Overview
Availability
- Dr Albert Wong is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Biotechnology, University of Tasmania
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Member, American Society of Plant Biologist, American Society of Plant Biologist
- Member, Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS), Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS)
Research interests
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Plant tissue culture
Development of plant tissue culture protocols for commercial and emerging crops, and for conservation of endangered native plant species.
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Plant biotechnology and molecular biology
Exploring gene editing technologies in cereal and horticulture crops to improve yield, sustainability and adaptation to stresses.
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Integrating stay-green and PIN-FORMED genes: PIN-FORMED genes as potential targets for designing climate-resilient cereal ideotypes
Wong, Albert Chern Sun, van Oosterom, Erik J., Godwin, Ian D. and Borrell, Andrew K. (2023). Integrating stay-green and PIN-FORMED genes: PIN-FORMED genes as potential targets for designing climate-resilient cereal ideotypes. AOB Plants, 15 (4) plad040, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plad040
2022
Conference Publication
Novel Propagation Technologies for Australian Macadamia
Wong, Albert Chern Sun, Hu, Zhangpan, Hiti-Bandaralage, Jayeni, O'Brien, Chris, Hayward, Alice and Mitter, Neena (2022). Novel Propagation Technologies for Australian Macadamia. International Agriculture Conference (TropAg 2022), Brisbane, Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022. doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.7672445
2022
Journal Article
Genetic modification of PIN genes induces causal mechanisms of stay-green drought adaptation phenotype
Borrell, Andrew K., Wong, Albert C. S., George-Jaeggli, Barbara, van Oosterom, Erik J., Mace, Emma S., Godwin, Ian D., Liu, Guoquan, Mullet, John E., Klein, Patricia E., Hammer, Graeme L., McLean, Greg, Hunt, Colleen and Jordan, David R. (2022). Genetic modification of PIN genes induces causal mechanisms of stay-green drought adaptation phenotype. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73 (19), 6711-6726. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac336
2022
Other Outputs
Manipulation of plant architecture genes in sorghum to manage drought adaptation
Wong, Albert Chern Sun (2022). Manipulation of plant architecture genes in sorghum to manage drought adaptation. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/86a83c2
2022
Journal Article
Biotechnological road map for innovative weed management
Wong, Albert Chern Sun, Massel, Karen, Lam, Yasmine, Hintzsche, Jessica and Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh (2022). Biotechnological road map for innovative weed management. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13 887723, 887723. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.887723
2022
Book Chapter
Genome editing towards sorghum improvement
Wong, Albert Chern Sun, Lam, Yasmine, Hintzsche, Jessica, Restall, Jemma and Godwin, Ian D. (2022). Genome editing towards sorghum improvement. Genome Editing Technologies for Crop Improvement. (pp. 295-321) edited by Kaijun Zhao, Rukmini Mishra and Raj Kumar Joshi. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-0600-8_14
2021
Conference Publication
Discovering the genetic blueprint for designing drought-adapted crops
Wong, Albert Chern Sun, Godwin, Ian D., van Oosterom, Erik J. and Borrell, Andrew K. (2021). Discovering the genetic blueprint for designing drought-adapted crops. Plant Biology Worldwide Summit 2021, Virtual, 19 - 23 July 2021. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7277031
2021
Journal Article
Hotter, drier, CRISPR: the latest edit on climate change
Massel, Karen, Lam, Yasmine, Wong, Albert C. S., Hickey, Lee T., Borrell, Andrew K. and Godwin, Ian D. (2021). Hotter, drier, CRISPR: the latest edit on climate change. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 134 (6), 1691-1709. doi: 10.1007/s00122-020-03764-0
2020
Conference Publication
How do crops balance water supply and demand when water is limiting?
Borrell, Andrew, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Oosterom, Erik van, Hammer, Graeme, Mace, Emma, Godwin, Ian, Liu, Guoquan, Wong, Albert, Matiwos, Temesgen, Bantte, Kassahun, Christopher, Jack, Hickey, Lee, Richard, Cecile, Robinson, Hannah and Jordan, David (2020). How do crops balance water supply and demand when water is limiting?. The Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference TropAg 2019 , Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11–13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036208
2019
Conference Publication
Drought adaptation in sorghum: scaling-up from gene to farmer's field
Borrell, Andrew, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, van Oosterom, Erik, Hammer, Graeme, Godwin, Ian, Liu, G., Wong, Albert, Hunt, Colleen and Jordan, David (2019). Drought adaptation in sorghum: scaling-up from gene to farmer's field. Australian Summer Grains Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 8-10 July 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Canopy and root plasticity for drought adaptation in cereals
Borrell, Andrew, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, van Oosterom, Erik, Hammer, Graeme, Mace, Emma, Godwin, Ian, Liu, G., Wong, Albert, Temesgen, M., Kassahun, B., Christopher, Jack, Hickey, Lee, Richard, Cecile, Robinson, Hannah and Jordan, David (2019). Canopy and root plasticity for drought adaptation in cereals. Climate Change Linked Stress Tolerance in Plants (M4) (Keystone Symposia), Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany, 13-16 May 2019.
2014
Journal Article
Isolation and functional analysis of CONSTANS-LIKE genes suggests that a central role for CONSTANS in flowering time control is not evolutionarily conserved in Medicago truncatula
Wong, Albert C. S., Hecht, Valerie F. G., Picard, Kelsey, Diwadkar, Payal, Laurie, Rebecca E., Wen, Jiangqi, Mysore, Kirankumar, Macknight, Richard C. and Weller, James L. (2014). Isolation and functional analysis of CONSTANS-LIKE genes suggests that a central role for CONSTANS in flowering time control is not evolutionarily conserved in Medicago truncatula. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5 486. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00486
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Novel Propagation and Conservation Technologies for Australian Macadamia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alice Hayward, Dr Chris O'Brien
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