Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Opportunities to improve grain legumes for future climates
Tracks
Track 2
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 |
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM |
B1 Room, Boulevard Level |
Overview
Keynote speaker: Dr Millicent Smith, UQ-QAAFI, UQ-SAFS
Speaker
Dr Millicent Smith
Lecturer
UQ-QAAFI, UQ-SAFS
Opportunities to improve grain legumes for future climates
Biography
Dr Millicent Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Crop Physiology at The University of Queensland. Her research is focused on understanding the physiological mechanisms that underpin yield stability and quality in grain legumes. Millicent works closely with breeders, both in Australia and overseas, to develop improved knowledge on abiotic stress adaptation and tools to accelerate genetic gain. Dr Smith leads a national research project funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation focused on deploying novel phenotyping and genomics approaches to fast-track the development of new chickpea varieties that display lower yield loss in response to high temperature. Millicent is passionate about training the next generation of plant scientists. She leads a growing research team of 8 PhD students and has been awarded for her innovative teaching approaches applied to large undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Keynote chair
Nijat Imin
Senior Lecturer
Western Sydney University
Dugald Reid
La Trobe University