Professor Christine Beveridge
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Christine Beveridge

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Background

Professor Christine Beveridge's research focuses on understanding the role of plant hormones in the regulation and coordination of plant development, particularly shoot architecture. Major highlights have involved discovery of strigolactone as a plant hormone and that sugar signalling is a driver of shoot branching. Christine’s research has recently expanded toward identifying how different genetic and physiological networks work together to control plant productivity. In the role of Director, Christine has established funding for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture (Plant Success - Plant Success) to achieve this aim.

Christine is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, an ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellow, a Highly Cited Researcher (Researcher Recognition - Web of Science Group (clarivate.com)), and past President of the International Plant Growth Substances Association. Christine is a life member of the Australian Society of Plant Scientists (asps.org.au).

Please contact Christine directly for information on projects. We like to build projects around the student and their experience, opportunity and career aspirations. Projects are occassionally advertised at www.plantsuccess.org or by twitter #cabeveridge29.

Availability

Professor Christine Beveridge is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Horticultural production Plant biology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Tasmania
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tasmania

Research impacts

My research has produced a radical advancement in knowledge of shoot branching and made broad contributions in plant development; I have added strigolactones and sugars to the branching model and introduced strigolactones as plant hormone. I have produced detailed conceptual advances in the network of how these signals work to control shoot branching pushing science closer than ever to our goal of understanding how plants regulate branching.

Bud outgrowth/shoot architecture/shoot branching is important for yields in a wide range of crops because it affects both the amount of resources taken up by the plant (e.g. light and nutrients) and the proportion of those resources that are allocated to yield. This is the case for field and horticultural crops. Hormones and phytohormone-like signals such as sucrose drive the structures of plants, enabling them to adapt to the environment and causing much of the variation in yield seen in different environments and through management practices. Understanding the genetic and physiological basis of these networks is central to our research. By modelling these networks (with close collaborations in the ARC Centre for Plant Success) we hope to enhance the rate of genetic gain in crops and better understand the evolution of netowrks that underpin yeild traits such as branching/tillering.

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164 works between 1992 and 2024
All (164) Journal Article (107) Book Chapter (1) Conference Publication (51) Other Outputs (4) Edited Outputs (1)

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Featured

2022

Other Outputs

Investigations into the emergent properties of gene-to-phenotype networks across cycles of selection: a case study of shoot branching in plants

Powell, Owen M., Barbier, Francois, Voss-Fels, Kai P., Beveridge, Christine A. and Cooper, Mark (2022). Investigations into the emergent properties of gene-to-phenotype networks across cycles of selection: a case study of shoot branching in plants.

Investigations into the emergent properties of gene-to-phenotype networks across cycles of selection: a case study of shoot branching in plants

Featured

2021

Journal Article

Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower

Wilkinson, Melanie J., Roda, Federico, Walter, Greg M., James, Maddie E., Nipper, Rick, Walsh, Jessica, Allen, Scott L., North, Henry L., Beveridge, Christine A. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2021). Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (47) e2004901118, e2004901118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2004901118

Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower

Featured

2021

Journal Article

Integration of the SMXL/D53 strigolactone signalling repressors in the model of shoot branching regulation in Pisum sativum

Kerr, Stephanie C., Patil, Suyash, de Saint Germain, Alexandre, Pillot, Jean‐Paul, Saffar, Julie, Ligerot, Yasmine, Aubert, Grégoire, Citerne, Sylvie, Bellec, Yannick, Dun, Elizabeth A., Beveridge, Christine A. and Rameau, Catherine (2021). Integration of the SMXL/D53 strigolactone signalling repressors in the model of shoot branching regulation in Pisum sativum. The Plant Journal, 107 (6) tpj.15415, 1756-1770. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15415

Integration of the SMXL/D53 strigolactone signalling repressors in the model of shoot branching regulation in Pisum sativum

Featured

2021

Journal Article

HEXOKINASE1 signalling promotes shoot branching and interacts with cytokinin and strigolactone pathways

Barbier, Francois F., Cao, Da, Fichtner, Franziska, Weiste, Christoph, Perez‐Garcia, Maria‐Dolores, Caradeuc, Mathieu, Le gourrierec, José, Sakr, Soulaiman and Beveridge, Christine A. (2021). HEXOKINASE1 signalling promotes shoot branching and interacts with cytokinin and strigolactone pathways. New Phytologist, 231 (3) nph.17427, 1088-1104. doi: 10.1111/nph.17427

