Professor, Plant Science | Chair, Center of Excellence for Sustainable Food Security
Center membership :Center for Desert Agriculture
Engineering improved nitrogen use efficiency via recycling and remobilization of organic nitrogen, Melino, V.J., Tester, M. & Okamoto, M., Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2022, 74:263–269.
Nature-inspired superhydrophobic sand mulches increase agricultural productivity and water-use efficiency in arid regions, Gallo, A. Jr, Odokonyero, K., Mousa, M.A.A., Reihmer, J., Al-Mashharawi, S., Marasco, R., Manalastas, E., Morton, M.J.L., Daffonchio, D., McCabe, M. & Tester, M., Mishra, H., ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, 2022. Also published in https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.00495
Phenotyping a diversity panel of quinoa using UAV-retrieved leaf area index, SPAD-based chlorophyll and a random forest approach, Jiang, J., Johansen, K., Stanschewski, C.S., Wellman, G., Mousa, M.A.A., Fiene, G.M., Asiry, K.A., Tester, M., McCabe, M.F., Precision Agriculture, 2022.
On the effects of CO2 atmosphere in the pyrolysis of Salicornia bigelovii, Aljaziria, J., Gautama, R., Alturkistania S., Fiene, G.M., Tester, M. & Sarathy, S.M., Bioresource Technology, 2022, 17: 100950.
Quinoa phenotyping methodologies: an international consensus, Stanschewski, C.S., Rey, E., Fiene, G., Craine, E., Wellman, G., Melino, V., Patiranage, D.S.R., Johansen, K., Schmöckel, S., Bertero, D., Oakey, H., Coloque-Little, C., Afzal, I., Miller, N., Streich, J., Amby, D.B., Warmington, M., Mousa, M., Wu, D., Andreasen, C., Jung, C., Murphy, K., Bazile, D., Tester, M, Plants, 2021, 10: 1759.
Characterization of epidermal bladder cells in the plant Chenopodium quinoa, Otterbach, S., Khoury, H., Rupasinghe, T., Mendis, H., Kwan, K., Lui, V., Natera, S.H.A., Klaiber, I., Allen, N.M., Jarvis, D.E., Tester, M., Roessner, U. & Schmöckel, S.M., Plant, Cell & Environment, 2021: 1-17.