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Keywords

biosecurity, plant health, whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, begomovirus, Geminiviridae, Geminivirus, endosymbiont, pospiviroid, quarantine, diagnostics, cassava, Manihot esculenta, cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, tomato, Solanum lycopersicum

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Australia, United Kingdom, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi

Biography

I am a research scientist and project manager with over 20 years’ experience developing, executing and leading research initiatives in plant health and biosecurity. My research interests and experience include the application of molecular tools to biological and ecological research questions for applied outcomes. I have multidisciplinary experience in plant pathology (virology and mycology), entomology, disease epidemiology, conventional and molecular diagnostics, species delimitation, RNAi, “omics”, population genetics, phylogenetics and the investigation of plant-virus-insect interactions.

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Employment (2)

CSIRO: Brisbane, AU

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University of Greenwich Natural Resources Institute: Chatham Maritime, GB

2023-02-24 to present | Adjunct Research Fellow (Agriculture, Health and Environment)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Queensland: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2008 to 2013 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD); Plant Pathology (School of Agriculture and Food Sciences)
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The University of Queensland: Brisbane, QLD, AU

1999 to 2003 | Bachelor of Science (Honours); Plant Pathology (School of Biological Sciences)
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Professional activities (1)

Australasian Plant Pathology Society: Brisbane, Queensland, AU

2007 to present
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Funding (3)

To solve the African cassava whitefly problem in three East African countries and prevent further whitefly-borne, cassava-virus pandemics

2018-11-01 to 2023-10-01 | Grant
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.8686365
GRANT_NUMBER: OPP1200124
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To increase food security in Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi by reducing the spread of whitefly-borne cassava-virus pandemics, carrying out research to understand factors that drive populations of the vector of these diseases, African cassava whitefly, to become super-abundant

2014-10-01 to 2019-11-01 | Grant
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.6583184
GRANT_NUMBER: OPP1058938
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Viruses, vectors and endosymbionts: exploring interactions for control

2013-03 to 2016-06 | Grant
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (Narrabri, New South Wales, AU)
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UQ1305
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Works (26)

Is polyphagy of a specific cryptic Bemisia tabaci species driving the high whitefly populations on cassava in eastern Africa?

Journal of Pest Science
2024-09-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-024-01832-8
Part of ISSN: 1612-4758
Part of ISSN: 1612-4766
Contributors: Annet Namuddu; Osnat Malka; Susan Seal; Sharon van Brunschot; Richard Kabaalu; Christopher Omongo; Shai Morin; John Colvin
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Is polyphagy of a specific cryptic Bemisia tabaci species driving the high whitefly populations on cassava in eastern Africa?

Research Square
2024-04-22 | Preprint
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4276483/v1
Contributors: Annet Namuddu; Osnat Malka; Susan Seal; Sharon Brunschot; Richard Kabaalu; Christopher Omongo; Shai Morin; John Colvin
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Microbiome diversity and composition in Bemisia tabaci SSA1-SG1 whitefly are influenced by their host’s life stage

2023-11-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127538
Contributors: El Hamss, Hajar; Gowda, Maruthi M.N.; Omongo, Christopher A.; Wang, Hua-Ling; Sharon van Brunschot; Colvin, John; Delatte, Helene
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Comparative evolutionary analyses of eight whitefly Bemisia tabaci sensu lato genomes: cryptic species, agricultural pests and plant-virus vectors

2023-07-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09474-3
Contributors: Campbell, Lahcen I.; Nwezeobi, Joachim; Sharon van Brunschot; Kaweesi, Tadeo; Seal, Susan E.; Swamy, Rekha A. R.; Namuddu, Annet; Maslen, Gareth L.; Mugerwa, Habibu; Armean, Irina M. et al.
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Distribution of Bemisia tabaci in different agro-ecological regions in Uganda and the threat of vector-borne pandemics into new cassava growing areas

2023-02-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1068109
Contributors: Namuddu, Annet; Seal, Susan E.; Sharon van Brunschot; Malka, Osnat; Kabaalu, Richard; Morin, Shai; Omongo, Christopher A.; Colvin, John
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Spatio-temporal changes in endosymbiont diversity and composition in the African cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci SSA1

Frontiers in Microbiology
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.986226
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2-s2.0-85143351669

Part of ISSN: 1664302X
Contributors: El Hamss, H.; Maruthi, M.N.; Ally, H.M.; Omongo, C.A.; Wang, H.-L.; van Brunschot, S.; Colvin, J.; Delatte, H.
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Activation and detoxification of cassava cyanogenic glucosides by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci

Scientific Reports
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92553-w
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2-s2.0-85108806776

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Easson, M.L.A.E.; Malka, O.; Paetz, C.; Hojná, A.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; van Brunschot, S.; Feldmesser, E.; Campbell, L.; Colvin, J. et al.
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Multiple invasions of Bemisia argentifolii into Australia and its current genetic connectivity across space

Journal of Pest Science
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-021-01343-w
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2-s2.0-85100547929

Part of ISSN: 16124766 16124758
Contributors: Wongnikong, W.; Hereward, J.P.; van Brunschot, S.L.; Walter, G.H.
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Assessment of relative host plant quality for three cryptic species of the Bemisia tabaci species complex in Australia

Arthropod-Plant Interactions
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-021-09863-z
Contributors: Wanaporn Wongnikong; James P. Hereward; Sharon L. van Brunschot; Justin K. Cappadonna; Gimme H. Walter
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The molecular mechanisms that determine different degrees of polyphagy in the Bemisia tabaci species complex

