Karine Chenu
- Email:
- karine.chenu@uq.edu.au
- Phone:
- +61 7 4529 4252
- Phone:
- +61 7 535 15093
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
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, Montpellier 2 University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Montpellier 2 University
Works
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2015
Conference Publication
Predicting heading date and frost impact in wheat across Australia
Zheng, Bangyou, Chapman, Scott, Christopher, Jack, Frederiks, Troy and Chenu, Karine (2015). Predicting heading date and frost impact in wheat across Australia. 17th Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, Australia, 20-24 September 2015. Warragul, VIC Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
2015
Conference Publication
Changes in transpiration efficiency of wheat varieties released over recent decades - Any potential for the future?
Fletcher, Andrew and Chenua, Karine (2015). Changes in transpiration efficiency of wheat varieties released over recent decades - Any potential for the future?. Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15-17 February 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.252
2015
Conference Publication
Projected impact of future climate on drought patterns in complex rainfed environments
Watson, James, Zheng, Bangyou, Chapman, Scott C. and Chenu, Karine (2015). Projected impact of future climate on drought patterns in complex rainfed environments. Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15-17 February 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.255
2015
Conference Publication
Change in biomass partitioning and transpiration efficiency in Australian wheat varieties over the last decades
Fletcher, Andrew and Chenu, Karine (2015). Change in biomass partitioning and transpiration efficiency in Australian wheat varieties over the last decades. 17th Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, Australia, 20-24 September 2015. Warragul, VIC Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
2015
Conference Publication
Adapting rain-fed sorghum agronomy to breeding progress - cropping system model parameterisation
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Brider, Jason, Broad, Ian, Chenu, Karine, Eyre, Joseph, Ferrante, Ariel, McLean, Greg, McLean, James, Skerman, Andrew and Rodriguez, Daniel (2015). Adapting rain-fed sorghum agronomy to breeding progress - cropping system model parameterisation. Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 21-24 September 2015. Warragul, VIC, Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
2015
Conference Publication
Projected impact of future climate on drought patterns in complex rainfed environments
Watson, James, Zheng, Bangyou, Chapman, Scott C. and Chenu, Karine (2015). Projected impact of future climate on drought patterns in complex rainfed environments. Agriculture and Climate Change: Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15-17 February 2015.
2015
Conference Publication
Frost trends and their estimated impact on yield in the Australian wheatbelt
Zheng, Bangyou, Chapman, Scott, Christopher, Jack, Frederiks, Troy and Chenu, Karine (2015). Frost trends and their estimated impact on yield in the Australian wheatbelt. Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15-17 February 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.244
2015
Book Chapter
Model assisted phenotyping and ideotype design
Martre, Pierre, Quilot-Turion, Benedicte, Luquet, Delphine, Ould-Sidi Memmah, Mohammed-Mahmoud, Chenu, Karine and Debaeke, Philippe (2015). Model assisted phenotyping and ideotype design. Crop physiology: applications for genetic improvement and agronomy. (pp. 349-373) edited by Victor Sadras and Daniel Calderini. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417104-6.00014-5
2015
Conference Publication
High yielding wheat in the northern region: impact of nitrogen fertilisation on grain yield and quality in modern cultivars
Ferrante, Ariel, Eyre, Joseph, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, McLean, James, Chenu, Karine, deVoil, Peter, McLean, Greg and Rodriguez, Daniel (2015). High yielding wheat in the northern region: impact of nitrogen fertilisation on grain yield and quality in modern cultivars. Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 21-24 September 2015. Warragul, VIC, Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
2015
Conference Publication
Impact of projected climates on drought occurrence in the Australian wheatbelt
Watson, James, Zheng, Bangyou, Chapman, Scott C. and Chenu, Karine (2015). Impact of projected climates on drought occurrence in the Australian wheatbelt. 17th Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, Australia, 20-24 September 2015. Warragul, VIC Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
2015
Conference Publication
Rapid phenotyping combined with speed-breeding to improve root adaptation of wheat in water-limited environments
Christopher, J., Richard, C., Chenu, K., Christopher, C., Borrell, A. and Hickey, L. (2015). Rapid phenotyping combined with speed-breeding to improve root adaptation of wheat in water-limited environments. 9th Symposium for the International Society of Root Research, Canberra, Australia, 6-9 October 2015.
2015
Conference Publication
High-throughput phenotyping of wheat seminal root traits in a breeding context
Richard, Cecile, Hickey, Lee, Fletcher, Susan, Chenu, Karine, Borrell, Andrew and Christopher, Jack (2015). High-throughput phenotyping of wheat seminal root traits in a breeding context. Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15-17 February 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.179
2015
Conference Publication
Integrating Rapid Phenotyping and Speed Breeding to Improve Stay-Green and Root Adaptation of Wheat in Changing, Water-Limited, Australian Environments
Christopher, J., Richard, C., Chenu, K., Christopher, M., Borrell, A. and Hickey, L. (2015). Integrating Rapid Phenotyping and Speed Breeding to Improve Stay-Green and Root Adaptation of Wheat in Changing, Water-Limited, Australian Environments. Agriculture and Climate Change conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 15-17 February 2015.
