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Biography
Dr Andrew Fletcher is a Senior Research Scientist and Team Leader in Agriculture and Food in Floreat. Andrew joined CSIRO in 2012. He has expertise in plant and crop physiology, agronomy and farming systems science. His multidisciplinary and collaborative research integrates from the plant to farm scale and delivers high quality research and industry impact. His current focus is on Mediterranean-climate cropping systems research. His current research is on crop establishment, crop rotations and crop diversification. Andrew utilises GxExM approaches in farming systems research and works closely with pre-breeders to test the latest crop genetics under innovative management approaches.
Andrew has conducted research in a broad range of farming systems. Andrew completed at Bachelor of Science (Honours) in 2000 and PhD in 2005, specializing in Crop Physiology, at Lincoln University in New Zealand. Andrew’s PhD studied responses to phosphorus fertilizer in Sweet corn. Andrew then worked for 2 years as a year post-doctoral researcher at the University of Florida, studying water use in soybean genotypes. Between 2007 and 2012 Andrew worked for Plant & Food Research in New Zealand where he studied the production of supplementary forage crops.
Andrew leads a large multidisciplinary team of 10 staff (3 research scientists, 1 experimental scientist, 5 research technicians and 1 affiliate). The team has expertise in crop and pasture agronomy, farming systems, water and nutrient use efficiency, soil microbiome genetics, and simulation modelling.
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Project Leader
GRDC- Reducing risks to canola establishment through an integrated understanding of genetics, management and environment. -
Team member
Integrating long coleoptile wheat into Australian farming systems through an integrated understanding of genetics, management and environment. -
Team member
Accelerating development and deployment of long-hypocotyl canola to improve establishment
Academic Qualifications
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2005
PhD
Lincoln University -
2000
BSc Hons (1st class)
Lincoln University
Professional Experiences
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2017-Present
Senior Research Scientist (Farming systems)
CSIRO -
2012-2017
Research Scientist (Farming systems)
CSIRO -
2007-2012
Research Scientist
New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research -
2005-2007
Post Doctoral Fellow
University of Florida
Achievements and Awards
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2000--
The New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science Graduate award for excellence in Honours studies
New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science -
2002--
Best student paper
New Zealand Society of Agronomy -
2003--
Best student paper
New Zealand Society of Agronomy -
2008--
Best Paper
Agronomy Society of New Zealand -
2000-2004
Bright Futures”, Top achiever Doctoral Scholarship
NZ Government
Other highlights
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2021-2023
Sub-program lead (Biological Nitrogen Fixation) - Western Australia Agricultural Research Collaboration
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2022-2023
Invited Guest Editor - Plant and Soil (Special issue on intercropping)
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2017-2022
Associate Editor for Crop & Pasture Science
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2022-Present
Regional Advisory Committee - South-West WA drought hub
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2022-Present
Secretary for the 21st Australian Agronomy Conference (2024)
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2023-present
Member of WA organizing Committee of 3rd International Wheat Congress (2024)
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2018-Present
Member of Expert working group on Agronomy - Wheat Initiative
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2021-2021
Organizing committee member 2021 Australian Brassica Conference
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2022--
Invited Speaker for Royal Society of WA forum "Past, present, and future of agriculture in WA".
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2017-2021
Impact Champion (Resilient farming systems)
ORCID 0000-0003-1236-2319
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