Professor Elizabeth Aitken
Professor
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
+61 7 336 54775
John Hines Building (62), Room 519A, St Lucia campus
Teaching and Development
- BIOL2203 Plant Biology
- BIOL3201 Fungi and Plant Diseases
- BIOL3011 Plant Microbe and Insect Interactions
- BIOL3200 Advanced Plant Science
- BOTN6017 Introduction to Plant Pathology
- BIOL6011 Molecular diagnostics in Plant Protection
Researcher biography
Professor Elizabeth Aitken (Liz) obtained her BSc Hons in Agricultural Science (Crop Science) from Edinburgh University where she specialised in Plant Pathology. She then went on to undertake her PhD studies at Aberdeen University in conjunction with the UK Forestry Commission on a study of dieback on Scots pine trees. This was followed with postdoctoral studies at Birmingham University and the Sainsbury Lab, aiming to identify a rust resistance gene by transposon tagging. In 1993 she moved to Australia and joined UQ as an academic staff member.
Much of Liz's research at UQ has focused on diseases of tropical crops in particular banana, ginger, cotton and sunflower. Research topics have included the genetics of plant-pathogen interactions, molecular aspects of pathogenicity and disease diagnostics. This research has been undertaken with strong collaborations with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and with CSIRO. Research topics have included the genetics of plant-pathogen interactions, molecular aspects of pathogenicity and disease diagnostics. This work has assisted in the identification of disease incursions in particular in banana and of cryptic plant pathogen species of Pythium in ginger and Phomopsis in sunflower. One current research focus includes identification of resistance to Fusarium wilt in diploid banana lines for potential deployment against TR4 in commercial banana cultivars; this has received funding from BMGF in collaboration with the International Institute of Topical Agriculture in Africa as well as from Hort Innovation Australia. Other studies include analysis of putative pathogenicity genes including Six genes in Fusarium oxysporum affecting banana, strawberry and ginger and in collaboration with colleagues at CSIRO studies on Fusarium spp on wheat particularly with regard to influence of environmental factors related to climate change.
Since commencing at UQ in 1993, Liz has supervised numerous postgraduate and honours students and participated in undergraduate teaching at all levels in plant science and in particular in plant pathology and fungal biology. She has also taken on various roles and committee membership in postgraduate student mentoring, research integrity and biosafety.
Publications
Book Chapters
Rana, Anuj, Karunakaran, Aneesh, Fitzgerald, Timothy L., Sabburg, Rosalie, Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Henry, Robert J., Powell, Jonathan J. and Kazan, Kemal (2018). A highly efficient and reproducible Fusarium spp. inoculation method for Brachypodium distachyon. Brachypodium genomics: methods and protocols. (pp. 43-55) edited by Gaurav Sablok, Hikmet Budak and Peter J. Ralph. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7278-4_4
Pilotti, C., Sanderson, F. R., Aitken, E. A. B. and Bridge, P. D. (2000). Genetic variation in Ganoderma spp. from Papua New Guinea as revealed by molecular (PCR) methods. Ganoderma Diseases of Perennial Crops. (pp. 195-204) edited by J. Flood, P. D. Bridge and M. Holderness. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.
Journal Articles
Chen, Andrew, Le, Duy P., Smith, Linda J., Kafle, Dinesh, Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. and Gardiner, Donald M. (2024). Assessing the Pathogenicity of Berkeleyomyces rouxiae and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Using a Rapid and Robust Seedling Screening Method. Journal of Fungi, 10 (10) 715, 715. doi: 10.3390/jof10100715
Gardiner, Donald M., Smith, Linda J., Rusu, Anca and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2024). The genomes of two Australian isolates of Verticillium dahliae recovered from cotton fields. Australasian Plant Pathology, 53 (5), 435-441. doi: 10.1007/s13313-024-00993-5
Chen, Andrew, Morrison, Sabrina, Gregson, Aphrika, Le, Duy P., Urquhart, Andrew S., Smith, Linda J., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. and Gardiner, Donald M. (2024). Fluorescently Tagged Verticillium dahliae to Understand the Infection Process on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and Weed Plant Species. Pathogens, 13 (6) 442, 442. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13060442
Anderson, Jay M., Coates, Lindy M., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Mitchell, Roger W., McTaggart, Alistair R. and Dann, Elizabeth K. (2024). The pathogenic diversity and host range of Colletotrichum spp. causing pepper spot and anthracnose of lychee (Litchi chinensis) in Australia. Plant Pathology, 73 (6), 1334-1348. doi: 10.1111/ppa.13901
Matthews, Andrea, Muthukumar, Sharan P. T., Hamill, Sharon, Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. and Chen, Andrew (2023). Impact of inoculum density of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. zingiberi on symptomatic appearances and yield of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe). Access Microbiology, 5 (9), 1-16. doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000605.v3
Thompson, Susan M., Neate, Stephen M., Gulya, Thomas J. and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2023). Diaporthe gulyae colonizes seeds of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) systematically through leaf, petiole and stem infection. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 167 (1), 41-58. doi: 10.1007/s10658-023-02683-2
Chen, Andrew, Sun, Jiaman, Viljoen, Altus, Mostert, Diane, Xie, Yucong, Mangila, Leroy, Bothma, Sheryl, Lyons, Rebecca, Hřibová, Eva, Christelová, Pavla, Uwimana, Brigitte, Amah, Delphine, Pearce, Stephen, Chen, Ning, Batley, Jacqueline, Edwards, David, Doležel, Jaroslav, Crisp, Peter, Brown, Allan F., Martin, Guillaume, Yahiaoui, Nabila, D’Hont, Angelique, Coin, Lachlan, Swennen, Rony and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2023). Genetic mapping, candidate gene identification and marker validation for host plant resistance to the race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense using Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis. Pathogens, 12 (6) 820, 820. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12060820
