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Associate Professor Karine Chenu
Associate Professor

Karine Chenu

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Overview

Background

Dr Karine Chenu is Associate Professor at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) at the University of Queensland. Karine has expertise in ecophysiology, genetics and modelling with a focus on drought and heat adaptation.

Her group is conducting research that supports crop modelling technology, plant design and breeding strategies in winter cereals.

Her research mainly concerns: - understanding trait physiology and genetics, - developing gene-to-phenotype crop modelling - exploring novel combinations of genotypes, environments and management practices to assist productivity improvement in changing environments.

Karine collaborates with plant breeders, geneticists, modellers and agronomists in a range of national and international research projects in both public and private sectors.

She is also one of the UQ representatives on the APSIM Initiative Reference Panel, which is responsible for the on-going development of the APSIM model (www.apsim.info), which is now used world-wide.

Availability

Associate Professor Karine Chenu is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, Montpellier 2 University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Montpellier 2 University

Works

Search Professor Karine Chenu’s works on UQ eSpace

225 works between 2002 and 2024

201 - 220 of 225 works

2008

Conference Publication

Model-based trait dissection as an aid to QTL detection and deployment - Illustration for leaf growth under drought in maize

Chenu, K., Chapman, S. C., Tardieu, F., Welcker, C., McLean, G. and Hammer, G. L. (2008). Model-based trait dissection as an aid to QTL detection and deployment - Illustration for leaf growth under drought in maize. Workshop: Integrating new technologies for rapid genetic advance in plant breeding programs, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8-9 October 2008.

Model-based trait dissection as an aid to QTL detection and deployment - Illustration for leaf growth under drought in maize

2008

Journal Article

Relative contributions of light interception and radiation use efficiency to the reduction of maize productivity under cold temperatures

Louarn, Gaëtan, Chenu, Karine, Fournier, Christian, Andrieu, Bruno and Giauffret, Catherine (2008). Relative contributions of light interception and radiation use efficiency to the reduction of maize productivity under cold temperatures. Functional Plant Biology, 35 (9-10), 885-899. doi: 10.1071/FP08061

Relative contributions of light interception and radiation use efficiency to the reduction of maize productivity under cold temperatures

2007

Journal Article

Simulations of virtual plants reveal a role for SERRATE in the response of leaf development to light in Arabidopsis thaliana

Chenu, Karine, Franck, Nicolas and Lecoeur, Jeremie (2007). Simulations of virtual plants reveal a role for SERRATE in the response of leaf development to light in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist, 175 (3), 472-481. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02123.x

Simulations of virtual plants reveal a role for SERRATE in the response of leaf development to light in Arabidopsis thaliana

2007

Journal Article

Day length affects the dynamics of leaf expansion and cellular development in Arabidopsis thaliana partially through floral transition timing

Cookson, Sarah Jane, Chenu, Karine and Granier, Christine (2007). Day length affects the dynamics of leaf expansion and cellular development in Arabidopsis thaliana partially through floral transition timing. Annals of Botany, 99 (4), 703-711. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcm005

Day length affects the dynamics of leaf expansion and cellular development in Arabidopsis thaliana partially through floral transition timing

2007

Conference Publication

How do short-term environmental effects on leaf growth rate translate into differences in whole-plant profiles of maize leaf area? Impact of temperature, evaporative demand and soil water status

Chenu, K., Chapman, S. C., Hammer, G. L., McLean, G. and Tardieu, F. (2007). How do short-term environmental effects on leaf growth rate translate into differences in whole-plant profiles of maize leaf area? Impact of temperature, evaporative demand and soil water status. Agron-Omics, Montpellier, France, 17-18 July 2007.

How do short-term environmental effects on leaf growth rate translate into differences in whole-plant profiles of maize leaf area? Impact of temperature, evaporative demand and soil water status

2007

Book Chapter

An architectural approach to investigate maize response to low temperature

Chenu K, Fournier C, Andrieu B and Giauffret C (2007). An architectural approach to investigate maize response to low temperature. Scale and complexity in plant systems research : gene-plant-crop relations. (pp. 201-210) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer - Netherlands.

