Judith Rathjen

Dr Judith Rathjen

Research Officer

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

I have been working as a research in rhizobiology since 2018 in Matt Denton's group. I have a strong interest in compatibility of commonly used seed pesticides, fertilisers and trace elements with rhizobia, using microbiological and plant-based techniques. Other interests include the global diversity of rhizobia in countries without a history of inoculation and the N fixation efficiency of diverse strains.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2009 Mares, D., Rathjen, J., Mrva, K., & Cheong, J. (2009). Genetic and environmental control of dormancy in white-grained wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Euphytica, 168(3), 311-318.
    DOI Scopus29 WoS23
    2009 Rathjen, J., Strounina, E., & Mares, D. (2009). Water movement into dormant and non-dormant wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grains. Journal of Experimental Botany, 60(6), 1619-1631.
    DOI Scopus86 WoS62 Europe PMC30

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2008 Rathjen, J., Mares, D., Mrva, K., Schultz, C., & Cheong, J. (2008). Dormancy in white-grained wheat: mechanisms and genetic control. In Proceedings of the 11th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Brisbane, 24-29 August, 2008 (pp. 137-139). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
    2007 Asenstorfer, R., Ingram, C., Rathjen, J., Kashem, M., & Mares, D. (2007). Yellow alkaline noodles without colour additives. I potential for increasing the Apigenin-C-diglycoside content of flour. In J. Panozzo, & C. Black (Eds.), Proceedings of the 57th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference 5-10 August 2007 (pp. 89-92). Melbourne, Victoria.
    2007 Rathjen, J., Mares, D., & Strouinina, E. (2007). Magnetic resonance micro-imaging of imbibing wheat grains. In C. Blanchard (Ed.), Cereals 2006 : proceedings of the 56th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference and Indian Ocean Rim Symposium, 10-14 September, 2006 (pp. 16-19). Australia: Cereal Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2017 - 2023 External Supervisor Symbiotic effectiveness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological adaptation of chickpea rhizobia isolated from Australian and Myanmar soils Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Myint Zaw

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Molecular analysis of genes involved in effectiveness of symbiosis between mesorhizobium and chickpea University of Adelaide - Master - Divyia Dharshini Chinnatamby

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2001 - ongoing Member Crop Science Society of South Australia Australia
  • Position: Research Officer
  • Phone: 83131430
  • Email: judith.rathjen@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: Waite
  • Building: Waite, floor GE
  • Org Unit: Agricultural Science
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