Professor Eileen Scott

Biography/ Background

BSc with first class honours in microbiology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1978

PhD in plant pathology, University of Cambridge, England, 1982

Research Scientist in oilsed rape pathology, The Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, England and Junior Research Fellow, Darwin College, University of Cambridge, 1982-84

Teaching Fellow, Department of Botany, National University of Singapore, 1984-87

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor, University of Adelaide, 1987-present

Deputy Head of School (Postgraduate Research), 2009-2011

Acting Head of School, 2011

Fellow, Australasian Plant Pathology Society, 2011

Teaching Interests

Eileen Scott teaches in a range of courses: Microbiology and Invertebrate Biology, Microbiology for Viticulture and Oenology, Plant Pathology, Viticultural Production, Viticultural Methods and Procedures, Classical Diagnostic Methods in Plant Health.

She is course co-ordinator for Microbiology and Invertebrate Biology and Classical Diagnostic Methods in Plant Health.

Eileen has a keen interest in supervision of research students. She has supervised 30 PhD students and 19 honours students to successful completion at the University of Adelaide.

Eileen won the Adelaide University Postgraduate Students' Association Supervisor of the Year Award in 2001 and was nominated again in 2005.

For possible honours projects in the coming year, please see Files (below).

Research Interests

See http://www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au/plant_protection/fbpp/

 

Fungal and bacterial diseases of horticultural crops, grapevines and pulses and oilseeds.

Diagnosis, epidemiology and management of fungal and bacterial diseases.

Phytophthora diseases of natural ecosystems.

Eileen led research projects on Fungal contaminants and their impact on wine quality, and Diagnosis and management of Eutypa dieback in the Cooperative Research Centre for Viticulture (2003-2006).

Current research is supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC), Horticulture Australia Ltd and the Pistachio Growers Association. Eileen also contributes to the Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity.

Eileen's group currently comprises three postdoctoral researchers, nine PhD students, one masters by research student and one honours student. Collaborators include Jenny Davidson, Kathy Ophel Keller and Trevor Wicks at the South Australian Research and Development Institute.

Publications

Eileen Scott: Selected publications

Davidson, J.A., Hartley, D., Priest, M., Krysinska-Kaczmarek, M., Herdina, McKay, A., Scott, E.S. (2009). A new species of Phoma causes ascochyta blight symptoms on field peas (Pisum sativum) in South Australia. Mycologia 101, 120-128.

Sosnowski, M.R., Creaser, M.L., Wicks, T.J., Lardner, R. and Scott, E.S. (2008) Protection of grapevine pruning wounds from infection by Eutypa lata. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 14, 134-142.

John, S., Scott, E.S., Wicks, T.J. and Hunt J.S. (2008) Colonisation of grapevine wood by Trichoderma harzianum and Eutypa lata. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 14, 18-24.

Naseri, B., Davidson, J.A. and Scott, E.S. (2008) Survival of Leptosphaeria maculans and associated mycobiota on oilseed rape stubble buried in soil. Plant Pathology 57, 280-289.

Sosnowski, M.R., Shtienberg, D., Creaser, M.L., Lardner, R., Wicks, T.J. and Scott, E.S. (2007) The influence of climate on foliar symptoms of Eutypa dieback. Phytopathology 97, 1284-1289.

Sosnowski, M.R., Lardner, R., Wicks, T.J. and Scott, E.S. (2007) The influence of grapevine cultivar and isolate of Eutypa lata on wood and foliar symptoms of Eutypa dieback. Plant Disease 91, 924-931.

Stummer, B.E., Zanker, T., Harvey, P. and Scott, E.S. (2006) Detection and quantification of Erysiphe necator DNA in wine grapes and resultant must and juice. Mycological Research 110, 1184-1192

Leong, S.L., Hocking, A.D., Varelis, P. and Scott, E.S. (2006) Fate of ochratoxin A during vinification of Semillon and Shiraz grapes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54, 6460-6464.

