Pippa Michael

Research Fellow

p.michael@curtin.edu.au

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Biography

Dr Pippa Michael has conducted pest management research in Western Australian farming systems since 2003, focusing initially on weed ecology and management before moving to plant pathology in 2016. She has been involved with several successful industry-funded projects in collaboration with CSIRO, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative and UWA, both as a project leader and team member.

Currently she is a Research Fellow within the CCDM project “Agronomy and management solutions to sclerotinia stem rot of canola and pulses” which uses field, glasshouse, and laboratory-based research to improve knowledge of the disease, understand triggers for infection and its ecological adaptation in Australia. This project has delivered several notable research outcomes to date such as understanding the germination and conditioning requirements of sclerotia populations in WA and screening canola varieties for sclerotinia stem rot susceptibility.

Related Resources & Publications

Han, V. C., Michael, P. J., Crockett, R., Swift, B., & Bennett, S. J. (2024) "Effective, consistent, and rapid non-contact application methods for seedling basal stem infection by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum." Plant Disease, (in press). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-23-2412-SC

Michael P. J., Rijal Lamichhane A., Bennett S. J. (2023) "Temperature and Isolate Are Important Determinants of Brassica napus Susceptibility to Aggressive Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Isolates" Agronomy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13061606

Han, V.C, Michael, P.J., Swift, B., Bennett, S.J. (2023) "Biological control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: Modes of action of biocontrol agents, soil organic amendments, and soil microbiome manipulation" Biological Control. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105346

Bennett, S.J., Lamichhane, A.R., Thomson, L.L., Lui, K.Y., Michael, P.J. (2021) "Impact of Fungicide Application and Host Genotype on Susceptibility of Brassica napus to Sclerotinia Stem Rot across the South-Western Australian Grain Belt: A Genotype × Environment × Management Study" Agronomy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11061170

Michael, P.J., Jones, D., White, N., Hane, J.K., Bunce, M., Gibberd, M. (2020) "Crop-zone weed Mycobiomes of the South-Western Australian grain belt." Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.581592

Michael, P.J., Lui, K.Y., Thomson, L.L., Lamichhane, A., Bennett, S.J. (2021) "Impact of preconditioning temperature and duration period on carpogenic germination of diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Lib.) de Bary populations in south-western Australia" Plant Disease DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-20-1957-RE

Michael, P.J., Lui, K.Y., Thomson, L.L., Stefanova, K., Bennett, S.J. (2020) "Carpogenic Germinability of Diverse Sclerotinia sclerotorium Populations Within the Southwestern Australian Grain Belt." Plant Disease DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-19-2575-RE

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