Robert Lee

Researcher of all things Ascochyta - and other diseases of grain legumes. Based at CCDM (Centre for Crop and Disease Management), Curtin University.

[GRDC @theGRDC]

Australian researchers have discovered a gene in the fungal pathogen causing #ascochytablight that triggers disease resistance in #lentils @theCCDM @SA_PIRSA 📷 CCDM

Read more: https://t.co/2F3F2GVI3D

[Mick Harris @mickharris85]

Four chickpeas in the one pod!! 💪🏿
Crop is looking the goods

[GRDC @theGRDC]

Kate Burke, of Echuca, has been awarded with the 2021 GRDC Southern Region Seed of Light Award by panel chair John Bennett at GRDC's Grains Research Update in Bendigo || @Think_Agri @KateKak @johngbennett https://t.co/CEjwiYQFBP

[Robert Lee @robertlee2121]

@theCCDM @Griffith_Uni @LinaFarfan9 @lars_kamphuis Great to play a part in this study with @DrIdoBar, Rebecca Ford et al.

[CCDM @theCCDM]

New research - Chickpea-ascochyta research demonstrating ascochyta isolates adapting to new varieties with improved resistance traits - a collaboration led by @Griffith_Uni and including @theCCDM researchers. https://t.co/VlLgh33MCd
@LinaFarfan9 @robertlee2121 @lars_kamphuis

[CCDM @theCCDM]

Check out @theCCDM latest @PlantCellRep paper, on developments of the #agroinfiltration method of plant pathogen effectors and virulence proteins for #pulses. This method suits peas, faba beans and lentils - a brighter future for disease control @theGRDC - https://t.co/xsOFs3WXNx

[Sara Blake @Sara_N_Blake]

SA #pulse growers: some very useful information in this guide 👇 #SARDIscience @GRDCSouth

[CCDM @theCCDM]

Out now in @GeneticsGSA’s G3: @theCCDM researchers publish 1st reference genome assembly for an Australian isolate of Ascochyta lentis. Embracing advances in sequencing technology to further our #pulse disease research. More: https://t.co/U12ewZ4l77 Paper: https://t.co/QjMLwjnTOK

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

Ascochyta blight has been spotted in chickpeas at Mingenew, Yandanooka and Cunderdin. Find out more about this disease and how to manage it in the latest #PestFax newsletter @GRDCWest https://t.co/uUwu6LRFIt

[CCDM @theCCDM]

Great example of what our team are up against - #ascochyta blight on show for our wild cicer crew's talk at today's @GroupMIG's spring walk. We're working to create more disease resistant options via wild+domestic crosses in this @theGRDC project. Thanks @GroupMig for having us.

[Lars Kamphuis @lars_kamphuis]

For our WA growers if you have observed #ascochyta in your chickpea crop please let us know! Our CCDM team would like to collect some samples!

[Robert Lee @robertlee2121]

Happy to have our A. rabiei genome paper in print today. Thanks and congratulations to contributors and co-authors.

[CCDM @theCCDM]

Wheel of fortune smiling upon @theCCDM’s pulses research today as @GeneticsGSA G3 journal publishes our team’s improved reference genome assembly for the #ascochyta blight pathogen – 16% larger than previously published! More: https://t.co/U12ewZ4l77 Paper https://t.co/LZOXCSFRqU

[Michael Pfitzner @farmingfitz]

Field peas exploring the soil

[Robert Lee @robertlee2121]

@farmingfitz +Great photo! Love how the roots interact with the soil in that #Rhizosphere

[CCDM @theCCDM]

Even closely related pathogens have their differences – our research just published in @Frontiersin provides molecular insights into #botrytis fabae & #botrytis cinerea roles in pulse diseases. More on this @theGRDC project - https://t.co/U12ewZ4l77 paper: https://t.co/gBruOkRY9f

[Tim Rethus @TRethus]

Great example of trellised lentils keeping those pods off the ground to improve harvest efficiency.

[Robert Lee @robertlee2121]

GFP is such a great tool for observing the fine details of plant-microbe interactions. In this case, Ascochyta lentis in lentils.

[CCDM @theCCDM]

Hot off the press, our pulse researchers ‘glowing’ with pride at their paper just published in @PLOSONE. Using Green Fluorescent Protein to study ascochyta blight progression in #lentils. Paper: https://t.co/3PMkxqlUa5. Just one way we're investigating host-pathogen interactions.

[Robert Lee @robertlee2121]

Trials to improve confidence in pulses https://t.co/h8Uv5SOHAh via @farmweekly

[Robert Lee @robertlee2121]

WA Lentils in the latest edition of GroundCover.
https://t.co/d58tREmnxP

[Robert Lee @robertlee2121]

Congratulations to a leading light of pulse research and promotion in SE WA. https://t.co/nKDxv4t8Zo

[Sandra Prosser @prosser_s]

@marksey77325134 Mark Seymour congratulations on the seed of light award #esperance

Beacon of recognition for research officer https://t.co/1kjKSi3Ix1