Evolutionary Applications
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13162
Contributors: Osnat Malka; Ester Feldmesser; Sharon van Brunschot; Diego Santos‐Garcia; Wen‐Hao Han; Susan Seal; John Colvin; Shai Morin
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Testing mate recognition through reciprocal crosses of two native populations of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in Australia

Bulletin of Entomological Research
2020-06-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485319000683
Contributors: W. Wongnikong; S. L. van Brunschot; J. P. Hereward; P. J. De Barro; G. H. Walter
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Cassava whitefly species in eastern Nigeria and the threat of vector-borne pandemics from East and Central Africa

PLOS ONE
2020-05-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232616
Contributors: Joachim Nwezeobi; Shahid Farooq; Onyeyirichi Onyegbule; Chukwuemeka Nkere; Joseph Onyeka; Sharon van Brunschot; Susan Seal; John Colvin
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Insecticide resistance status of Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Australian cotton production valleys

Austral Entomology
2020-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/aen.12436
Contributors: Jamie Hopkinson; Stephanie Pumpa; Sharon van Brunschot; Cao Fang; Michael Frese; Wee Tek Tay; Tom Walsh
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An integrative approach to discovering cryptic species within the Bemisia tabaci whitefly species complex

Scientific Reports
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29305-w
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2-s2.0-85050332876
Contributors: Vyskočilová, S.; Tay, W.T.; Van Brunschot, S.; Seal, S.; Colvin, J.
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Occurrence of Bondar's Nesting Whitefly, Paraleyrodes bondari (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), on cassava in Uganda

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbe.2018.10.001
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2-s2.0-85054722743

Part of ISSN: 18069665 00855626
Contributors: Omongo, C.A.; Namuddu, A.; Okao-Okuja, G.; Alicai, T.; van Brunschot, S.; Ouvrard, D.; Colvin, J.
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A method for real-time classification of insect vectors of mosaic and brown streak disease in cassava plants for future implementation within a low-cost, handheld, in-field multispectral imaging sensor.

Plant Methods
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-018-0350-3
PMID: 30250493
PMC: PMC6148801
Contributors: Fennell J; Veys C; Dingle J; Nwezeobi J; van Brunschot S; Colvin J; Grieve B
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Species-complex diversification and host-plant associations in Bemisia tabaci: a plant-defense, detoxification perspective revealed by RNAseq analyses.

Molecular ecology
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14865
PMID: 30222226
Contributors: Malka O; Santos-Garcia D; Feldmesser E; Sharon E; Krause-Sakate R; Delatte H; van Brunschot S; Patel M; Visendi Muhindira P; Mugerwa H et al.
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Ongoing geographical spread of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

Virology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.08.033
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2-s2.0-84986596701
Contributors: Mabvakure, B.; Martin, D.P.; Kraberger, S.; Cloete, L.; van Brunschot, S.; Geering, A.D.W.; Thomas, J.E.; Bananej, K.; Lett, J.-M.; Lefeuvre, P. et al.
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A bead-based suspension array for the multiplexed detection of begomoviruses and their whitefly vectors

Journal of Virological Methods
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.12.014
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2-s2.0-84893023033
Contributors: van Brunschot, S.L.; Bergervoet, J.H.W.; Pagendam, D.E.; de Weerdt, M.; Geering, A.D.W.; Drenth, A.; van der Vlugt, R.A.A.
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An outbreak of Potato spindle tuber viroid in tomato is linked to imported seed

European Journal of Plant Pathology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-014-0379-8
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2-s2.0-84892428672
Contributors: van Brunschot, S.L.; Verhoeven, J.T.J.; Persley, D.M.; Geering, A.D.W.; Drenth, A.; Thomas, J.E.
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Development of a multiplexed bead-based suspension array for the detection and discrimination of pospiviroid plant pathogens

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084743
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2-s2.0-84896694175
Contributors: Van Brunschot, S.L.; Bergervoet, J.H.W.; Pagendam, D.E.; De Weerdt, M.; Geering, A.D.W.; Drenth, A.; Van Der Vlugt, R.A.A.
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First report of pospiviroids infecting ornamental plants in Australia: Potato spindle tuber viroid in Solanum laxum (synonym S. jasminoides) and Citrus exocortis viroid in Petunia spp.

New Disease Reports
2014-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5197/j.2044-0588.2014.029.003
Part of ISSN: 2044-0588
Part of ISSN: 2044-0588
Contributors: S.L. van Brunschot; D.M. Persley; A. Roberts; J.E. Thomas
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Panel of real-time PCRs for the multiplexed detection of two tomato-infecting begomoviruses and their cognate whitefly vector species

Plant Pathology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12033
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2-s2.0-84883740736
Contributors: Van Brunschot, S.L.; Gambley, C.F.; De Barro, P.J.; Grams, R.; Thomas, J.E.; Henderson, J.; Drenth, A.; Geering, A.D.W.
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Australian monocot-infecting mastrevirus diversity rivals that in Africa

Virus Research
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.07.018
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2-s2.0-84867194652
Contributors: Kraberger, S.; Thomas, J.E.; Geering, A.D.W.; Dayaram, A.; Stainton, D.; Hadfield, J.; Walters, M.; Parmenter, K.S.; van Brunschot, S.; Collings, D.A. et al.
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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Australia: Distribution, detection and discovery of naturally occurring defective DNA molecules

Australasian Plant Pathology
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1071/AP10083
EID:

2-s2.0-77955186981
Contributors: Van Brunschot, S.L.; Persley, D.M.; Geering, A.D.W.; Campbell, P.R.; Thomas, J.E.
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Black Sigatoka disease: New technologies to strengthen eradication strategies in Australia

Australasian Plant Pathology
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1071/AP06017
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2-s2.0-33645221131
Contributors: 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.; Aitken, E.A.B.
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