Dr Peter Boutsalis

Postdoctoral Fellow

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Herbicide resistance support and extension to growers, agronomists and the chemical industry. Employed since 2005 for the University of Adelaide to conduct random weed surveys across SA and Vic to monitor for changes in herbicide resistance. Also manages Plant Science Consulting; conducting herbicide resistance testing for Australian growers

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For more information see Weed Science Research Group

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Appointments

Date Position Institution name
2005 Ph.D. Agricultural Science- Herbicide Resistance The University of Adelaide

Date	Position	Institution name
2005	Ph.D. Agricultural Science- Herbicide Resistance	The University of Adelaide

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2017	Achievement	Syngenta Growth Award	Syngenta Australia	Australia	—
2010	Research Award	Special commendation for a poster by a staff member 2010	The University of Adelaide	Australia	—
2009	Research Award	Special commendation for a poster by a staff member 2009	The University of Adelaide	—	—
1999	Research Award	The Novartis Crop Protection Research Prize	Novartis/Syngenta	Switzerland	—

Language Competencies

Language Competency
German Can speak and understand spoken
Greek, Modern (1453-) Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
Education

Date Institution name Country Title
1992 - 1996 The University of Adelaide Australia Ph.D.
1986 - 1989 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Bachelor Agricultural Science
Research Interests

Agronomy & Agriculture Fertilisers and Agrochemicals

Language	Competency
German	Can speak and understand spoken
Greek, Modern (1453-)	Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
1992 - 1996	The University of Adelaide	Australia	Ph.D.
1986 - 1989	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor Agricultural Science

