Dr Tijana Petrovic

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

College of Science


Dr Tijana Petrovic is a plant pathologist who currently works on understanding and management of 2,4-D resistant common sowthistle and wild radish, with a focus on uptake and translocation of 2,4-D, dose-response of plants, root elongation and molecular resistance mechanisms.  

Language Competency
Croatian Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Serbian Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2017 University of Adelaide Australia Graduate Diploma in Education
2007 University of Sydney Australia PhD in Plant Pathology
1997 University of Novi Sad Serbia MAgSc in Plant Pathology
1992 University of Belgrade Serbia BAgSc in Plant Protection

Year Citation
2025 Krishnan, M., Petrovic, T., Schwerdt, J. G., Merriam, A. B., Hereward, J. P., & Preston, C. (2025). A novel mutation in SoIAA20 confers cross-resistance to 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and other auxinic herbicides in Sonchus oleraceus. Pest Management Science, 81(1), 141-148.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC7
2022 Figueiredo, M. R. A. D., Küpper, A., Malone, J. M., Petrovic, T., Figueiredo, A. B. T. B. D., Campagnola, G., . . . Gaines, T. A. (2022). An in-frame deletion mutation in the degron tail of auxin coreceptor IAA2 confers resistance to the herbicide 2,4-D in Sisymbrium orientale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(9), 1-9.
DOI Scopus39 WoS33 Europe PMC29
2017 Knauer, U., Matros, A., Petrovic, T., Zanker, T., Scott, E., & Seiffert, U. (2017). Improved classification accuracy of powdery mildew infection levels of wine grapes by spatial-spectral analysis of hyperspectral images. PLANT METHODS, 13(1), 1-15.
DOI Scopus82 WoS72 Europe PMC21
2017 Petrovic, T., Perera, D., Cozzolino, D., Kravchuk, O., Zanker, T., Bennett, J., & Scott, E. (2017). Feasibility of discriminating powdery mildew-affected grape berries at harvest using mid-infrared attenuated total reflection spectroscopy and fatty acid profiling. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 23(3), 415-425.
DOI Scopus7 WoS5
2013 Petrovic, T., Burgess, L., Cowie, I., Warren, R., & Harvey, P. (2013). Diversity and fertility of Fusarium sacchari from wild rice (Oryza australiensis) in Northern Australia, and pathogenicity tests with wild rice, rice, sorghum and maize. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 136(4), 773-788.
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2011 Summerell, B. A., Leslie, J. F., Liew, E. C., Laurence, M. H., Bullock, S., Petrovic, T., . . . Burgess, L. W. (2011). Fusarium species associated with plants in Australia. Fungal Diversity, 46(1), 1-27.
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2010 Walsh, J. L., Laurence, M. H., Liew, E. C. Y., Sangalang, A. E., Burgess, L. W., Summerell, B. A., & Petrovic, T. (2010). Fusarium: two endophytic novel species from tropical grasses of northern Australia. Fungal Diversity, 44(1), 149-159.
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2009 Petrovic, T., Walsh, J. L., Burgess, L. W., & Summerell, B. A. (2009). <i>Fusarium</i>species associated with stalk rot of grain sorghum in the northern grain belt of eastern Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 38(4), 373.
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Year Citation
2021 Scott, E. S., Dambergs, R. G., Stummer, B. E., & Petrovic, T. (2021). Fungal contaminants in the vineyard and wine quality and safety. In A. G. Reynolds (Ed.), Managing Wine Quality: Volume One: Viticulture and Wine Quality (Vol. 1, 2nd ed., pp. 587-623). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.
DOI Scopus6

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.
2011 Petrovic, T., Burgess, L.W., Cowie, I. & Harvey, P.R.. (2011). Fusarium sacchari, the Cause of Pokkah Boeng in Sugarcane is a Colonist of Wild Rice (Oryza australiensis) in the Northern Territory, Australia.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Handbook of the 18th Biennial Conference ‘New Frontiers in Plant Pathology for Asia and Oceania’. Darwin.

Date Role Membership Country
2010 - ongoing Member Australasian Plant Pathology Society Australia

Date Title Type Institution Country
2013 - ongoing Associate Editor of the Australasian Plant Disease Notes Editorial University of Adelaide Australia

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