HEXOKINASE1 signalling promotes shoot branching and interacts with cytokinin and strigolactone pathways

Featured

2021

Journal Article

Regulation of shoot branching in Arabidopsis by trehalose 6‐phosphate

Fichtner, Franziska, Barbier, Francois F., Annunziata, Maria G., Feil, Regina, Olas, Justyna J., Mueller‐Roeber, Bernd, Stitt, Mark, Beveridge, Christine A. and Lunn, John E. (2021). Regulation of shoot branching in Arabidopsis by trehalose 6‐phosphate. New Phytologist, 229 (4) nph.17006, 2135-2151. doi: 10.1111/nph.17006

Regulation of shoot branching in Arabidopsis by trehalose 6‐phosphate

Featured

2021

Journal Article

Modelling selection response in plant breeding programs using crop models as mechanistic gene-to-phenotype (CGM-G2P) multi-trait link functions

Cooper, M., Powell, O., Voss-Fels, K. P., Messina, C. D., Gho, C., Podlich, D. W., Technow, F., Chapman, S. C., Beveridge, C. A., Ortiz-Barrientos, D. and Hammer, G. L. (2021). Modelling selection response in plant breeding programs using crop models as mechanistic gene-to-phenotype (CGM-G2P) multi-trait link functions. in silico Plants, 3 (1) diaa016, 1-21. doi: 10.1093/insilicoplants/diaa016

Modelling selection response in plant breeding programs using crop models as mechanistic gene-to-phenotype (CGM-G2P) multi-trait link functions

Featured

2020

Journal Article

Translation of strigolactones from plant hormone to agriculture: achievements, future perspectives, and challenges

Chesterfield, Rebecca J., Vickers, Claudia E. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2020). Translation of strigolactones from plant hormone to agriculture: achievements, future perspectives, and challenges. Trends in Plant Science, 25 (11), 1087-1106. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.06.005

Translation of strigolactones from plant hormone to agriculture: achievements, future perspectives, and challenges

Featured

2019

Journal Article

A phenol/chloroform-free method to extract nucleic acids from recalcitrant, woody tropical species for gene expression and sequencing

Barbier, François F., Chabikwa, Tinashe G., Ahsan, Muhammad U., Cook, Stacey E., Powell, Rosanna, Tanurdzic, Milos and Beveridge, Christine A. (2019). A phenol/chloroform-free method to extract nucleic acids from recalcitrant, woody tropical species for gene expression and sequencing. Plant Methods, 15 (1) 62, 62. doi: 10.1186/s13007-019-0447-3

A phenol/chloroform-free method to extract nucleic acids from recalcitrant, woody tropical species for gene expression and sequencing

Featured

2019

Journal Article

An update on the signals controlling shoot branching

Barbier, Francois F., Dun, Elizabeth A., Kerr, Stephanie C., Chabikwa, Tinashe G. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2019). An update on the signals controlling shoot branching. Trends in Plant Science, 24 (3), 220-236. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.12.001

An update on the signals controlling shoot branching

Featured

2015

Journal Article

Strigolactone inhibition of branching independent of polar auxin transport

Brewer, Philip B., Dun, Elizabeth A., Gui, Renyi, Mason, Michael G. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2015). Strigolactone inhibition of branching independent of polar auxin transport. Plant Physiology, 168 (4), 1820-1829. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.00014

Strigolactone inhibition of branching independent of polar auxin transport

Featured

2015

Journal Article

Ready, steady, go! A sugar hit starts the race to shoot branching

Barbier, Francois F., Lunn, John E. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2015). Ready, steady, go! A sugar hit starts the race to shoot branching. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 25, 39-45. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.04.004

Ready, steady, go! A sugar hit starts the race to shoot branching

Featured

2014

Journal Article

Strigolactones

Beveridge, Christine A. (2014). Strigolactones. Current Biology, 24 (20), R987-R988. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.042

Strigolactones

Featured

2014

Journal Article

Sugar demand, not auxin, is the initial regulator of apical dominance

Mason, Michael G., Ross, John J., Babst, Benjamin A., Wienclaw, Brittany N. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2014). Sugar demand, not auxin, is the initial regulator of apical dominance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (16), 6092-6097. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1322045111

