Mahima Krishnan

Mahima Krishnan

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Mahima is a postdoctoral fellow with the Weed Science Research Group at The University of Adelaide. Her current research focus is on understanding the evolutionary dynamics of summer weed resistance to pre-emergent herbicides and genetic characterisation of 2,4-D herbicide resistance in wild radish, sow thistle and Indian hedge mustard.

"Mechanisms, evolution and inheritance of herbicide resistance" 2015-2018

"Understanding resistance to 2,4-D in common sowthistle and opportunities for improving 2,4-D activity on resistant populations" 2018-2020

"Assessment of phenotypic variation in glyphosate resistant populations of feathertop Rhodes grass and awnless barnyard grass in response to the K herbicide S-metolachlor (Group K/15) and saflufenacil + trifludimoxazin (Group G/14)" 2020-2025

"Target-site resistance to 2,4-D or other group I/4 herbicides in winter and summer weed species" 2020-2025

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  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2015 Postdoctoral Fellow The University of Adelaide

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Hindi Can speak and understand spoken
    Kannada Can speak and understand spoken
    Malayalam Can speak and understand spoken
    Tamil Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    — The University of Adelaide Australia B.Sc. Molecular Biology
    — Charles Darwin University Australia B.Sc. Honours
    — The University of Adelaide Australia PhD
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  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2019 Nguyen, H., Malone, J., Krishnan, M., Boutsalis, P., & Preston, C. (2019). Inheritance of glyphosate resistance in Echinochloa colona from Australia. Journal of Research in Weed Science, 2(4), 310-331.
    DOI
    2018 Dang, H., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., Krishnan, M., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2018). Reduced translocation in 2,4-D-resistant oriental mustard populations (Sisymbrium orientale L.) from Australia. Pest management science, 74(6), 1524-1532.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC5
    2017 Ngo, T. D., Krishnan, M., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2017). Target-site mutations conferring resistance to glyphosate in feathertop Rhodes grass (Chloris virgata) populations in Australia. Pest Management Science, 74(5), 1094-1100.
    DOI Scopus21 WoS19 Europe PMC8
    2014 Byrt, C., Xu, B., Krishnan, M., Lightfoot, D., Athman, A., Jacobs, A., . . . Gilliham, M. (2014). The Na⁺ transporter, TaHKT1;5-D, limits shoot Na⁺ accumulation in bread wheat. The Plant Journal, 80(3), 516-526.
    DOI Scopus90 WoS89 Europe PMC52
    2007 Alvarez, B., Krishnan, M., & Gibb, K. (2007). Analysis of intragenomic variation of the rDNA internal transcribed spacers (ITS) in Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87(6), 1599-1605.
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  • Conference Items
    Year Citation
    2018 Krishnan, M., Petrovic, T., Valappan, G., Merriam, A., & Preston, C. (2018). Understanding the mechanism of 2,4-D resistance in Sonchus oleraceus (Common sowthistle). Poster session presented at the meeting of Weed Biosecurity - Protecting Our Future. Sydney.

Partner investigator for R&D Tender- Protecting your crop: Mechanisms, evolution and inheritance of resistance; Total amount- $1,498,727                                

Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences and the Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology

Courses:

  • Foundations in Plants Science II
  • Plant Health III
  • Research Skills for Applied Biology II
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