Dr Barbara George-Jaeggli is a Senior Research Fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation. She has a Master of Science degree in Biology from ETH in Zürich and a PhD in Crop Physiology from UQ. The main objective of her research is to improve the profitability and sustainability of dry-land agriculture by increasing cereal crop productivity per unit input. Dr George-Jaeggli is part of a multi-disciplinary sorghum crop improvement group based at the Hermitage Research Facility in Warwick who have assembled extensive genotyping and phenotyping resources. Sorghum is valued for its high productivity under hot and dry conditions and is an important summer grain in the broad-acre cropping regions of north-eastern Australia and a staple food crop for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr George-Jaeggli’s team uses sorghum as a model to study the genetics and physiology of complex cereal traits, such as drought adaptation, canopy radiation use efficiency, photosynthetic capacity and yield. They have developed tools to measure these traits across thousands of field-grown breeders’ plots using proximal sensing platforms. Barbara George-Jaeggli is currently also the Centre Leader of Hermitage Research Facility.
Dr George-Jaeggli's work contributes to the development of new cereal cultivars with greater yield potential, especially in water-limited environments. She has significantly contributed to the unravelling of the mechanisms behind the stay-green trait in sorghum. This knowledge helps to drought-proof crops in Queensland and around the globe and contributes to food security.
Journal Article: Field crop phenomics: enabling breeding for radiation use efficiency and biomass in cereal crops
Furbank, Robert T., Jimenez‐Berni, Jose A., George‐Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries B. and Deery, David M. (2019). Field crop phenomics: enabling breeding for radiation use efficiency and biomass in cereal crops. New Phytologist, 223 (4) nph.15817, 1714-1727. doi: 10.1111/nph.15817
Journal Article: Multi-spectral imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle enables the assessment of seasonal leaf area dynamics of sorghum breeding lines
Potgieter, Andries B., George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Chapman, Scott C., Laws, Kenneth, Cadavid, Luz A. Suarez, Wixted, Jemima, Watson, James, Eldridge, Mark, Jordan, David R. and Hammer, Graeme L. (2017). Multi-spectral imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle enables the assessment of seasonal leaf area dynamics of sorghum breeding lines. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8 1532. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01532
Journal Article: Bigger is not always better: reducing leaf area helps stay-green sorghum use soil water more slowly
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Mortlock, Miranda Yolanda and Borrell, Andrew Kenneth (2017). Bigger is not always better: reducing leaf area helps stay-green sorghum use soil water more slowly. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 138, 119-129. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.03.002
Journal Article: Drought adaptation of stay-green cereals is associated with canopy development, leaf anatomy, root growth and water uptake
Borrell, Andrew K., Mullet, John E., George-Jaeggli, Barbara, van Oosterom, Erik J., Hammer, Graeme L., Klein, Patricia E. and Jordan, David R. (2014). Drought adaptation of stay-green cereals is associated with canopy development, leaf anatomy, root growth and water uptake. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65 (21), 6261-6263. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eru232
Developing methodologies for crop and farm level alignment with Australian Sustainability Frameworks
(2023–2024) Grains Research & Development Corporation
(2016–2017) Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
High yielding cereal agronomy in the northern grains region
(2014–2017) Grains Research & Development Corporation
(2022) Doctor Philosophy
(2017) Master Philosophy
Field crop phenomics: enabling breeding for radiation use efficiency and biomass in cereal crops
