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- Professor Michael Udvardi is:
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- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
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2026
Conference Publication
Dissecting genetic and environmental regulation of flowering to enable climate-resilient mungbean breeding
Dudley, Caitlin, Van Haeften, Shanice, Alahmad, Samir, Dinglasan, Eric, Hickey, Lee, Robinson, Hannah, Beveridge, Christine, Udvardi, Michael, Noble, Thomas, Massel, Karen, Dun, Elizabeth and Smith, Millicent (2026). Dissecting genetic and environmental regulation of flowering to enable climate-resilient mungbean breeding. 5th International Legume Society Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 8-12 June 2026.
2026
Conference Publication
Breeding beyond the plot: leveraging rotational genetics to improve wheat performance and farming system sustainability
Smith, Millicent, Van Haeften, Shanice, Brunner, Stephanie, Dinglasan, Eric, Fabreag, Edward, Eyre, Joe, Mens, Celine, Hayes, Ben, Udvardi, Michael, Alahmad, Samir, Eglinton, Mitchell, McQuinn, Ryan, Ryan, Merrill, van der Meer, Sarah and Hickey, Lee (2026). Breeding beyond the plot: leveraging rotational genetics to improve wheat performance and farming system sustainability. 4th International Wheat Congress, Bologna, Italy, 25-29 May 2026.
2026
Journal Article
Imaging-Based GWAS Identifies Medicago GOLVEN10 as a regulator of root angle traits and reveals antagonism by ethylene in root tortuosity
Parmar, Rajni, Allam, Manoj Kumar Reddy, Liao, Fuqi, Zhang, Shulan, Jain, Divya, Dharam, Shivani, Jerez, Ivone-Torres, Lee, Hee-Kyung, Scheible, Wolf, Udvardi, Michael and Roy, Sonali (2026). Imaging-Based GWAS Identifies Medicago GOLVEN10 as a regulator of root angle traits and reveals antagonism by ethylene in root tortuosity. Journal of Experimental Botany, 77 (4) eraf488, 1138-1155. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf488
2025
Journal Article
Time to flowering and flowering duration in mungbean are unrelated physiological traits with independent genetic controls
Dudley, Caitlin, Van Haeften, Shanice, Alahmad, Samir, Dinglasan, Eric, Hickey, Lee T., Robinson, Hannah, Beveridge, Christine, Udvardi, Michael, Noble, Thomas, Massel, Karen, Dun, Elizabeth A. and Smith, Millicent R. (2025). Time to flowering and flowering duration in mungbean are unrelated physiological traits with independent genetic controls. Journal Of Experimental Botany, 76 (18) eraf222, 5528-5541. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf222
2025
Journal Article
Symbiosis: A SWEET deal for nodules
Udvardi, Michael and Mens, Celine (2025). Symbiosis: A SWEET deal for nodules. Current Biology, 35 (17), R830-R832. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.07.069
2025
Journal Article
Symbiosis: how plants pick their friends
Grundy, Estelle and Udvardi, Michael (2025). Symbiosis: how plants pick their friends. eLife, 14 e108116, 1-3. doi: 10.7554/elife.108116
2025
Conference Publication
Genotype x environment interactions affecting flowering time and flowering duration in mungbean
Dudley, Caitlin, Van Haeften, Shanice, Dun, Elizabeth, Alahmad, Samir, Dinglasan, Eric, Massel, Karen, Udvardi, Michael, Beveridge, Christine, Robinson, Hannah, Hickey, Lee and Smith, Millicent (2025). Genotype x environment interactions affecting flowering time and flowering duration in mungbean. Society of Experimental Biology Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 8-11 July 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
Harnessing genetic diversity to improve grain legume production in current and future climates
Smith, Millicent, Dudley, Caitlin, Van Haeften, Shanice, Alahmad, Samir, Dinglasan, Eric, Hickey, Lee, Robinson, Hannah, Beveridge, Christine, Udvardi, Michael, Noble, Thomas, Massel, Karen and Dun, Elizabeth (2025). Harnessing genetic diversity to improve grain legume production in current and future climates. 17th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 4-6 June 2025.
2024
Conference Publication
Genotype x environment interactions affecting flowering time and flowering duration in mungbean
Dudley, Caitlin, Van Haeften, Shanice, Dun, Elizabeth, Alahmad, Samir, Dinglasan, Eric, Massel, Karen, Udvardi, Michael, Beveridge, Christine, Robinson, Hannah, Hickey, Lee and Smith, Millicent (2024). Genotype x environment interactions affecting flowering time and flowering duration in mungbean. 11th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 30 September-3 October 2024.
