Professor Steve Adkins
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Steve Adkins

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Professor Steve Adkins is:
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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

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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)

141 - 160 of 455 works

2018

Conference Publication

Effect of parthenium weed on maize yield at different competition durations in Ethiopia

Bajwa, Ali A., Tana, Tamado, Chauhan, Bhagirath S. and Steve W. Adkins (2018). Effect of parthenium weed on maize yield at different competition durations in Ethiopia. 21st Australian Weeds Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 9-13 September 2018. The Weed Society of New South Wales.

Effect of parthenium weed on maize yield at different competition durations in Ethiopia

2018

Conference Publication

The global threat from biological invasions: The reproductive and physiological fitness of the invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus L. under a changing climate

Adkins, Steve, Bajwa, Ali Ahsan, Shabbir, Asad and Shi, Boyang (2018). The global threat from biological invasions: The reproductive and physiological fitness of the invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus L. under a changing climate. Economic and Ecological Impacts of Invasive Alien Species, Kolkata, India, 21-23 February 2018.

The global threat from biological invasions: The reproductive and physiological fitness of the invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus L. under a changing climate

2018

Conference Publication

The ON Prime Coconut Cloning Commercialization Project and a potential Australian coconut industry

Biddle, Julianne, Nguyen, Quang Thien, Adkins, Steve W. and Foale, Mike (2018). The ON Prime Coconut Cloning Commercialization Project and a potential Australian coconut industry. 48th APCC COCOTECH Conference and Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand, 20-24 August 2018.

The ON Prime Coconut Cloning Commercialization Project and a potential Australian coconut industry

2018

Conference Publication

Biological responses of parthenium weed to different environmental factors are associated with its invasiveness

Bajwa, Ali, Chauhan, Bhagirath and Adkins, Steve (2018). Biological responses of parthenium weed to different environmental factors are associated with its invasiveness. 18th European Weed Research Society Symposium, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17-21 June 2018.

Biological responses of parthenium weed to different environmental factors are associated with its invasiveness

2018

Journal Article

Root growth responses of parthenium weed and different pasture plants under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide

Khan, N., Hanif, Z., Khan, I. A., Naveed, K., Shabbir, A. and Adkins, S. W. (2018). Root growth responses of parthenium weed and different pasture plants under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 46 (3), 303-310. doi: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v46i3.8482

Root growth responses of parthenium weed and different pasture plants under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide

2018

Conference Publication

Towards securing diversity of clonal crops: result and recommendations of the Feasibility study for a Safety Back-up Cryopreservation Facility

Bart Panis, Jason P. Acker, Stephen Adkins, Alfredo Alves, Daniela Horna, Jane Toll, David Ellis, Michael Halewood, Charlotte Lusty, Rainer Vollmer, Elena Popova and Nicolas Roux (2018). Towards securing diversity of clonal crops: result and recommendations of the Feasibility study for a Safety Back-up Cryopreservation Facility. III International Symposium on Plant Cryopreservation, Bangkok, Thailand, 26-28 March 2018.

Towards securing diversity of clonal crops: result and recommendations of the Feasibility study for a Safety Back-up Cryopreservation Facility

2018

Conference Publication

Development of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister on evolving populations of parthenium weed

Shabbir, Asad, Asmat, Nabila, Fatima, Nadia, Ahmad, Sadi, Dhileepan, Kunjithapatham and Adkins, Steve (2018). Development of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister on evolving populations of parthenium weed. XV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Engelberg, Switzerland, 26-31 August 2018.

Development of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister on evolving populations of parthenium weed

2018

Conference Publication

A nationwide survey of parthenium weeds infestation in cropping systems of Bangladesh

Hossain, Ilias , Karim, M. R ., Nag, B. L ., Rahman, M. L . and Adkins, Steve (2018). A nationwide survey of parthenium weeds infestation in cropping systems of Bangladesh. International Conference on Biological Control, Bengaluru, India, 27-29 September 2018.

A nationwide survey of parthenium weeds infestation in cropping systems of Bangladesh

2018

Conference Publication

Seed enhancement of Australian native species to improve seed-based restoration outcomes

Caro, Fernanda, Williams, Alwyn and Adkins, Steve (2018). Seed enhancement of Australian native species to improve seed-based restoration outcomes. 12th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 11-15 November 2018.

Seed enhancement of Australian native species to improve seed-based restoration outcomes

2018

Conference Publication

Effect of different densities of parthenium weed on maize yield

Bajwa, Ali A. , Tana, Tamado , Chauhan, Bhagirath S. and Adkins, Steve W. (2018). Effect of different densities of parthenium weed on maize yield. 21st Australasian Weeds Conference, Sydney, Australia, 9-12 September 2018.

