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Pattie Weichelt
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Pattie Weichelt
Technical Officer
Room 1-38 , A building
+61 427 569 244 (phone)
I have worked as a Technical Officer with TIA for the past 9 years in plant pathology predominantly with diseases of pyrethrum, poppies and onions.
Career summary
Qualifications
| Degree | University | Country | Date of award |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSc | La Trobe University | Australia | 1983 |
| BRRM | University of Tasmania | Australia | 2012 |
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Research Themes
I work under the theme of Environment, Resources and Sustainability;
Research themes:
- Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds) (070308)
- Plant Pathology (060704)
- Horticultural Crop Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds) (070603)
- Horticultural Crop Improvement (Selection and Breeding) (070602)
Research Objectives:
- Plant Extract Crops (e.g. Pyrethrum, poppies) (820303)
- Horticultural Crops (820299)
- Vegetables (820215)
Current projects
- Systemic downy mildew in poppies
- Disease management in pyrethrum
- Vernalisation in pyrethrum
Fields of Research
- Horticultural crop protection (incl. pests, diseases and weeds) (300804)
- Soil chemistry and soil carbon sequestration (excl. carbon sequestration science) (410604)
- Farm management, rural management and agribusiness (300208)
- Professional education and training (390305)
Research Objectives
- Plant extract crops (260606)
- Terrestrial systems and management (180699)
- Climatological hazards (e.g. extreme temperatures, drought and wildfires) (190401)
- Environmentally sustainable plant production (260199)
- Environmentally sustainable animal production (100199)
Publications
Total publications
1
Conference Publication
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Weichelt PE, Burkitt LL, 'Does incubating bagged soil cores prior to oven drying effect extractable nutrient concentrations', Proceedings of the Joint Soil Science Australia and New Zealand Society of Soil Science Conference, 2-7 December 2012, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 710. ISBN 978-0-646-59142-1 (2012) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Burkitt LL |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
2
Total funding
$555,559
Projects
Roadmap for a Regional Agri-Food Knowledge Cluster in North West Tasmania (2022)$38,636
- Description
- This project will create a regional agri-food knowledge cluster in North West Tasmania. The cluster will link family farms and local agri-food enterprises with regional knowledge enterprises (e.g. researchers, digital experts), equipping them with the tools and resources to work together to strengthen drought resilience. The cluster will support local producers to navigate the fast-changing landscape of knowledge-intensive agriculture and food technologies and identify, adopt and adapt relevant new technologies to transform profitability and sustainability along the value chain. This will enable producers to diversify, mitigate against risk and generate cross-cutting economic, social and environmental benefits for the region (Objective 4a), as well as concrete benefits for agricultural productivity (1b) and community wellbeing (3a). The Ideas project will co-design the cluster, identify key opportunities for cross-sector collaboration and investment and produce a roadmap of next steps.
- Funding
- Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment ($38,636)
- Scheme
- Future Drought Fund
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Barnes NR; Kilpatrick SI; Weichelt PE
- Year
- 2022
Development of regional risk models for fungal diseases in pyrethrum (2021 - 2023)$516,923
- Description
- Disease management in pyrethum is a major concern. Diseases such as ray blight and tan spot represent a major risk to yield and the industry's ability consistently meet market production requirements. Managing that disease also represents a major financial and environmental cost. Therefore, any effort to reduce these costs without major disease yield losses would be beneficial.Currently, a standard industry wide recommended spray program is deployed to manage disease. However, anecdotal evidence from growers and initial results obtained from previous studies suggests that different growing regions are subject to different levels of disease pressure. It is suggested that if the relative risk of disease is quantified across the different growing regions, disease control strategies could be refined for the different regions. This would lead to an overall reduction in control costs by reducing fungicide sprays in low risk regions, whilst ensuring high risk regions are subject to sufficient sprays to mitigate disease losses. This reduced level of fungicide inputs would also help the industry minimise the spread of fungicide resistance in the fungal pathogen populations, an issue that is of increasing importance.This project aims to develop a risk framework for the pyrethrum industry that can be used to adapt their disease management strategies in accordance with region and environmental conditions. It is also envisaged that this work will lead to at least 3 Q1 research publications.
- Funding
- Horticulture Innovation Australia ($516,923)
- Scheme
- Request for Proposal
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Scott JB; Pearce T; Weichelt PE
- Period
- 2021 - 2023