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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2011
Conference Publication
Adapting wheat germplasm for elevated CO2 and higher temperatures – environment characterisation, trait screening and crop modelling
Chapman, S.C., Dreccer, M.F., Palta-Paz, J., Bourgault, M., Wockner, K., Zheng, B., Kearns, R., Dias De Oliveria, E. and Chenu, K. (2011). Adapting wheat germplasm for elevated CO2 and higher temperatures – environment characterisation, trait screening and crop modelling. ComBiom2011, Cairns, Australia, 25-29 September.
2011
Conference Publication
Wheat response to increasing temperatures: The role of genetic variability
Wockner, K. B., Chenu, K., Oudin, F., Chapman, S. C. and Dreccer, M. F. (2011). Wheat response to increasing temperatures: The role of genetic variability. Wheat Breeding Assembly, Perth, Australia, 24-26 August 2011.
2010
Journal Article
Detection and use of QTL for complex traits in multiple environments
van Eeuwijk, Fred A., Bink, Marco C.A.M., Chenu, Karine and Chapman, Scott C. (2010). Detection and use of QTL for complex traits in multiple environments. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 13 (2), 193-205. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2010.01.001
2010
Conference Publication
Environmental characterisation for drought-prone environments
Chenu, K., Hammer, G. L. and Chapman, S. C. (2010). Environmental characterisation for drought-prone environments. DROPS workshop, Montpellier, France, 2-3 September 2010.
2010
Conference Publication
Revealing the yield impacts of organ-level QTL associated with drought response in maize - A gene-to-phenotype modelling approach
Chenu, K., Chapman, S. C., Tardieu, F., Welcker, C., McLean, G. and Hammer, G. L. (2010). Revealing the yield impacts of organ-level QTL associated with drought response in maize - A gene-to-phenotype modelling approach. DROPS workshop, Montpellier, France, 2-3 September.
2010
Conference Publication
The value of linking genomic knowledge with ecophysiological knowledge using dynamic crop models
Chapman, Scott, Van Oosterom, Erik, Chenu, Karine, McLean, Greg and Hammer, Graeme (2010). The value of linking genomic knowledge with ecophysiological knowledge using dynamic crop models. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA 2010 Internation Annual Meetings, Long Beach, CA, USA, 31 October - 3 November 2010. Madison, WI, United States: ASA; CSSA; SSSA.
2010
Conference Publication
Environment characterisation as an aid to improve barley adaptation in water-limited environments
Chenu, Karine, McIntyre, Kym and Hammer, Graeme (2010). Environment characterisation as an aid to improve barley adaptation in water-limited environments. 14th Australian Barley Technical Symposium, Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast, QLD, 13-16 September 2009. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Grains Research and Development Corporation.
2010
Conference Publication
Environmental characterisation to aid crop improvement in drought-prone environments
Chenu, K., Hammer, G. L., Dreccer, M. F. and Chapman, S. C. (2010). Environmental characterisation to aid crop improvement in drought-prone environments. Agro2010: The XIth ESA Congress, Montpellier, France, 29 August - 03 September 2010. Montpelier, France: Agropolis International Editions.
2010
Conference Publication
Traits and technologies to design crop breeding systems for climate change
Chapman, S. C., Dreccer, M. F., Chenu, K., Jordan, D., McLean, G., Hammer, G. L., Bourgault, M., Milroy, S., Palta-Paz, J. A., Wockner, K. B. and Zheng, B. (2010). Traits and technologies to design crop breeding systems for climate change. 2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 29 June - 1 July 2010. NCCARF/CSIRO.
2010
Conference Publication
Functional whole-Plant modelling - The missing link between molecular biology and crop improvement?
Chenu, K., Hammer, G. L., Chapman, S. C., Christopher, J. and McLean, G. (2010). Functional whole-Plant modelling - The missing link between molecular biology and crop improvement?. Mathematical Modeling of Plant Development, Columbus, OH, USA, 27 September - 1 October 2010. Columbus, OH, United States: Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University.
