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Dr Jack Christopher

Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Crop Science
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Publications

Journal Articles (40)
Conference Papers (38)

Journal Articles

Direct and indirect costs of frost in the Australian wheatbelt
Speed breeding for multiple quantitative traits in durum wheat
Selection for rapid germination and emergence may improve wheat seedling establishment in the presence of soil surface crusts
QTL for stay-green traits in wheat in well-watered and water-limited environments
VERNALIZATION1 modulates root system architecture in wheat and barley
Economic assessment of wheat breeding options for potential improved levels of post head-emergence frost tolerance
Fruit yield, fatty and essential oils content genetics in coriander
Genetic diversity in barley and wheat for tolerance to soil constraints
Stay-green traits to improve wheat adaptation in well-watered and water-limited environments
Numerical and graphical assessment of relationships between traits of the Iranian Coriandrum sativum L. core collection by considering genotype × irrigation interaction
Wheats developed for high yield on stored soil moisture have deep vigorous root systems
Discovery of QTL for stay-green and heat-stress in barley (Hordeum vulgare) grown under simulated abiotic stress conditions
Frost trends and their estimated impact on yield in the Australian wheatbelt
Post-head-emergence frost in wheat and barley: defining the problem, assessing the damage, and identifying resistance
High-throughput phenotyping of seminal root traits in wheat
Integrating rapid phenotyping and speed breeding to improve stay-green and root adaptation of wheat in changing, water-limited, Australian environments
High-throughput phenotyping of wheat seminal root traits in a breeding context
Frost trends and their estimated impact on yield in the Australian wheatbelt
Soil coring at multiple field environments can directly quantify variation in deep root traits to select wheat genotypes for breeding
QTL for root angle and number in a population developed from bread wheats (Triticum aestivum) with contrasting adaptation to water-limited environments
QTL for root angle and number in a population developed from bread wheats (Triticum aestivum) with contrasting adaptation to water-limited environments
Developmental and growth controls of tillering and water-soluble carbohydrate accumulation in contrasting wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes: can we dissect them?
Current and emerging screening methods to identify post-head-emergence frost adaptation in wheat and barley
Traits and selection strategies to improve root systems and water uptake in water-limited wheat crops
Post head-emergence frost resistance of barley genotypes in the northern grain region of Australia
Experimental and modelling studies of drought-adaptive root architectural traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Superior performance in the presence of sub-soil constraints and under water constraints is associated in certain wheat genotypes
Developmental and physiological traits associated with high yield and stay-green phenotype in wheat
Genotypic variation in seedling root architectural traits and implications for drought adaptation in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
The freezing characteristics of wheat at ear emergence
The role of root architectural traits in adaptation of wheat to water-limited environments
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in cytochrome P450 genes from barley
Identification and mapping of polymorphic SSR markers from expressed gene sequences of barley and wheat
The dicotyledonous species Erodium moschatum (L) L'Her. ex Aiton is sensitive to haloxyfop herbicide due to herbicide-sensitive acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase
Carbohydrate partitioning in the leaves of Bromeliaceae performing C-3 photosynthesis or Crassulacean acid metabolism
Patterns of carbon partitioning in leaves of Crassulacean acid metabolism species during deacidification
Multiple resistance to dissimilar herbicide chemistries in a biotype of Lolium rigidum due to enhanced activity of several herbicide degrading enzymes
Identification of two mechanisms of sulfonylurea resistance within one population of rigid ryegrass (lolium-rigidum) using a selective germination medium
Malathion antagonizes metabolism-based chlorsulfuron resistance in Loliumrigidum
Resistance to acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicides in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) involves at least two mechanisms

Conference Papers

Agriculture and climate change conference
How to improve drought adaptation in wheat?
Increasing genetic progress for wheat adaptation to water-limited environments by integrating novel phenotyping for stay-green and root traits, crop modelling and nested association mapping populations
Adapting cereals to drought: genetic and management solutions
Speeding genetic progress for wheat adaptation to water-limited environments by integrating novel phenotyping for stay-green and root traits, crop modelling and nested association mapping populations
Does trial duration affect transpiration efficiency estimates for wheat?
Shorter trials to increase screening throughput for transpiration efficiency in wheat
Agriculture and climate change conference
Historical improvement in drought adaptation of Australian wheat varieties has coincided with changes in biomass partitioning, transpiration efficiency and root architecture
Stay-green and root trait physiology combined with crop modelling to improve crop adaptation
Rapid phenotyping combined with speed breeding to improve stay-green and root adaptation of wheat in water-limited environments
Bottom-up and top-down approaches – The value of modelling in trait dissection and phenotypic prediction
From a global sensitivity analysis of a crop model to wheat improvement in the field
Effects of temperature on seedling root traits – Testing a new high-throughput phenotyping system in wheat
Impact of soil temperature on seedling roots in wheat
Rapid phenotyping combined with speed-breeding to improve root adaptation of wheat in water-limited environments
Predicting heading date and frost impact in wheat across Australia
Integrating Rapid Phenotyping and Speed Breeding to Improve Stay-Green and Root Adaptation of Wheat in Changing, Water-Limited, Australian Environments
High-throughput phenotyping for seminal root angle in wheat in a breeding context
Phenotyping stay-green to improve yield in Australian cropping environments
Phenotyping novel stay-green traits to capture genetic variation in senescence dynamics
Focusing reproductive cold stress research on the main target
Stay-green traits in wheat are linked to yield in well-watered environments
Fine-mapping candidates for 'stay-green' in sorghum reveals genes associated with canopy development and root growth
Quantifying the potential yield benefit of root traits in a target population of environments
Modelling crop physiology and genetics to simulate Genotype x Management x Environment (GxMxE) interactions
Variation in frost susceptibility of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) during head-emergence and implications for phenotyping
Optimising methods of field screening for reproductive frost resistance
Characterising root systems throughout the life cycle to identify adaptive root traits for water-limitation
New lysimeter platforms to phenotype daily transpiration over the crop cycle in contrasting wheat lines
Functional whole-Plant modelling - The missing link between molecular biology and crop improvement?
Experimental and modelling studies of drought-adaptive root architectural traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Stay-green wheat for Australia's changing, dry environment
Developing high yielding wheat for water limited environments in northern Australia
Sucrose transport across the vacuolar membrane of Ananas comosus
Dicotyledons lacking the multisubunit form of the herbicide-target enzyme acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase may be restricted to the family Geraniaceae
Dicotyledons sensitive to herbicides that inhibit acetyl-coenzymea carboxylase
Carbon partitioning in the leaves of CAM plants