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Phytophthora-related publications and papers authored or co-authored by department scientists.

  • Bellgard, S.E., Shearer, B.L., Crane, C.E. & Smith, B.J. 1994. Morphological variability exhibited by Phytophthora megasperma retrieved from diseased areas of Western Australia bushland. Symposium on Plant Diseases in Ecosystems: threats and impacts in south-western Australia, Murdoch University.
  • Bennallick, R.A., Colquhoun I.J., Shearer B.L., and Hardy, G.E.St J. 1997. Phosphite: Its phytotoxicity and effectiveness in the protection of Eucalyptus marginata forest from Phytophthora cinnamomi. Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Perth.
  • Bunny, F.J., Hardy, G.E. St J., Shearer, B.L. & Colquhoun, I.J. 1994. Distribution of Phytophthora citricola on soil surface and at depth in the northern jarrah forest. Symposium on Plant Diseases in Ecosystems: threats and impacts in south-western Australia, Murdoch University.
  • Bunny, F.J., Crombie, D.S. and Williams, M.R. 1995. Growth of lesions of Phytophthora cinnamomi in stems and roots of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) in relation to rainfall and stand density in mediterranean forest of Western Australia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 25, pp. 961-969.
  • Byrne M., Moran G.F., Stukely M., Emebiri L.C. and Williams E.R. 1997. Identification of QTL for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in Eucalyptus marginata. Proceedings of the Australian Plant Pathology Society Perth.
  • Crombie, D.S. and Bunny, F.J. 1994. Disease and forest production in Western Australia with particular reference to the effects of Phytophthora cinnamomi. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 77, pp. 145-149.
  • Davison, E.M. 1994. Role of environment in dieback of jarrah: effects of waterlogging on jarrah and Phytophthora cinnamomi, and infection of jarrah by P. cinnamomi. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 77, pp. 123-126.
  • Davison, E.M., Stukely, M.J.C., Crane, C.E. and Tay, F.C.S. 1994. Invasion of phloem and xylem of woody stems and roots of Eucalyptus marginata and Pinus radiata by Phytophthora cinnamomi. Phytopathology 84, pp. 335-340.
  • Hardy, G.E.st J., O'Brien, P.A. & Shearer, B.L. 1994. Control options of plant pathogens in native plant communities in south-western Australia. J. Royal Soc. West. Aust. 77:169-177.
  • Hill, T.C.J., Tippett, J.T. & Shearer, B.L. 1994. Invasion of Bassendean dune Banksia woodland by Phytophthora cinnamomi. Aust. J. Bot. 42:725-738.
  • Hill, T.C.J., Tippett, J.T. & Shearer, B.L. 1995. Evaluation of three treatments for eradication of Phytophthora cinnamomi from deep, leached sands in southwest Australia. Plant Disease 79:122-127.
  • Kinal, J., Shearer, B.L. & Fairman, R.G. 1993. Dispersal of Phytophthora cinnamomi through lateritic soil by laterally flowing subsurface water. Plant Disease 77:1085-1090.
  • Komerek, B.H., Shearer, B.L., Blumberg, M.V., and Fairman, R.G. 1997. Potassium phosphite - effective chemical tool in the protection of native flora threatened by Phytophthora cinnamomi. Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Perth.
  • Komorek, B., Shearer, B.L., Smith, B. & Fairman, R. 1994. Phosphonate offers a practical method for the control of Phytophthora cinnamomi in native plant communities. Symposium on Plant Diseases in Ecosystems: threats and impacts in south-western Australia, Murdoch University.
  • Shearer, B.L. & Dillon, M. 1994. Impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi infestation in Banksia woodland on the Swan Coastal Plain south of Perth. Symposium on Plant Diseases in Ecosystems: threats and impacts in south-western Australia, Murdoch University.
  • Shearer, B.L. & Dillon, M. 1995. Susceptibility of plant species in Eucalyptus marginata forest to infection by Phytophthora cinnamomi. Aust. J. Bot. 43:113-134.
  • Shearer, B.L. & Dillon, M. 1996. Impact and disease characteristics of Phytophthora cinnamomi infestations of Banksia woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia. Aust. J. Bot. 44:79-90.
  • Shearer, B.L. & Dillon, M. 1996. Susceptibility of plant species in Banksia woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia, to infection by Phytophthora cinnamomi. Aust. J. Bot. 44:433-445.
  • Shearer, B.L. 1990. Dieback of native communities caused by Phytophthora species - A major factor affecting land use in south-western Australia. Land and Water research News 5:15-26.
  • Shearer, B.L. 1991. The problem of plant diseases. In: The Jarrah Book. Proceedings of a weekend workshop at Perup Studies Centre. (Ed. A. Wardell-Johnson & M. Frith), Bridgetown Friends of the Forest, pp. 65-79.
  • Shearer, B.L. 1992. Plant disease research in the Department of Conservation and Land Management. In: Dieback - What is the Future. (Ed. M.J. Freeman, R. Hart & M. Ryall.) The Northern Sandplains Dieback Working Party. pp. 7-13.
  • Shearer, B.L. 1992. The ecological implications of disease in the southern forest of southwestern Australia. In: Research on the Impact and Forest Management in South-West Western Australia (Ed. M.Lewis.) Occasional Paper 2/92, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.pp.99- 113.
  • Shearer, B.L. 1994. The major plant pathogens occurring in native ecosystems of south-western Australia. J. Royal Soc. West. Aust. 77:113-122.
  • Shearer, B.L., and Fairman, R.G. 1997. Foliar application of phosphite delays and reduces the rate of mortality of three Banksia species in communities infested with Phytophthora cinnamomi. Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Perth.
  • Shearer, B.L., and Fairman, R.G. 1997. Phosphite inhibits lesion development of Phytophthora cinnamomi for at least four years following trunk injection of Banksia species and Eucalyptus marginata. Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Perth.
  • Shearer, B.L., Wills, R. & Stukely, M. 1991. Wildflower killers. Landscope 7(1):28-34.
  • Smith, B.J., Shearer, B.L., and Sivasithamparam, K. 1997. Compartmentalization of Phytophthora cinnamomi in stems of highly susceptible Banksia brownii treated with phosphonate. Mycol. Res. 101, pp. 1101-1107.
  • Stukely, M.J.C. and Crane, C.E. 1994. Genetically based resistance of Eucalyptus marginata to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Phytopathology 84, pp. 650-656.
  • Stukely, M.J.C., Shearer, B.L., Tay, F.C.S., Hart, R.M., and Hart, R.P. 1997. Phytophthora species in natural vegetation in Western Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Perth.
  • Wilkinson, C., Hardy, G.E.St., and Shearer, B.L. 1997. The effect of phosphite (phosphonate) on Phytophthora cinnamomi zoospore production in planta. Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Perth.
  • Wills, R.T. 1993. The ecological impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi in the Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 18, pp. 145-159.

