Sarita Bennett

Associate Professor
Sarita Bennett
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Sarita completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham before moving to Australia in 1995. She has a background in farming systems research in Western Australia and the UK, initially with a focus on pasture and saline systems but including agronomy and management of alternative crops, before moving to the impact of management and environment on plant pathology in 2016.

She has been at Curtin University since 2010 and is currently the Discipline Lead for Agriculture and Food, and the project leader of the CCDM/GRDC project “Agronomy and management solutions to Sclerotinia stem rot of canola and pulses.”

Related Resources & Publications

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

Sruthi, N. U., Srinivasa Rao, P., Bennett, S. J., & Bhattarai, R. R. (2023). "Formulation of a Synergistic Enzyme Cocktail for Controlled Degradation of Sorghum Grain Pericarp" Foods. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12020306

Chatur P., Johnson S., Coorey R., Bhattarai R.R. and Bennett S.J. (2022) "The Effect of High Pressure Processing on Textural, Bioactive and Digestibility Properties of Cooked Kimberley Large Kabuli Chickpeas" Frontiers in Nutrition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.847877

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., 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

Brooks, K.D., Bennett S.J., Hodgson, L.M., Ashworth, M.B. (2018) "Narrow windrow burning canola (Brassica napus L.) residue for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary sclerotia destruction" Pest Management Science DOI: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29687565/

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