Furbank, Robert T., Jimenez‐Berni, Jose A., George‐Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries B. and Deery, David M. (2019). Field crop phenomics: enabling breeding for radiation use efficiency and biomass in cereal crops. New Phytologist, 223 (4) nph.15817, 1714-1727. doi: 10.1111/nph.15817
Potgieter, Andries B., George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Chapman, Scott C., Laws, Kenneth, Cadavid, Luz A. Suarez, Wixted, Jemima, Watson, James, Eldridge, Mark, Jordan, David R. and Hammer, Graeme L. (2017). Multi-spectral imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle enables the assessment of seasonal leaf area dynamics of sorghum breeding lines. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8 1532. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01532
Bigger is not always better: reducing leaf area helps stay-green sorghum use soil water more slowly
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Mortlock, Miranda Yolanda and Borrell, Andrew Kenneth (2017). Bigger is not always better: reducing leaf area helps stay-green sorghum use soil water more slowly. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 138, 119-129. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.03.002
Borrell, Andrew K., Mullet, John E., George-Jaeggli, Barbara, van Oosterom, Erik J., Hammer, Graeme L., Klein, Patricia E. and Jordan, David R. (2014). Drought adaptation of stay-green cereals is associated with canopy development, leaf anatomy, root growth and water uptake. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65 (21), 6261-6263. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eru232
Borrell, Andrew, van Oosterom, Erik, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Rodriguez, Daniel, Eyre, Joe, Jordan, David J., Mace, Emma, Singh, Vijaya, Vadez, Vincent, Bell, Mike, Godwin, Ian, Cruickshank, Alan, Tao, Yongfu and Hammer, Graeme (2021). Sorghum. Crop physiology: case histories for major crops. (pp. 196-221) edited by Victor O. Sadras and Daniel F. Calderini. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-819194-1.00005-0
Physiology of growth, development and yield
Borrell, A., van Oosterom, E., George-Jaeggli, B., Vadez, V., Singh, V. and Hammer, G. (2020). Physiology of growth, development and yield. Sorghum in the 21st century: food – fodder – feed – fuel for a rapidly changing world. (pp. 127-155) edited by Vilas A. Tonapi, Harvinder Singh Talwar, Ashok Kumar Are, B. Venkatesh Bhat, Ch. Ravinder Reddy and Timothy J. Dalton. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-8249-3_6
The use of hyperspectral proximal sensing for phenotyping of plant breeding trials
Potgieter, Andries B., Watson, James, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, McLean, Gregory, Eldridge, Mark, Chapman, Scott C., Laws, Kenneth, Christopher, Jack, Chenu, Karine, Borrell, Andrew, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David R. (2019). The use of hyperspectral proximal sensing for phenotyping of plant breeding trials. Fundamentals, sensor systems, spectral libraries, and data mining for vegetation. (pp. 127-148) edited by Prasad S. Thenkabail, John G. Lyon and Alfredo Huete. Boca Raton FL, USA: CRC Press.
Chapman, Scott C., Zheng, Bangyou, Potgieter, Andries B., Guo, Wei, Baret, Frederic, Liu, Shouyang, Madec, Simon, Solan, Benoit, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hammer, Graeme L. and Jordan, David R. (2018). Visible, near infrared, and thermal spectral radiance on-board UAVs for high-throughput phenotyping of plant breeding trials. Biophysical and biochemical characterization and plant species studies. (pp. 275-299) edited by Prasad S. Thenkabail, John G. Lyon and Alfredo Huete. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9780429431180-10
Borrell, Andrew K., Wong, Albert C. S., George-Jaeggli, Barbara, van Oosterom, Erik J., Mace, Emma S., Godwin, Ian D., Liu, Guoquan, Mullet, John E., Klein, Patricia E., Hammer, Graeme L., McLean, Greg, Hunt, Colleen and Jordan, David R. (2022). Genetic modification of PIN genes induces causal mechanisms of stay-green drought adaptation phenotype. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73 (19), 6711-6726. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac336
Genetic basis of sorghum leaf width and its potential as a surrogate for transpiration efficiency
