Doctor Jeff Powell

Doctor Jeff Powell

LECTURER,
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Guelph
  • MS Sc Simon Fraser University
  • BA Sc Hons University of Manitoba (Canada)

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Contact

Email:Jeff.Powell@uws.edu.au
Extension:1093
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Location:L3.G.11
Hawkesbury
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Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Powell, J. (2007), 'Linking soil organisms within food webs to ecosystem functioning and environmental change', Advances in Agronomy (Vol. 96), Academic Press 9780123876898.
  • Powell, J. and Dunfield, K. (2007), 'Non-target impacts of genetically-modified, herbicide-tolerant crops on soil microbial and faunal communities', Topics in Canadian Weed Science, Canadian Weed Science Society 9780968897041.
  • Powell, J. and Klironomos, J. (2007), 'The ecology of plant-microbial mutualisms', Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry, Academic Press 9780125468077.

Journal Articles

  • Caruso, T., Hempel, S., Powell, J., Barto, E. and Rillig, M. (2012), 'Compositional divergence and convergence in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities', Ecology, 10.
  • Lehmann, A., Barto, E., Powell, J. and Rillig, M. (2012), 'Mycorrhizal responsiveness trends in annual crop plants and their wild relatives : a meta-analysis on studies from 1981 to 2010', Plant and Soil, 20.
  • Powell, J. (2012), 'Accounting for uncertainty in species delineation during the analysis of environmental DNA sequence data', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11.
  • Abhilash, P., Powell, J., Singh, H. and Singh, B. (2012), 'Plant-microbe interactions : novel applications for exploitation in multipurpose remediation technologies', Trends in Biotechnology, 5.
  • Powell, J. (2012), 'The effect of environmental and phylogenetic drivers on community assembly in an alpine meadow community', Ecology, 8.
  • Powell, J. (2012), 'Compositional divergence and convergence in local communities and spatially structured landscapes', PLoS ONE, 10.
  • Powell, J. (2012), 'Compositional divergence and convergence in local communities and spatially structured landscapes', PloS One, .
  • Powell, J., Monaghan, M., Opik, M. and Rillig, M. (2011), 'Evolutionary criteria outperform operational approaches in producing ecologically-relevant fungal species inventories', Molecular Ecology, 12.
  • Powell, J., Monaghan, M., Opik, M. and Matthias, R. (2011), 'Evolutionary criteria outperform operational approaches in producing ecologically relevant fungal species inventories', Molecular Biology, 12.
  • Cipollini, D., Wang, Q., Whitehill, J., Powell, J., Bonello, P. and Herms, D. (2011), 'Distinguishing defensive characteristics in the phloem of ash species reistant and susceptible to emerald ash borer', Journal of Chemical Ecology, 10.
  • Whner, J., Antunes, P., Powell, J., Caruso, T. and Rillig, M. (2011), 'Indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal assemblages protect grassland host plants from pathogens', PLoS ONE, .
  • Sikes, B., Powell, J. and Rillig, M. (2010), 'Deciphering the relative contributions of multiple functions within plant-microbe symbioses', Ecology, 7.
  • Barto, E., Powell, J. and Cipollini, D. (2010), 'How novel are the chemical weapons of garlic mustard in North American forest understories?', Biological Invasions, 7.
  • Wehner, J., Antunes, P., Powell, J., Mazukatow, J. and Rillig, M. (2010), 'Plant pathogen protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: a role for fungal diversity?', Pedobiologia, 5.
  • Powell, J., Nurse, R., Pauls, K., Sikkema, P., Swanton, C., Trevors, J., Klironomos, J., Levy-Booth, D., Gulden, R., Asbil, W., Campbell, R., Dunfield, K., Hamil, A., Hart, M. and Lerat, S. (2009), 'Effects of genetically modified, herbicide-tolerant crops and their management on soil food web properties and crop litter decomposition', Journal of Applied Ecology, 9.
  • Powell, J., Trevors, J., Antunes, P., Campbell, R., Dunfield, K., Gulden, R., Hart, M., Levy-Booth, D., Klironomos, J., Pauls, K. and Swanton, C. (2009), 'Effect of glyphosate on the tripartite symbiosis formed by Glomus intraradices, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, and genetically-modified soybean', Applied Soil Ecology, 9.
  • Hart, M., Powell, J., Gulden, R., Levy-Booth, D., Dunfield, K., Pauls, K., Swanton, C. and + 2 External, A. (2009), 'Detection of transgenic cp4 epsps genes in the soil food web', Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 5.
  • Hart, M., Powell, J., Gulden, R., Dunfield, K., Pauls, K., Swanton, C., Klironomos, J. and + 3 External, A. (2009), 'Separating the effect of crop from herbicide on soil microbial communities in glyphosate-resistant corn', Pedobiologia, 10.