An architectural approach to investigate maize response to low temperature

2006

Journal Article

PHENOPSIS, an automated platform for reproducible phenotyping of plant responses to soil water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana permitted the identification of an accession with low sensitivity to soil water deficit

Granier, Christine, Aguirrezabal, Luis, Chenu, Karine, Cookson, Sarah Jane, Dauzat, Myriam, Hamard, Philippe, Thioux, Jean-Jacques, Rolland, Gaelle, Bouchier-Combaud, Sandrine, Lebaudy, Anne, Muller, Bertrand, Simonneau, Thierry and Tardieu, François (2006). PHENOPSIS, an automated platform for reproducible phenotyping of plant responses to soil water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana permitted the identification of an accession with low sensitivity to soil water deficit. New Phytologist, 169 (3), 623-635. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01609.x

PHENOPSIS, an automated platform for reproducible phenotyping of plant responses to soil water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana permitted the identification of an accession with low sensitivity to soil water deficit

2006

Conference Publication

Towards an architectural approach to drive maize breeding for cold tolerance

Chenu, K., Fournier, C., Giauffret, C. and Andrieu, B. (2006). Towards an architectural approach to drive maize breeding for cold tolerance. 2nd International Symposium on Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, Beijing China, 13-17 November 2006. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/PMA.2006.20

Towards an architectural approach to drive maize breeding for cold tolerance

2006

Conference Publication

An architectural approach to investigate maize response to low temperature

Chenu, K., Fournier, C., Andrieu, B. and Giauffret, C. (2006). An architectural approach to investigate maize response to low temperature. 3ème journée de Biologie Végétale de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 16 May 2006.

An architectural approach to investigate maize response to low temperature

2006

Conference Publication

3D architectural modelling approach to drive maize breeding for cold tolerance: a first step

Chenu, K., Fournier, C., Andrieu, B. and Giauffret, C. (2006). 3D architectural modelling approach to drive maize breeding for cold tolerance: a first step. Workshop on Scale and complexity in plant systems research: gene-plant-crop relations, Wageningen, Netherlands, 23-26 April 2006.

3D architectural modelling approach to drive maize breeding for cold tolerance: a first step

2006

Conference Publication

How can 3D virtual plant help to better understand plant physiology and genotype-environment interactions?

Chenu, K., Rey, H., Christophe, A., Andrieu, B., Fournier, C., Giauffret, C. and Lecoeur, J. (2006). How can 3D virtual plant help to better understand plant physiology and genotype-environment interactions?. ComBio 2006, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 24-28 September 2006.

How can 3D virtual plant help to better understand plant physiology and genotype-environment interactions?

2005

Journal Article

Integrated responses of rosette organogenesis, morphogenesis and architecture to reduced incident light in Arabidopsis thaliana results in higher efficiency of light interception

Chenu, Karine, Franck, Nicholas, Dauzat, Jean, Barczi, Jean-François, Rey, Hervé and Lecoeur, Jérémie (2005). Integrated responses of rosette organogenesis, morphogenesis and architecture to reduced incident light in Arabidopsis thaliana results in higher efficiency of light interception. Functional Plant Biology, 32 (12), 1123-1134. doi: 10.1071/FP05091

Integrated responses of rosette organogenesis, morphogenesis and architecture to reduced incident light in Arabidopsis thaliana results in higher efficiency of light interception

2005

Conference Publication

Variabilité phénotypique de la croissance et du développement foliaire en réponse au rayonnement chez Arabidopsis thaliana

Chenu, K., Christophe, A. and Lecoeur, J. (2005). Variabilité phénotypique de la croissance et du développement foliaire en réponse au rayonnement chez Arabidopsis thaliana. Ecole thématique Biologie Intégrative, Batz-sur-mer, France, 3-7 October 2005.

Variabilité phénotypique de la croissance et du développement foliaire en réponse au rayonnement chez Arabidopsis thaliana

2005

Conference Publication

Phenopsis, une plateforme automatisée pour du phénotypage reproductible chez Arabidopsis thaliana

Granier, C., Chenu, K., Simonneau, T. and Tardieu, F. (2005). Phenopsis, une plateforme automatisée pour du phénotypage reproductible chez Arabidopsis thaliana. Ecole thématique Biologie Intégrative, Batz-sur-mer, France, 3-7 October 2005.

Phenopsis, une plateforme automatisée pour du phénotypage reproductible chez Arabidopsis thaliana

2005

Conference Publication

Phénotypage haut-débit chez Arabidopsis thaliana: comment analyser la réponse des plantes aux stress environnementaux de façon reproductible?

Granier, C., Chenu, K., Aguirrezabal, L., Cookson, S., Dauzat, M., Muller, B., Tardieu, F. and Simonneau, T. (2005). Phénotypage haut-débit chez Arabidopsis thaliana: comment analyser la réponse des plantes aux stress environnementaux de façon reproductible?. 10th Workshop on Plant Virology, Aussois, France, 6-10 March 2005.