Zhi, Xiaoyu, Hammer, Graeme, Borrell, Andrew, Tao, Yongfu, Wu, Alex, Hunt, Colleen, van Oosterom, Erik, Massey-Reed, Sean Reynolds, Cruickshank, Alan, Potgieter, Andries B., Jordan, David, Mace, Emma and George-Jaeggli, Barbara (2022). Genetic basis of sorghum leaf width and its potential as a surrogate for transpiration efficiency. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135 (9), 3057-3071. doi: 10.1007/s00122-022-04167-z
Pan, Ling, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Borrell, Andrew, Jordan, David, Koller, Fiona, Al-Salman, Yazen, Ghannoum, Oula and Cano, Francisco J. (2022). Coordination of stomata and vein patterns with leaf width underpins water-use efficiency in a C4 crop. Plant Cell and Environment, 45 (6), 1612-1630. doi: 10.1111/pce.14225
Estimating photosynthetic attributes from high-throughput canopy hyperspectral sensing in sorghum
Zhi, Xiaoyu, Massey-Reed, Sean Reynolds, Wu, Alex, Potgieter, Andries, Borrell, Andrew, Hunt, Colleen, Jordan, David, Zhao, Yan, Chapman, Scott, Hammer, Graeme and George-Jaeggli, Barbara (2022). Estimating photosynthetic attributes from high-throughput canopy hyperspectral sensing in sorghum. Plant Phenomics, 2022 9768502, 1-18. doi: 10.34133/2022/9768502
Genetic control of leaf angle in sorghum and its effect on light interception
Zhi, Xiaoyu, Tao, Yongfu, Jordan, David, Borrell, Andrew, Hunt, Colleen, Cruickshank, Alan, Potgieter, Andries, Wu, Alex, Hammer, Graeme, George-Jaeggli, Barbara and Mace, Emma (2021). Genetic control of leaf angle in sorghum and its effect on light interception. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73 (3) erab467, 801-816. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erab467
Detecting sorghum plant and head features from multispectral UAV imagery
Zhao, Yan, Zheng, Bangyou, Chapman, Scott C., Laws, Kenneth, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hammer, Graeme L., Jordan, David R. and Potgieter, Andries B. (2021). Detecting sorghum plant and head features from multispectral UAV imagery. Plant Phenomics, 2021 9874650, 9874650-14. doi: 10.34133/2021/9874650
Tall 3-dwarfs: oxymoron or opportunity to increase grain yield in sorghum?
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Lefèvre-Arbogast, Sophie, Hunt, Colleen, Cruickshank, Alan and Jordan, David R. (2021). Tall 3-dwarfs: oxymoron or opportunity to increase grain yield in sorghum?. Planta, 253 (5) 110, 110. doi: 10.1007/s00425-021-03629-w
High-throughput phenotyping of dynamic canopy traits associated with stay-green in grain sorghum
Liedtke, J. D., Hunt, C. H., George-Jaeggli, B., Laws, K., Watson, J., Potgieter, A. B., Cruickshank, A. and Jordan, D. R. (2020). High-throughput phenotyping of dynamic canopy traits associated with stay-green in grain sorghum. Plant Phenomics, 2020 4635153, 1-10. doi: 10.34133/2020/4635153
Genetic diversity of C4 photosynthesis pathway genes in Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Tao, Yongfu, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Bouteillé-Pallas, Marie, Tai, Shuaishuai, Cruickshank, Alan, Jordan, David and Mace, Emma (2020). Genetic diversity of C4 photosynthesis pathway genes in Sorghum bicolor (L.). Genes, 11 (7) 806, 806-15. doi: 10.3390/genes11070806
Geetika, Geetika, van Oosterom, Erik J, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Mortlock, Miranda Y, Deifel, Kurt S, McLean, Greg and Hammer, Graeme L. (2019). Genotypic variation in whole-plant transpiration efficiency in sorghum only partly aligns with variation in stomatal conductance. Functional Plant Biology, 46 (12), 1072-1089. doi: 10.1071/FP18177
Field crop phenomics: enabling breeding for radiation use efficiency and biomass in cereal crops
Furbank, Robert T., Jimenez‐Berni, Jose A., George‐Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries B. and Deery, David M. (2019). Field crop phenomics: enabling breeding for radiation use efficiency and biomass in cereal crops. New Phytologist, 223 (4) nph.15817, 1714-1727. doi: 10.1111/nph.15817
Clarke, S.J., McLean, J., George-Jaeggli, B., McLean, G., de Voil, P., Eyre, J.X. and Rodriguez, D. (2019). Understanding the diversity in yield potential and stability among commercial sorghum hybrids can inform crop designs. Field Crops Research, 230, 84-97. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2018.10.010
