Dr Phillip Jackson: breeding sugarcane varieties
Dr Phillip Jackson is developing sugarcane varieties with better cane yield, adaptation to adverse environments, and increased sucrose content.
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2 January 2007 | Updated 24 November 2011
Overview
Current activities
Dr Phillip Jackson is leader of the Sugarcane Improvement sub-program of CSIRO Plant Industry and is based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
His work involves breeding new sugarcane varieties using a range of traditional breeding methods and new molecular technologies including DNA markers.
He is also researching better ways to conduct breeding and selection in sugarcane breeding, using wild cane relatives in sugarcane breeding programs, and in understanding physiological constraints to higher yields and sucrose content in sugarcane.
Background
Dr Jackson comes from an agricultural science background with an emphasis on crop science and breeding.
Dr Jackson comes from an agricultural science background with an emphasis on crop science and breeding.
His doctorate was focused on understanding the physiological basis of genotype x environment interactions in barley, and was done through the University of Queensland in partnership with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI) barley breeding program.
He joined CSIRO in 1988 and initially worked at Macknade, in Queensland in association with the major sugar producing company CSR Ltd, before moving to Townsville in 1995.
Since 1988 Dr Jackson has studied many aspects of sugarcane improvement and sugar production and strives to get the results of his research utilised by the sugar industry.
Academic qualifications
Dr Jackson was awarded a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with First Class Honours from The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, in 1983.
He completed his Doctorate in 1989, also at The University of Queensland.
Achievements
Dr Jackson is:
- an Executive Committee member of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology
- a member of the Management Committee of the BSES-CSIRO Joint Venture.
See a list of scientific papers published by Dr Jackson on the next page.
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