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David Turner is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia, with a research focus on the interaction between plants and the environment. He conducted research with the New South Wales Department of Agriculture on banana nutrition and development from 1963 to 1983. After moving to UWA, he supervised postgraduate students as part of the Australian Collaboration National Agricultural Research Project in Thailand. His teaching has included units in plant biology and postharvest physiology within the Faculty of Agriculture at UWA. He retired in 2006 but continues to work as an honorary research fellow, concentrating on the development of plants in the family Musaceae, particularly bananas. Collaborating with colleagues across Australia and internationally, including Dr. Jane Gibbs and Dr. G Blomme, he contributes to MusaPedia, an online knowledge system about bananas supported by the CGIAR. His research interests also cover environmental physiology in horticultural field crops, with projects funded by various organizations addressing topics like drought resistance and seed storage biodiversity.
University of Western Australia • Perth
Focus on development of plants in the family Musaceae (bananas).
University of Western Australia • Perth
Taught units in plant biology and postharvest physiology.
NSW Agriculture, Tropical Fruit Research Station • Alstonville, NSW
Conducted research on banana nutrition and development.
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