Mahajan, Gulshan, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Walsh, Michael and Chauhan, Bhagirath S. (2018). Effect of Soil Moisture Regimes on Growth and Seed Production of Two Australian Biotypes of Sisymbrium thellungii OE Schulz. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 1241, 1241. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01241
Novel grain weight loci revealed in a cross between cultivated and wild sorghum
Tao, Yongfu, Mace, Emma, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hunt, Colleen, Cruickshank, Alan, Henzell, Robert and Jordan, David (2018). Novel grain weight loci revealed in a cross between cultivated and wild sorghum. The Plant Genome, 11 (2) 170089, 170089. doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.10.0089
Potgieter, Andries B., George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Chapman, Scott C., Laws, Kenneth, Cadavid, Luz A. Suarez, Wixted, Jemima, Watson, James, Eldridge, Mark, Jordan, David R. and Hammer, Graeme L. (2017). Multi-spectral imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle enables the assessment of seasonal leaf area dynamics of sorghum breeding lines. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8 1532. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01532
Bigger is not always better: reducing leaf area helps stay-green sorghum use soil water more slowly
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Mortlock, Miranda Yolanda and Borrell, Andrew Kenneth (2017). Bigger is not always better: reducing leaf area helps stay-green sorghum use soil water more slowly. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 138, 119-129. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.03.002
Borrell, Andrew K., Mullet, John E., George-Jaeggli, Barbara, van Oosterom, Erik J., Hammer, Graeme L., Klein, Patricia E. and Jordan, David R. (2014). Drought adaptation of stay-green cereals is associated with canopy development, leaf anatomy, root growth and water uptake. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65 (21), 6261-6263. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eru232
Borrell, Andrew K., van Oosterom, Erik J., Mullet, John E., George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Jordan, David R., Klein, Patricia E. and Hammer, Graeme L. (2014). Stay-green alleles individually enhance grain yield in sorghum under drought by modifying canopy development and water uptake patterns. New Phytologist, 203 (3), 817-830. doi: 10.1111/nph.12869
Sorghum dwarfing genes can affect radiation capture and radiation use efficiency
George-Jaeggli, B., Jordan, D. R., van Oosterom, E. J., Broad, I. J. and Hammer, G. L. (2013). Sorghum dwarfing genes can affect radiation capture and radiation use efficiency. Field Crops Research, 149, 283-290. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.05.005
Decrease in sorghum grain yield due to the dw3 dwarfing gene is caused by reduction in shoot biomass
George-Jaeggli, B., Jordan, D. R., van Oosterom, E. J. and Hammer, G. L. (2011). Decrease in sorghum grain yield due to the dw3 dwarfing gene is caused by reduction in shoot biomass. Field Crops Research, 124 (2), 231-239. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.07.005
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Wu, Alex, McLean, Greg, Zhi, Xiaoyu, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Jordan, David and Hammer, Graeme (2022). Exploiting the variability and heritability of leaf angle in sorghum to design optimal canopies for different target environments. System Solutions for Complex Problems 20th Australian Agronomy Conference, Toowoomba, QLD Australia, 18-22 September 2022. Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
Das, Sumanta, Massey-Reed, Sean Reynolds, Mahuika, Jenny, Watson, James, Cordova, Celso, Otto, Loren, Zhao, Yan, Chapman, Scott, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Jordan, David, Hammer, Graeme L. and Potgieter, Andries B. (2022). A high-throughput phenotyping pipeline for rapid evaluation of morphological and physiological crop traits across large fields. IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17-22 July 2022. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9884530
How do crops balance water supply and demand when water is limiting?
