Professor Steve Adkins
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Steve Adkins

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Professor Steve Adkins is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Agricultural biotechnology Agricultural biotechnology not elsewhere classified Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences Agriculture, land and farm management Biological Sciences Conservation and biodiversity Crop and pasture production Environmental Sciences Environmental rehabilitation and restoration Horticultural production Plant biology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, King's College London
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Reading

Search Professor Steve Adkins’s works on UQ eSpace

455 works between 1981 and 2025
All (455) Journal Article (234) Book Chapter (37) Conference Publication (168) Book (4) Other Outputs (9) Edited Outputs (3)

61 - 80 of 455 works

2021

Journal Article

Alien invasive macrophyte put into the shade: The native floating-leaved macrophyte Nymphoides indica reduces Cabomba caroliniana growth performance through competition for light

Nguyen, Nguyen H. T., Bickel, Tobias O., Perrett, Christine and Adkins, Steve (2021). Alien invasive macrophyte put into the shade: The native floating-leaved macrophyte Nymphoides indica reduces Cabomba caroliniana growth performance through competition for light. Freshwater Biology, 66 (6), 1123-1135. doi: 10.1111/fwb.13705

Alien invasive macrophyte put into the shade: The native floating-leaved macrophyte Nymphoides indica reduces Cabomba caroliniana growth performance through competition for light

2021

Conference Publication

Germination enhancement of Australian native species Lomandra longifolia and Lomandra hystrix using different mechanical and chemical treatments

Beveridge, F.C., Williams, A., Cave, R. and Adkins, S.W. (2021). Germination enhancement of Australian native species Lomandra longifolia and Lomandra hystrix using different mechanical and chemical treatments. SERA 2021, Darwin, NT Australia, 10-13 May 2021.

Germination enhancement of Australian native species Lomandra longifolia and Lomandra hystrix using different mechanical and chemical treatments

2021

Journal Article

Effect of different climate change variables on the ecology and management of Sesbania cannabina through glyphosate

Iqbal, Nadeem, Manalil, Sudheesh, Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh and Adkins, Steve (2021). Effect of different climate change variables on the ecology and management of Sesbania cannabina through glyphosate. Plants, 10 (5) 910, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/plants10050910

Effect of different climate change variables on the ecology and management of Sesbania cannabina through glyphosate

2021

Journal Article

Changes of oxidative metabolism in the roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings in response to elevated ammonium concentrations

Liu, Yang, Li, Yu-xiang, Li, Yi-xiang, Tian, Zhong-wei, Hu, Jin-ling, Adkins, Steve and Dai, Ting-bo (2021). Changes of oxidative metabolism in the roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings in response to elevated ammonium concentrations. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 20 (5), 1216-1228. doi: 10.1016/S2095-3119(20)63216-6

Changes of oxidative metabolism in the roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings in response to elevated ammonium concentrations

2021

Journal Article

Parthenium hysterophorus: a tale of global invasion over two centuries, spread and prevention measures

Mao, Runping, Shabbir, Asad and Adkins, Steve (2021). Parthenium hysterophorus: a tale of global invasion over two centuries, spread and prevention measures. Journal of Environmental Management, 279 111751, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111751

Parthenium hysterophorus: a tale of global invasion over two centuries, spread and prevention measures

2021

Book Chapter

In situ and ex situ conservation of coconut genetic resources

Bourdeix, Roland, Adkins, Steve, Johnson, Vincent, Perera, Lalith and Sisunandar, (2021). In situ and ex situ conservation of coconut genetic resources. Coconut biotechnology: towards the sustainability of the 'Tree of Life'. (pp. 51-75) edited by Steve Adkins, Mike Foale, Roland Bourdeix, Quang Nguyen and Julianne Biddle. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44988-9_4

In situ and ex situ conservation of coconut genetic resources

2021

Book Chapter

Biology, ecology, and evolution of coconut

Foale, Mike, Biddle, Julianne, Bazrafshan, Amirhossein and Adkins, Steve (2021). Biology, ecology, and evolution of coconut. Coconut biotechnology: towards the sustainability of the 'Tree of Life'. (pp. 17-27) edited by Steve Adkins, Mike Foale, Roland Bourdeix, Quang Nguyen and Julianne Biddle. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44988-9_2