2024
Conference Publication
Opportunities to improve grain legumes for future climates
Smith, Millicent, Dudley, Caitlin, Van Haeften, Shanice, Alahmad, Samir, Dinglasan, Eric, Robinson, Hannah, Beveridge, Christine, Udvardi, Michael, Noble, Thomas, Massel, Karen, Dun, Elizabeth and Hickey, Lee (2024). Opportunities to improve grain legumes for future climates. 11th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 30 September-3 October 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Genetics and genomics of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes: past, present and future
Udvardi, Michael, Mens, Celine and Grundy, Estelle (2024). Genetics and genomics of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes: past, present and future. European Review, 32 (4), 383-397. doi: 10.1017/s1062798724000309
2024
Journal Article
Transcriptional, metabolic, physiological and developmental responses to nitrogen limitation in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Huertas, Raul, Ding, Na, Scheible, Wolf and Udvardi, Michael (2024). Transcriptional, metabolic, physiological and developmental responses to nitrogen limitation in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Environmental and Experimental Botany, 222 105770. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2024.105770
2024
Journal Article
The peptide GOLVEN10 alters root development and noduletaxis in Medicago truncatula
Roy, Sonali, Torres‐Jerez, Ivone, Zhang, Shulan, Liu, Wei, Schiessl, Katharina, Jain, Divya, Boschiero, Clarissa, Lee, Hee‐Kyung, Krom, Nicholas, Zhao, Patrick X., Murray, Jeremy D., Oldroyd, Giles E. D., Scheible, Wolf‐Rüdiger and Udvardi, Michael (2024). The peptide GOLVEN10 alters root development and noduletaxis in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Journal, 118 (3), 607-625. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16626
2024
Journal Article
Mutating alfalfa COUMARATE 3-HYDROXYLASE using multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 leads to reduced lignin deposition and improved forage quality
Wolabu, Tezera W., Mahmood, Kashif, Chen, Fang, Torres-Jerez, Ivone, Udvardi, Michael, Tadege, Million, Cong, Lili, Wang, Zengyu and Wen, Jiangqi (2024). Mutating alfalfa COUMARATE 3-HYDROXYLASE using multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 leads to reduced lignin deposition and improved forage quality. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15 1363182, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1363182
2023
Conference Publication
Exploring the basis of flowering behaviour in mungbean to guide crop improvement
Dudley, Caitlin, Dun, Elizabeth, Massel, Karen, Beveridge, Christine, Hickey, Lee, Udvardi, Michael and Smith, Millicent (2023). Exploring the basis of flowering behaviour in mungbean to guide crop improvement. Australian Society of Plant Scientists Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 28 November-1 December 2023.
2023
Journal Article
JGI Plant Gene Atlas: an updateable transcriptome resource to improve functional gene descriptions across the plant kingdom
Sreedasyam, Avinash, Plott, Christopher, Hossain, Md Shakhawat, Lovell, John T, Grimwood, Jane, Jenkins, Jerry W, Daum, Christopher, Barry, Kerrie, Carlson, Joseph, Shu, Shengqiang, Phillips, Jeremy, Amirebrahimi, Mojgan, Zane, Matthew, Wang, Mei, Goodstein, David, Haas, Fabian B, Hiss, Manuel, Perroud, Pierre-François, Jawdy, Sara S, Yang, Yongil, Hu, Rongbin, Johnson, Jenifer, Kropat, Janette, Gallaher, Sean D, Lipzen, Anna, Shakirov, Eugene V, Weng, Xiaoyu, Torres-Jerez, Ivone, Weers, Brock ... Schmutz, Jeremy (2023). JGI Plant Gene Atlas: an updateable transcriptome resource to improve functional gene descriptions across the plant kingdom. Nucleic Acids Research, 51 (16), 8383-8401. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad616
2023
Journal Article
Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of alfalfa FLOWERING LOCUS Ta1 (MsFTa1) leads to delayed flowering time with improved forage biomass yield and quality
Wolabu, Tezera W., Mahmood, Kashif, Jerez, Ivone Torres, Cong, Lili, Yun, Jianfei, Udvardi, Michael, Tadege, Million, Wang, Zengyu and Wen, Jiangqi (2023). Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of alfalfa FLOWERING LOCUS Ta1 (MsFTa1) leads to delayed flowering time with improved forage biomass yield and quality. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 21 (7), 1383-1392. doi: 10.1111/pbi.14042
2023
Journal Article
Medicago truncatula PHO2 genes have distinct roles in phosphorus homeostasis and symbiotic nitrogen fixation
Huertas, Raul, Torres-Jerez, Ivone, Curtin, Shaun J., Scheible, Wolf and Udvardi, Michael (2023). Medicago truncatula PHO2 genes have distinct roles in phosphorus homeostasis and symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14 1211107. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1211107
2023
Conference Publication
Exploring mungbean flowering behaviour to guide crop improvement for variable environments
Dudley, Caitlin, Van Haeften, Shanice, Udvardi, Michael, Beveridge, Christine, Robinson, Hannah, Hickey, Lee and Smith, Millicent (2023). Exploring mungbean flowering behaviour to guide crop improvement for variable environments. Australian Pulse Conference, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia, 21-23 March 2023.
2023
Journal Article
Physiological and biochemical adaptive traits support the specific breeding of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) for severely drought-stressed or moisture-favourable environments
Kang, Yun, Seminario, Amaia, Udvardi, Michael and Annicchiarico, Paolo (2023). Physiological and biochemical adaptive traits support the specific breeding of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) for severely drought-stressed or moisture-favourable environments. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 209 (1), 132-143. doi: 10.1111/jac.12600
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Natural variation and optimization of symbiotic nitrogen fixation via predictive breeding in mungbean
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lee Hickey, Dr Estelle Grundy, Dr Millicent Smith, Dr Will Shaffer
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the molecular and physiological basis of flowering behaviour in mungbean
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Elizabeth Dun, Professor Christine Beveridge, Professor Lee Hickey, Dr Karen Massel, Dr Millicent Smith
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