Kirkby, Karen

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Grassroots Grant: Additional Support - Fullbright Scholarship to study Verticillim wilt

Kirkby, Karen, Hudson, Elsie (Lower Namoi Cotton Growers Association, 2020-05-30)

Managing Verticillium risk for cotton

Kirkby, Karen (NSW Department Of Primary Industries, 2019-12)

The aim of this project was to develop tool/s to inform grower decision making with regards to Verticillium wilt. Verticillium wilt is caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen Vertillicum dahliae.

Travel Scholarship: International Exchange; Dr Shelby Young

Young, Shelby, Kirkby, Karen (Texas Tech University, 2019-06-30)

International Collaborations between Australia and the United States in Cotton Disease Management: Comparison of isolation methods and media for quantifying Verticillium dahliae populations in soil.

Travel: Attend APS Annual meeting & Scientific Exchange, Texas - Karen Kirkby

Kirkby, Karen (Cotton Research & Development Corporation (CRDC), NSW DPI, 2017-10-03)

I (Dr Karen Kirkby) received an invitation from Dr Jason Woodward from Texas Tech University and Dr Terry Wheeler from Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Lubbock to visit the laboratories

Sponsorship Travel: 12th International Verticillium Symposium

Kirkby, Karen (NSW Department Of Primary Industries, 2017-06-30)

The purpose of the travel was to attend the 12th International Verticillium Symposium held in Ljubljana, Slovenia where presentions were made by two Australian researchers on the update on the defoliating strain of Ve