Borrell, Andrew, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Oosterom, Erik van, Hammer, Graeme, Mace, Emma, Godwin, Ian, Liu, Guoquan, Wong, Albert, Matiwos, Temesgen, Bantte, Kassahun, Christopher, Jack, Hickey, Lee, Richard, Cecile, Robinson, Hannah and Jordan, David (2020). How do crops balance water supply and demand when water is limiting?. The Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference TropAg 2019 , Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11–13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036208
Potgieter, A.B., Laws, Kenneth, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hunt, Colleen, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Lamprecht, Marnie, Liedtke, Jana D., Zhao, Yan, Chapman, Scott, Borrell, Andrew K., Mace, Emma S., Hammer, Graeme L. and Jordan, David R. (2020). Quantifying drought tolerant crop traits using sensing technologies to enhance selection in sorghum breeding trials. Interdrought 2020, Mexico City, Mexico, 9-13 March 2020.
Watson-Lasowski, Alexander, Cano, Francisco Javier, Warren, Charles, Koller, Fiona, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Mace, Emma, Jordan, David and Ghannoum, Oula (2019). Basking in the heat vs. burning out: elucidating the difference between successful and unsuccessful acclimations to heat shock using two contrasting Sorghum bicolor genotypes. Innovations in Agriculture for Food Security, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia, 30 June - 3 July 2019.
Canopy and root plasticity for drought adaptation in cereals
Borrell, Andrew, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, van Oosterom, Erik, Hammer, Graeme, Mace, Emma, Godwin, Ian, Liu, G., Wong, Albert, Temesgen, M., Kassahun, B., Christopher, Jack, Hickey, Lee, Richard, Cecile, Robinson, Hannah and Jordan, David (2019). Canopy and root plasticity for drought adaptation in cereals. Climate Change Linked Stress Tolerance in Plants (M4) (Keystone Symposia), Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany, 13-16 May 2019.
Potgieter, Andries, Laws, Kenneth, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hunt, Colleen, Guo, Wei, Watson, James, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Chapman, Scott, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David (2019). Determining of targeted crop characteristics utilising sensing technologies to enhance selection of higher yielding varieties in sorghum breeding trials. Australian Summer Grains Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 8-10 July 2019.
Drought adaptation in sorghum: scaling-up from gene to farmer's field
Borrell, Andrew, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, van Oosterom, Erik, Hammer, Graeme, Godwin, Ian, Liu, G., Wong, Albert, Hunt, Colleen and Jordan, David (2019). Drought adaptation in sorghum: scaling-up from gene to farmer's field. Australian Summer Grains Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 8-10 July 2019.
High-throughput phenotyping of canopy radiation use efficiency and its component traits
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries, Zhi, Xiaoyu, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Watson, James, Lamprecht, Marnie, Chapman, Scott, Laws, Kenneth, Hunt, Colleen, Borrell, Andrew, Jordan, David, van Oosterom, Erik, Wu, Alex and Hammer, Graeme (2019). High-throughput phenotyping of canopy radiation use efficiency and its component traits. 6th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, Nanjing, China, 22-26 October 2019.
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries, Zhi, Xiaoyu, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Watson, James, Lamprecht, Marnie, Chapman, Scott, Laws, Kenneth, Hunt, Colleen, Borrell, Andrew, Jordan, David, van Oosterom, Erik, Wu, Alex and Hammer, Graeme (2019). High-throughput phenotyping tools to test whether leaf-level photosynthesis traits are measurable at the crop level. TropAg 2019, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10-13 November 2019.
Predicting lodging using sensing technologies to enhance selection in sorghum breeding trials
Potgieter, Andries, Laws, Kenneth, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hunt, Colleen, Guo, Wei, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Chapman, Scott, Borrell, Andrew, Mace, Emma, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David (2019). Predicting lodging using sensing technologies to enhance selection in sorghum breeding trials. 6th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, Nanjing, China, 22-26 October 2019.