  • Levy-Booth, D., Gulden, R., Campbell, R., Powell, J., Klironomos, J., Pauls, K., Swanton, C. and + 2 External, A. (2009), 'Roundup Ready soybean gene concentrations in field soil aggregate size classes', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 5.
  • Powell, J., Parrent, J., Hart, M., Klironomos, J., Rillig, M. and Maherali, H. (2009), 'Phylogenetic trait conservatism and the evolution of functional tradeoffs in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 9.
  • Powell, J. and Swanton, C. (2008), 'A critique of studies evaluating glyphosate effects on diseases associated with Fusarium spp.', Weed Research, 12.
  • Levy-Booth, D., Campbell, R., Gulden, R., Hart, M., Powell, J., Klironomos, J., Pauls, K. and + 3 External, A. (2008), 'Real-time polymerase chain reaction monitoring of recombinant DNA entry into soil from decomposing Roundup Ready leaf biomass', Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 9.
  • Guldren, R., Lerat, S., Blackshaw, R., Powell, J., Levy-Booth, D., Dunfield, K., Trevors, J. and + 3 External, A. (2008), 'Factors affecting the presence and persistence of plant DNA in the soil environment in corn and soybean rotations', Weed Science, 8.
  • Powell, J., Klironomos, J., Gulden, R., Hart, M., Campbell, R., Levy-Booth, D., Dunfield, K., Pauls, K., Swanton, C. and Trevors, J. (2007), 'Mycorrhizal and rhizobial colonization of genetically-modified and conventional soybeans', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 3.
  • Levy-Booth, D., Dunfield, K., Campbell, R., Gulden, R., Hart, M., Powell, J., Klironomos, J., Pauls, K., Swanton, C. and Trevors, J. (2007), 'Cycling of extracellular DNA in the soil environment', Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 15.
  • Gulden, R., Swanton, C., Levy-Booth, D., Campbell, R., Powell, J., Hart, M., Dunfield, K., Trevors, J., Pauls, K. and Klironomos, J. (2007), 'An empirical approach to target DNA quantification in environmental samples using real-time polymerase chain reactions', Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 12.
  • Lerat, S., Gulden, R., Hart, M., Powell, J., England, L., Pauls, K., Swanton, C., Klironomos, J. and Trevors, J. (2007), 'Quantification and persistence of recombinant DNA of Roundup Ready corn and soybean in rotation', Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 6.
  • Stinson, K., Campbell, S., Powell, J., Wolfe, B., Callaway, R., Thelen, G., Hallett, S., Prati, D. and Klironomos, J. (2006), 'Invasive plant suppresses the growth of native tree seedlings by disrupting belowground mutualisms', PLoS Biology, 5.
  • Klironomos, J., Allen, M., Rillig, M., Piotrowski, J., Makvandi-Nejad, S., Wolfe, B. and Powell, J. (2005), 'Abrupt rise in atmospheric CO2 overestimates community response in a model plant-soil system', Nature, 4.
  • Gulden, R., Lerat, S., Hart, M., Powell, J., Trevors, J., Pauls, K., Klironomos, J. and Swanton, C. (2005), 'Quantitation of transgenic plant DNA in leachate water: real-time PCR analysis', Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 8.
  • Powell, J. and Webster, J. (2004), 'Interguild antagonism between biological controls: impact of entomopathogenic nematode application on an aphid predator, Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)', Biological Control, 9.
  • Powell, J. and Webster, J. (2004), 'Target host finnding by Steinernema feltiae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora in the presence of a non-target insect host', Journal of Nematology, 5.
  • Powell, J., Graham, L. and Galloway, T. (2003), 'Development time of Urolepis rufipes (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) and effect of female density on offspring sex ratio and reproductive output', Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Manitoba, 5.

Research

Current Projects

Title:Switching partners: a driving force for tree productivity in a changing environment?
Years:2013-01-01 - 2015-12-31
ID:P00020782
UWS Researchers:Jeff Powell, John Cairney and Ian Anderson
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:A trait-based approach for understanding the processes limiting effective nodulation of pulse crops
Years:2012-04-13 - 2014-01-31
ID:P00020647
UWS Researchers:Jeff Powell
Funding:
  • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (non ACRG)
Title:Ecological and evolutionary origins of multifunctionality in ectomycorrhizal Pisolithus isolates
Years:2012-03-02 - 2013-06-01
ID:P00020581
UWS Researchers:Jeff Powell, John Cairney and Ian Anderson
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Climate change effects on decomposition of coarse woody debris, as mediated by wood traits and fungal communities
Years:2011-11-09 - 2013-07-31
ID:P00020504
UWS Researchers:Jeff Powell, Brendan Choat and Peter Reich
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney

Supervision

Current Supervision

Title:Spatial Ecology of Ericod Mycorrhizal Fungi
Field of Research:

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