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Dr Kirsty Owen

Dr Kirsty Owen
Name Kirsty Owen
Pronoun She/Her/Hers
Position Lecturer (Crop Nematology)
Section School of Agriculture and Environmental Science
Office P22-110
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 1239
Extension 1239
Email
Qualifications BScAg Sydney , MScAg Sydney , PhD Sydney
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/809y5/dr-kirsty-owen
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Biography

Kirsty Owen is currently a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia with expertise in the management of root-lesion nematodes in grain crops. Her research interests include biotic constraints to crop production within farming systems, particularly interactions between nematodes, soil-borne diseases and beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Her teaching in plant science and agriculture draws on her experiences in applied research and communication of research outcomes with the rural community.

Research Career


  • Crop and Pasture Production not elsewhere classified ( 070399 )
  • Crop And Pasture Production not elsewhere classified ( 300499 )
  • Crop And Pasture Production ( 300400 )

Management of root-lesion nematodes in the farming systems of northern grain region of Australia.


Australasian Plant Pathology Society
Australasian Association of Nematologists
Member of the editorial board of the journal Australasian Plant Pathology


  • Centre for Crop Health (CCH)

Teaching


AGR8001 Food Security in the 21st Century
AGR8003 Critical issues in Agriculture
BIO2202 Plant Physiology
BIO2103 Biology 2
SCI1001 Succeeding in Science
BIO1101 Biology 1


2 Years

Supervision


  • Crop and Pasture Production not elsewhere classified ( 070399 )
  • Crop And Pasture Production not elsewhere classified ( 300499 )
  • Crop And Pasture Production ( 300400 )