Siti, Rincon-Florez, Vivian Andrea, Prakoso, Ady Bayu, Carvalhais, Lilia and Drenth, Andre (2022). Susceptibility of the banana inflorescence to Blood disease. Phytopathology®, 112 (4), 803-810. doi: 10.1094/phyto-07-21-0311-r
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A, Ray, Jane D, Carvalhais, Lilia Costa, O'Dwyer, Cecilia A, Subandiyah, Siti, Zulperi, Dzarifah and Drenth, Andre (2022). Diagnostics of banana Blood disease. Plant Disease, 106 (3), 947-959. doi: 10.1094/pdis-07-21-1436-re
Ray, Jane Denise, Subandiyah, Siti, Prakoso, Ady B., Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia Costa and Drenth, Andre (2022). Transmission of blood disease in banana. Plant Disease, 106 (8), PDIS10212373RE-2164. doi: 10.1094/pdis-10-21-2373-re
Ray, Jane D., Subandiyah, Siti, Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Prakoso, Ady B., Mudita, I. W., Carvalhais, Lilia C., Markus, Jenny E. R., O’Dwyer, Cecilia A. and Drenth, André (2021). Geographic expansion of banana blood disease in Southeast Asia. Plant Disease, 105 (10), 2792-2800. doi: 10.1094/pdis-01-21-0149-re
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia C., Dang, Yash P., Crawford, Mark H., Schenk, Peer M. and Dennis, Paul G. (2020). Significant effects on soil microbial communities were not detected after strategic tillage following 44 years of conventional or no-tillage management. Pedobiologia, 80 150640, 150640. doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2020.150640
Carvalhais, Lilia C., Henderson, Juliane, Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., O'Dwyer, Cecilia, Czislowski, Elizabeth, Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. and Drenth, Andre (2019). Molecular diagnostics of banana Fusarium wilt targeting secreted-in-xylem genes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10 547, 547. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00547
Carvalhais, Lilia C., Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Brewer, Philip B., Beveridge, Christine A., Dennis, Paul G. and Schenk, Peer M. (2019). The ability of plants to produce strigolactones affects rhizosphere community composition of fungi but not bacteria. Rhizosphere, 9, 18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.rhisph.2018.10.002
Dang, Yash Pal, Balzer, Anna, Crawford, Mark, Rincon-Florez, Vivian, Liu, Hongwei, Melland, Alice Rowena, Antille, Diogenes, Kodur, Shreevatsa, Bell, Michael John, Whish, Jeremey Patrick Milroy, Lai, Yunru, Seymour, Nikki, Carvalhais, Lilia Costa and Schenk, Peer (2017). Strategic tillage in conservation agricultural systems of north-eastern Australia: why, where, when and how?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-8937-1
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Ng, Clement, Dang, Yash P., Schenk, Peer M. and Carvalhais, Lilia C. (2016). Short-term impact of an occasional tillage on microbial communities in a Vertosol after 43 years of no-tillage or conventional tillage. European Journal of Soil Biology, 74, 32-38. doi: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.03.001
Liu, Hongwei, Carvalhais, Lilia C., Rincon-Florez, Vivian, Crawford, Mark, Dang, Yash P., Dennis, Paul G. and Schenk, Peer M. (2016). One-time strategic tillage does not cause major impacts on soil microbial properties in a no-till Calcisol. Soil and Tillage Research, 158, 91-99. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2015.12.007
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Dang, Yash P., Crawford, Mark H., Schenk, Peer M. and Carvalhais, Lilia C. (2015). Occasional tillage has no effect on soil microbial biomass, activity and composition in Vertisols under long-term no-till. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 52 (2), 191-202. doi: 10.1007/s00374-015-1066-4
Crawford, M. H., Rincon-Florez, V., Balzer, A., Dang, Y. P., Carvalhais, L. C., Liu, H. and Schenk, P. M. (2015). Changes in the soil quality attributes of continuous no-till farming systems following a strategic tillage. Soil Research, 53 (3), 263-273. doi: 10.1071/SR14216
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia C. and Schenk, Peer M. (2013). Culture-independent molecular tools for soil and rhizosphere microbiology. Diversity, 5 (3), 581-612. doi: 10.3390/d5030581
Conference Papers
Ray, J., Rincon-Florez, V., Mudita, I. W., Markus, J., Subandiyah, S., O'Dwyer, C. and Drenth, A. (2018). Dispersal of banana blood disease in Southeast Asia. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, MA, United States, Jul 29-Aug 03, 2018. St. Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-108-10-S1.1
Carvalhais, L. Costa, Henderson, J., O'Dwyer, C., Czislowski, E., Rincon-Florez, V., Aitken, E. and Drenth, A. (2018). Secreted in Xylem genes used for PCR-based diagnostics of distinct Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense races and vegetative compatibility groups. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, MA, United States, 29 July-3 August 2018. St. Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-108-10-S1.1
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia C., Liu, Hongwei, Dang, Yash, Crawford, Mark, Balzer, Anna, Bell, Mike, Ram, Dalal and Schenk, Peer (2014). Strategic tillage did not affect soil microbial bioindicators in long-term no-till farming systems in vertosols from Queensland, Australia. Soil Science 2014: National Soil Science Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 23-27 November 2014. Warragul, VIC, Australia: Australian Society of Soil Science.
Liu, Hongwei, Rincon-Florez, Vivian, Dang, Yash, Crawford, Mark, Balzer, Anna, Bell, Mike, Ram, Dalal, Costa Carvalhais, Lilia and Schenk, Peer (2014). Strategic tillage impacts on biological attributes of long term no-till soils in northern grain region of Australia. Soil Science 2014: National Soil Science Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 23-27 November, 2014. Warragul, VIC, Australia: Australian Society of Soil Science.
Thesis
Rincon Florez, Vivian Andrea (2016). Effect of strategic tillage in soil microbial communities in Vertisols from Queensland, Australia. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.1096