Chen, Andrew, Sun, Jiaman, Martin, Guillaume, Gray, Lesley-Ann, Hřibová, Eva, Christelová, Pavla, Yahiaoui, Nabila, Rounsley, Steve, Lyons, Rebecca, Batley, Jacqueline, Chen, Ning, Hamill, Sharon, Rai, Subash K., Coin, Lachlan, Uwimana, Brigitte, D’Hont, Angelique, Doležel, Jaroslav, Edwards, David, Swennen, Rony and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2023). Identification of a major QTL-controlling resistance to the Subtropical Race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis. Pathogens, 12 (2) 289, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12020289
Prasath, Duraisamy, Matthews, Andrea, O’Neill, Wayne T., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. and Chen, Andrew (2023). Fusarium yellows of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. zingiberi is associated with cultivar-specific expression of defense-responsive genes. Pathogens, 12 (1) 141, 141. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12010141
Jambuthenne, Dilani T., Riaz, Adnan, Athiyannan, Naveenkumar, Alahmad, Samir, Ng, Wei Ling, Ziems, Laura, Afanasenko, Olga, Periyannan, Sambasivam K., Aitken, Elizabeth, Platz, Greg, Godwin, Ian, Voss-Fels, Kai P., Dinglasan, Eric and Hickey, Lee T. (2022). Mining the Vavilov wheat diversity panel for new sources of adult plant resistance to stripe rust. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135 (4), 1355-1373. doi: 10.1007/s00122-022-04037-8
Sabburg, Rosalie, Gregson, Aphrika, Urquhart, Andrew S., Aitken, Elizabeth A.B., Smith, Linda, Thatcher, Louise F. and Gardiner, Donald M. (2021). A method for high-throughput image-based antifungal screening. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 190 106342, 106342. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2021.106342
Khudhair, Mohammed, Obanor, F., Kazan, K., Gardiner, D. M., Aitken, E., McKay, A., Giblot-Ducray, D., Simpfendorfer, S. and Thatcher, L. F. (2021). Genetic diversity of Australian Fusarium pseudograminearum populations causing crown rot in wheat. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 159 (4), 741-753. doi: 10.1007/s10658-020-02198-0
Anderson, Jay and Aitken, Elizabeth (2021). Effect of in Planta Treatment of ‘Cavendish’ Banana with Herbicides and Fungicides on the Colonisation and Sporulation by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Subtropical Race 4. Journal of Fungi, 7 (3) 184, 184-11. doi: 10.3390/jof7030184
Czislowski, Elizabeth, Zeil-Rolfe, Isabel and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2021). Effector profiles of endophytic Fusarium associated with asymptomatic banana (Musa sp.) hosts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (5) 2508, 2508-25. doi: 10.3390/ijms22052508
Ruscoe, P. E., Aitken, E. A.B. and Stirling, G. R. (2021). Southern sting nematode (Ibipora lolii): its occurrence and population dynamics in Western Australia and an assessment of resistance and tolerance to the nematode in turf grasses. Australasian Plant Pathology, 50 (5), 559-569. doi: 10.1007/s13313-021-00805-0
Khudhair, Mohammed, Kazan, Kemal, Thatcher, Louise F., Obanor, Friday, Rusu, Anca, Sørensen, Jens L., Wollenberg, Rasmus D., McKay, Alan, Giblot-Ducray, Danièle, Simpfendorfer, Steven, Aitken, Elizabeth and Gardiner, Donald M. (2020). Fusaristatin A production negatively affects the growth and aggressiveness of the wheat pathogen Fusarium pseudograminearum. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 136 103314, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.103314
Gomez, Apollo O., De Faveri, Joanne, Neal, Jodi M., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. and Herrington, Mark E. (2020). Response of strawberry cultivars inoculated with Macrophomina phaseolina in Australia. International Journal of Fruit Science, 20 (sup2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/15538362.2019.1709114
McFarlane, D. J., Aitken, E. A.B., Ridley, A. W. and Walter, G. H. (2020). The dietary relationships of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) with microfungi. Journal of Applied Entomology, 145 (1-2) jen.12830, 158-169. doi: 10.1111/jen.12830
Fei, Shulang, Czislowski, Elizabeth, Fletcher, Stephen, Peters, Jonathan, Batley, Jacqueline, Aitken, Elizabeth and Mitter, Neena (2019). Small RNA profiling of Cavendish banana roots inoculated with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1 and tropical race 4. Phytopathology Research, 1 (1) 22. doi: 10.1186/s42483-019-0029-3
Carvalhais, Lilia C., Henderson, Juliane, Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., O'Dwyer, Cecilia, Czislowski, Elizabeth, Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. and Drenth, Andre (2019). Molecular diagnostics of banana Fusarium wilt targeting secreted-in-xylem genes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10 547, 547. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00547
Chen, Andrew, Sun, Jiaman, Matthews, Andrea, Armas-Egas, Liz, Chen, Ning, Hamill, Sharon, Mintoff, Sharl, Tran-Nguyen, Lucy T. T., Batley, Jaqueline and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2019). Assessing variations in host resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f sp. cubense race 4 in Musa species, with a focus on the subtropical race 4. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10 (MAY) 1062, 1062. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01062
Khudhair, M., Thatcher, L. F., Gardiner, D. M., Kazan, K., Roper, M. M., Aitken, E. and Obanor, F. (2019). Comparative analysis of genetic structures and aggressiveness of Fusarium pseudograminearum populations from two surveys undertaken in 2008 and 2015 at two sites in the wheat belt of Western Australia. Plant Pathology, 68 (7) ppa.13056, 1337-1349. doi: 10.1111/ppa.13056
Warman, Noeleen M. and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2018). The movement of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp cubense (sub-tropical race 4) in susceptible cultivars of banana. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 1748, 1748. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01748
Thompson, S. M., Tan, Y. P., Neate, S. M., Grams, R. M., Shivas, R. G., Lindbeck, K. and Aitken, E. A.B. (2018). Diaporthe novem isolated from sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and other crop and weed hosts in Australia. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 152 (3), 823-831. doi: 10.1007/s10658-018-1515-7
