Dr Michelle Wirthensohn
Horticulture Australian Research Fellow
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Michelle Wirthensohn is the Program Leader of the National Almond Breeding Program based at the Waite Campus of the University of Adelaide.
Plant breeding and improvement for horticultural crops including Almonds, Eucalyptus, Banksia, and Olives.
Development, evaluation, and commercialisation of new improved almond cultivars.
Development of genetic maps for almond.
Almond nutritive content analysis.
Biochemistry of plant oils and waxes.
Reproductive biology including pollination, fruit set and development of ornamental and fruit and nut crops.
Identification of horticultural crops by DNA fingerprinting.
Media: Almond breeding program on ABC Landline:
http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2013/s3746815.htm
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 1998 - ongoing Horticulture Innovation Australia Senior Research Fellow University of Australia -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Adelaide Australia PhD -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country Graduate Certificate in Education University of Adelaide Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
Year Citation 2007 Sedgley, M., & Wirthensohn, M. (2007). Australian Almond Breeding Program. 2006 Javanshah, A., Facelli, E., & Wirthensohn, M. (Eds.) (2006). Proceedings of the IVth International Symposium on Pistachios and Almonds. Teheran, Iran: International Society for Horticultural Science. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2017 Wirthensohn, M., & Iannamico, L. (2017). Almond in the Southern Hemisphere. In R. Company, & T. Gradziel (Eds.), Almonds: Botany, Production and Uses (pp. 87-110). Oxfordshire, UK: CABI.
2017 Batlle, I., Dicenta, F., Company, R., Gradziel, T., Wirthensohn, M., Duval, H., & Vargas, F. (2017). Classical Genetics and Breeding. In R. Company, & T. Gradziel (Eds.), Almonds: Botany, Production and Uses (pp. 111-148). United Kingdom: CABI. -
Conference Papers
Year Citation 2019 Goonetilleke, S. N., Croxford, A. E., Wirthensohn, M. G., March, T. J., & Mather, D. E. (2019). Molecular markers for high-throughput detection of a self-fertility (Sf) allele in almond. In E. Ortega Pastor, J. Halasz, & P. De Franceschi (Eds.), Acta Horticulturae. PROCEEDINGS OF THE II International Workshop on Floral Biology and S-Incompatibility in Fruit Species Vol. 1231 (pp. 143-150). Gent, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science.
2019 Goonetilleke, W. A. S., & Wirthensohn, M. (2019). Genetics of almond. In TROPAG-International Tropical Agriculture Conference. Brisbane, Australia. 2018 De Bei, R., Fuentes, S., Wirthensohn, M. G., Cozzolino, D., & Tyerman, S. D. (2018). Feasibility study on the use of Near Infrared spectroscopy to measure water status of almond trees. In Acta Horticulturae Vol. 1219 (pp. 79-84). online: Acta Horticulture.
Scopus22018 Zhu, Y., Wilkinson, K., King, K., Javorniczky, J., & Wirthensohn, M. G. (2018). Effect of enhanced solar UV radiation on almond (Prunus dulcis) tocopherols and fatty acids. In ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1219 Vol. 1219 (pp. 143-150). Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science.
Scopus12016 Delaporte, K., Collins, C., Wirthensohn, M., & Rigden, J. (2016). Gaining a better understanding of ornamental eucalypts. In N. Onus, & A. Currie (Eds.), Acta Horticulturae Vol. 1127 (pp. 353-359). Brisbane, AUSTRALIA: ISHS.
Scopus12014 Zhu, Y., Taylor, C., Sommer, K., Wilkinson, K., & Wirthensohn, M. (2014). Effect of Deficit Irrigation on Almond Kernel Constituents. In F. Dicenta, P. MartinezGomez, & E. Ortega (Eds.), Acta Horticulturae Vol. 1028 (pp. 221-223). Murcia, SPAIN: International Society for Horticultural Science.
Scopus2 WoS32014 Delaporte, K., Wirthensohn, M., & Collins, C. (2014). Ornamental eucalyptus - Something for everyone. In C. W. Heuser (Ed.), Acta Horticulturae Vol. 1055 (pp. 91-94). Bellefonte, PA: INT SOC HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE.
