Centre for Crop Health (CCH)
Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland
The Centre for Crop Health delivers world-class research to ensure healthy crops for improved food security and on-farm profitability.
It leads research focused on the sustainable management of diseases in summer and winter cropping systems in Australia. Researchers are nationally and internationally recognised for their expertise in the selection of resistant and tolerant germplasm, cutting-edge crop disease diagnostics, biosecurity research, biological control and genetics and genomics of both crops and their pathogens.
- Website
- https://www.unisq.edu.au/research/institutes-centres/ilse/centre-for-crop-health
- Organisation type
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- University research centre
- Number of research staff
- Up to 20 research staff
- Address
- Agricultural Science & Engineering Precinct, Baker Street, Building P22, UniSQ Toowoomba Campus, Toowoomba QLD 4350
Strengths and capabilities
- Summer crop health research
- Winter crop health research
- Integrated crop nematology research
- Regional, national and international recognition of research outcomes
- Strong industry links
- Practical, viable disease management options
- Molecular biology expertise
- Plant physiology expertise
- Microbiology expertise
Facilities and major equipment
- Physical Containment Class 2 laboratories
- Controlled environment facilities for plant growth
- Plant disease inoculation equipment
- Nematology laboratory
- Plant genetics and molecular laboratories
- Glasshouses/preparation spaces
Lead researchers
- Professor Gavin Ash—Internationally recognised for research in biopesticides and plant disease diagnostics.
- Professor Levente Kiss—Internationally recognised for research in Powdery Mildew Fungi
- Associate Professor Adam Sparks—International research in Southeast Asia in rice disease modelling
Achievements of the centre
- International recognition of research in climate variability, crop improvement, farming systems biology and pathogen genetics and biology
- Strong international links with India, South Africa, South-East Asia, Japan, China, Turkey, North America and Papua New Guinea.
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