Thompson, S. M., Grams, R. A., Neate, S. M., Shivas, R. G., Ryley, M. J., Tan, Y. P., Aitken, E. A. B., Wright, G. C. and O'Connor, D. J. (2018). First reports of Diaporthe kongii, D. masirevicii, and D. ueckerae Associated with stem and peg dieback on peanut in Australia. Plant Disease, 102 (7), 1459-1459. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-17-1930-PDN
Czislowski, Elizabeth, Fraser-Smith, Sam, Zander, Manuel, O'Neill, Wayne T, Meldrum, Rachel A, Tran-Nguyen, Lucy T T, Batley, Jacqueline and Aitken, Elizabeth A B (2017). Investigation of the diversity of effector genes in the banana pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, reveals evidence of horizontal gene transfer. Molecular plant pathology, 19 (5), 1155-1171. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12594
Riaz, Adnan, Athiyannan, Naveenkumar, Periyannan, Sambasivam K., Afanasenko, Olga, Mitrofanova, Olga P., Platz, Gregory J., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Snowdon, Rod J., Lagudah, Evans S., Hickey, Lee T. and Voss-Fels, Kai P. (2017). Unlocking new alleles for leaf rust resistance in the Vavilov wheat collection. TAG. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131 (1), 127-144. doi: 10.1007/s00122-017-2990-5
Le, D. P., Smith, M. K. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2017). Genetic variation in Pythium myriotylum based on SNP typing and development of a PCR-RFLP detection of isolates recovered from Pythium soft rot ginger. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 65 (4), 319-326. doi: 10.1111/lam.12779
Kelly, L. A., Tan, Y. P., Ryley, M. J. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2017). Fusarium species associated with stalk rot and head blight of grain sorghum in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Plant Pathology, 66 (9), 1413-1423. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12697
Le, Duy Phu, Smith, Mike K. and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2017). Species delimitation in Pythium species complexes: the case of Pythium myriotylum Drechsler and Pythium zingiberis Takahashi. Mycological Progress, 16 (3), 257-267. doi: 10.1007/s11557-017-1272-6
Riaz, Adnan, Athiyannan, Naveenkumar, Periyannan, Sambasivam, Afanasenko, Olga, Mitrofanova, Olga, Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Lagudah, Evans and Hickey, Lee T. (2017). Mining Vavilov’s treasure chest of wheat diversity for adult plant resistance to Puccinia triticina. Plant Disease, 101 (2), 317-323. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-05-16-0614-RE
Paynter, Michelle L., Czislowski, Elizabeth, Herrington, Mark E. and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2016). Differences in pathogenicity, genetic variability and cultivar responses among isolates of Fusarium oxysporum from strawberry in Australia. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 141 (6), 645-652. doi: 10.21273/JASHS03888-16
Le, Duy Phu, Smith, Mike K. and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2016). An assessment of Pythium spp. associated with soft rot disease of ginger (Zingiber officinale) in Queensland, Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 45 (4), 377-387. doi: 10.1007/s13313-016-0424-5
Whan, Jennifer A., Dann, Elizabeth K. and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2016). Effects of silicon treatment and inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum on cellular defences in root tissues of two cotton cultivars. Annals of Botany, 118 (2), 219-226. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcw095
Riaz, Adnan, Periyannan, Sambasivam, Aitken, Elizabeth and Hickey, Lee (2016). A rapid phenotyping method for adult plant resistance to leaf rust in wheat. Plant Methods, 12 (17) 17, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s13007-016-0117-7
Riaz, Adnan, Hathorn, Adrian, Dinglasan, Eric, Ziems, Laura, Richard, Cecile, Singh, Dharmendra, Mitrofanova, Olga, Afanasenko, Olga, Aitken, Elizabeth, Godwin, Ian and Hickey, Lee (2016). Into the vault of the Vavilov wheats: old diversity for new alleles. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 64 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10722-016-0380-5
Thompson, S. M., Tan, Y. P., Shivas, R. G., Neate, S. M., Morin, L., Bissett, A. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2015). Green and brown bridges between weeds and crops reveal novel Diaporthe species in Australia. Persoonia, 35 (1), 39-49. doi: 10.3767/003158515X687506
Le, Duy P, Smith M.K. and Aitken, Elizabeth A.B (2015). Pythiogeton ramosum, a new pathogen of soft rot disease of ginger (Zingiber officinale) at high temperatures in Australia. Crop Protection, 77, 9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2015.07.012
Sabburg, Rosalie, Obanor, Friday, Aitken, Elizabeth and Chakraborty, Sukumar (2015). Changing fitness of a necrotrophic plant pathogen under increasing temperature. Global Change Biology, 21 (8), 3126-3137. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12927
Sabburg, R., Obanor, F. and Aitken, E. (2015). Corrigendum to ‘Effect of Increasing Temperature on the Pathogenic Fitness of Fusarium Pseudograminearum’: [Procedia Environmental Sciences (2015) 182–183]. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 29, 309-309. doi: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.10.066
Fraser-Smith, S., Czislowski, E., Meldrum, R. A., Zander, M., O'Neill, W., Balali, G. R. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2014). Sequence variation in the putative effector gene SIX8 facilitates molecular differentiation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. Plant Pathology, 63 (5), 1044-1052. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12184
Khudhair, M., Melloy, P., Lorenz, D. J., Obanor, F., Aitken, E., Datta, S., Luck, J., Fitzgerald, G. and Chakraborty, S. (2014). Fusarium crown rot under continuous cropping of susceptible and partially resistant wheat in microcosms at elevated CO2. Plant Pathology, 63 (5), 1033-1043. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12182
Melloy, P., Aitken, E., Luck, J., Chakraborty, S. and Obanor, F. (2014). The influence of increasing temperature and CO2 on Fusarium crown rot susceptibility of wheat genotypes at key growth stages. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 140 (1), 19-37. doi: 10.1007/s10658-014-0441-6