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Journals

Year	Citation
2020	Brunton, D. J., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2020). Control of thiocarbamate-resistant rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) in wheat in southern Australia. Weed Technology, 34(1), 19-24. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Barua, R., Preston, C., Malone, J., Gill, G., & Boutsalis, P. (2020). Incidence of multiple herbicide resistance in annual bluegrass (Poa annua) across southeastern Australia. Weed Science, 68(4), 340-347. DOI
2020	Brunton, D. J., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2020). Varying responses of field-selected herbicide-resistant rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) populations to combinations of phorate with PPI herbicides. WEED SCIENCE, 68(4), 367-372. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Busi, R., Goggin, D. E., Onofri, A., Boutsalis, P., Preston, C., Powles, S. B., & Beckie, H. J. (2020). Loss of trifluralin metabolic resistance in Lolium rigidum plants exposed to prosulfocarb recurrent selection.. Pest management science, 76(12), 3926-3934. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Nguyen, H., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., & Preston, C. (2020). Genetic diversity of glyphosate resistant Echinochloa colona in Australia. Journal of Research in Weed Science, 3(2), 145-161. DOI
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
2019	Long, W., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., & Preston, C. (2019). Diversity and extent of mutations endowing resistance to the acetolactate synthase (AHAS)-inhibiting herbicides in Indian hedge mustard (Sisymbrium orientale)populations in Australia. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 157, 53-59. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2019	Brunton, D. J., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2019). Resistance to very-long-chain fatty-acid (VLCFA)- inhibiting herbicides in multiple field-selected rigid ryegrass( Lolium rigidum) populations. Weed Science, 67(3), 267-272. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
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 Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC5
2018	Dang, H., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2018). The Mechanism of Diflufenican Resistance and its Inheritance in Oriental Mustard (Sisymbrium orientale L.) from Australia. Pest Management Science, 74(6), 1279-1285. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC2
2018	Brunton, D., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2018). Resistance to multiple PRE herbicides in a field-evolved rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) population. Weed Science, 66(5), 581-585. DOI Scopus10 WoS10
2017	Shergill, L., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., Preston, C., & Gill, G. (2017). Basis of ACCase and ALS inhibitor resistance in Hordeum glaucum Steud. Pest Management Science, 73(8), 1-10. DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC2
2017	Ngo, T., 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), 7 pages. DOI Scopus20 WoS16 Europe PMC8
2017	Ngo, T., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2017). EPSPS gene amplification conferring resistance to glyphosate in windmill grass (Chloris truncata) in Australia. Pest Management Science, 74(5), 8 pages. DOI Scopus29 WoS26 Europe PMC10
2017	Ngo, T., Boutsalis, P., Preston, C., & Gill, G. (2017). Plant development and seed biology of windmillgrass (Chloris truncata) in southern Australia. Weed Science, 65(3), 395-405. DOI Scopus5 WoS6 Europe PMC1
2017	Ngo, D., Boutsalis, P., Preston, C., & Gill, G. (2017). Growth, development, and seed biology of feather fingergrass (chloris virgata) in southern Australia. Weed Science, 65(3), 413-425. DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2017	Dang, H., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2017). Identification of a target-site mutation conferring resistance to triazine herbicides in oriental mustard (Sisymbrium orientale L.) from Australia. Weed Biology and Management, 17(4), 153-160. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC1
2017	Shergill, L., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., Preston, C., & Gill, G. (2017). Inheritance of quizalofop resistance in a smooth barley biotype from South Australia. Agronomy Journal, 109(6), 2820-2827. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2016	Malone, J., Morran, S., Shirley, N., Boutsalis, P., & Preston, C. (2016). EPSPS gene amplification in glyphosate-resistant Bromus diandrus. Pest management science, 72(1), 81-88. DOI Scopus47 WoS46 Europe PMC23
2016	Nguyen, T., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., Shirley, N., & Preston, C. (2016). Temperature influences the level of glyphosate resistance in barnyardgrass (Echinochloa colona). Pest Management Science, 72(5), 1031-1039. DOI Scopus25 WoS24 Europe PMC6
2016	Kleemann, S., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2016). Applications of pre-emergent pyroxasulfone, flufenacet and their mixtures with triallate for the control of Bromus diandrus (ripgut brome) in no-till wheat (Triticum aestivum) crops of southern Australia. Crop Protection, 80, 144-148. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2016	Shergill, L., Boutsalis, P., Preston, C., & Gill, G. (2016). Fitness costs associated with 1781 and 2041 ACCase-mutant alleles conferring resistance to herbicides in Hordeum glaucum Steud. Crop Protection, 87, 60-67. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2015	Shergill, L., Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., Preston, C., & Gill, G. (2015). Target-site point mutations conferring resistance to ACCase-inhibiting herbicides in smooth barley (Hordeum glaucum) and hare barley (Hordeum leporinum). Weed Science, 63(2), 408-415. DOI Scopus13 WoS13 Europe PMC2
2014	Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2014). Control of rigid ryegrass in australian wheat production with pyroxasulfone. Weed Technology, 28(2), 332-339. DOI Scopus17 WoS18 Europe PMC1
2014	Adu-Yeboah, P., Boutsalis, P., Hooper, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2014). Use of alternative herbicide mixtures to manage glyphosate-resistant Lolium rigidum Gaud. along crop margins in South Australia. Crop and Pasture Science, 65(12), 1349-1356. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2014	Malone, J., Boutsalis, P., Baker, J., & Preston, C. (2014). Distribution of herbicide-resistant acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alleles in Lolium rigidum across grain cropping areas of South Australia. Weed Research, 54(1), 78-86. DOI Scopus40 WoS41
2013	Preston, C., Dolman, F., & Boutsalis, P. (2013). Multiple resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting and auxinic herbicides in a population of oriental mustard (Sisymbrium orientale). Weed Science, 61(2), 185-192. DOI Scopus11 WoS12 Europe PMC4
2012	Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2012). Incidence of herbicide resistance in rigid ryegrass (lolium rigidum) across southeastern Australia. Weed Technology, 26(3), 391-398. DOI Scopus95 WoS96 Europe PMC29
2012	Bostamam, Y., Malone, J., Dolman, F., Boutsalis, P., & Preston, C. (2012). Rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) populations containing a target site mutation in EPSPS and reduced glyphosate translocation are more resistant to glyphosate. Weed Science, 60(3), 474-479. DOI Scopus36 WoS37 Europe PMC17
2009	Preston, C., Wakelin, A., Dolman, F., Bostamam, Y., & Boutsalis, P. (2009). A decade of glyphosate-resistant Lolium around the world: Mechanisms, genes, fitness, and agronomic management. Weed Science, 57(4), 435-441. DOI Scopus104 WoS100 Europe PMC37
2001	BOUTSALIS, P. (2001). Syngenta Quick-Test: A Rapid Whole-Plant Test for Herbicide Resistance1. Weed Technology, 15(2), 257-263. DOI
1999	Boutsalis, P., Karotam, J., & Powles, S. B. (1999). Molecular basis of resistance to acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicides inSisymbrium orientaleandBrassica tournefortii. Pesticide Science, 55(5), 507-516. DOI
1998	BOUTSALIS., & POWLES. (1998). Seedbank characteristics of herbicide‐resistant and susceptibleSisymbrium orientale. Weed Research, 38(5), 389-395. DOI
1995	Boutsalis, P., & Powles, S. (1995). Resistance of dicot weeds to acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicides in Australia. Weed Research, 35(3), 149-155. DOI
1995	Boutsalis, P., & Powles, S. (1995). Inheritance and mechanisms of resistance to herbicides inhibiting acetolacate synthase in Sonchus oleraceus L.. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 91(2), 242-247. DOI