Sugar demand, not auxin, is the initial regulator of apical dominance

Featured

2013

Journal Article

Dynamics of strigolactone function and shoot branching responses in Pisum sativum

Dun, Elizabeth A., de Saint Germain, Alexandre, Rameau, Catherine and Beveridge, Christine A. (2013). Dynamics of strigolactone function and shoot branching responses in Pisum sativum. Molecular Plant, 6 (1), 128-140. doi: 10.1093/mp/sss131

Dynamics of strigolactone function and shoot branching responses in Pisum sativum

Featured

2013

Journal Article

Diverse roles of strigolactones in plant development

Brewer, Philip B., Koltai, Hinanit and Beveridge, Christine A. (2013). Diverse roles of strigolactones in plant development. Molecular Plant, 6 (1), 18-28. doi: 10.1093/mp/sss130

Diverse roles of strigolactones in plant development

Featured

2012

Journal Article

Models of long-distance transport: How is carrier-dependent auxin transport regulated in the stem?

Renton, Michael, Hanan, Jim, Ferguson, Brett J. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2012). Models of long-distance transport: How is carrier-dependent auxin transport regulated in the stem?. New Phytologist, 194 (3), 704-715. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04093.x

Models of long-distance transport: How is carrier-dependent auxin transport regulated in the stem?

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2012

Journal Article

Strigolactones suppress adventitious rooting in arabidopsis and pea

Rasmussen, Amanda, Mason, Michael Glenn, De Cuyper, Carolien, Brewer, Philip B., Herold, Silvia, Agusti, Javier, Geelen, Danny, Greb, Thomas, Goormachtig, Sofie, Beeckman, Tom and Beveridge, Christine Anne (2012). Strigolactones suppress adventitious rooting in arabidopsis and pea. Plant Physiology, 158 (4), 1976-1987. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.187104

Strigolactones suppress adventitious rooting in arabidopsis and pea

Featured

2012

Journal Article

Antagonistic action of strigolactone and cytokinin in bud outgrowth control

Dun, Elizabeth A., de Saint Germain, Alexandre, Rameau, Catherine and Beveridge, Christine A. (2012). Antagonistic action of strigolactone and cytokinin in bud outgrowth control. Plant Physiology, 158 (1), 487-498. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.186783

Antagonistic action of strigolactone and cytokinin in bud outgrowth control

Featured

2011

Journal Article

Strigolactone signaling is required for auxin-dependent stimulation of secondary growth in plants

Agusti, Javier, Herold, Silvia, Schwarz, Martina, Sanchez, Pablo, Ljung, Karin, Dun, Elizabeth A., Brewer, Philip B., Beveridge, Christine A., Sieberer, Tobias, Sehr, Eva M. and Greb, Thomas (2011). Strigolactone signaling is required for auxin-dependent stimulation of secondary growth in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (50), 20242-20247. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1111902108

Strigolactone signaling is required for auxin-dependent stimulation of secondary growth in plants

Featured

2009

Journal Article

Computational Modeling and Molecular Physiology Experiments Reveal New Insights into Shoot Branching in Pea

Dun, EA, Hanan, J and Beveridge, CA (2009). Computational Modeling and Molecular Physiology Experiments Reveal New Insights into Shoot Branching in Pea. PLANT CELL, 21 (11), 3459-3472. doi: 10.1105/tpc.109.069013

Computational Modeling and Molecular Physiology Experiments Reveal New Insights into Shoot Branching in Pea

