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Government of South Australia SARDI - South Australian Research and Development Institute

Dr Margaret Evans

Research Scientist, Crown Rot

B.Ag.Sc (Hons), PhD

Phone: + 61 8 8303 9393
Email: marg.evans@sa.gov.au

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Roles and expertise:

  • Research into managing crown rot (a fungal disease of cereals, in southern Australia)


Expertise

  • B Ag Science with Honours, Adelaide University.  PhD in agricultural entomology from the University of Queensland.
  • Facilitation of small and large groups.
  • Project and program planning and evaluation.

Experience:

  • 2004 – crown rot research
  • 1994-2004 – managing the state wide TOPCROP farmer group extension program in Victoria
  • 1985-1994 – plant protection research on Eyre Peninsula, based at Minnipa

Current and recent projects:

GRDC funded project “Crown rot management for durum and bread wheats for the southern region”