Margaret Pallotta

 

Research Officer

 

 

 

Mailing Address

 

Contact Information

Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
University of Adelaide
Waite Campus
Glen Osmond,
South Australia 5064 Australia

 

Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics

Hartley Grove, Urrbrae

Postal PMB 1, Glen Osmond SA 5064

p +61 8 8303 7499    f  +61 8 8303 7102

e your.email@ddress.here

 

 

 

Qualifications

 

B. Sc.

 

 

 

 

Expertise and Research Interests

 

Gene mapping, genetic map construction, QTL analysis, BAC library screening, transposon-tagging.

 

Other Expertise

TAIL-PCR

 

 

 

Memberships

 

 

 

 

Publications

1st author

 

Pallotta MA, Asayama S, Reinheimer JM, Davies PA, Barr AR, Jefferies S, Jefferies SP, Chalmers KJ, Lewis J, Collins HM, Roumeliotis S,  Logue SJ, Coventry SJ, Lance RCM, Karakousis A, Lim P, Verbyla AP and Eckerman PJ (2003)  Mapping and QTL analysis of the barley population  Amagi Nijo x WI2585  Aust J Agric Res 54:1141-1144.

 

Pallotta MA, Warner P, Fox RL, Kuchel H, Jefferies SJ and Langridge P (2003) Marker assisted wheat breeding in the southern region of Australia. Proc 10th Int Wheat Genet Symp, Paestum, Italy.

 

Pallotta MA, Graham RD, Langridge P, Sparrow DHB, Barker SJ (2000) RFLP mapping of manganese efficiency in barley.  Theor Appl Genet 101:1100-1108.

 

Pallotta MA, Khabaz-Saberi H, Lewis J, Graham RD, Barker SJ (1999) Breeding for tolerance to nutritional stress: molecular mapping of loci for manganese efficiency in barley and durum wheat.  Proc 11th Australian Plant Breeding Conference, Adelaide.

 

Co-author

 

Asayama S, Barr AR, Jefferies SP, Logue SJ, Pallotta MA (2001) Relationship

between extract, diastatic power and protein on QTL mapping. "Abstracts and data of papers to be presented at the 99th meeting of The JAPANESE SOCIETY OF BREEDING Breeding Research  Vol.3 (Extra issue 1):239(in Japanese).

 

Ascher-Ellis JS, Graham RD, Hollamby GJ, Paull J, Davies P,
Huang C, Pallotta MA, Howes N, Khabaz-Saberi H, Jefferies SP
and Moussavi-Nik M. (2001). Micronutrients. Chapter 19 In: Screening
wheat for tolerance to abiotic stresses. Eds M Reynolds and I
Ortiz-Monasterio. CIMMYT Monographs, El Batan, Mexico. pp 219-240.

 

Brettell R.I.S., Pallotta M.A., Gustafson J.P. and Appels R. (1986)  Variation at the Nor 1  loci in triticale derived from tissue culture.  Theor Appl Genet 71: 637-643.

 

Boersma JG, Pallotta MA, Li C, Buirchell BJ, Sivasithamparam K and Yang H (2005) Construction of a genetic linkage map usilg MFLP, and identification of molecular markers linked to domestication genes in narrow-leafed lupins (Lupinus angustifolius L.) Cell and Mol Biol Letters Vol 10 331-344.

 

Chalmers KJ, Campbell AW, Kretschmer J, Karakousis A, Henschke PH, Pierens S, Harker N, Pallotta M, Cornish GB, Shariflou MR, Rampling LR, McLauchlan A, Daggard G, Sharp PJ, Holton TA, Sutherland MW, Appels R and Langridge P (2001) Construction of three linkage maps in bread wheat, Triticum aestivum.  Aust J Agric Res 52:1089-1119.

 

Davies P.A., Pallotta M.A., Ryan S.A., Scowcroft W.R. and Larkin P.J. (1986)

            Somaclonal variation in wheat: Genetic and cytogenetic characterisation of alcohol dehydrogenase 1 mutants.  Theor Appl Genet 72: 644-653

 

Davies P.A., Pallotta M.A. and Driscoll C.J. (1985)  Centric fusion between non-homologous rye chromosomes in wheat.  Can J Genet Cytol 27: 627-632.

 

Driscoll C.J., McLean M.A., Napier K.V. and Johnson R.J. (1983)  Triticale breeding, interstate trials and quality evaluation.  Australian Plant Breeding Conference, Adelaide  pp. 112-113.

 

Driscoll C.J. and McLean M.A. (1983)  Registration of cereal and linum varieties in Australia: Currency triticale.  J Aust Inst Agric Sci. 49: 120.

 

Driscoll C.J. and McLean M.A. (1981)  Registration of cereal and linum varieties in Australia: Venus triticale.  J Aust Inst Agric Sci 47: 240.