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2020	Brunton, D., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2020). Unexpected Resistance Evolution to a Carotenoid Biosynthesis Inhibiting Herbicide in Field Selected Cross-Resistant Rigid Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) Populations from Australia.. In 60th Joint Meeting 2020 Program. Hawaii.
2018	Brunton, D., Fleet, B., Boutsalis, P., Malone, J., & Preston, C. (2018). What roles for metabolism-based resistance to pre-emergent herbicides in Lolium rigidum. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 256 (pp. 1 page). Boston, MA: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.
2018	Brunton, D., Boutsalis, P., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2018). Control of thiocarbamate resistant annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) in lentils (Lens culinaris) in southern Australia. In 21st Australasian Weeds Conference Proceedings (pp. 12-15). online: AWC.
2018	Merriam, A., Boutsalis, P., Malone, J., Gill, G., & Preston, C. (2018). Extent of herbicide resistant common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in southern Australia. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Weeds Conference (pp. 16-19). online: AWC.
2010	Malone, J. M., Boutsalis, P., & Preston, C. (2010). Spread of herbicide resistance alleles in Lolium rigidum Gaud. (annual ryegrass).. In Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Weeds Conference: New Frontiers in New Zealand: Together we can beat the weeds. (pp. 258-261). Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Plant Protection Society.
2010	Boutsalis, P., Gill, G. S., & Preston, C. (2010). New mode of action herbicides to combat herbicide resistant annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) in Australian cereal production.. In Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Weeds Conference: New Frontiers in New Zealand: Together we can beat the weeds. (pp. 278-280). Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Plant Protection Society.
2006	Boutsalis, P., & Preston, C. (2006). Resistance to acetyl-Coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase)-inhibiting herbicides in Bromus spp. in Australia. In C. Preston, J. Watts, & N. Crossman (Eds.), 15th Australian Weeds Conference: Papers and Proceedings (pp. 538-540). Adelaide, South Australia: Weed Management Society of South Australia.
2006	Boutsalis, P., Preston, C., & Broster, J. (2006). Management of trifluralin resistance in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaudin) in southern Australia. In C. Preston, J. Watts, & N. Crossman (Eds.), 15th Australian Weeds Conference: Papers and Proceedings (pp. 507-510). Adelaide, South Australia: Weed Management Society of South Australia.

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2018	Co-Supervisor	Herbicide Resistance in Poa annua and its Management	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Rajesh Barua
2016	Co-Supervisor	Evolution of cross-resistance to prosulfocarb and triallate in annual ryegrass and its management	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr David John Brunton

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2013 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Biology and glyphosate resistance in Chloris truncata (windmill grass) and Chloris virgata (feathertop Rhodes grass) in southern Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Duc The Ngo
2012 - 2016	Co-Supervisor	Characterisation and Management of Herbicide Resistance in Barley Grass (Hordeum glaucum Steud.)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Lovreet Singh Shergill
2011 - 2015	Co-Supervisor	Evolution and spread of glyphosate resistant barnyard grass (Echinochloa colona (L.) Link)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Hoan Thai Nguyen
2008 - 2010	Co-Supervisor	Glyphosate resistance in Annual Ryegrass (Lolium Rigidum Gaud.) with Multiple Resistance Mechanisms	Master of Agricultural Science	Master	Full Time	Mr Yazid Bostamam

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: 83137298
Email: peter.boutsalis@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8313 7109
Campus: Waite
Building: Waite, floor GE
Room: GE06
Org Unit: School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Dr Peter Boutsalis

For more information see Weed Science Research Group

Appointments

Awards and Achievements

Language Competencies

Education

Research Interests

Journals

Conference Papers

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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