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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Jeremy J. Burdon is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Plant Science.

The breadth of their work spans related subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Agronomy and Crop Science. Major research topics explored by the scientist involve Plant Pathogens and Resistance, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Plant Virus Research Studies, Genetically Modified Organisms Research, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • Climate change and disease in plant communities (2020, PLoS Biology)
  • Optimizing Plant Disease Management in Agricultural Ecosystems Through Rational In-Crop Diversification (2021, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Triple bottom-line consideration of sustainable plant disease management: From economic, sociological and ecological perspectives (2021, Journal of Integrative Agriculture)
  • Plant diversity ameliorates the evolutionary development of fungicide resistance in an agricultural ecosystem (2021, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • Studying Wild Plant Pathosystems to Understand Crop Plant Pathosystems: Status, Gaps, Challenges, and Perspectives (2022, Phytopathology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jeremy J. Burdon include:

  • Jiasui Zhan
  • Peter H. Thrall
  • Yanping Wang
  • Zhechao Pan
  • Lina Yang

The primary venues where this scientist publishes are:

  • PLoS Biology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Journal of Integrative Agriculture
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Phytopathology

Best Publications

  • Diseases and Plant Population Biology

    J. J. Burdon

  • The Conservation of Plant Biodiversity

    O. H. Frankel;Anthony Hugh Dean Brown;J. J. Burdon

  • Gene-for-gene coevolution between plants and parasites

    John N. Thompson;Jeremy J. Burdon

  • Host Density as a Factor in Plant Disease Ecology

    J. J. Burdon;G. A. Chilvers

  • Coevolution of symbiotic mutualists and parasites in a community context.

    Peter H. Thrall;Michael E. Hochberg;Jeremy J. Burdon;James D. Bever

  • Evolution of virulence in a plant host-pathogen metapopulation.

    Peter H. Thrall;Jeremy J. Burdon

  • Life history determines genetic structure and evolutionary potential of host–parasite interactions

    Luke G. Barrett;Peter H. Thrall;Jeremy J. Burdon;Celeste C. Linde

  • Ecology of biological invasions.

    R. H. Groves;J. J. Burdon

  • The Current and Future Dynamics of Disease in Plant Communities

    Jeremy J. Burdon;Peter H. Thrall;Lars Ericson

  • The Structure of Pathogen Populations in Natural Plant Communities

    J J Burdon

  • Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Coevolving Plant and Pathogen Associations

    J. J. Burdon;P. H. Thrall

  • Rapid genetic change underpins antagonistic coevolution in a natural host‐pathogen metapopulation

    Peter H. Thrall;Anna-Liisa Laine;Anna-Liisa Laine;Michael Ravensdale;Michael Ravensdale;Adnane Nemri

  • Evolution in agriculture: the application of evolutionary approaches to the management of biotic interactions in agro-ecosystems.

    Peter H. Thrall;John G. Oakeshott;Gary Fitt;Simon Southerton

  • LOCAL ADAPTATION IN THE LINUM MARGINALE—MELAMPSORA LINI HOST‐PATHOGEN INTERACTION

    Peter H. Thrall;J. J. Burdon;James D. Bever

  • Playing on a pathogen's weakness: using evolution to guide sustainable plant disease control strategies.

    Jiasui Zhan;Peter H. Thrall;Julien Papaïx;Lianhui Xie

  • Sources and patterns of diversity in plant-pathogenic fungi.

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  • Variation in the effectiveness of symbiotic associations between native rhizobia and temperate Australian Acacia: within-species interactions

    J. J. Burdon;A. H. Gibson;Suzette D. Searle;M. J. Woods

  • Coevolution of plants and their pathogens in natural habitats.

    Jeremy J. Burdon;Peter H. Thrall

  • Pathogen evolution across the agro-ecological interface: implications for disease management.

    Jeremy J. Burdon;Peter H. Thrall

  • Pests, Pathogens and Plant Communities

    J. J. Burdon;S. R. Leather

  • Spatial and temporal dynamics of epidemics of the rust fungus Uromyces valerianae on populations of its host Valeriana salina

    Lars Ericson;J J Burdon;W J Muller

  • Diseases and Plant Population Biology.

    N. W. Simmonds;J. Burdon

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Thrall
Peter H. Thrall Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Anthony H. D. Brown
Anthony H. D. Brown Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Lars Ericson
Lars Ericson Umeå University
Anna-Liisa Laine
Anna-Liisa Laine University of Helsinki
Peter N. Dodds
Peter N. Dodds Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Andrew G. Young
Andrew G. Young Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Robert F. Park
Robert F. Park University of Sydney
Harsh Raman
Harsh Raman New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
James D. Bever
James D. Bever University of Kansas
John N. Thompson
John N. Thompson University of California, Santa Cruz

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