Biology, ecology, and evolution of coconut

2021

Book Chapter

Germplasm reestablishment and seedling production: embryo culture

Biddle, Julianne, Nguyen, Quang, Mu, Zhihua H., Foale, Mike and Adkins, Steve (2021). Germplasm reestablishment and seedling production: embryo culture. Coconut biotechnology: towards the sustainability of the 'Tree of Life'. (pp. 199-225) edited by Steve Adkins, Mike Foale, Roland Bourdeix, Quang Nguyen and Julianne Biddle. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44988-9_10

Germplasm reestablishment and seedling production: embryo culture

2020

Journal Article

The additive effect of a stem galling moth and a competitive plant on parthenium weed under CO2 enrichment

Shabbir, Asad, Dhileepan, K., Zalucki, M. P. and Adkins, Steve W. (2020). The additive effect of a stem galling moth and a competitive plant on parthenium weed under CO2 enrichment. Biological Control, 150 104346, 104346. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104346

The additive effect of a stem galling moth and a competitive plant on parthenium weed under CO2 enrichment

2020

Journal Article

Managing an invasive weed species, parthenium hysterophorus, with suppressive plant species in australian grasslands

Belgeri, Amalia, Bajwa, Ali Ahsan, Shabbir, Asad, Navie, Sheldon, Vivian-Smith, Gabrielle and Adkins, Steve (2020). Managing an invasive weed species, parthenium hysterophorus, with suppressive plant species in australian grasslands. Plants, 9 (11) 1587, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/plants9111587

Managing an invasive weed species, parthenium hysterophorus, with suppressive plant species in australian grasslands

2020

Journal Article

The phytotoxic activity of Parthenium hysterophorus L. seedlings on a range of pasture species

Shi, Boyang and Adkins, Steve (2020). The phytotoxic activity of Parthenium hysterophorus L. seedlings on a range of pasture species. Crop Protection, 137 105211, 105211. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105211

The phytotoxic activity of Parthenium hysterophorus L. seedlings on a range of pasture species

2020

Journal Article

Effect of narrow row-spacing and weed crop competition duration on cotton productivity

Iqbal, Nadeem, Manalil, Sudheesh, Chauhan, Bhagirath S. and Adkins, Steve W. (2020). Effect of narrow row-spacing and weed crop competition duration on cotton productivity. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 68 (3), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/03650340.2020.1836344

Effect of narrow row-spacing and weed crop competition duration on cotton productivity

2020

Journal Article

Toxic potential and metabolic profiling of two Australian biotypes of the invasive plant parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorusL.)

Bajwa, Ali Ahsan, Weston, Paul A., Gurusinghe, Saliya, Latif, Sajid, Adkins, Steve W. and Weston, Leslie A. (2020). Toxic potential and metabolic profiling of two Australian biotypes of the invasive plant parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorusL.). Toxins, 12 (7) 447, 447. doi: 10.3390/toxins12070447

Toxic potential and metabolic profiling of two Australian biotypes of the invasive plant parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorusL.)

2020

Journal Article

Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus) competition with grain sorghum under arid conditions

Bajwa, Ali A., Nawaz, Ahmad, Farooq, Muhammad, Chauhan, Bhagirath S. and Adkins, Steve (2020). Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus) competition with grain sorghum under arid conditions. Experimental Agriculture, 56 (3), 387-396. doi: 10.1017/S0014479720000034

Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus) competition with grain sorghum under arid conditions

2020

Conference Publication

A newly designed chamber for the acclimatization of coconut plantlets coming from in vitro

Mu, Zhihua, Guo, Xuhong, Biddle, Julianne, Foale, Mike, Li, Zhiying and Adkins, Steve (2020). A newly designed chamber for the acclimatization of coconut plantlets coming from in vitro. 2020 World Congress on In Vitro Biology, San Diego, CA, United States, 6 – 10 June, 2020. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s11626-020-00455-4

A newly designed chamber for the acclimatization of coconut plantlets coming from in vitro

2020

Journal Article

Cell suspension culture: a potential in vitro culture method for clonal propagation of coconut plantlets via somatic embryogenesis

Kong, Eveline Y. Y., Biddle, Julianne, Foale, Mike and Adkins, Steve W. (2020). Cell suspension culture: a potential in vitro culture method for clonal propagation of coconut plantlets via somatic embryogenesis. Industrial Crops and Products, 147 112125, 112125. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112125