Current funding

  • 2022 - 2026
    Investigating the control of fruit drop in mango for support innovative solutions for Australian growers
    Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2027
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    I can see clearly now: An Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Imaging facility (ARC LIEF administered by the University of Tasmania)
    University of Tasmania
    Open grant
  • 2022
    A cyclic ion-mobility mass spectrometer for resolving molecular isomers (ARC LIEF application led by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    National Tree Genomics Program - Genotype Prediction (Molecular Physiology)
    Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2019
    A versatile accurate mass, high resolution QTOF mass spectrometer for chemistry and proteomic applications
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2024
    Processes of plant growth that impact agriculture and horticulture
    ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    National Tree Genomic Program - Genotype Predictions (Hort Innovation grant administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2018
    A new signalling component in shoot architecture: trehalose 6-phosphate
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Advanced imaging with wide spectrum molecular, quantitative and morphological applications in biological research
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    Avocado Tissue-Culture: From Lab-to-Orchard
    Queensland Government Advance Queensland Innovation Partnerships
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Hormones signal a new future for plant development
    UQ Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    Investigating the molecular mechanisms behind flowering in Magnifera indica (Mango)
    Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Beyond genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes: high throughput analysis of gene and protein expression and function
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    The Role of Sugar Demand in Apical Dominance: Branching in a New Direction
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015
    UQ Travel Award 2015 - Dr Nathalie Leduc
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2018
    Strength in uniformity - Novel clonal technologies for a more productive avocado industry
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2020
    Transforming subtropical/tropical tree crop productivity
    Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Accelerated crop development and environmental compliance of agricultural and food systems
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Confocal Microscopy Infrastructure for Plant Sciences
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Plant Molecular Genetics and Genomics Facility.
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Novel approaches for clonal propagation of avocado rootstocks
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    New plant development discoveries stem from strigolactone research
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    The new plant hormone controlling shoot branching
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011
    UQ Travel Awards Category 1 - Dr Hinanit Koltai
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2015
    Strigolactone, a new plant hormone: Its regulation, role and potential for plant improvement
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Controlled Environment Facilities for the Challenges of the 21st Century
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    The Other Side: Long-distance Feedback and Cross-talk in the Arabidopsis Branching Gene Network
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2009
    Yield improvement through manipulation of shoot architecture 1.B.8
    CRC for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2006
    Molecular physiology of bud outgrowth in sugarcane
    CRC for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology
    Open grant
  • 2004
    The role of the phytohormone Auxin in Adventitious Rhizogenesis in Grevillea
    Australian Flora Foundation Inc.
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2007
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research (UQ lead institution)
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Molecular Physiology of Branching
    UQ External Support Enabling Grant
    Open grant
  • 2002
    Inter-organ communication in plants: is polar auxin transport so important?
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus: Model species for analysing the control of plant architecture
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2001
    Mutational Analysis of Branching Physiology in Plants
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1998 - 2001
    A mutant based study of the regulation of cytokinin levels and the control of apical dominance in plants
    ARC Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 1998
    Branching Mutants and Cytokinin Dynamics in Plants
    UQ External Support Enabling Grant
    Open grant
  • 1998
    Cytokinin physiology of branching mutants of Petunia and Arabidopisis
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1998
    Xylem Sap Cytokinin and Abscisic Acid Interactions in the Control of Stomatal Behaviour
    University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Christine Beveridge is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Role of D14 and MAX2 in the sugar-inducted shoot branching

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Connecting gene networks to crop models to leverage prior knowledge for crop breeding.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor David Jordan, Professor Graeme Hammer, Dr Erik Van Oosterom, Dr Nicole Fortuna

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Networks in shoot branching

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Peter Crisp

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Computational modelling approach to understanding shoot architecture including plant branching and flowering.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jim Hanan, Dr Nicole Fortuna, Dr Inigo Auzmendi

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Testing the branching model predictions using mutant perturbations of populations

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Mark Cooper, Dr Yang Liu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Molecular physiology investigation into the mechanism of how the flowering pathway impacts branching at vegetative nodes in garden pea and arabidopsis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yang Liu, Dr Elizabeth Dun

  • 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.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Owen Powell, Professor Mark Cooper

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic and ecological bases of shoot branching divergence across Arabidopsis species-wide accessions

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yang Liu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring the molecular and physiological basis of flowering behaviour in mungbean

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Elizabeth Dun, Professor Lee Hickey, Dr Karen Massel, Professor Michael Udvardi, Dr Millicent Smith

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the control of fruit drop in mango to support innovative solutions for Australian growers

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Lindsay Shaw

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Christine Beveridge directly for media enquiries about:

  • Adventitious rooting
  • Agriculture
  • Arabidopsis
  • Avocado
  • Crops
  • Garden pea
  • Horticulture
  • Macadamia
  • Mango
  • Mutants
  • Physiology - plants
  • Plant - hormones
  • Plant - modelling
  • Plant development
  • Plant genetics
  • Plant molecular physiology
  • Plant Science
  • Rooting from cuttings
  • Shoot architecture
  • Shoot branching
  • Tillering

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