2015
Conference Publication
Integrating rapid phenotyping and speed breeding to improve stay-green and root adaptation of wheat in changing, water-limited, Australian environments
Christopher, Jack, Richard, Cecile, Chenu, Karine, Christopher, Mandy, Borrell, Andrew and Hickey, Lee (2015). Integrating rapid phenotyping and speed breeding to improve stay-green and root adaptation of wheat in changing, water-limited, Australian environments. Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15-17 February 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.246
2014
Journal Article
APSIM - evolution towards a new generation of agricultural systems simulation
Holzworth, Dean P., Huth, Neil I., deVoil, Peter G., Zurcher, Eric J., Herrmann, Neville I., McLean, Greg, Chenu, Karine, van Oosterom, Erik J., Snow, Val, Murphy, Chris, Moore, Andrew D., Brown, Hamish, Whish, Jeremy P. M., Verrall, Shaun, Fainges, Justin, Bell, Lindsay W., Peake, Allan S., Poulton, Perry L., Hochman, Zvi, Thorburn, Peter J., Gaydon, Donald S., Dalgliesh, Neal P., Rodriguez, Daniel, Cox, Howard, Chapman, Scott, Doherty, Alastair, Teixeira, Edmar, Sharp, Joanna, Cichota, Rogerio ... Keating, Brian A. (2014). APSIM - evolution towards a new generation of agricultural systems simulation. Environmental Modelling and Software, 62, 327-350. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.07.009
2014
Conference Publication
Sensitivity analysis of dynamic crop models to assist crop science: assessing the impact of multiple traits on yield in Australian wheat
Casadebaig, P., Chenu, K. and Faivre, R. (2014). Sensitivity analysis of dynamic crop models to assist crop science: assessing the impact of multiple traits on yield in Australian wheat. 3èmes Rencontres R Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 25-27 June, 2014.
2014
Journal Article
Plot size matters: Interference from intergenotypic competition in plant phenotyping studies
Rebetzke, Greg J., Fischer, Ralph (Tony) A., Van Herwaarden, Anthony F., Bonnett, Dave G., Chenu, Karine, Rattey, Allan R. and Fettell, Neil A. (2014). Plot size matters: Interference from intergenotypic competition in plant phenotyping studies. Functional Plant Biology, 41 (2), 107-118. doi: 10.1071/FP13177
2014
Conference Publication
Phenotyping stay-green to improve yield in Australian cropping environments
Christopher, J., Chenu, K., Jennings, R., Harvey, G. and Fletcher, S. (2014). Phenotyping stay-green to improve yield in Australian cropping environments. 15th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference, St Kilda, VIC, Australia, 26-29 October 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Breeding for the future: How to adapt to potential impacts of future frost, drought and heat events on Australian wheat?
Chenu, Karine, Zheng, Bangyou and Chapman, Scott (2014). Breeding for the future: How to adapt to potential impacts of future frost, drought and heat events on Australian wheat?. Breeding Plants to Cope with Future Climate Change, Leeds, United Kingdom, 16-18 June 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Phenotyping novel stay-green traits to capture genetic variation in senescence dynamics
Christopher, John T., Veyradier, Mathieu, Borrell, Andrew K., Harvey, Greg, Fletcher, Susan and Chenu, Karine (2014). Phenotyping novel stay-green traits to capture genetic variation in senescence dynamics. Interdrought IV Conference, Perth, WA Australia, 2–6 September 2013. Clayton, VIC Australia: C S I R O Publishing. doi: 10.1071/FP14052
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Physiological traits and environmental characterisation to improve yield stability in barley
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lee Hickey, Dr Samir Alahmad, Dr Millicent Smith, Dr Alan Severini
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanisms to improve grain yield and grain quality under heat in wheat
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Daniel Cozzolino
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating root-shoot dynamics to improve water-use efficiency of barley
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alex Wu, Dr Hannah Robinson, Dr Millicent Smith, Dr Dongxue Zhao, Professor Lee Hickey
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Doctor Philosophy
Beat the heat: adapting chickpea to a hotter world
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lee Hickey, Dr Millicent Smith
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Doctor Philosophy
Predicting better parents to accelerate genetic gain in wheat breeding
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Kelly, Dr Eric Dinglasan, Professor Ben Hayes, Professor Lee Hickey
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Characterizing genotypic variation in wheat root architecture late in crop development to improve yield and yield stability under water stress
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the Genetic and Physiological Basis of Transpiration Efficiency in Australian Wheat
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Kelly
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
In-season phenotyping of crop growth via the integration of imaging, modelling, and machine learning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Scott Chapman
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating envirotyping methodology to evaluate contributions of stay-green traits to wheat yield in Australian environments
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Cooper, Professor Ben Hayes, Dr Kai Voss-Fels, Professor Lee Hickey
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Breeding wheat for drought adaptation: Development of selection tools for root architectural traits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lee Hickey
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