Dr Nicole Rice PhD(Syd) Nicole Rice holds a Bachelor Degree in Agricultural Science (Hons I) and a PhD in Agricultural Science from Sydney University. Nicole joined the Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics in March 2000 and is currently the Curator of the Australian Plant DNA Bank and manages commercial services and clients. Nicole is also working with the National Plant Biosecurity CRC on the establishment of a pathology based DNA Bank with this project investigating a range of storage conditions and the implications of storage on DNA viability. She is currently involved in the Atlas of Living Australia and the Bioplatforms Australia NCRIS initiatives. She is interested in the conservation of Australian flora and the application of genomics. She is also involved in industry based collaborations which aim to deliver functional DNA based testing services.
Journal articles
Novel microsatellite markers for the endangered Australian rainforest tree Davidsonia jerseyana (Cunoniaceae) and cross-species amplification in the Davidsonia genus (with Frances G. Eliott, C Connelly, M Rossetto, Mervyn Shepherd, and Robert J. Henry), Conservation Genetics Resources (2013)
Davidsonia jerseyana is an endangered rainforest tree endemic to far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia....
Chloroplast genome sequence confirms distinctness of Australian and Asian wild rice (with Daniel LE Waters, Catherine J. Nock, Ryuji Ishikawa, and Robert J. Henry), Ecology and Evolution (2012)
Cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) is an AA genome Oryza species that was most likely domesticated...
Chloroplast genome sequences from total DNA for plant identification (with Catherine J. Nock, Daniel LE Waters, Mark A. Edwards, Stirling G. Bowen, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2011)
Chloroplast DNA sequence data are a versatile tool for plant identification or barcoding and establishing...
The endosperm morphology of rice and its wild relatives as observed by scanning electron microscopy (with Shabana Kasem, Daniel LE Waters, Frances M. Shapter, and Robert J. Henry), Rice (2011)
While cultivated rice, Oryza sativa, is arguably the world’s most important cereal crop, there is...
Cereal Variety Identification using MALDI-TOF mass spectromertry SNP Genotyping (with Julie A. Pattemore, David F. Marshall, Robbie Waugh, and Robert J. Henry), Journal of Cereal Science (2010)
Correct identification of cereal varieties is important to food quality, safety and authenticity and recently,...
Books
Research priorities for native species bioenergy crops (with Robert J. Henry), RIRDC (2009)
This report provides a summary of the RIRDC-sponsored one day workshop held on 22 August...
Book chapters
Sorghum (with Anjanabha Bhattacharya, Frances M. Shapter, Sally L. Norton, and Robert J. Henry), Wild crop relatives, genomic and breeding resources, cereals (2011)
Sorghum is an important cereal and fodder crop, which is adaptable to extreme climatic conditions...
DNA banks as a resource for SNP genotyping (with Shabana Kasem and Robert J. Henry), Plant genotyping II: SNP technology (2008)
DNA extraction from plant tissue (with Shabana Kasem and Robert J. Henry), Plant genotyping II: SNP technology (2008)
Plant DNA banks: a primary resource for conservation research (with Robert J. Henry and Maurizio Rossetto), DNA banks: providing novel options for genebanks? (2006)
Conference publications
BADH genes in wheat and their expression (with Keshav N. Shrestha and Daniel LE Waters), Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (2011)
Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH) is important enzyme which plays a dual role in cereals. It...
Chloroplast genome sequence indicates Australian wild rice represents a source of diversity for rice improvement (with Robert J. Henry, Daniel LE Waters, Catherine J. Nock, Stirling G. Bowen, and R Ishikawa), Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (2011)
Rice (Oryza sativa Japonica) was probably domesticated from wild populations of Oryza rufipogon in Asia....
Molecular genetic diversity of ICARDA’s worldwide barley landrace collection (with Abderrazek Jilal, Stefania Grando, Robert J. Henry, Michael Baum, and Salvatore Ceccarelli), Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference (2010)
The use of barley grain as a whole grain food or food ingredient through the...
Whole genome sequence (WGS) analysis for exploring plant relationships (with Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Catherine J. Nock, Daniel LE Waters, Stirling Bowen, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference (2010)
Shotgun sequencing plant genomic DNA preparations generates large quantities of sequence data in a single...
Barley variety identification using DNA (with Peter Portmann and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the Agribusiness Crop Update Conference (2009)
Varietal purity is an important commercial driver in the trade of malting barley. Receival standards...