Seeing canopy photosynthesis through the eyes of a Gecko
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Zhi, Xiaoyue, Wu, Alex, Potgieter, Andries, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Watson, James, Hunt, Colleen, Lamprecht, Marnie, Chapman, Scott, Borrell, Andrew, Jordan, David and Hammer, Graeme (2019). Seeing canopy photosynthesis through the eyes of a Gecko. Innovations in Agriculture for Food Security, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30 June - 3 July 2019.
Variation in leaf vein density in sorghum and implications for C4 photosynthesis
Borrell, Andrew, Fraija, Juan, Wang, Rui, Hunt, Colleen, Jordan, David, Mace, Emma, Ghannoum, Oula, Cano, F. Javier, Pan, Ling and George-Jaeggli, Barbara (2019). Variation in leaf vein density in sorghum and implications for C4 photosynthesis. Innovations in Agriculture for Food Security, Brisbane, Australia, 30 June - 3 July 2019.
Variation in leaf vein density in sorghum and implications for C4 photosynthesis
Borrell, Andrew, Fraija, Juan, Wang, Rui, Hunt, Colleen, Jordan, David, Mace, Emma, Tao. Yongfu, Ghannoum, Oula, Cano, Francisco Javier, Pan, Ling and George-Jaeggli, Barbara (2019). Variation in leaf vein density in sorghum and implications for C4 photosynthesis. Innovations in Agriculture for Food Security, Brisbane, Australia, 30 June - 3 July.
What is the cellular basis for seed size differences in sorghum?
Shipp, Jessica, Mace, Emma, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Tao, Yongfu, Cruickshank, Alan, Jordan, David and Roberts, T. (2019). What is the cellular basis for seed size differences in sorghum?. Australian Summer Grains Conference (ASGC 2019), Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 8-10 July 2019.
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Watson, James and Potgieter, Andries (2018). An integrated sensing approach to map the genetic loci associated with canopy radiation use efficiency in sorghum. 5th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, Adelaide, Australia, 2-5 October 2018.
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Watson, James and Potgieter, Andries (2018). An integrated sensing platform to map the genetic loci associated with canopy radiation use efficiency in sorghum. Combio, Sydney, Australia, 23-26 September 2018.
Potgieter, Andries B., Watson, James, Eldridge, Mark, Laws, Kenneth, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hunt, Colleen, Borrell, Andrew, Mace, Emma, Chapman, Scott C., Jordan, David R. and Hammer, Graeme L. (2018). Determining crop growth dynamics in sorghum breeding trials through remote and proximal sensing technologies. 38th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Valencia, Spain, Jul 22-27, 2018. NEW YORK: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8519296
Field phenotyping of sorghum breeding trials through proximal sensing technologies
Potgieter, Andries, Watson, James, Eldridge, Mark, Laws, Kenneth, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hunt, Colleen, Chapman, Scott, Jordan, David and Hammer, Graeme (2018). Field phenotyping of sorghum breeding trials through proximal sensing technologies. Sorghum in the 21st Century, Cape Town, South Africa, 9-12 April 2018.
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries, James, Watson, Chapman, Scott, Zheng, Bangyou, Eldridge, Mark, Laws, Kenneth, Mace, Emma, Hunt, Colleen, Hathorn, Adrian, Borrell, Andrew, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David (2018). Trial results - Tactical agronomy for sorghum and maize and agronomy for high yielding sorghum and wheat in the northern region. 2nd Asia-Pacific Plant Phenotyping Conference, Nanjing, China, 23- 25 March 2018.
Variation in Leaf Vein Density (LVD) in sorghum: leaf anatomy and C4 photosynthesis
Fraija, Juan, George-Jaeggli, Barbara and Borrell, Andrew (2018). Variation in Leaf Vein Density (LVD) in sorghum: leaf anatomy and C4 photosynthesis. ARC Centre of Excellence in Translational Photosynthesis Annual Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 29-30 May 2018.
