Studied PhD@westsyduhie in the lab of @ScottJohnsonLab
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined March 2018
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New Publication Alert!
Thrilled to share our latest paper out in @FrontPlantSci. We show that silicon-mediated herbivore defences in a pasture grass is greatest under reduced CO2 @ScottJohnsonLab @EELaboratory
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New Research: Silicon-mediated herbivore defence in a pasture grass under reduced and Anthropocene levels of CO2: The uptake and accumulation of silicon (Si) in grass plants play a crucial role in alleviating both biotic and… frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #PlantScience #PlantSci
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New Research: Silicon-mediated herbivore defence in a pasture grass under reduced and Anthropocene levels of CO2: The uptake and accumulation of silicon (Si) in grass plants play a crucial role in alleviating both biotic and… frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #PlantScience #PlantSci
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WSU offering PhD scholarships. We keen on applications (international applicants welcome) in the areas of (1) How silicon supplementation affects soil
nutrient cycling and carbon capture and (2) Development of silicon intervention strategies
for sustainable pest management.
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Viewpoint: Extending the elemental defence hypothesis in the light of plant chemodiversity
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@rputrabio and Caroline Müller
@wileyplantsci
ALT Novel concept on incorporating the intraspecific and intraindividual chemodiversity aspects in the elemental defence hypothesis of a hyperaccumulator plant.
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PhD Scholarships are now available @westernsydneyu !
I am currently looking for two students to work on the biogeography of AM fungi in Australia and on AM fungal diversity & plant defence.
Contact me if you're interested in applying.
westernsydney.edu.au/schools…
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Thrilled to see our new Functional Ecology @FunEcology out verifying some of our lab findings in the field. Elevated atmospheric CO2 suppresses silicon accumulation and exacerbates endophyte reductions in plant phosphorus dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435… #siliceousplants
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Fantastic to see our recent paper comes out! In this paper, we have shown that elevated atmospheric CO2 declines Si accumulation and exacerbates endophyte reductions in plant P. Well done Johnson et al👌
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New Publication Alert!
Thrilled to share our latest paper out in @Ecol_Ent . We show that plant-mediated interactions between herbivorous insects can be impacted by plant silicon defences. @ScottJohnsonLab @blinkybenjy
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Excited to see our recent paper out in EEA: Contrasting impacts of herbivore induction and elevated atmospheric CO2 on silicon defences and consequences for subsequent herbivores onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Great to see our latest silicon paper out: Elevated atmospheric CO2 changes defence allocation in wheat but herbivore resistance persists | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Excited to share our new paper out in Journal of Pest Science. We provide novel evidence for the plant-mediated effects of silicon on the anti-predator defences of Helicoverpa armigera. #Siliceous_plant #Insect @ScottJohnsonLab @blinkybenjy
Check it out: link.springer.com/article/10…
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Editor's Choice Article #Plants_mdpi
"Silicon Alters Leaf Surface Morphology and Suppresses Insect Herbivory in a Model Grass Species"
mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/5/643
Published: 19 May 2020
Views: 1877
Citations: 15
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Silicon or symbionts? Grasses use both types of anti-herbivore defences functionalecologists.com/202… via @wordpressdotcom
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I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students for Fall 2022! Come study mycorrhizal ecology with my group and join a great graduate program @EEES_Dartmouth. Fully funded. Please RT and share with any interested students! More info and instructions on how to apply here: balachaudhary.com/phd-2022.h…
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New paper out in @JEcology led by @ScottJohnsonLab with @XimeCibils, @thehungrybug et al. We found silicon-based plant defenses are highest under nutrient-limited conditions, in line with the resource availability hypothesis! #siliceousplants #herbivory besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Job opportunity (for folks in Australia). 3 year postdoc position at our new node of the ARC Centre for Plant Success in Nature & Agriculture at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment. Research adaptations to heat and water stress in Australian species! tinyurl.com/e4ym9bsw
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Paper out @NewPhyt❕
🌱🐛 Plant herbivore protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: A role for fungal diversity? 🌱🐛
with @1pantunes @dunkie_c @profSueHartley @ScottJohnsonLab @mrillig @bennett_lab
#mycorrhiza #biodiversity #fungi #soil #insect
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
ALT Section of figure that outlines two (of many) potential outcomes from applying arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculants. One scenario is where the introduced fungal taxon persists and promotes defenses of plants and thus benefits plant communities. The second scenario is where the introduced fungal taxon does not persist in the environment (possible it is not suited to it, or is outcompeted by the resident fungi already present) and there is no defense-benefit for plants.
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Next month we will host the Plant Insect Interaction Workshop in Wageningen! It will be a hybrid event with two awesome online keynotes: @BallareCL and @ScottJohnsonLab.
We welcome students, PhDers, and postdocs to join us live or online! Register here: graduateschool-eps.info/even…