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY

PhD Theses

  • The uptake and distribution of phosphite in Eucalyptus marginata and how this effects Phytophthora cinnamomi. (R.Pilbeam; Supervisors G.Hardy-MU, and B.Shearer-CALM).
  • Early disease development of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Eucalyptus marginata growing in rehabilitated bauxite mines as influenced by waterlogging and drought. (Anne Lucas; Supervisors, G.Hardy and J. McComb-MU).
  • Long term survival of Phytophthora cinnamomi in rehabilitated bauxite mines and adjacent Eucalyptus marginata forest. This project is looking at chlamydospore dormancy and saprophytic growth. (Sarah Collins; Supervisors, G.Hardy-MU and B Shearer-CALM).
  • Sudden death in cutflower Proteaceae. (Chris Dunne; Supervisors, G.Hardy and B.Dell-MU).
  • The genetics of pathogenicity in Phytophthora cinnamomi the cause of dieback in native plant communities. (D. Huberli; Supervisors G.Hardy-MU, and I. Tommerup-CSIRO).
  • The effect of ectomycorrhizal fungi on induced resistance of specific native plant species to Phytophthora cinnamomi. (K.Howard; Supervisors G.Hardy and B.Dell-MU)
  • The control of Phytophthora cinnamomi by the fungicide phosphite in native plant communities on the south coast of Western Australia. (S. Barrett; Supervisors, G.Hardy-MU, and B. Shearer-CALM).
  • The effects of phosphite on pollen development, flowering, seed set and viability on native plant species. (M. Fairbanks; Supervisors J. McComb and G.Hardy-MU).

Honours projects

  • The role of Acacia species in rehabilitated mines on the suppression of Phytophthora cinnamomi. (Nola D'Souza; Supervisors: Giles Hardy-MU, Ian Colquhoun- Alcoa World Alumina and Bryan Shearer-CALM)

Work under a special research grant

  • The interaction of phosphate and phosphite on Phytophthora cinnamomi control in planta. (Bernie Dell and Giles Hardy-MU).