Variation in Leaf Vein Density (LVD) in sorghum: leaf anatomy and C4 photosynthesis
Borrell, Andrew, Fraija, Juan, Wang, Rui, Hunt, Colleen, Mace, Emma, Jordan, David and George-Jaeggli, Barbara (2018). Variation in Leaf Vein Density (LVD) in sorghum: leaf anatomy and C4 photosynthesis. Variation in Leaf Vein Density (LVD) in sorghum: leaf anatomy and C4 photosynthesis, Redcliffe, QLD, Australia, 17-18 July 2018.
Adapting cereals to drought: genetic and management solutions
Borrell, A. K., George-Jaeggli, B., van Oosterom, E. J., Mace, E. S., Jordan, D. R., Kassahun, B., Matiwos, T., Vadez, V., Talwar, H., Christopher, J. T., Chenu, K., Richard, C., Robinson, H., Hickey, L., Nagothu, S. U. and Hammer, G. L. (2017). Adapting cereals to drought: genetic and management solutions. TropAg2017, International Tropical Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 20-22 November 2017. Trop Ag.
Geetika, Geetika, van Oosterom, Erik, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Deifel, Kurt, McLean, Gregory and Hammer, Graeme (2017). Constitutive genotypic differences in transpiration rates are a major cause for variation in transpiration efficiency in sorghum. TropAg2017, Brisbane, Australia, 20-22 November 2017.
Field phenotyping for photosynthetic traits in sorghum
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries, Chapman, Scott, Watson, James, Eldridge, Mark, Laws, Ken, George, Peter, Borrell, Andrew, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David (2017). Field phenotyping for photosynthetic traits in sorghum. TropAg2017, Convention and exhibition centre, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 20-22 November 2017.
Watson, James, Potgieter, Andrew, Laws, Ken, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Eldridge, Mark, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David (2017). Field phenotyping for photosynthetic traits in sorghum.Taking cover: an assessment of the performance of narrowband and wideband spectral sensors for estimating sorghum cover. TropAg2017, Brisbane, Australia, 20-22 November 2017.
Geetika, Geetika, van Oosterom, Erik, George-Jaeggli, Barbara and Hammer, Graeme (2017). Genotypic differences in transpiration efficiency in sorghum mainly linked to variation in transpiration rate. Interdrought V, Hyderabad, India, 21-25 February 2017.
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries, Chapman, Scott, Laws, Kenneth, Watson, James, Eldridge, Mark, van Oosterom, Erik, Geetika, Geetika, Mace, Emma, Hathorn, Adrian, Hunt, Collen, Borrell, Andrew, von Caemmerer, Susanne, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David (2017). High-throughput phenotyping and genotyping of variation in photosynthesis traits for increased crop yields. Chloroplast Metabolism and Photosynthesis Symposium, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 26-28 July 2017.
Clarke, Simon J., McLean, James, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Eyre, Joseph and Rodriguez, Daniel (2017). Understanding the importance of matching sorghum hybrids and agronomy to site and seasonal conditions. 18th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference, Ballarat, VIC Australia, 24-28 September 2017. Australian Society of Agronomy.
Field phenotyping of sorghum breeding plots through proximal sensing
Potgieter, Andries, Watson, James, Jordan, David, Hammer, Graeme, Chapman, Scott, Laws, Kenneth, McLean, Greg, Barbara George-Jaeggli, Holland, Edward and Eldridge, Mark (2016). Field phenotyping of sorghum breeding plots through proximal sensing. 5th International Controlled Environment Conference (AusPheno 2016), ANU, 18-23 September, 2016.
Stay-green enhances lodging resistance under terminal water deficit in sorghum
Borrell, Andrew, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Cruickshank, Alan and Jordan, David (2016). Stay-green enhances lodging resistance under terminal water deficit in sorghum. Australian Summer Grains Conference, RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, 7- 9 March 2016.
