Overview
Background
Professor Mark Cooper is Chair of Prediction Based Crop Improvement at The University of Queensland, and a global leader in quantitative genetics and plant breeding. His work involves integrating genomic prediction and crop growth models into an ‘end to end’ framework for crop improvement.
Professor Cooper has pioneered the development of novel genetic modelling methodologies, based on gene networks, to study important properties of quantitative traits in biology, and demonstrated how this new genetic modelling framework can be successfully used in plant breeding to improve prediction of important traits under the influences of selection. Professor Cooper’s work at DuPont Pioneer on drought adaptation in one of the largest maize breeding programs in the world led to the AQUAmax hybrids that presently cover millions of hectares worldwide.
A quantitative geneticist by training, Professor Cooper spent 20 years working with industry in the United States and as CEO of his own consultancy firm Zenrun42, before returning to UQ to build upon the critical mass of predictive agricultural expertise in QAAFI and the wider university.
Availability
- Professor Mark Cooper is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Agricultural Science, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Agriculture, The University of Queensland
- Graduate Certificate in Education, The University of Queensland
Works
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2014
Other Outputs
Maize hybrid X08C908
Lee, Travis J., Kilgore-Norquest, Lora Lynn, Barker, Thomas Charles and Cooper, Mark (2014). Maize hybrid X08C908. 8742232.
2014
Other Outputs
Maize inbred PH1M3D
Cooper, Mark (2014). Maize inbred PH1M3D. 8742231.
2014
Other Outputs
Maize inbred PH1M3M
Cooper, Mark and Ross, Andrew Jon (2014). Maize inbred PH1M3M. 8735692.
2014
Journal Article
Hydraulic conductance of maize hybrids differing in transpiration response to vapor pressure deficit
Sunita, Choudhary, Sinclair, Thomas R., Messina, Carlos D. and Cooper, Mark (2014). Hydraulic conductance of maize hybrids differing in transpiration response to vapor pressure deficit. Crop Science, 54 (3), 1147-1152. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2013.05.0303
2014
Other Outputs
Maize hybrid X05B912
Grote, E. M., Wilson, W. A. and Cooper, M. (2014). Maize hybrid X05B912. 8686248.
2014
Journal Article
Maize ARGOS1 (ZAR1) transgenic alleles increase hybrid maize yield
Guo, Mei, Rupe, Mary A., Wei, Jun, Winkler, Chris, Goncalves-Butruille, Marymar, Weers, Ben P., Cerwick, Sharon F., Dieter, Jo Ann, Duncan, Keith E., Howard, Richard J., Hou, Zhenglin, Loeffler, Carlos M., Cooper, Mark and Simmons, Carl R. (2014). Maize ARGOS1 (ZAR1) transgenic alleles increase hybrid maize yield. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65 (1), 249-260. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ert370
2014
Book Chapter
Future maize hybrid development: Breeding with assistance of molecular and genomics technologies and transgenics
Guo, Mei and Cooper, Mark (2014). Future maize hybrid development: Breeding with assistance of molecular and genomics technologies and transgenics. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Maize. (pp. 256-269) Boca Raton, FL United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b17274
2014
Book Chapter
Maize
Smith, Stephen, Cooper, Mark, Gogerty, Joseph, Loffler, Carlos, Borcherding, Delos and Wright, Kevin (2014). Maize. Yield gains in major U.S. field crops. (pp. 125-171) edited by Stephen Smith, Brian Diers, James Specht and Brett Carver. Madison: Crop Science Society of America. doi: 10.2135/cssaspecpub33.c6
2014
Journal Article
Predicting the future of plant breeding: complementing empirical evaluation with genetic prediction
Cooper, Mark, Messina, Carlos D., Podlich, Dean, Totir, L. Radu, Baumgarten, Andrew, Hausmann, Neil J., Wright, Deanne and Graham, Geoffrey (2014). Predicting the future of plant breeding: complementing empirical evaluation with genetic prediction. Crop and Pasture Science, 65 (4), 311-336. doi: 10.1071/cp14007
2014
Conference Publication
Breeding drought-tolerant maize hybrids for the US corn-belt: discovery to product
Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Leafgren, Roger, Tang, Tom and Messina, Carlos (2014). Breeding drought-tolerant maize hybrids for the US corn-belt: discovery to product. 4th InterDrought Conference, Perth, Australia, 2-6 September 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eru064
2013
Journal Article
Modeling biomass accumulation in maize kernels
Meade, Kendra A., Cooper, Mark and Beavis, William D. (2013). Modeling biomass accumulation in maize kernels. Field Crops Research, 151, 92-100. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.07.014
2013
Journal Article
The US drought of 2012 in perspective: A call to action
Boyer, J. S., Byrne, P., Cassman, K. G., Cooper, M., Delmer, D., Greene, T., Gruis, F., Habben, J., Hausmann, N., Kenny, N., Lafitte, R., Paszkiewicz, S., Porter, D., Schlegel, A., Schussler, J., Setter, T., Shanahan, J., Sharp, R. E., Vyn, T. J., Warner, D. and Gaffney, J. (2013). The US drought of 2012 in perspective: A call to action. Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment, 2 (3), 139-143. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2013.08.002
2013
Other Outputs
Method and system for digital image analysis of ear traits
Hausmann, Neil J., Abadie, Tabare E., Cooper, Mark, Lafitte, Honor R. and Schussler, Jeffrey R. (2013). Method and system for digital image analysis of ear traits. 8488865.