Marefat, A., Scott, E.S., Ophel-Keller, K. and Sedgley, M. (2006) Genetic, phenotypic and pathogenic diversity among xanthomonads pathogenic on pistachio (Pistacia vera) in Australia. Plant Pathology 55, 639-49.

Sosnowski, M.R., Scott, E.S. and Ramsey, M.D. (2006) Survival of Leptosphaeria maculans in soil and on residues of canola (Brassica napus). Plant Pathology 55, 200-6.

Stummer, B.E., Francis, I.L., Zanker, T., Lattey, K. and Scott, E.S. (2005). Effects of powdery mildew on the sensory properties and composition of Chardonnay juice and wine when grape sugar ripeness is standardised. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 11, 66-76.

Savocchia, S., Stummer, B.E., Wicks, T.J., van Heeswijck, R. and Scott, E.S. (2004) Decreased sensitivity of Uncinula necator to two sterol demethylation inhibiting fungicides in Australian vineyards. Australasian Plant Pathology 33, 1-9.

Mahoney, N., Lardner, R., Molyneux, R.J., Scott, E.S., Smith, L.R. and Schoch, T.K. (2003) Phenolic metabolite profiles of the grapevine pathogen Eutypa lata. Phytochemistry 64, 475-484.

Wuryatmo, E., Klieber, A. and Scott, E.S. (2003) Inhibition of citrus postharvest pathogens by vapor of citral and related compounds in culture. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 51, 2637-2640.

Tynan, K.M., Scott, E.S. and Sedgley, M. (1998) Evaluation of Banksia species for response to Phytophthora infection. Plant Pathology 47, 446-455.

Evans, K.J., Whisson, D.L. Stummer, B.E. and Scott, E.S. (1997) DNA markers identify variation in Australian populations of Uncinula necator. Mycological Research 101, 923-932.

Evans, K.J., Whisson, D.L. and Scott, E.S. (1996) An experimental system for characterizing isolates of Uncinula necator. Mycological Research 100, 675-680.

Balali, G.R., Whisson, D.L., Scott, E.S. and Neate, S. (1996) DNA fingerprinting probe specific to isolates of Rhizoctonia solani AG-3. Mycological Research 100, 467-470.

Scott, E.S., Wicks, T. and Lee, T.C. (1992) The development of an assay for resistance to Phytophthora cambivora in almond rootstocks using shoots excised from tissue cultures. Plant Pathology 41, 639-645.

A list of refereed publications from 2001 to 2006 is attached.

Professional Associations

Eileen Scott is a member of the Australasian Mycological Society, the Australasian Plant Pathology Society, the Australian Society for Viticulture and Oenology, the British Mycological Society, and the British Society for Plant Pathology. She was Executive Secretary of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society (1997-99). She was a member of the editorial board of the journal Mycological Research (1992-96), and regularly referees manuscripts for a wide range of Australian and international journals.

Eileen organised a workshop on fungal contaminants and wine quality at the Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference (AWITC) in Melbourne in 2004 and a workshop on management of powdery mildew at AWITC in Adelaide in 2007.

Membership of the scientific organising committees of:

4th International workshop on grapevine powdery and downy mildew, Napa, California in 2002

 

4th International workshop on grapevine trunk diseases, Stellenbosch, South Africa in 2005

 

16th biennial Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference in Adelaide in 2007.

Files

• Eileen Scott_publications_2004-2009 - E_Scott-Publications2004-9_webpage.pdf [21.4K] (application/pdf)
• Possible honours projects for 2010 - ScottLab-HonsProjects_for2010.pdf [40.6K] (application/pdf)

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Agriculture and farming, Wine and viticulture
Expertise	Plant pathology; diseases of horticultural crops, grapevines, pulses and oilseeds caused by fungi and bacteria

Entry last updated: Sunday, 20 May 2012