Kim M. Plummer
Senior Lecturer & Honours Coordinator for Agricult
Environment Sciences
La trobe university
Russian Federation
Biography
Dr Plummer's research is focused on the interactions of pathogenic fungi and plants. Her research focusses on the pathogen using various 'omics' approaches to reveal pathogenicity factors used by fungi to infect crop plants. Her work within the CRC Plant Biosecurity is to investigate mechanisms for accurate and unambiguous identification of pathogens, using comparative genomics. This work is a collaborative effort between Dr Plummer's lab and researchers within Ag VIC and Plant & Food Research, NZ and various other international groups. An ARC Discovery grant has funded Dr Plummer's collaboration with Prof Marilyn Anderson’s group to investigate the basis of antifungal activity of a tobacco defensin. Dr Plummer is also a member of a team (5 universities) delivering the National Plant Biosecurity Curriculum, an online course for postgraduate training in plant biosecurity.
Research Interest
BIO1EEB - Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity BOT2ILP - Inner Life of Plants BOT3PB - Plant Biotechnology - analysis of plant gene function, plant genomics and genetics BOT3ABT - Agricultural Biotechnology BOT5BPP - Biosecurity Plant Pests: Pathogens AGR2PPD - Plant Pests and Diseases AGR3PPP - Plant Pests and Pathogens
