Louisa Parkinson
Research Overview Full List of Publications & Presentations Scholarships & Awards
Plant Disease Journal (2019) - Rapid detection of Calonectria ilicicola, Dactylonectria macrodidyma and the Dactylonectria genus in avocado roots Talking Avocados (2019) - Xylella fastidiosa, a high priority biosecurity threat for the Australian avocado industry Talking Avocados (2018) - Biosecurity update on ambrosia beetles Australasian Plant Pathology Journal (2018) - Current status of the Botryosphaeriaceae in Australia APPS Pathogen of the Month (2018) - Dactylonectria Phytopathology Journal (2017) - Pathogenicity of nectriaceous fungi on avocado in Australia Mycoscience Journal (2017) - Novel species of Gliocladiopsis from avocado roots in Australia Talking Avocados (2017) - Black root rot - what do we know and how can we manage it? SAAGA (2017) - Three “other” diseases impacting avocado productivity in Australia Australasian Plant Pathology Journal (2015) - Efficacy of acibenzolar-S-methyl (Bion®) treatment of Australian commercial passionfruit
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Louisa Parkinson

Scholarships & Awards

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  • 2017 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses (PhD Thesis, University of Queensland).

  • 2013–2017 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship, $26,288 p.a.

  • 2015–2017 QAAFI Top-Up Scholarship, $7000 p.a.

  • 2015 UQ Graduate School International Travel Award (GSITA) Scholarship, $5000. The GSITA enabled me to present my PhD research at the 8th World Avocado Congress in held in Lima, Peru in September 2015.

  • 2015 Winner of the QAAFI Three Minute Thesis (3MT) and subsequently represented QAAFI in the UQ 3MT All Institutes Final, and awarded Runner-Up.

  • 2013 First Class Honours achieved in the Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours) degree at the University of Queensland.

  • 2012 UQ Summer Research Scholarship, $2000.

  • 2011–2012 Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement Award, from the Executive Dean of Science at UQ, for achieving a Grade Point Average score of 6 or higher in Semester 2, 2011 and Semester 1, 2012.

  • 2010 Certificate of Achievement from the UQ School of Business, for submitting an assignment that scored in the top 1% of the student cohort of over 1000, in the subject Introduction to Business Management (MGTS1301).