2013
Journal Article
Transpiration response of maize hybrids to atmospheric vapour pressure deficit
Gholipoor, M., Choudhary, S., Sinclair, T. R., Messina, C. D. and Cooper, M. (2013). Transpiration response of maize hybrids to atmospheric vapour pressure deficit. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 199 (3), 155-160. doi: 10.1111/jac.12010
2013
Journal Article
Maize hybrid variability for transpiration decrease with progressive soil drying
Gholipoor, M., Sinclair, T. R., Raza, M. A. S., Loeffler, C., Cooper, M. and Messina, C. D. (2013). Maize hybrid variability for transpiration decrease with progressive soil drying. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 199 (1), 23-29. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2012.00530.x
2012
Journal Article
A gene regulatory network model for floral transition of the shoot apex in maize and its dynamic modeling
Dong, Zhanshan, Danilevskaya, Olga, Abadie, Tabare, Messina, Carlos, Coles, Nathan and Cooper, Mark (2012). A gene regulatory network model for floral transition of the shoot apex in maize and its dynamic modeling. PLoS One, 7 (8) e43450, e43450. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043450
2012
Journal Article
Temperature effect on transpiration response of maize plants to vapour pressure deficit
Yang, Zongjian, Sinclair, Thomas R., Zhu, Maggie, Messina, Carlos D., Cooper, Mark and Hammer, Graeme L. (2012). Temperature effect on transpiration response of maize plants to vapour pressure deficit. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 78, 157-162. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.12.034
2011
Other Outputs
Method and system for digital image analysis of ear traits
Hausmann, Neil Jonathan , Abadie, Tabare E., Cooper, Mark, Lafitte, Honor Renee and Schussler, Jeffrey R. (2011). Method and system for digital image analysis of ear traits. 8073235.
2011
Other Outputs
QTL "mapping as-you-go"
Podlich, Dean, Cooper, Mark and Winkler, Chris (2011). QTL "mapping as-you-go". 8039686.
2011
Journal Article
Environment characterization as an aid to wheat improvement: Interpreting genotype-environment interactions by modelling water-deficit patterns in north-eastern Australia
Chenu, K., Cooper, M., Hammer, G. L., Mathews, K. L., Dreccer, M. F. and Chapman, S. C. (2011). Environment characterization as an aid to wheat improvement: Interpreting genotype-environment interactions by modelling water-deficit patterns in north-eastern Australia. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62 (6), 1743-1755. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erq459
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Phylogenomic and ecophysiological investigations of transferability of adaptation solutions within the Andropogoneae tribe
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Experimental investigation in Arabidopsis thaliana of realised selection trajectories for complex branching and flowering traits under the control of gene networks following application of genomic prediction methods.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Christine Beveridge, Dr Owen Powell
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Doctor Philosophy
Phylogenomic and ecophysiological investigations of transferability of adaptation solutions within the Andropogoneae tribe
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Assessment of machine learning methods to discover novel models of gene networks to improve genomic prediction for plant breeding
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr James Lefevre, Dr Owen Powell
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving molecular and phenotypic predictions through network-based prior knowledge and AI
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Christine Beveridge
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Doctor Philosophy
Testing the branching model predictions using mutant perturbations of populations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yang Liu, Professor Christine Beveridge
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Doctor Philosophy
Predicting Plant Success For Future Generations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Owen Powell
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Doctor Philosophy
Network biology of quantitative traits in sorghum
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Graeme Hammer, Professor Emma Mace, Dr Colleen Hunt, Dr Sofie Pearson, Professor David Jordan
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Doctor Philosophy
Unification of selection and inheritance informs adaptive potential for generations to come
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Katrina McGuigan, Dr Yang Liu
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Doctor Philosophy
Genomic prediction of lodging in sorghum
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Emma Mace, Dr Esinam Nancy Amuzu-Aweh, Professor David Jordan, Dr Colleen Hunt
Completed supervision
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating quantitative genetic issues for a pedigree plant breeding program using computer simulation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Kaye Basford
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2003
Master Agricultural Science
The inheritance of grain yield among Veery wheat lines under Qld environ.conditions.
Principal Advisor
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
THE CONTRIBUTION OF OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT TO GRAIN YIELD IN SORGHUM PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Graeme Hammer
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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: Associate Professor Karine Chenu, Professor Ben Hayes, Dr Kai Voss-Fels, Professor Lee Hickey
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
SIMULATING THE IMPACT OF MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION IN A WHEAT BREEDING PROGRAM
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Kaye Basford
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
GENOTYPIC VARIATION IN SOYBEAN FOR STRATEGIES OF DROUGHT STRESS RESPONSE
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Kaye Basford
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
AN EVALUATION OF MARKER ASSISTED SELECTION (MAS) STRATEGIES FOR GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF WHEAT
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Godwin
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
GENOTYPIC DIFFERENCES IN ADAPTATION TO DROUGHT AND INFERTILE SOILS IN RAINFED LOWLAND RICE IN CAMBODIA
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Shu Fukai
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