Cell suspension culture: a potential in vitro culture method for clonal propagation of coconut plantlets via somatic embryogenesis

2020

Journal Article

Reducing the fitness of an invasive weed, Parthenium hysterophorus: complementing biological control with plant competition

Shabbir, Asad, Dhileepan, Kunjithapatham, Zalucki, Myron P., Khan, Naeem and Adkins, Steve W. (2020). Reducing the fitness of an invasive weed, Parthenium hysterophorus: complementing biological control with plant competition. Journal of Environmental Management, 254 109790, 109790. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109790

Reducing the fitness of an invasive weed, Parthenium hysterophorus: complementing biological control with plant competition

2020

Conference Publication

Effect of BAP and TDZ on direct shoot organogenesis in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)

Kong, Eveline Yee Yan, Biddle, Julianne, Sisunandar, Sudarma, Panis, Bart and Adkins, Steve W. (2020). Effect of BAP and TDZ on direct shoot organogenesis in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.). 2020 World Congress on In Vitro Biology, San Diego, CA United States, 6-10 June 2020. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s11626-020-00453-6

Effect of BAP and TDZ on direct shoot organogenesis in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)

2020

Journal Article

Exploring parthenium weed biotypes by chloroplast DNA barcode analysis

Anjum, Tehmina, Jabeen, Rasheda, Adkins, Steve and Akram, Waheed (2020). Exploring parthenium weed biotypes by chloroplast DNA barcode analysis. Planta Daninha, 38 e020191623, 1-10. doi: 10.1590/s0100-83582020380100052

Exploring parthenium weed biotypes by chloroplast DNA barcode analysis

2020

Book

Coconut biotechnology: Towards the sustainability of the ‘Tree of life’

Steve Adkins, Mike Foale, Roland Bourdeix, Quang Nguyen and Julianne Biddle eds. (2020). Coconut biotechnology: Towards the sustainability of the ‘Tree of life’. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44988-9

Coconut biotechnology: Towards the sustainability of the ‘Tree of life’

