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Dr Kirsty Owen

Dr Kirsty Owen
Name Kirsty Owen
Pronoun She/Her/Hers
Position Senior Lecturer (Crop Nematology)
Section School of Agriculture and Environmental Science
Office P22-110
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 1239
Extension 1239
Email
Qualifications BScAg Sydney , MScAg Sydney , PhD Sydney
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/809y5/dr-kirsty-owen
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Biography

Kirsty Owen is currently a Senior Lecturer (Crop Nematology) in the School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, and Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Crop Health at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She has expertise in the management of root-lesion nematodes in grain crops. Her research interests include biotic constraints to crop production within farming systems, particularly interactions between nematodes, soil-borne diseases and beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Her teaching in biology, plant sciences and agriculture draws on her experiences in applied research and communication of research outcomes with the rural community.

Research Career


  • Crop and Pasture Production not elsewhere classified ( 070399 )
  • Crop And Pasture Production not elsewhere classified ( 300499 )
  • Crop And Pasture Production ( 300400 )

Management of root-lesion nematodes in the farming systems of northern grain region of Australia.


Australasian Plant Pathology Society
Australasian Association of Nematologists


  • Centre for Crop Health (CCH)

Teaching


AGR6001 Food Security in the 21st Century
AGR6002 Emerging Technologies in Agriculture
AGR6003 Critical issues in Agriculture
SCI1001 Succeeding in Science
BIO1101 Biology 1
BIO2202 Plant Physiology
BIO2103 Biology 2
SCI3301 Science Project


2 Years


Outreach and Engagement Lead, School of Agriculture and Environmental Science

Supervision


  • Crop and Pasture Production not elsewhere classified ( 070399 )
  • Crop And Pasture Production not elsewhere classified ( 300499 )
  • Crop And Pasture Production ( 300400 )