Effect of different densities of parthenium weed on maize yield

2018

Conference Publication

Coconut – an ideal crop for northern Australia

Biddle, Julianne , Nguyen, Quang Thien , Adkins, Steve W. and Foale, Mike (2018). Coconut – an ideal crop for northern Australia. Developing Northern Australia Conference, Alice Springs, NT, Australia, 18-19 June 2018.

Coconut – an ideal crop for northern Australia

2018

Conference Publication

Screening of gene regions for genetic diversity in global parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) populations

Bajwa, Ali A., Zhu, Xiaocheng, Chauhan, Bhagirath S., Adkins, Steve W. and Weston, Leslie A. (2018). Screening of gene regions for genetic diversity in global parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) populations. Proceedings of the 21st Australian Weed Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 9-12 September 2018. Perth, WA Australia: Weed Society of NSW.

Screening of gene regions for genetic diversity in global parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) populations

2018

Conference Publication

Research needs for future weed management in Australian agriculture

Peerzada, Arslan, O'Donnell, Chris and Adkins, Steve (2018). Research needs for future weed management in Australian agriculture. 18th European Weed Research Society Symposium, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17-21 June 2018.

Research needs for future weed management in Australian agriculture

2018

Conference Publication

Coconut cloning: a strategy to address the shortage of coconut planting materials and the demand for elite coconut varieties

Nguyen Q. T., Biddle J., Foale M. and Adkins S. (2018). Coconut cloning: a strategy to address the shortage of coconut planting materials and the demand for elite coconut varieties. The 9th National & International Coconut Conference, Manado, Indonesia, 16-17 October 2018.

Coconut cloning: a strategy to address the shortage of coconut planting materials and the demand for elite coconut varieties

2018

Conference Publication

Phenology and reproductive biology of Avena sterilis ssp. ludoviciana as affected by late season heat stress

Ali, Mohammad, Williams, Alwyn, Widderick, Michael and Adkins, Steve (2018). Phenology and reproductive biology of Avena sterilis ssp. ludoviciana as affected by late season heat stress. Pest Animal and Weed Symposium 2019, Sea World Resort Conference Centre, Gold Coast, Australia, 20-23 May 2019.

Phenology and reproductive biology of Avena sterilis ssp. ludoviciana as affected by late season heat stress

2018

Conference Publication

Effect of parthenium weed on maize yield at different competition durations

Ali A. Bajwa, Tamado Tana, Bhagirath S. Chauhan and Steve W. Adkins (2018). Effect of parthenium weed on maize yield at different competition durations. 21st Australasian Weeds Conference, Sydney, Australia, 9-12 September 2018.

Effect of parthenium weed on maize yield at different competition durations

2018

Conference Publication

Integrated management of invasive alien plants in rangelands: the role of plant competition & biological control

Shabbir, Asad , Sadia, Sheema , Dhileepan, Kunjithapatham and Adkins, Steve W. (2018). Integrated management of invasive alien plants in rangelands: the role of plant competition & biological control. Conservation Asia 2018, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 6-10 August 2018.

Integrated management of invasive alien plants in rangelands: the role of plant competition & biological control

2017

Journal Article

Weed seed spread and its prevention: The role of roadside wash down

Bajwa, Ali Ahsan, Nguyen, Thi, Navie, Sheldon, O'Donnell, Chris and Adkins, Steve (2017). Weed seed spread and its prevention: The role of roadside wash down. Journal of Environmental Management, 208, 8-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.12.010

Weed seed spread and its prevention: The role of roadside wash down

2017

Journal Article

Alien and native plant seed dispersal by vehicles

Khan, I., Navie, S., George, D., O'Donnell, C. and Adkins, S. W. (2017). Alien and native plant seed dispersal by vehicles. Austral Ecology, 43 (1), 76-88. doi: 10.1111/aec.12545

Alien and native plant seed dispersal by vehicles

2017

Journal Article

Impact of an invasive weed, Parthenium hysterophorus, on a pasture community in south east Queensland, Australia

Nguyen, Thi, Bajwa, Ali Ahsan, Belgeri, Amalia, Navie, Sheldon, O’Donnell, Chris and Adkins, Steve (2017). Impact of an invasive weed, Parthenium hysterophorus, on a pasture community in south east Queensland, Australia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24 (35), 27188-27200. doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-0327-1

Impact of an invasive weed, Parthenium hysterophorus, on a pasture community in south east Queensland, Australia

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

    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

    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

    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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