2009
Conference Publication
Crop modelling as an aid for environmental characterisation and crop improvement
Chenu, K., Chapman, S. C., McLean, G., Lush, D., Hammer, G. L. and Dreccer, F. (2009). Crop modelling as an aid for environmental characterisation and crop improvement. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow, Scotland, 28 June-1 July 2009. New York, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.566
2009
Conference Publication
Developing new methods for the application of cross prediction, QTL analysis and comparisons of breeding strategies
Chapman, S. C., Chenu, K., Rebetzke, G. J., Dieters, M., Hammer, G. L. and Wang, J. (2009). Developing new methods for the application of cross prediction, QTL analysis and comparisons of breeding strategies. 14th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC) and the 11th Congress of the Society for the Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO), Cairns, Australia, 10-14 August 2009. Bangkok, Thailand: Society for Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania.
2009
Conference Publication
Environment characterisation as an aid to improve wheat adaptation in water-limited environments
Chenu, K., Hammer, G. L., Dreccer, F. and Chapman, S. C. (2009). Environment characterisation as an aid to improve wheat adaptation in water-limited environments. 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought Prone Environments (InterDrought-III), Shanghai, China, 11-16 October 2009.
2009
Conference Publication
Simulating breeding systems for climate change
Chapman, S. C., Chenu, K., McLean, G., Hammer, G. L., Dieters, M. and Wang, J. (2009). Simulating breeding systems for climate change. Workshop - Crop production under heat stress: monitoring, impact assessment and adaptation, Tsukuba, Japan, 5 - 9 October 2009.
2009
Conference Publication
Quantitative trait loci associated with drought response in maize - a gene-to-phenotype modelling approach
Chenu, K., Tardieu, F., Chapman, S. C., McLean, G., Welcker, C. and Hammer, G. L. (2009). Quantitative trait loci associated with drought response in maize - a gene-to-phenotype modelling approach. 14th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC) and the 11th Congress of the Society for the Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO), Cairns, Australia, 10-14 August 2009. Bangkok, Thailand: Society for Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania.
2009
Conference Publication
Revealing the yield impacts of organ-level quantitative trait loci associated with drought response in maize-A gene-to-phenotype modelling approach
Chenu, K, Chapman, SC, Tardieu, F, McLean, G, Welcker, C and Hammer, GL (2009). Revealing the yield impacts of organ-level quantitative trait loci associated with drought response in maize-A gene-to-phenotype modelling approach. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Experimental-Biology, Glasgow Scotland, Jun 28-Jul 01, 2009. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.575
2009
Conference Publication
Environment characterisation as an aid to wheat improvement in north east Australia
Chenu, K., Hammer, G. L., Dreccer, F. and Chapman, S. C. (2009). Environment characterisation as an aid to wheat improvement in north east Australia. 14th Australasian Plant Breeding & 11th SABRAO Conference, Cairns, Australia, 10-14 August 2009. Bangkok, Thailand: Society for Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania.
2009
Conference Publication
Adaptation of wheat and barley to northern and coastal Queensland
Banks, P. M., Chenu, K. and Lush, D. J. (2009). Adaptation of wheat and barley to northern and coastal Queensland. 14th Australasian Plant Breeding and 11th SABRAO Conference, Cairns, Australia, 10–14 August 2009.
2009
Conference Publication
Revealing the yield impacts of organ-level quantitative trait loci associated with drought response in maize: a gene-to-phenotype modelling approach
Chenu, K., Chapman, S. C., Tardieu, F., McLean, G., Welcker, C. and Hammer, G. L. (2009). Revealing the yield impacts of organ-level quantitative trait loci associated with drought response in maize: a gene-to-phenotype modelling approach. 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought Prone Environments (InterDrought-III), Shanghai, China, 11-16 October 2009.
2009
Conference Publication
Genetic and physiological simulation of crossing and selection strategies to combine diagnostic markers and quantitative traits
Chapman, Scott, Wang, Jiankang, Chenu, Karine, Rebetzke, Greg, Bonnett, David, Welcker, Claude, Tardieu, Francois, Dieters, Mark and Hammer, Graeme (2009). Genetic and physiological simulation of crossing and selection strategies to combine diagnostic markers and quantitative traits. Plant and Animal Genomes XVII Conference, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., 10-14 January 2009.
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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