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
Media expert

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.

Search Professor Christine Beveridge’s works on UQ eSpace

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

21 - 40 of 164 works

Featured

2009

Journal Article

Interactions between Auxin and Strigolactone in Shoot Branching Control

Hayward, A, Stirnberg, P, Beveridge, C and Leyser, O (2009). Interactions between Auxin and Strigolactone in Shoot Branching Control. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 151 (1), 400-412. doi: 10.1104/pp.109.137646

Interactions between Auxin and Strigolactone in Shoot Branching Control

Featured

2009

Journal Article

Strigolactones: discovery of the elusive shoot branching hormone

Dun, E.A., Brewer, P.B. and Beveridge, C.A. (2009). Strigolactones: discovery of the elusive shoot branching hormone. Trends in Plant Science, 14 (7), 364-372. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.04.003

Strigolactones: discovery of the elusive shoot branching hormone

Featured

2009

Journal Article

Roles for auxin, cytokinin, and strigolactone in regulating shoot branching

Ferguson, B. J. and Beveridge, C. A. (2009). Roles for auxin, cytokinin, and strigolactone in regulating shoot branching. Plant Physiology, 149 (4), 1929-1944. doi: 10.1104/pp.109.135475

Roles for auxin, cytokinin, and strigolactone in regulating shoot branching

Featured

2008

Journal Article

Strigolactone inhibition of shoot branching

Gomez-Roldan, V., Fermas, S., Brewer, P., Puech-Pagès, V., Dun, E., Pillot, J-P., Letisse. F., Matusova, R., Danoun, S., Portais, J-C., Bouwmeester, H., Bécard, G., Beveridge, C. A., Rameau, C. and Rochange, S.F. (2008). Strigolactone inhibition of shoot branching. Nature, 455 (7210), 189-194. doi: 10.1038/nature07271

Strigolactone inhibition of shoot branching

2024

Journal Article

Strigolactone signalling inhibits trehalose 6‐phosphate signalling independently of <scp>BRC1</scp> to suppress shoot branching

Fichtner, Franziska, Humphreys, Jazmine L., Barbier, Francois F., Feil, Regina, Westhoff, Philipp, Moseler, Anna, Lunn, John E., Smith, Steven M. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2024). Strigolactone signalling inhibits trehalose 6‐phosphate signalling independently of BRC1 to suppress shoot branching. New Phytologist, 244 (3), 900-913. doi: 10.1111/nph.20072

Strigolactone signalling inhibits trehalose 6‐phosphate signalling independently of <scp>BRC1</scp> to suppress shoot branching

2024

Journal Article

Strigolactone induces D14‐dependent large‐scale changes in gene expression requiring SWI/SNF chromatin remodellers

Humphreys, Jazmine L., Beveridge, Christine A. and Tanurdžić, Miloš (2024). Strigolactone induces D14‐dependent large‐scale changes in gene expression requiring SWI/SNF chromatin remodellers. The Plant Journal, 119 (3), 1526-1542. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16873

Strigolactone induces D14‐dependent large‐scale changes in gene expression requiring SWI/SNF chromatin remodellers

2024

Conference Publication

From signals to shedding: investigating the molecular interactions associated with mango premature fruit drop

Jones, S., Orr, R., Rossouw, G., Smith, H., Beveridge, C. and Shaw, L. (2024). From signals to shedding: investigating the molecular interactions associated with mango premature fruit drop. Australian Mango Scientific Symposium, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 20 May 2024.

From signals to shedding: investigating the molecular interactions associated with mango premature fruit drop

2024

Journal Article

S <sub>1</sub> basic leucine zipper transcription factors shape plant architecture by controlling C/N partitioning to apical and lateral organs

Kreisz, Philipp, Hellens, Alicia M., Fröschel, Christian, Krischke, Markus, Maag, Daniel, Feil, Regina, Wildenhain, Theresa, Draken, Jan, Braune, Gabriel, Erdelitsch, Leon, Cecchino, Laura, Wagner, Tobias C., Ache, Peter, Mueller, Martin J., Becker, Dirk, Lunn, John E., Hanson, Johannes, Beveridge, Christine A., Fichtner, Franziska, Barbier, Francois F. and Weiste, Christoph (2024). S 1 basic leucine zipper transcription factors shape plant architecture by controlling C/N partitioning to apical and lateral organs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121 (7) e2313343121, 1-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2313343121

S <sub>1</sub> basic leucine zipper transcription factors shape plant architecture by controlling C/N partitioning to apical and lateral organs

2023

Journal Article

Strigolactones and shoot branching: what is the real hormone and how does it work?

Dun, Elizabeth A., Brewer, Philip B., Gillam, Elizabeth M. J. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2023). Strigolactones and shoot branching: what is the real hormone and how does it work?. Plant And Cell Physiology, 64 (9), 967-983. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcad088

Strigolactones and shoot branching: what is the real hormone and how does it work?

