Senior Lecturer - Horticultural Science
BAgrSc (Hons), PhD (UTAS)
| Contact Campus | Sandy Bay Campus |
| Building | Life Sciences Building |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 7468 |
| Fax | +61 3 6226 7444 |
| Alistair.Gracie@utas.edu.au |
See all publications on Dr Gracie's WARP profile site
Selected Publications:
Boersma M, Gracie AJ & Brown PH (2009) Relationship between growth rate and the development of hollow stem in broccoli. Crop & Pasture Science 60 (10): 995-1001
Suitor S, Potts BM, Brown PH, Gracie AJ, & Gore PL (2009) The relationship of Eucalyptus globulus female reproductive success to endogenous properties of the flower. Sexual Plant Reproduction 22:37-44.
Harvest T, Brown PH, Fist A, Gracie AJ, Gregory D & Koutoulis A (2008) The latex capacity of Papaver somniferum L. (poppy) capsules is fixed early in capsule development and is not a major determinant in morphine yield. Annals of Applied Biology 154: 251-258.
Suitor S, Potts BM, Brown PH, Gracie AJ & Gore PL (2008) Post-pollination capsule development in Eucalyptus globulus seed orchards. Australian Journal of Botany, 56: 51-58.
Gracie AJ & Brown PH (2004) Effects of climatic factors, fluctuating water availability and partial defoliation on the diurnal radial growth pattern of carrot (Daucus carota) taproots’, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 44: 1231-1240.
Tajbakhsh M, Brown PH, Gracie AJ, Spurr C, Donovan N & Clark, RJ (2004) Mitigation of stunted root abnormality in onion (Allium cepa L.) using seed priming treatments. Seed Science and Technology, 32: 683-692.
Career Summary
Dr Alistair Gracie obtained his PhD in horticultural science from the University of Tasmania in 2002. Since then he worked as a post-doctoral research fellow (2002-2005) and as a lecturer (2005-present). In 2005, he was awarded an Australian Agricultural Industries Young Innovators and Scientists award by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Bureau of Rural Sciences. Within the School of Agricultural Science he has successfully supervised or co-supervised 12 Honours and 10 Research Higher Degree research projects. He has also been a chief investigator or associate investigator of 24 successful research grant applications and he oversees a research program that partners extensively with local industry to deliver economic benefits through greater understanding of scientific processes.
Research Areas
Dr Gracie’s research focus lies largely within vegetable crop agronomy and physiology; however he also undertakes research on a broad range of cool-temperate horticultural crops cultivated in Tasmania. His research has included: physiological disorders in fruit and vegetables; limitations to yield in industrial crops poppies and pyrethrum; and limitations to yield and quality of hybrid vegetable seed and Eucalyptus globulus seed. His core research areas are:
Vegetable and industrial crop physiology and agronomy
Seed ecology, biology and production