Tina Acuna
Associate Professor in Crop Science
Science, Engineering and Technology
University of Tasmania
Australia
Biography
Associate Professor Tina Acuña is the Deputy Associate Dean Learning and Teaching for the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology at the University of Tasmania. She teaches and undertakes research in high rainfall cropping systems in the Agriculture and Food Systems discipline in the School of Land and Food. Tina led the development of national Learning and Teaching Academic Standards for Agriculture in higher education. She was the recipient of an Australian Award: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in 2016.
Research Interest
Crop Science, Agronomy, Sustainability, Cereals
Publications
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Harris R, Clune T, Peoples M, Swan T, Bellotti W, Chen W, Turner NC, Acuna T, Johnson RC. The role of nitrogen and in-crop lucerne suppression for increasing cereal performance in companion cropping systems. Inproceedings of the 13th Australian agronomy conference, Perth, Western Australia 2006 Sep.
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Acuna T, Kelder JA, Lane P, Hannan G. Developing threshold learning outcomes for agricultural science. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education (formerly CAL-laborate International). 2013 Sep 30;21(5).
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Christy B, O’Leary G, Riffkin P, Acuna T, Potter T, Clough A. Long-season canola (Brassica napus L.) cultivars offer potential to substantially increase grain yield production in south-eastern Australia compared with current spring cultivars. Crop and Pasture Science. 2013 Nov 26;64(9):901-13.