Le, Duy Phu, Smith, Mike and Aitken, Elizabeth (2014). First report of Pythiogeton ramosum (Pythiales) in Australia. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 9 (1) 130. doi: 10.1007/s13314-014-0130-5
Le, Duy Phu, Smith, Mike, Hudler, George William and Aitken, Elizabeth (2014). Pythium soft rot of ginger: Detection and identification of the causal pathogens, and their control. Crop Protection, 65, 153-167. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2014.07.021
Fuhlbohm, M. J., Ryley, M. J. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2013). Infection of mungbean seed by Macrophomina phaseolina is more likely to result from localized pod infection than from systemic plant infection. Plant Pathology, 62 (6), 1271-1284. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12047
Meldrum, R. A., Daly, A. M., Tran-Nguyen, L. T. T. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2013). The effect of surface sterilants on spore germination of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4. Crop Protection, 54, 194-198. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2013.08.014
Anderson, J. M., Aitken, E. A. B., Dann, E. K. and Coates, L. M. (2013). Morphological and molecular diversity of Colletotrichum spp. causing pepper spot and anthracnose of lychee (Litchi chinensis) in Australia. Plant Pathology, 62 (2), 279-288. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2012.02632.x
Wong, Mee-Hua, Henderson, Juliane, Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. and Drenth, Andre (2013). Mode of infection of Phyllosticta maculata on banana as revealed by scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Phytopathology, 161 (3), 135-141. doi: 10.1111/jph.12042
Meldrum, R. A., Daly, A. M., Tran-Nguyen, L. T. T. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2013). Are banana weevil borers a vector in spreading Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense tropical race 4 in banana plantations?. Australasian Plant Pathology, 42 (5), 543-549. doi: 10.1007/s13313-013-0214-2
Fuhlbohm, M. J., Ryley, M. J. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2012). New weed hosts of Macrophomina phaseolina in Australia. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 7 (1), 193-195. doi: 10.1007/s13314-012-0082-6
Meldrum, R. A., Fraser-Smith, S., Tran-Nguyen, L. T. T., Daly, A. M. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2012). Presence of putative pathogenicity genes in isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense from Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 41 (5), 551-557. doi: 10.1007/s13313-012-0122-x
Thatcher, Louise F., Powell, Jonathan J., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Kazan, Kemal and Manners, John M. (2012). The lateral organ boundaries domain transcription factor LBD20 functions in Fusarium wilt susceptibility and jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 160 (1), 407-418. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.199067
Bala, Neeraj, Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Cusack, Andrew and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2012). Antimicrobial potential of Australian macrofungi extracts against foodborne and other pathogens. Phytotherapy Research, 26 (3), 465-469. doi: 10.1002/ptr.3563
Hickey, Lee T., Wilkinson, Peter M., Knight, Cheridan R., Godwin, Ian D., Kravchuk, Olena Y., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Bansal, Urmil K., Bariana, Harbans S., DeLacy, Ian H. and Dieters, Mark J. (2012). Rapid phenotyping for adult-plant resistance to stripe rust in wheat. Plant Breeding, 131 (1), 54-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01925.x
Thompson, S. M., Tan, Y. P., Young, A. J., Neate, S. M., Aitken, E. A. B. and Shivas, R. G. (2011). Stem cankers on sunflower (Helianthus annuus) in Australia reveal a complex of pathogenic Diaporthe (Phomopsis) species. Persoonia, 27 (1), 80-89. doi: 10.3767/003158511X617110
Kidd, Brendan N., Kadoo, Narendra Y., Dombrecht, Bruno, Tekeoglu, Mücella, Gardiner, Donald M., Thatcher, Louise F., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Schenk, Peer M., Manners, John M. and Kazan, Kemal (2011). Auxin signaling and transport promote susceptibility to the root infecting fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions, 24 (6), 733-748. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-08-10-0194
Neeraj, Bala, Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Fechner, Nigel, Cusack, Andrew and Steadman, Kathryn (2011). Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Australian basidiomycetous macrofungi using a high-throughput 96-well plate assay. Pharmaceutical Biology, 49 (5), 492-500. doi: 10.3109/13880209.2010.526616
Ekins, M. G., Hayden, H. L., Aitken, E. A. B. and Goulter, K. C. (2011). Population structure of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on sunflower in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 40 (2), 99-108. doi: 10.1007/s13313-010-0018-6
Melloy, Paul, Hollaway, Grant, Luck, Jo, Norton, Rob, Aitken, Elizabeth and Chakraborty, Sukumar (2010). Production and fitness of Fusarium pseudograminearum inoculum at elevated carbon dioxide in FACE. Global Change Biology, 16 (12), 3363-3373. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02178.x
Tan, Matthew, Cobon, Jennifer, Aitken, Elizabeth and Cook, Lyn G. (2010). Support for the 'out-of-Southeast Asia' hypothesis for the origin of Australian populations of Radopholus similis (Cobb, 1893) (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae). Systematic Parasitology, 77 (3), 175-183. doi: 10.1007/s11230-010-9265-8
Miles A. K., Akinsanmi, Olufemi A., Aitken, E. A. B. and Drenth, A. (2010). Source of Pseudocercospora macadamiae inoculum in macadamia trees and its use for characterising husk spot susceptibility in the field. Crop Protection, 29 (11), 1347-1353. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2010.06.021
Miles, A. K., Akinsanmi, O. A., Aitken, E. A. B. and Drenth, A. (2010). Timing of infection of macadamia fruit by Pseudocercospora macadamiae and climatic effects on growth and spore germination. Australasian Plant Pathology, 39 (5), 453-462. doi: 10.1071/AP10001
Kidd, Brendan N., Aitken, Elizabeth A., Schenk, Peer M., Manners, John M. and Kazan, Kemal (2010). Plant mediator: Mediating the jasmonate response. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 5 (6), 718-720.
