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Biography
Dr Greg Rebetzke, Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Agriculture and Food, contributes to the understanding of genetic and physiological factors affecting water productivity and adapting to changing climates in rainfed winter cereals. His goal is then to deliver elite trait-containing germplasm, and improved phenotyping and genetic methods for trait enrichment in commercial breeding programs. Greg contributes to a number of grower and scientific advisory committees. He serves as an editorial advisor on key international journals while serving as an editor on the Journal of Experimental Botany. Greg also supervises in the training of students and postdoctoral researchers. As a leader in CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Greg works closely with Australian commercial breeding programs to deliver improved crop performance in new varieties released to farmers. His research has delivered to new commercial wheat varieties and breeding methodologies used in Australia and overseas. He links strongly with regional agronomists to identify opportunities and facilitate delivery in farming systems relevant to current and future climates, and in reducing the cost and risk of grain production while increasing grower profitability and sustainability.
Other Interests
Gorgeous family first but then sports with a focus on squash, bushwalking, gardening, quirky Woody Allen, Tarantino and Coen brothers films.....and enjoying good red wines!
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Project Leader
Determining the Effect of Wheat Morphological and Anatomical Traits on Frost Susceptibility of Wheat -
Project Leader
Improving Uptake and Adoption of Long Coleoptile Wheats (GRDC) -
Project Team
Development of Long Hypocotyl Canola with Improved Establishment and Early Growth (GRDC) -
Project Team
Validation and Uptake of Water Productivity Traits in Wheat (GRDC) -
Chair AHEAD science steering committee
Global Wheat Initiative’s Heat and Drought Alliance -
Scientific committee (Australian representative)
Global Wheat Initiative -
Graduate student supervisor
Supervision of Honours, Masters and PhD students (and PDFs) -
Consultancies
Various pre-breeding and breeding consultancies (public and private) -
Genetics and Pre-Breeding Researcher
Genotype x systems canola and wheat early growth and establishment -
Various Scientific Advisory Boards
Advising crop improvement, research translation and pre-breeding delivery across multiple crops in both public- and private-funded research programs
Academic Qualifications
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1994
PhD Breeding and Genetics
North Carolina State University -
1991
Masters Agricultural Science
University of QLD -
1985
B App Sci (Hons)
QLD Agricultural College (University of Queensland)
Professional Experiences
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1995-now
Research scientist
CSIRO -
1998-now
Research project/team and group leadership
CSIRO -
1995-now
Reviewer/consultant to research projects across a range of national/international research agencies
Various government and private groups -
1995-now
Editor/editorial board member
Various Plant Science/Agriculture research journals
Achievements and Awards
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2023-2023
University of Queensland Gatton, Distinguished Past Student Award
University of Queensland -
2023-2023
Grains Industry 'Seed of Light' Award
Grains Research and Development Corporation -
2021-2023
Grains Industry 'Research Excellence' Award
Grains Research and Development Corporation -
2015-2020
Grains Research and Development Corporation Western Panel member
Grains Research and Development Corporation -
2014-2015
Academy Travel Award
Australian Academy of Science -
2009-2011
Newton-Turner Senior Researcher Award
CSIRO -
1995-forever
Three beautiful children
Rebetzke home
Other highlights
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2017-2024
CSIRO Chief Research Scientist
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2015-2019
GRDC Western Region Panel member
Grants
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2023-2026
Determining the effect of wheat morphological and anatomical traits on frost susceptibility of wheat (GRDC)
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2023-2026
Exploiting GxExM to facilitate adoption of new long coleoptile genetics in wheat (GRDC)
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2023-2026
Genetics of increased hypocotyl length to improve establishment with deep sowing in canola
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2022-2025
Validation and uptake of water-productivity traits in commercial wheat breeding (GRDC)
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2021-2023
Factors contributing to the prioritisation and uptake of traits in commercial breeding programs
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2020-2023
Validating wheat genetics for deep-sowing (COGGO)
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2019-2023
Genetic improvement of canola establishment (GRDC)
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2019-2023
Improving translation of climate adaptation genetics research to growers
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2016-2019
Elite germplasm optimising canopy architecture
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2015-2020
Delivery of new genes for reduced height and canopy architecture (GRDC)
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2014-2021
Breeding weed competitive wheats (GRDC)
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2014-2019
Water productivity trait modelling (GRDC)
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2011-2015
Managed Environment Facilities for trait value (GRDC)
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2011-2020
High yielding, Irrigated wheats (GRDC)
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2013-2024
Editor Journal of Experimental Botany
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2011-2024
Editorial Board Field Crops Research
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2015-2024
Editorial Board Food and Energy Security
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2021-2024
Chair AHEAD science steering commitee
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2004-2024
Mentoring and support of young scientists
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2015-2020
GRDC Western Region Panel Member
Attachments
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Publications
ORCID 0000-0001-7404-0046
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