Scopus1 WoS12011 Wirthensohn, M., Rahemi, M., & Marti, A. (2011). Identification of self-incompatibility genotypes and DNA fingerprinting of some Australian almond cultivars. In B. Ak, M. Wirthensohn, & T. Gradziel (Eds.), Proceedings of the Vth International Symposium on Pistachios and Almonds Vol. 912 (pp. 641-643). CD: ISHS.
WoS52010 Wirthensohn, M., Chin, W., Franks, T., Baldock, G., Ford, C., & Sedgley, M. (2010). Investigation of flavour compounds from sweet, semi-bitter and bitter almonds kernels. In Proceedings of XIV Meeting of the Mediterranean Research Group for Almond and Pistachio (GREMPA) (pp. 117-122). Greece: International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies. 2006 Tavassolian, I., Sedgley, M., Kaiser, B., Wirthensohn, M., & Ford, C. (2006). The construction of an almond linkage map using morphological and microsatellite markers on 'Nonpariel' x 'Lauranne' population.. In Proceedings of 3rd International Rosaceae Genomics Conference [electronic resource]. Napier, New Zealand. 2005 Wirthensohn, M., Channuntapipat, C., Ramesh, S., Collins, G., & Sedgley, M. (2005). Determination of almond S-alleles using PCR primers designed from their introns. In M. Oliveira, & V. Cordeiro (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIIIth Meeting of the Mediterranean Research Group for Almond and Pistachios (GREMPA), Mirandela, Portugal, 1-5 June, 2003 (pp. 333-340). Mirandela, Portugal: CIHEAM,. 2003 Mekuria, G., Ramesh, S., Alberts, E., Bertozzi, T., Wirthensohn, M., Collins, G., & Sedgley, M. (2003). Comparison of ELISA and RT-PCR for the detection of PNRSV and PDV in Australian almond trees. In M. Oliveira, & V. Cordeiro (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIIIth Meeting of the Mediterranean Research Group for Almond and Pistachios (GREMPA) (pp. 193-196). Mirandela, Portugal: Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranénnes. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2017 Goonetilleke, W. A. S., Croxford, A., March, T., Wirthensohn, M., & Mather, D. (2017). Next -generation sequencing reveals new sequence variation in the almond S -locus. Poster session presented at the meeting of VII International Symposium on Almond and Pistachio. Adelaide, Australia. 2000 Sedgley, M., Scott, E., & Wirthensohn, M. (2000). Plant Improvement and Disease Control - Almonds and Pistachios. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of ANIC Conference 2000. Australia: Winetitles.
Australian Almond Breeding Program is funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia Ltd using Almond industry levy funds matched with Commonwealth funds.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 Principal Supervisor Researching the Interaction, Structure and Function of S-Proteins in Almond Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with Doctorate Full Time Ms Isis Pinner -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2013 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Genetic Analysis of Reproductive and Nut Traits in Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb] Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Shashi Goonetilleke 2012 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Water Use Efficiency in Almonds (Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A Webb) Master of Agricultural Science Master Full Time Mr Vahid Rahimi-Eichi 2011 - 2012 Principal Supervisor Further Investigation of Australian Native Orange (Capparis mitchellii) and Native Lime (Citrus glauca) Micropropagation Master of Science Master Full Time Miss Syarifah Fadiya Hallaby 2010 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Almond (Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb) Fatty Acids and Tocopherols _ Under Different Conditions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ying Zhu 2004 - 2008 Co-Supervisor Construction of a Microsatellite Base Genetic Linkage Map of Almond Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Iraj Tavassolian 2001 - 2004 Co-Supervisor THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GENETIC LINKAGE MAP FOR ALMOND BASED ON MOLECULAR AND AGRONOMIC MARKERS Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Davina Gregory
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Board Memberships
Date Role Board name Institution name Country 2018 - 2022 Vice-Chair Division Temperate Tree Nuts ISHS Belgium -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2015 - ongoing Associate Editor Tree Genetics and Genomes - -
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