Kidd, Brendan N., Edgar, Cameron I., Kumar, Krish K., Aitken, Elizabeth A., Schenk, Peer M., Manners, John M. and Kazan, Kemal (2009). The Mediator Complex Subunit PFT1 Is a Key Regulator of Jasmonate-Dependent Defense in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 21 (8), 2237-2252. doi: 10.1105/tpc.109.066910
Miles, A.K., Akinsanmi, O.A., Sutherland, P.W., Aitken, E. A.B. and Drenth, A. (2009). Infection, colonisation and sporulation by Pseudocercospora macadamiae on macadamia fruit. Australasian Plant Pathology, 38 (1), 36-43. doi: 10.1071/AP08074
Whan, Jennifer A., Dann, Elizabeth K., Smith, Linda J. and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2008). Acibenzolar-S-methyl-induced alteration of defence gene expression and enzyme activity in cotton infected with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 73 (6), 175-182. doi: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2009.06.003
Ireland, K. B., Noor, N. A. Haji Mohamad, Aitken, E. A. B., Schmidt, S. and Volin, J. C. (2008). First report of Glomerella cingulata (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) causing anthracnose and tip dieback of Lygodium microphyllum and L. japonicum in Australia. Plant Disease, 92 (9), 1369-1369. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-92-9-1369A
Parh, DK, Jordan, DR, Aitken, EAB, Mace, ES, Jun-ai, P and Godwin, ID (2008). QTL analysis of ergot resistance in sorghum. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 117 (3), 369-382. doi: 10.1007/s00122-008-0781-8
Al-Sa'di. A.M., Drenth, A., Deadman, M.L., Al-Said, F.A., Khan, I. and Aitken, E. A.B. (2008). Potential Sources of Pythium inoculum into Greenhouse Soils with no Previous History of Cultivation. Journal of Phytopathology, 156 (7-8), 502-505. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2008.01396.x
Al-Sa'di, A. M., Drenth, A., Deadman, M. L., Al-Said, F. A., Khan, I. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2008). Association of a second phase of mortality in cucumber seedlings with a rapid rate of metalaxyl biodegradation in greenhouse soils. Crop Protection, 27 (7), 1110-1117. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.01.007
Al-Sa'di, A. M., Drenth, A., Deadman, M. L. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2008). Genetic diversity, aggressiveness and metalaxyl sensitivity of Pythium aphanidermatum populations infecting cucumber in Oman. Plant Pathology, 57 (1), 45-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01700.x
Al-Sa'di, A. M., Deadman, M. L., Al-Said, F. A., Khan, I., Al-Azri, M., Drenth, A. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2008). First report of Pythium splendens associated with severe wilt of muskmelon (Cucumis melo) in Oman. Plant Disease, 92 (2), 313-313. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-92-2-0313C
Al-Sa'di, A.M, Drenth, A., Deadman, M.L., De Cock, A.W.A.M., Al-Said, F.A. and Aitken, E. A.B. (2008). Genetic Diversity, Aggressiveness and Metalaxyl Sensitivity of Pythium spinosum Infecting Cucumber in Oman. Journal of Phytopathology, 156 (1), 29-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2007.01318.x
Al-Sa'di, A. M., Drenth, A., Deadman, M. L., de Cock, A. W. A. M. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2007). Molecular characterization and pathogenicity of Pythium species associated with damping-off in greenhouse cucumber (Cucumis sativus) in Oman. Plant Pathology, 56 (1), 140-149. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01501.x
Al Sa'di, A. M., Deadman, M. L., Drenth, A., Al-Said, F. A., Khan, I. A. and Aitken, E. A. (2007). Pre-transplanting treatment of cucumber seedlings with metalaxyl reduces Pythium-induced damping-off disease. Phytopathology, 97 (7), S2-S2.
Ekins, M. G., Aitken, E. A. B. and Goulter, K. C. (2007). Aggressiveness among isolates of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum from sunflower. Australasian Plant Pathology, 36 (6), 580-586. doi: 10.1071/AP07062
Forsyth, L. M., Smith, L. J. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2006). Identification and characterization of non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum capable of increasing and decreasing Fusarium wilt severity. Mycological Research, 110 (8), 929-935. doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.03.008
Henderson, J., Pattemore, J. A., Porchun, S. C., Hayden, H. L., Van Brunschot, S., Grice, K. R. E., Peterson, R. A., Thomas-Hall, S. R. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2006). Black Sigatoka disease: new technologies to strengthen eradication strategies in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 35 (2), 181-193. doi: 10.1071/AP06017
Ekins, M., Aitken, E. A. and Coulter, K. C. (2006). Homothallism in Sclerotinia minor. Mycological Research, 110 (10), 1193-1199. doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.07.014
Parh, D. K., Jordan, D. R., Aitken, E. A. B., Gogel, B. J., McIntyre, L. C. and Godwin, I. D. (2006). Genetic Components of Variance and the Role of Pollen Traits in Sorghum Ergot Resistance. Crop Science, 46 (6), 2387-2395. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2005.12.0476
Sendall, B. C., Kong, G. A., Goulter, K. C., Aitken, E. A. B., Thompson, S. M., Mitchell, J. H. M., Kochman, J. K., Lawson, W., Shatte, T. and Gulya, T. J. (2006). Diversity in the sunflower: Puccinia helianthi pathosystem in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 35 (6), 657-670. doi: 10.1071/AP06071
Ekins, M. G., Aitken, E. A. B. and Goulter, K. C. (2005). Identification of Sclerotinia species. Australasian Plant Pathology, 34 (4), 549-555. doi: 10.1071/AP05068
Hayden, H. L., Carlier, J. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2005). The genetic structure of Australian populations of Mycosphaerella musicola suggests restricted gene flow at the continental scale. Phytopathology, 95 (5), 489-498. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-95-0489
Humphry, M. E., Lambrides, C. J., Chapman, S. C., Aitken, E. A. B., Imrie, B. C., Lawn, R. J., McIntyre, C. L. and Liu, C. J. (2005). Relationships between hard-seededness and seed weight in mungbean (Vigna radiata) assessed by QTL analysis. Plant Breeding, 124 (3), 292-298. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2005.01084.x
Pilotti, Carmel A., Sanderson, Frank R., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. and Armstrong, Wendy (2004). Morphological variation and host range of two Ganoderma species from Papua New Guinea. MYCOPATHOLOGIA, 158 (2), 251-262. doi: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000041833.41085.6f
Hayden, H. L., Carlier, J. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2003). Genetic structure of Mycosphaerella fijiensis populations from Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Plant Pathology, 52 (6), 703-712. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2003.00883.x