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2027
    Applications-oriented elucidation of germination triggers for Emu Bush seed
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Safeguarding and deploying coconut diversity for improving livelihoods in the Pacific Islands (ACIAR grant administered by Pacific Community)
    Secretariat of the Pacific Community
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2020
    Native grass seed biology
    South Endeavour Trust
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    Biology, Ecology and Management of Fireweed
    Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Seed enhancement technology for land revegetation
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Optimising tissue culture of coconut in support of saving the Pacific regional gene bank
    Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
    Open grant
  • 2017
    Towards a high-throughput metabolic phenotyping capability for production animals and plants
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Funding agreement for research into weeds management for the pipeline industry
    Energy Pipelines CRC Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Innovative cloning of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) towards sustainable seedling production and germplasm exchange
    Kokonas Indastri Koporesen
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    Emerging weeds (Grains and Research Development Corporation grant administered by the University of Adelaide)
    University of Adelaide
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Method to regulate weed seeds in grains biologically unviable
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Test approaches to render common regulated weed seeds found in imported Australian grains into New Zealand biologically unviable
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Suppressive plants as part of an IM program for pathenium weed
    Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    AUSTRALIAN WEEDS RESEARCH CENTRE: Management of creeping lantana - stage 2
    Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2010
    Parthenium Research Project
    Queensland Murray Darling Committee Inc
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Sustainable management of Parthenium
    Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management Inc
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2011
    Reducing viable weed seed spread
    Powerlink Queensland (Government Entity)
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Course Development for Plant Protection
    CRC for Tropical Plant Protection
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Development of embryo culture manual and embryo transplantation technique for coconut germplasm movement and seedlings production of elite coconut type
    Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2008
    Collecting for the Australian Plant DNA Bank
    Australian Plant DNA Bank Limited
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Collaboration for Agriculture and rural Development (CARD) Program - Adkins
    Hassall and Associates International
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Management of Parthenium weed through Fertilizer applications
    Queensland Murray Darling Committee Inc
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2006
    Management of Parthenium Weed through Competitive Displacement with Beneficial Plants
    Queensland Murray Darling Committee Inc
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    Advanced application technology to manage spray drift and improve the efficacy of weed management practices
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    Optimising Collection, Storage and Germination of Native Plant Species
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    Millimun Seed Bank Project - Seeds for Life
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    Open grant
  • 2004
    Targeted Synthesis of Bioactive Molecules- General Principles for Developing 'Designer' Biocides
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2006
    Minimising environmental and public health risk of pesticide application through understanding the droplet-canopy interface
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Travel grant - 19th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society (APWSS Conference) and vist the International Rice Research Institute
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Maize-Modelling Canopy Production and Architecture, And Crop Yield Under Sub-Optimal Water Supply
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    Parthenium Weed Spread Control: Methods for Seed Reduction
    Queensland Government
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    Optimising Storage, Quality and Germination of Australian Native Plant Species
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2002
    Travel Grant - Dr Adkins, C O'Donnell, M Paterson to attend 13th Australian Weeds Conference, Perth, September 2002
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2005
    Coconut tissue culture for clonal propagation and safe germplasm exchange
    Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    Management of Parthenium Weed through Competitive Displacement with Beneficial Plants
    Queensland Government
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2004
    Detection, monitoring and management of herbicide resistance (NR)
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2000
    Travel Grant - Dr S. Adkins to attend the Third International Weed Science Congress in Brazil
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2001
    Development of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Resistance to ALS-Inhibitor Herbicides.
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 2000
    Development of diagnostic tools for Sporobolus identification
    Dairy Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 1998
    Seed dormancy of Australian native species for sustainable minesite rehabilitation
    ARC (Australian Postgraduate Award-Industry)
    Open grant
  • 1998 - 2000
    Seed Dormancy of Australian Native Species for Sustainable Minesite Rehabilitation
    ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)
    Open grant
  • 1998 - 2000
    Seed dormancy of australian native species for sustainable minesite rehabilitation
    Australian Centre-Minesite Rehabilitation Research
    Open grant
  • 1997
    Travel grant for Dr S Adkins to attend the 16th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (7-13 September 1997)
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 2000
    Herbicide resistance in the Northern Grain Region
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 1997
    Travel grant to visit the CRC for Weed Management Systems (CWMS), Adelaide (2-5 June 1997)
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 2000
    Biology of the weed Phalaris paradoxa L.(Paradoxa grass)
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 1996
    Travel to attend the 11th Australian Weeds Conference 1996 in Melbourne
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 1996
    Collaboration at Kura Agricultural Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 1995 - 1998
    Use of a simulation model to predict future distributions of exotic woody weeds under climate change.
    Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 1995
    Travel to attend the 15th conference of Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Tsukuba Bai-Ichi Hotel, Japan.
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 1995 - 1997
    Spinifex re-establishment on minesites.
    Australian Centre-Minesite Rehabilitation Research
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Steve Adkins is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Interactions between seed functional traits and climate change in the Australian flora: implications for seed-based restoration

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Robyn Cave, Dr Sundar Kalaipandian, Dr Alwyn Williams

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Importance of macrophyte seedbank dynamics for the management of invasive aquatic plants

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    WEED DYNAMICS IN A SWEET CORN-BRASSICA CROPPING SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alwyn Williams

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Parthenium Weed Invasion in Bhutan: Climate Suitability Modelling and Socio-Economic Impacts

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ammar Abdul Aziz

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Parthenium weed invasion in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan: climate suitability and socio-economic impacts

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ammar Abdul Aziz

  • Doctor Philosophy

    WEED DYNAMICS IN A SWEET CORN-BRASSICA CROPPING SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alwyn Williams

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Management of Aquatic Weeds

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The management of the invasive aquatic plant - Cabomba caroliniana with the herbicide flumioxazin

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Importance of macrophyte seedbank dynamics for the management of invasive aquatic plants

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Carbon and Nitrogen cycling through diverse cover crop system

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sundar Kalaipandian, Professor Ammar Abdul Aziz, Dr Alwyn Williams

  • Master Philosophy

    Developing cryopreservation for endangered Myrtaceae

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Chris O'Brien, Dr Alice Hayward, Dr Eveline Kong

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Developing cryopreservation for endangered Myrtaceae

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Chris O'Brien, Dr Eveline Kong, Dr Alice Hayward

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards pathogen free coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) germplasm and identifying varietal resistant markers to Bogia coconut disease: A focus on Papua New Guinea genotypes.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Jimmy Botella, Dr Sundar Kalaipandian

Completed supervision

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