Phénotypage haut-débit chez Arabidopsis thaliana: comment analyser la réponse des plantes aux stress environnementaux de façon reproductible?

2004

Conference Publication

Model of rosette development and expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana subjected to various temperature and incident radiation conditions

Christophe, A., Chenu, K. and Lecoeur, J. (2004). Model of rosette development and expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana subjected to various temperature and incident radiation conditions. International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 July 2004.

Model of rosette development and expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana subjected to various temperature and incident radiation conditions

2004

Conference Publication

Leaf expansion and development in response to light intensity. Comparison of different genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana

Chenu, K., Franck, N., Dauzat, J., Barczi, J. F., Rey, H. and Lecoeur, J. (2004). Leaf expansion and development in response to light intensity. Comparison of different genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana. Society for Experimental Botany Annual Main Meeting (SEB), Edingburgh, Scotland, 3-8 April 2004.

Leaf expansion and development in response to light intensity. Comparison of different genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana

2004

Conference Publication

Modelling the phenotypic variability of rosette architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana in several ecotypes and mutants in response to incident radiation

Chenu, K., Franck, N., Dauzat, J. and Lecoeur, J. (2004). Modelling the phenotypic variability of rosette architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana in several ecotypes and mutants in response to incident radiation. 4th International Workshop on Functional-Structural Plant Models, Montpellier, France, 7-11 June 2004.

Modelling the phenotypic variability of rosette architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana in several ecotypes and mutants in response to incident radiation

2004

Conference Publication

Genetic variability of leaf expansion responses to water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana

Granier, C., Aguirrezabal, L., Chenu, K., Rolland, G., Bouchier, S., Simonneau, T. and Tardieu, F. (2004). Genetic variability of leaf expansion responses to water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana. 15th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 July 2004.

Genetic variability of leaf expansion responses to water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana

2004

Conference Publication

Imposing rigorously identical water deficits to different Arabidopsis thaliana accessions: an automated system for high throughput analyses of plant responses to soil water deficit

Granier, C., Hamard, P., Dauzat, M., Chenu, K., Aguirrezabal, L., Thioux, J. J., Muller, B., Tardieu, F. and Simonneau, T. (2004). Imposing rigorously identical water deficits to different Arabidopsis thaliana accessions: an automated system for high throughput analyses of plant responses to soil water deficit. International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 July 2004.

Imposing rigorously identical water deficits to different Arabidopsis thaliana accessions: an automated system for high throughput analyses of plant responses to soil water deficit

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2029
    ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding for Agricultural Futures
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    Fast tracking deployment of chickpea heat tolerance
    GRDC - PROC-9176886 - Fast tracking deployment of chickpea heat tolerance to develop chickpea varieties with improved high temperature tolerance
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Root structure and function traits: Overcoming the root phenotyping bottleneck in cereals
    PROC-9176895 Phenomics methods and tools to enable improved resource capture efficiency in grain crops
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    Enhancing Genomic Prediction for Changing Environments in Wheat
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Digging deeper to improve yield stability
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2024
    REGARD - In the search for climate analogues to breeding crop of the future (FSOV grant administered by Arvalis)
    ARVALIS - Institut du vegetal
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    CRACQ (Clone the ARC875 QTL) Cloning and characterisation of a wheat gene that yields under drought and heat stress (GNIS-FSOV project Administered by BIOGEMMA, in collaboration with Uni of Adelaide)
    University of Adelaide
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    CropPhen: Remote mapping of grain crop type and phenology
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    High yielding cereal agronomy in the northern grains region
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Improving yield and reliability of field peas and chickpeas under water deficit
    South Australian Research and Development Institute
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2019
    Raising water productivity: Trait assessment for Australian rainfed wheat (Grains and Research Development Corporation grant administered by CSIRO)
    CSIRO
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    Frost Situation Analysis
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    StressMaster: A decision support tool to manage irrigation in real time in managed environments
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Phenotyping whole-plant transpiration efficiency to aid breeding for drought-tolerant wheat varieties
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Experiments and models to capture genotypic differences in physiological controls of carbon allocation among plant organs and economic yield in wheat (CSIRO project novated from DEEDI)
    CSIRO
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2013
    Optimised wheat root architecture for increased yield and yield stability in the face of a changing climate
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant

Supervision

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