Dr Karen Barry
Lecturer - Plant Pathology
BSc Hons, PhD (Tas)
Contact Details
| Contact Campus |
Sandy Bay Campus |
| Building |
Life Sciences Building |
| Telephone |
+61 3 6226 2636 |
| Fax |
+61 3 6226 7444 |
| Email |
Karen.Barry@utas.edu.au |
Teaching Responsibilities
- KLA115 - Land, Food and Water for a Sustainable Future (Lecturer)
- KLA255 - Lower Life Forms: Insects and Plant Diseases (Lecturer)
- KLA346 - Plant Pathology (Unit Coordinator and Lecturer)
- KLA311 - Crop Protection (Lecturer)
I also supervise honours projects, masters coursework units and research higher degree students (PhD and MSc).
Publications
A full list of publications can be found on Dr Barry's WARP research report.
Some of these publications are available for download on Dr Barry's eprints page.
Selected publications
- Barry, K.M., Quentin, A., Eyles, A. and Pinkard, E.A., 2012. Consequences of resource limitation for recovery from repeated defoliation in Eucalyptus globulus. Tree Physiology. 32: 24-35
- Jean-Baptiste Féret, Christophe François , Anatoly Gitelson, Karen M. Barry, Cinzia Panigada, Andrew D. Richardson and Stéphane Jacquemoud. 2011. Optimising spectral indices and chemometric analysis of leaf chemical properties using radiative transfer modeling. Remote Sensing of Environment. 115: 2742-2750.
- Barry, KM, Corkrey, R., Pham Thi, H., Ridge, S. and Mohammed, CL. 2011. Spectral characterization of necrosis from reflectance of Eucalyptus globulus leaves with Mycosphaerella leaf disease or subjected to artificial lesions. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 32: 9243-9259
- Barry, KM, Newnham, G., Stone, C. 2009. Estimation of chlorophyll content in Eucalyptus globulus foliage with the leaf reflectance model PROSPECT. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 149: 1209-1213.
- Eyles, A., Beadle, C., Barry, K., Francis, A, Glen, M. and Mohammed, C. 2008. Management of fungal root-rot pathogens in tropical Acacia mangium plantations. Forest Pathology. 38 (5) 332-355
- Barry, K.M., Stone, C. and Mohammed, C.L. 2008. Crown-scale evaluation of spectral indices for defoliated and discoloured eucalypts. 2008. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 29: 47-69
- Irianto, R.S.B., Barry, K.M., Hidayah, I, Ito, S., Fiani, A., Rimbawanto, A. and Mohammed, C.L. 2006. Incidence, spatial analysis and genetic variation of root rot of Acacia mangium in Indonesia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 18 (3): 87-95
- Barry, K.M., Irianto, R.S.B., Tjahjono, B., Tarigan, M., Agustini, L., Hardiyanto, E.B., Mohammed, C.L. 2006. Variation of heartrot and extractives with provenance of Acacia mangium. Forest Pathology. 36: 183-197
- Mihara, R., Barry, K.M., Mohammed, C.L and Mitsunaga, T. 2005. Comparison of antifungal and antioxidant activities of Acacia mangium and A. auriculiformis heartwood extracts. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 31: 789-804
- Barry, K.M., Mihara, R., Davies, N.W., Mitsunaga, T. and Mohammed, C.L. 2005. Polyphenols of Acacia mangium and A. auriculiformis with reference to heartrot. Journal of Wood Science. 51: 615 - 621.
- Barry, K.M., Hall, M.L. and Mohammed, C.L. 2005. The effect of time and site on incidence and spread of decay in pruned plantation-grown Eucalyptus nitens. Canadian Journal of Forestry. 35: 495-502
- Barry, K.M., Irianto, R.S.B., Santoso, E. Turjaman, M., Widyati, E., Sitepu, I. and Mohammed, C.L. 2004. Incidence of heart rot in harvest-age Acacia mangium in Indonesia, using a rapid survey method. Forest Ecology and Management, 190: 273-280.
- Barry, K.M., Davies, N.W., Mohammed, C.L. and Beadle, C.L. 2003. Post-harvest chemical staining in blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon R. Br.). Holzforschung. 57: 230-236.
- Barry, K.M., Davies, N.W. and Mohammed, C.L. 2002. Effect of season and different fungi on phenolics in response to xylem wounding and inoculation in Eucalyptus nitens. Forest Pathology. 32 (3): 163-178.
- Barry, K.M., Davies, N.W. and Mohammed, C.L. 2001. Identification of hydrolyzable tannins in the reaction zone of Eucalyptus nitens wood, by high performance liquid chromatography / electron ionization mass spectrometry. Phytochemical Analysis 12: 120-127.
- Barry, K.M., Pearce, R.B., Evans, S.D., Hall, L.D. and Mohammed, C.L. 2001. Initial defence responses in sapwood of Eucalyptus nitens (Maiden) following wounding and inoculation. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 58: 63-72.
Career summary
- 1997-2000 PhD candidate in Plant Pathology - UTAS - Antifungal defences in eucalypts, specialising in characterisation of tannins by HPLC-MS.
- 2001 Research Officer - CRC Forestry - Post-harvest stain in Acacia melanoxylon (blackwood).
- 2001-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow - UTAS - ACIAR project on heartrot disease of Acacia mangium plantations in Indonesia.
- 2005-2008 ARC Postdoctoral Fellow - UTAS - Spectral detection of stress in plantation eucalypts.
- 2008 - Lecturer (Plant Pathology) and Research Fellow in CRC for Forestry (growth response to damage) and TIA Perennial Horticulture Centre.
- 2012 - Co-Convenor of the TIA Program Science for Society and Policy.
Research interests
Plant pathology (host-pathogen interactions, antifungal defensive chemistry, disease epidemiology), plant physiology (growth responses to damage, spectral detection of stress), soil biology (mycorrhiza, remediation). Areas of interest include plantation forestry, native vegetation and horticultural crops.
My recent research is within the TIA Perennial Horticulture Centre, and CRC for Forestry.