 

Driscoll C.J. and McLean M.A. (1981)

            Registration of cereal and linum varieties in Australia: Coorong triticale.  J Aust Inst Agric Sci 47: 239.

 

Dwivany F, Medhurst A, Yulia D, Burton R, Gatford K, Shirley N, Pallotta M, Wilson S, Doblin M, Fincher G, Newbigin E and Bacic T (2003) Functional analysis and cellular localization of the barley cellulose synthase-like C (CSLC) gene family. Proc COMBIO Conference

 

Jefferies SP, Pallotta MA, Paull JG, Karakousis, A Kretschmer, JM, Manning S, Islam AKMR, Langridge P and Chalmers KJ (2000) Mapping and validation of chromosome regions conferring boron toxicity tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Theor Appl Genet, 101:767-777.

 

Khabaz-Saberi H, Graham RD, Pallotta MA, Rathjen AJ, Williams KJ (2002) Genetic markers for manganese efficiency in durum wheat.  Plant Breeding 120:1-4.

 

Khabaz-Saberi H, Graham RD, Pallotta MA, Rathjen AJ, Williams KJ (2001) Genetic improvement of manganese efficiency in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum).  In Proc 10th Assembly  of the Wheat Breeding Society of Australia, September 2001, Mildura, Australia.

 

Langridge P, Pallotta M, Hayden M (2004) SSR markers in barley breeding and Genomics Proc 9th Int Barley Genet Symp, Prague.

 

Larkin P.J., Brettell R.I.S., Ryan S.A., Davies P.A., Pallotta M.A. and Scowcroft W.R. (1986)

            Somaclonal variation: Impact on plant biology and breeding strategies.  In Biotechnology in Plant Science (Eds. Day P., Zailtlin M. and Hollaender A.) Academic Press, New York.

                        

Paull J.G., Pallotta M.A., Langridge P. and Thé TT. (1994)  RFLP markers associated with Sr22 and recombination between chromosome 7A of bread wheat and the diploid species Triticum boeoticum.  Theor Appl Genet 89: 1039-1045.

 

Scowcroft W.R., Davies P.A., Ryan S.A., Brettell R.I.S., Pallotta M.A. and Larkin P.J. (1986)

            The analysis of somaclonal mutants.  In Plant Genetics (Ed. Freeling M.), UCLA Symp. Mol. Cell Biology.  A.R.Liss, New York.

 

Sharp PJ, Johnson S, Brown G, McIntosh RA, Pallotta M, Carter M, Bariana HS, Khatkar S, Lagudah ES, Singh RP, Khairallah M, Potter R and Jones MGK (2001) Validation of molecular markers for wheat breeding.  Aust J Agric Res 52:1357-1366.

 

Sutton T, Schnurbusch T, Pallotta M, Collins N, Langridge P (2006) Towards the isolation of boron tolerance genes from barley and wheat. Proc XIV Plant and Animal Genome Conference, Jan 14-18 San Diego (ITMI workshop).

 

Williams KJ, Taylor SP, Bogacki P, Pallotta M, Bariana HS and Wallwork H (2002) Mapping of the root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus neglectus) resistance gene Rlnn1 in wheat.  Theor Appl Genet 104:874-879.

 

Williams KJ, Lewis JG, Bogacki P, Pallotta MA, Willsmore KL, Kuchel H and Wallwork H (2003) Mapping of a QTL contributing to cereal cyst nematode tolerance and resistance in wheat.  Aust J Agric Res 54:731-737.

 

 

Willsmore KL, Eckermann P, Varshnev RJ, Graner A, Langridge P, Pallotta MA, Williams K (2005) Mapping new SSRs in Australian Barley Germplasm.  Proc 12th Australian Barley Technical Symposium, Hobart Tasmania 11-14 September. (poster presentation)

 

 

Patents

 

 

 

 

Funding Received

 

 

Previous Positions

1999–2003        Dept. of Plant Science, University of Adelaide                 

Higher Education Officer - Level  5/6 (P)

n     Validation of SSR and RFLP markers for cereal traits.

1993–1998        Dept. of Plant Science, University of Adelaide                  

Higher Education Officer - Level  5/6 (P)

n     Molecular mapping of genes for manganese efficiency in barley.

n     Laboratory Manager

1991–1993        Dept. of Plant Science, University of Adelaide

Higher Education Officer - Level  5

n     Mapping of a gene for boron tolerance in hexaploid wheat.

1983–1986        CSIRO Div of Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT                             

Experimental Scientist

n     Cytogenetic analysis of variant wheat plants derived from tissue culture.

1977–1983        Dept. of Agronomy, University of Adelaide

Technical Officer - Level  1

n     Triticale Breeding Program

n     Cereal cytogenetics.

 

 

 

 

Languages

 

 

English

 

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19.05.05

 

 

 

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