Hayden, H. L., Carlier, J. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2003). Population differentiation in the banana leaf spot pathogen Mycosphaerella musicola, examined at a global scale. Plant Pathology, 52 (6), 713-719. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2003.00929.x
Humphry, M. E., Magner, T., McIntyre, C. L., Aitken, E. A. B. and Liu, C. J. (2003). Identification of a major locus conferring resistance to powdery mildew (Erysiphe polygoni DC) in mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) by QTL analysis. Genome, 46 (5), 738-744. doi: 10.1139/G03-057
Pilotti, C. A., Sanderson, F. R. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2003). Genetic structure of a population of Ganoderma boninense on oil palm. Plant Pathology, 52 (4), 455-463. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2003.00870.x
Humphry, M. E., Konduri, V., Lambrides, C. J., Magner, T., McIntyre, C. L., Aitken, E .A. B. and Liu, C.J. (2002). Development of a mungbean (Vigna radiata) RFLP linkage map and its comparison with lablab (Lablab purpureus) revelas a high level of colinearity between the two genomes. Theoretical And Applied Genetics, 105 (1), 160-166. doi: 10.1007/s00122-002-0909-1
Pilotti, C. A., Sanderson, F. R. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2002). Sexuality and interactions of monokaryotic and dikaryotic mycelia of Ganoderma boninense. Mycological Research, 106 (11), 1315-1322. doi: 10.1017/S0953756202006755
Ekins, M. G., Aitken, E. A. B. and Goulter, K. C. (2002). Carpogenic germination of Sclerotinia minor and potential distribution in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 31 (3), 259-265. doi: 10.1071/AP02022
Gerlach, K. S., Bentley, S., Moore, N. Y., Pegg, K. G. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2000). Characterisation of Australian isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense by DNA fingerprinting analysis. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 51 (8), 945-953. doi: 10.1071/AR99172
Miric, E, Aitken, EAB and Goulter, KC (1999). Identification in Australia of the quarantine pathogen of sunflower Phoma macdonaldii (Teleomorph : Leptosphaeria lindquistii). Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 50 (3), 325-332. doi: 10.1071/A98072
Godwin, ID, AitkenEAB and SmithLW (1997). Application of inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers to plant genetics. Electrophoresis, 18 (9), 1524-1528. doi: 10.1002/elps.1150180906
Fuhlbohm, MJ, Ryley, MJ and Aitken, EAB (1996). Macrophomina phaseolina causing leaf spot of mungbean. Australasian Plant Pathology, 25 (4), 247-248. doi: 10.1071/AP96045
Hayden, H. L., Pegg, K. G., Aitken, E. A. B. and Irwin, J. A. G. (1994). Genetic-relationships as assessed by molecular markers and cross-infection among strains of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Australian Journal of Botany, 42 (1), 9-18. doi: 10.1071/BT9940009
AITKEN, EAB (1993). SUSCEPTIBILITY OF 4 CONIFER SPECIES TO GREMMENIELLA-ABIETINA. European Journal of Forest Pathology, 23 (3), 153-162. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1993.tb00955.x
AITKEN, EAB, CALLOW, JA and NEWBURY, HJ (1992). MUTAGENESIS OF A RACE-SPECIFIC RUST RESISTANCE GENE IN ANTIRRHINUM-MAJUS USING A TRANSPOSON-TAGGING PROTOCOL. Plant Journal, 2 (5), 775-782. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.1992.tb00146.x
AITKEN, EAB, NEWBURY, HJ and CALLOW, JA (1989). RACES OF RUST (PUCCINIA-ANTIRRHINI) OF ANTIRRHINUM-MAJUS AND THE INHERITANCE OF HOST-RESISTANCE. Plant Pathology, 38 (2), 169-175. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1989.tb02130.x
Conference Papers
Ravichander, Pratyush, Czislowski, Elizabeth, Aitken, Elizabeth, Gardiner, Donald and Mitter, Neena (2022). Topical application of RNAi to improve crop health against fungal pathogens. TropAg Internation Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.
Lyons, Rebecca, Czislowski, Elizabeth, Zeil-Rolfe, Isabel, Kaur, Shubhdeep, Liu, Zhendong, Chen, Andy and Aitken, Elizabeth (2020). Unique secreted in xylem genes in banana-infecting endophytic Fusarium oxysporum. The Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference (TROPAG 2019), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036180
Everts, K. L., Aitken, E., Tran-Nguyen, L. T. T., Maul, J. and Bagley, G. A. (2019). Evaluation of discriminatory primers for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum on Australian and United States Fusarium isolates. American Phytopathological Society (APS) Plant Health Annual Meeting (Plant Health), Cleveland, OH, United States, 3-7 August, 2019. St. Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-109-10-S2.1
Fei, S., Constantin, M., Peters, J., Batley, J., Aitken, E. and Mitter, N. (2018). RNAi-based management for Fusarium wilt of banana. International Symposia on Tropical and Temperate Horticulture (ISTTH), Cairns Australia, Nov 20-25, 2016. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2018.1205.88
Basnayake, S., Czislowski, E., Olsen, D., Basnayake, J., Aitken, E. and Geering, A. (2018). Contribution of Fusarium spp. to sugarcane yellow canopy syndrome (YCS) in Australia. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, Massachusetts, 29 July - 3 August 2018. St Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society.
Dennis, P., Birt, H., Raghavendra, A., Waugh, G., Wang, H., Aitken, E., Gervacio, T., Orr, R., Nelson, P., Daniells, J. and Pattison, T. (2018). Identification of disease suppressive banana plant and soil microbiomes. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston MA, United States, July 29 - August 3 2018. Saint Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society.
Czislowski, E., Zeil-Rolfe, I., Fraser-Smith, S., Dalton-Morgan, J. and Aitken, E. (2018). Uncovering molecular mechanisms of pathogenicity in the banana pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp cubense. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, MA United States, July 29-August 03 2018. St Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society.
Dakuidreketi, A., Aitken, E., Furlong, M. and Kochanek, J. (2018). The potential effect of karrikinolide (KAR(1)) in inducing resistance against Alternaria solani on tomato. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, Massachusetts, 29 July - 3 August 2018. St. Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society.
Aitken, E., Chen, A., Dalton-Morgan, J., Fraser-Smith, S., Batley, J. and Hamill, S. (2018). Genetic analysis of a source of Fusarium wilt resistance in banana from Musa acuminata ssp malaccensis. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, MA United States, July 29-August 03 2018. St Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society.
Matthews, A., Czislowski, E., Le, D. P., Wadduwage, J., Achari, S., Aitken, E. and Hamill, S. (2018). The presence of secreted in xylem genes in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp zingiberi from Australian ginger showing symptoms of Fusarium yellows. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, MA United States, July 29-August 03 2018. St Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society.
