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William Erskine is the Director of the Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding at the University of Western Australia. He has a long history in agricultural research, notably serving as the Assistant Director General for Research at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Syria from 2001 to 2007. He has made significant contributions to plant breeding, particularly in lentil improvement, leading programs that released 99 lentil cultivars across 31 countries. His research interests focus on plant breeding for food security, with projects addressing agricultural innovations in communities such as Timor-Leste and Bangladesh. He has supervised numerous graduate students in various international universities, emphasizing sustainable agriculture objectives aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Erskine earned his BA from the University of Cambridge in 1973, a Master of Agriculture in Papua New Guinea in 1976, and a PhD from Cambridge in 1979. He is actively engaged in numerous research collaborations and has received funding from various Australian and international government agencies.
Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding • University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) • Aleppo, Syria
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) • Aleppo, Syria
Agriculture Faculty of University of Papua New Guinea •
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