2023

Journal Article

Science and opinion in decision making: a case study of the food security collapse in Sri Lanka

Wijerathna‐Yapa, Akila, Henry, Robert J., Dunn, Matt and Beveridge, Christine A. (2023). Science and opinion in decision making: a case study of the food security collapse in Sri Lanka. Modern Agriculture, 1 (2), 142-151. doi: 10.1002/moda.18

Science and opinion in decision making: a case study of the food security collapse in Sri Lanka

2023

Journal Article

Learnings from a century of apical dominance research

Beveridge, Christine A, Rameau, Catherine and Wijerathna-Yapa, Akila (2023). Learnings from a century of apical dominance research. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74 (14), 3903-3922. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad137

Learnings from a century of apical dominance research

2023

Journal Article

Genome-wide identification of accessible chromatin regions by ATAC-seq upon induction of the transcription factor bZIP11 in Arabidopsis

Hellens, Alicia M., Humphreys, Jazmine L., Fichtner, Franziska, Tanurdžić, Miloš, Beveridge, Christine A. and Barbier, François F. (2023). Genome-wide identification of accessible chromatin regions by ATAC-seq upon induction of the transcription factor bZIP11 in Arabidopsis. Scientific Data, 10 (1) 490, 490. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02395-6

Genome-wide identification of accessible chromatin regions by ATAC-seq upon induction of the transcription factor bZIP11 in Arabidopsis

2023

Journal Article

The strigolactone pathway plays a crucial role in integrating metabolic and nutritional signals in plants

Barbier, Francois, Fichtner, Franziska and Beveridge, Christine (2023). The strigolactone pathway plays a crucial role in integrating metabolic and nutritional signals in plants. Nature Plants, 9 (8), 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41477-023-01453-6

The strigolactone pathway plays a crucial role in integrating metabolic and nutritional signals in plants

2023

Journal Article

Managing early fruit drop in mango

Jones, Sophie, Orr, Ryan, Rossouw, Gerhard, Smith, Harley, Beveridge, Christine and Shaw, Lindsay (2023). Managing early fruit drop in mango. Mango Matters, 52, 14-15.

Managing early fruit drop in mango

2023

Journal Article

Molecular cues for phenological events in the flowering cycle in avocado

Ahsan, Muhammad Umair, Barbier, Francois, Hayward, Alice, Powell, Rosanna, Hofman, Helen, Parfitt, Siegrid Carola, Wilkie, John, Beveridge, Christine Anne and Mitter, Neena (2023). Molecular cues for phenological events in the flowering cycle in avocado. Plants, 12 (12) 2304, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/plants12122304

Molecular cues for phenological events in the flowering cycle in avocado

2023

Conference Publication

Using the emergent properties of network topologies to predict phenotypic change

Fortuna, Nicole, Wijerathna-Yapa, Akila and Beveridge, Christine A. (2023). Using the emergent properties of network topologies to predict phenotypic change. 10th International Conference on Functional-Structural Plant Models (FSPM2023), Berlin, Germany, March 27-31, 2023. Hannover, Germany: Institute of Horticultural Production Systems.

Using the emergent properties of network topologies to predict phenotypic change

2023

Journal Article

Identification of new potential downstream transcriptional targets of the strigolactone pathway including glucosinolate biosynthesis

Hellens, Alicia M., Chabikwa, Tinashe G., Fichtner, Franziska, Brewer, Philip B. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2023). Identification of new potential downstream transcriptional targets of the strigolactone pathway including glucosinolate biosynthesis. Plant Direct, 7 (3) e486, 1-20. doi: 10.1002/pld3.486

Identification of new potential downstream transcriptional targets of the strigolactone pathway including glucosinolate biosynthesis

2023

Journal Article

Auxin-independent effects of apical dominance induce changes in phytohormones correlated with bud outgrowth

Cao, Da, Chabikwa, Tinashe, Barbier, Francois, Dun, Elizabeth A, Fichtner, Franziska, Dong, Lili, Kerr, Stephanie C and Beveridge, Christine A (2023). Auxin-independent effects of apical dominance induce changes in phytohormones correlated with bud outgrowth. Plant Physiology, 192 (2), 1420-1434. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad034

Auxin-independent effects of apical dominance induce changes in phytohormones correlated with bud outgrowth

2022

Conference Publication

Utilising prior knowledge to improve breeding

Powell, Owen, Barbier, Francois, Voss-Fels, Kai, Beveridge, Christine and Cooper, Mark (2022). Utilising prior knowledge to improve breeding. GxExM Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3-4 November 2022.

Utilising prior knowledge to improve breeding

2022

Conference Publication

Transferring prediction models: from model organisms to crops

Powell, Owen, Barbier, Francois, Fichtner, Franziska, Sukumaran, Sivakumar, McLean, Greg, Brider, Jason, Technow, Frank, Tang, Tom, Messina, Carlos D., Jordan, David, Hammer, Graeme, Beveridge, Christine and Cooper, Mark (2022). Transferring prediction models: from model organisms to crops. TropAg International Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.

Transferring prediction models: from model organisms to crops

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

    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

    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

    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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Improving molecular and phenotypic predictions through network-based prior knowledge and AI

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Mark Cooper

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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