Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Dr Geetika Geetika

PhD Candidate
Centre for Crop Science
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Officer
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Affiliate of ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
+61 7 336 54366
UQ Gatton campus
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I obtained my Bachelor of Science degree from The University of South Pacific. I got an opportunity to do my Masters at The University of Queensland in 2015, in crop physiology and have ventured on a path to becoming a crop physiologist since then.

Publications:

Genotypic variation in whole-plant transpiration efficiency in sorghum only partly aligns with variation in stomatal conductance
DOI: 10.1071/FP18177

Genotypic Variation in Biomass Produced Is Linked to Differences in Radiation Acquisition in Mungbean
DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2019036021

Publications

Journal Articles (4)
Conference Papers (7)
Theses (2)

Journal Articles

Geetika, Geetika, Hammer, Graeme, Smith, Millicent, Singh, Vijaya, Collins, Marisa, Mellor, Vincent, Wenham, Kylie and Rachaputi, Rao C.N. (2022). Quantifying physiological determinants of potential yield in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek). Field Crops Research, 287 108648, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108648
Geetika, Geetika, Collins, Marisa, Singh, Vijaya, Hammer, Graeme, Mellor, Vincent, Smith, Millicent and Rachaputi, Rao C. N. (2022). Canopy and reproductive development in mungbean (Vigna radiata). Crop and Pasture Science, 73 (10), 1142-1155. doi: 10.1071/cp21209
Geetika, Geetika, van Oosterom, Erik J, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Mortlock, Miranda Y, Deifel, Kurt S, McLean, Greg and Hammer, Graeme L. (2019). Genotypic variation in whole-plant transpiration efficiency in sorghum only partly aligns with variation in stomatal conductance. Functional Plant Biology, 46 (12), 1072-1089. doi: 10.1071/FP18177
Chenu, K., van Oosterom, E. J., McLean, G., Deifel, K. S., Fletcher, A., Geetika, G., Tirfessa, A., Mace, E. S., Jordan, D. R., Sulman, R. and Hammer, G. L. (2018). Integrating modelling and phenotyping approaches to identify and screen complex traits : transpiration efficiency in cereals. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69 (13), 3181-3194. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ery059

Conference Papers

Geetika, Geetika, Borrell, Andrew, Thornton, Erin, Hunt, Colleen, Chapman, Scott, Philp, Trevor, Fekybelu, Solomon, Potgieter, Andries, Godwin, Ian, Hammer, Graeme, Mace, Emma and Jordan, David (2023). Evaluating variation in stem strength in response to artificial drought stress amongst sorghum genotypes. Global Sorghum Conference Sorghum in the 21st Century, Montpellier, France, 5-9 June 2023.
Geetika, Geetika, Borrell, Andrew, Thornton, Erin, Reed, Sean, Hunt, Colleen, Chapman, Scott, Philp, Trevor, Fekybelu, Solomon, Potgieter, Andries, Godwin, Ian, Hammer, Graeme, Mace, Emma and Jordan, David (2023). Evaluating variation in stem strength in response to artificial drought stress amongst sorghum genotypes. Australian Summer Grains Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 13-15 March 2023.
Geetika, Geetika, Brumley, Douglas, Hammer, Graeme, Smith, Millicent, Singh, Vijaya, Collins, Marisa, Mellor, Vincent, Wenham, Kylie and Rachaputi, RCN (2022). Quantifying physiological determinants of potential yield in mungbean. TropAg International Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 31 October-2 November 2022.
Geetika, Geetika, Rachaputi, Rachaputi C. Nageswara, Collins, Marisa, Singh, Vijaya, Wenham, Kylie and Hammer, Graeme (2019). Genotypic variation in biomass produced is linked to differences in radiation acquisition in mungbean. Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference (TROPAG 2019), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 11–13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI AG. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036021
Geetika, Geetika, van Oosterom, Erik, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Deifel, Kurt, McLean, Gregory and Hammer, Graeme (2017). Constitutive genotypic differences in transpiration rates are a major cause for variation in transpiration efficiency in sorghum. TropAg2017, Brisbane, Australia, 20-22 November 2017.
Geetika, Geetika, van Oosterom, Erik, George-Jaeggli, Barbara and Hammer, Graeme (2017). Genotypic differences in transpiration efficiency in sorghum mainly linked to variation in transpiration rate. Interdrought V, Hyderabad, India, 21-25 February 2017.
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries, Chapman, Scott, Laws, Kenneth, Watson, James, Eldridge, Mark, van Oosterom, Erik, Geetika, Geetika, Mace, Emma, Hathorn, Adrian, Hunt, Collen, Borrell, Andrew, von Caemmerer, Susanne, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David (2017). High-throughput phenotyping and genotyping of variation in photosynthesis traits for increased crop yields. Chloroplast Metabolism and Photosynthesis Symposium, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 26-28 July 2017.

Theses

Geetika (2022). Physiological determinants of potential yield in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek). PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/93df500
Geetika (2017). Role of leaf photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in determining the genotypic variation in whole-plant Transpiration Efficiency (TE) in Sorghum. MPhil Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.604

Areas of research

Centre for Crop Science