Brider, Jason, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Broad, Ian, Eyre, Joseph, McLean, Greg, McLean, James, Skerman, Andrew and Rodriguez, Daniel (2016). Updating the crop simulation model APSIM to predict yields of more specifically-adapted sorghum hybrids. Australian Summer Grains Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 7-9 March 2016.
Adapting rain-fed sorghum agronomy to breeding progress - cropping system model parameterisation
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Brider, Jason, Broad, Ian, Chenu, Karine, Eyre, Joseph, Ferrante, Ariel, McLean, Greg, McLean, James, Skerman, Andrew and Rodriguez, Daniel (2015). Adapting rain-fed sorghum agronomy to breeding progress - cropping system model parameterisation. Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 21-24 September 2015. Warragul, VIC, Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
Ferrante, Ariel, Eyre, Joseph, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, McLean, James, Chenu, Karine, deVoil, Peter, McLean, Greg and Rodriguez, Daniel (2015). High yielding wheat in the northern region: impact of nitrogen fertilisation on grain yield and quality in modern cultivars. Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 21-24 September 2015. Warragul, VIC, Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
Maize yield determination in the Northern Region: hybrid by environment by management interactions
Ferrante, Ariel, Eyre, Joe, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, McLean, James, Chenu, Karine, deVoil, Peter, McLean, Greg and Rodriguez, Daniel (2015). Maize yield determination in the Northern Region: hybrid by environment by management interactions. Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 21-24 September 2015. Warragul, VIC, Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
The stay-green trait in cereals: integrating from cell to whole plant
Borrell, v, Van Oosterom, Erik J., Mullet, John, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hammer, Graeme, Klein, Patricia and Jordan, David (2014). The stay-green trait in cereals: integrating from cell to whole plant. 7th European Workshop on Plant Senescence, Aarhus, Denmark, 10-14 November 2014.
Development and evaluation of drought-adapted sorghum germplasm for Africa and Australia – Phase II.
Borrell, A., Coulibaly, S., Teme, N., George-Jaeggli, B., Hamlet, S., George, P. and Jordan, D. (2013). Development and evaluation of drought-adapted sorghum germplasm for Africa and Australia – Phase II.. 2013 General Research Meeting (GRM), Lisbon, Portugal, 27 - 30 September 2013. Generation Challenge Program, CGIAR.
Improving cereal productivity with stay-green technology.
Borrell, A., Hammer, G., Van Oosterom, E., George-Jaeggli, B., McLean, G., Hamlet, S., Hunt, C., Mace, E., Mullet, J., Klein, P., Weers, B. and Jordan, D. (2013). Improving cereal productivity with stay-green technology.. 2013 QAAFI Annual Research Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 6-7 August 2013.
Borrell, Andrew K., Jordan, David R. and George-Jaeggli, Barbara (2011). Developing drought-adapted sorghum germplasm for Africa and Australia: Stay-green trait beneficial in tall and short backgrounds. Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference, San Diego CA, United States, 15-19 January 2011.
Tall sorghum plants use water more efficiently than short ones
George-Jaeggli, B., Hammer, G. L., Van Oosterom, E. J. and Jordan, D. R. (2006). Tall sorghum plants use water more efficiently than short ones. 5th Australian Sorghum Conference, Gold Coast, 30 January - 2 February 2006. Gold Coast: Range Media Pty Ltd.
PlantPhenomics-D-21-00046_PhenotypicData
Zhi, Xiaoyu and George-Jaeggli, Barbara (2022). PlantPhenomics-D-21-00046_PhenotypicData. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/acbe0df
Physiology and Genetics of Height-Yield Associations in Sorghum
Barbara George-Jaeggli (2009). Physiology and Genetics of Height-Yield Associations in Sorghum. PhD Thesis, School of Land, Crop and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Developing methodologies for crop and farm level alignment with Australian Sustainability Frameworks
(2023–2024) Grains Research & Development Corporation
(2016–2017) Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
High yielding cereal agronomy in the northern grains region
(2014–2017) Grains Research & Development Corporation
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2017) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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