Carvalhais, L. Costa, Henderson, J., O'Dwyer, C., Czislowski, E., Rincon-Florez, V., Aitken, E. and Drenth, A. (2018). Secreted in Xylem genes used for PCR-based diagnostics of distinct Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense races and vegetative compatibility groups. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, MA, United States, 29 July-3 August 2018. St. Paul, MN, United States: American Phytopathological Society. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-108-10-S1.1
Khudhair, M., Obanor, F., Thatcher, L. F., Gardiner, D., Kazan, K. and Aitken, E. (2018). Increased aggressiveness of Fusarium pseudograminearum isolates causing crown rot disease on wheat in Western Australia. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, MA United States, 29 July - 3 August 2018. St Paul, MN United States: American Phytopathological Society.
Czislowski, E., Fraser-Smith, S., Zander, M. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2016). Identifying pathogenicity genes in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. 29th International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture - Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC) / 9th International Symposium on Banana / ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Unravelling the Banana's Genomic Potential, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17 - 22 August 2014. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1114.14
Fraser-Smith, S., Czislowski, E., Daly, A., Meldrum, R., Hamill, S., Smith, M. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2016). Single gene resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense Race 4 in the wild banana Musa acuminata subsp malaccensis. 29th International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC) / 9th International Symposium on Banana / ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Unravelling the Banana's Genomic Potential, Brisbane, Australia, 17-22 August 2014. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1114.13
Riaz, A., Athiyannan, N., Periyannan, S., Afanasenko, O., Mitrofanova, O., Aitken, E., Lagudah, E. and Hickey, L. (2016). Speeding up the discovery of novel sources of leaf rust resistance in wheat. Annual Meeting of the American-Phytopathological-Society (APS), Tampa, FL, United States, 30 July-August 03, 2016. St. Paul, MN United States: American Phytopathological Society.
Quang Thien Nguyen, Antonova, I., Naranjo, J. P. R., Aitken, E. A. B., Foale, M. and Adkins, S. W. (2016). Improvement of embryogenic callus production from coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) plumule explant. World Congress on in Vitro Biology, San Diego, United States, June 11-15, 2016. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s11626-016-0034-0
Le, D. P., Aitken, E. A. B. and Smith, M. K. (2015). Comparison of host range and pathogenicity of isolates of Pythium myriotylum and Pythium zingiberis. International Horticulture Congress, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17-22 August 2014. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1105.7
Sabburg, R., Obanor, F. and Aitken, E. (2015). Effect on increasing temperature on the pathogenic fitness of Fusarium Pseudograminearum. Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15-17 February 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.250
Qureshi, Arslan, Galea, Victor, Akem, Chrys, Aitken, Elizabeth and Bally, Ian (2013). The effect of postharvest hot fungicidal dip and exogenous ethylene gas application on the incidence of dendritic spot and stem end rot in Kensington Pride (KP) mangoes. 19th Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 25-28 November, 2013. Auckland , New Zealand: Australasian Plant Pathology Society (APPS).
Meldrum, R., Tran-Nguyen, L. T. T., Daly, A. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2011). Presence of putative pathogenicity genes in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense. 4th Asian Conference on Plant Pathology concurrent with 18th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, Darwin, Australia, 26-29 April 2011. APPS.
Jones, K. W., Aitken, E. and Cribb, B. (2011). Silicon enhances tolerance of banana to Fusarium wilt. 4th Asian Conference for Plant Pathology (ACPP) concurrent with the 18th Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Darwin, NT, Australia, 26-29 April 2011. APPS.
Kelly, L., Tan, Y. P., Ryley, M. and Aitken, E. (2011). Fusarium thapsinum is the dominant species associated with sorghum stalk rot in Queensland and northern NSW. 4th Asian Conference for Plant Pathology (ACPP) concurrent with the 18th Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Darwin, NT, Australia, 26-29 April 2011. APPS.
Wong, M.H., Henderson. J., Cook, L., Van Brunschot., S., Aitken, E.A.B. and Drenth, A. (2011). Genetic diversity of Guignardia musae on banana based on internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA. 4th Asian Conference for Plant Pathology (ACPP) concurrent with the 18th Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Darwin, NT, Australia, 26-29 April 2011. APPS.
Bala, Neeraj, Aitken, Elizabeth A.B., Hewavitharana, Amitha, Ross, Benjamin and Steadman, Kathryn (2011). Identification of antimicrobial compounds in the crude extracts of the Australian macrofungi, Hohenbuehelia sp. and Ramaria sp., through bioassay-guided fractionation. Australian Pharmaceutical Science Association Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 11-14 December 2011.
Fraser Smith, S. and Aitken, E.A.B. (2011). Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 4 in Musa acuminata subsp. Malaccensis. 4th Asian Conference for Plant Pathology (ACPP) concurrent with the 18th Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Darwin, NT, Australia, 26-29 April 2011. APPS.
Al-Sadi, A. M., Al-Said, F. A., Deadman, M. L., Drenth, A. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2010). Can silicon improve defense responses of cucumber seedlings to pythium-induced damping off disease?. The 4th International Cucurbit Symposium, Changsha, China, 21-26 September 2009. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.871.61
Keller, Lisa, Ryley, Malcolm, Aitken, Elizabeth and Tan, Yu Pei (2010). Fusarium species associated with sorghum stalk rot and lodging: A preliminary study. 1st Australian Summer Grains Conference 2010, Gold Coast, Australia, 21-24 June 2010.
Fuhlbohm, Michael, Ryley, Malcolm and Aitken, Elizabeth (2010). Infection of mungbean seed by the charcoal rot pathogen Macrophomina phaseolina. 1st Australian Summer Grains Conference 2010, Gold Coast, Australia, 21-24 June 2010.
Jones, K. W., Cribb, B. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2010). Does the addition of the element silicon affect the infection process of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense on banana?. The Sixth Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium, Twin Waters, Qld., Australia, 9-11 August 2010. ASDS.
Le P. D., Smith, M. K. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2010). Pythium spp. on ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) in Australia. 6th Australian Soilborne Disease Symposium, Twin Waters, Qld., Australia, 9-11 August 2010. ASDS.
McCarthy, J. W., Aitken, E. A. B., Furlong, M. J. and Cobon, J. A. (2010). The potential of sesame oil extracts for Meloidogyne javanica control. 6th Australian Soilborne Disease Symposium, Twin Waters, Qld., Australia, 9-11 August 2010. Toowoomba, Qld, Australia: Australasian Plant Pathology Society.
Anderson, J. M., Coates, L. M., Dann, E. K. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2009). The diversity of Colletotrichum infecting lychee in Australia. 17th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia, 29 September - 1 October 2009. AAPSnet.
Miles, A. K., Akinsami, O. A., Aitken, E. A. and Drenth, A. (2009). Genetic diversity of Pseudocercospera macadamiae populations by PCR-RFLP. 17th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia, 29 September - 1 October 2009. APPSnet.
Lomavatu, M. F., Conrey, J. and Aitken, E. (2009). Molecular identification of Pythium isolates of ginger from Fiji and Australia. 17th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia, 29 September - 1 October 2009. APPSnet.
James, A., Krisiti, A., Aitken, E., Croft, B. and Lakshmanan, P. (2008). Production of pathogen-free plants from infected sugarcane by direct plant regeneration from young leaf tissue. Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.
Parh, D. K., Jordan, D., Aitken, E A B, McIntyre, and Godwin, I D (2006). Genetics of ergot resistance in sorghum. 5th Australian Sorghum Conference, Gold Coast, 30 January - 2 February, 2006. Gold Coast: Range Media Pty Ltd.
Smith, L. J., Forsyth, L. M., Lewis, S. D., Aitken, E. A. B, Feagan, M. and Galea, V. J. (2005). The identification and characterization of a Chitinolytic bacterium of inducing system resistance in banana to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense. 15th Biennial Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, Geelong, VIC, Australia, 26 - 29 September 2005.
Parh, D. K., Jordon, D., Aitken, E. A. B., McIntyre, L. and Godwin, I. D. (2004). Sorghum ergot: revealing the genetic architecture of resistance. New Directions for a Diverse Planet: 4th International Crop Sciences Congress, Brisbane Australia, 26 September -1 Oct ober. Gosford, NSW, Australia: The Regional Institute Ltd.
Carlier, J., Hayden, H., Rivas, G., Zapater, M - F., Abadie, C. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2002). Genetic differentiation in the Mycosphaeralla leaf spot pathogens of bananas. 2nd International Workshop on Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot Diseases of Bananas, San Jose, Costa Rica, 20-23 May 2002. San Jose, Costa Rica: Corporation Banana National.
Harvey, J. A., Aitken, E. A. B. and Nehl, D. B. (2002). Genetic diversity of Thielaviopsis basicola. Field to Fashion 11th Australian cotton conference, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Q, Australia, 13-15 August 2002. Qld, Australia: Australian Cotton Growers.
Parh, D., Jordan, D., Aitken, E. A. B., McIntyre, L. and Godwin, I. D. (2002). Association of pollen traits with ergot resistance in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Plant Breeding for the 11th Millennium, Perth, W.A./Hyatt Regency Perth, 15-20 September, 2002. Perth, W.A.: The Australasian Plant Breeding Association Inc..
Engel, B., Aitken, E. A. B., Goulter, K. C., Kong, G. and Kochman, J. K. (2002). The production of race-specific elicitors of necrosis by Puccinia helianthi. Australasian Plant Pathology Society 13th Biennial Conference, Cairns, Q, Australia, 24-27 September 2001. Cairns, Australia: Plant Pathology Society (APPS).
Pilotti, C., Sanderson, F. R. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2002). The population structure of Ganoderma boninense in oil palm plantations in Papua New Guinea. Australasian Plant Pathology Society 13th Biennial Conference, Cairns, Q, Australia, 24-27 September 2001. Cairns Australia: Australasian Plant Pathology Assoc..
Miric, E., Aitken, E. A. B. and Goulter, K. C. (2002). Phomopsis pathogenic on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in Australia is not Phomopsis helianthi munt.-cvet et al. Australasian Plant Pathology Society 13th Biennial Conference, Cairns, Q, Australia, 24-27 September 2001. Cairns, Q, Australia: Australasian Plant Pathology Assoc..
Lindhout, K., Aitken, E. A. B., Dale, M. and Hetherington, S. D. (2002). Mycoherbicides for grass weeds of cereals can be improved by the addition of fungal germination stimulants. Australasian Plant Pathology Society 13th Biennial Conference, Cairns, Q, Australia, 24-27 September 2001. Carins, Australia: Australasian Plant Pathology Society (APPS).
Forsyth, L. M. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2002). Identification of banana defence genes through CDNA screening. Australasian Plant Pathology Society 13th Biennial Conference, Cairns, Q, Australia, 24-27 September 2001. Cairns, Q, Australia: Australasian Plant Pathology Society (APPS).
Self, N., Aitken, E. A. B. and Dale, M. (2002). Susceptibility of provenances of spotted gums to ramularia shoot blight. Proceedings of the 55th NZPPS Conference, New Zealand, 2002. Palmerston North, N.Z: New Zealand Plant Protection Society.
Hayden, H., Carlier, S. G. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2001). The population genetics of Mycophaerella musicola in Australia. 2nd International Symposium on the Molecular and Cellular Biology of Banana, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, 29 October -3 November 2000. Montpellier, France: Bioversity International.
Pattemore, J. A. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2000). Genetic variation among populations of Thielaviopsis basicola, the causal agent of Black Root Rot.. 10th Australian Cotton Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 16 -18 August 2000. Orange, N.S.W., Australia: Australian Cotton Growers' Research Association.
Smith, L. W., Aitken, E. A. and Godwin, I. D. (1998). Potential for the use of molecular markers in improvement of Musa for disease resistance - Reviewed paper. International Symposium on Biotechnology of Tropical and Subtropical Species, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 29 September - 3 October 1997. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.461.14
Data Collection
Stevenson, Kristy and Aitken, Elizabeth (2023). Data associated with publication "Impacts of myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) induced tree mortality on species and functional richness within seedling communities of a wet sclerophyll forest in Eastern Australia". The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/1e3afb5
Research Reports
Aitken, Elizabeth (2010). Analyses of the effect of silicon on Fusarium wilt on banana. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Horticulture Australia.
Aitken, Elizabeth (2009). Assessing the potential of silicon in the control of Fusarium wilt in banana. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Horticulture Australia.