Last updated 2/11/2023
William T. Salter
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Education
- PhD. in Plant Ecophysiology – The University of Sydney, Australia
2012 – 2016 - BSc. with Honours Ecological Science – The University of Edinburgh, UK
2007 – 2011
Professional experience
- Lecturer in Crop Physiology – The University of Sydney, Australia
2022 – present - Postdoctoral Research Fellow – The University of Sydney, Australia
2018 – 2022 - Postdoctoral Research Associate – The University of Sydney, Australia
2016 – 2018 - Research Assistant – The University of Sydney, Australia
2016 - Research Assistant – The James Hutton Institute, UK
2012 - Research Assistant – Xeroshield Ltd., UK
2010 – 2011
Other roles
- Associate Editor
AoBP (AoB PLANTS)
2022 – present - Social Media Editor
AoBP (AoB PLANTS)
2018 – 2022 - Website & Communication Sub-Committee member
Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS)
2018 – 2021
Publications
- Coleman, G. & Salter, W.T. (2023) More eyes on the prize: open-source data, software and hardware for advancing plant science through collaboration. AoB PLANTS, 15(2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plad010 OPEN ACCESS - Coleman, G., Salter, W.T. & Walsh, M. (2022) OpenWeedLocator (OWL): An open-source, low-cost device for fallow weed detection. Scientific Reports, 12(170).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03858-9 OPEN ACCESS - Salter, W.T., Shrestha, A. & Barbour, M.M. (2021) Open source 3D phenotyping of chickpea plant architecture across plant development. Plant Methods, 17(1).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13007-021-00795-6 OPEN ACCESS - Salter, W.T., Merchant, A.M., Trethowan, R., Richards, R.A. & Buckley, T.N. (2020) Wide variation in the suboptimal distribution of photosynthetic capacity in relation to light across genotypes of wheat. AoB PLANTS, 12(5).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plaa039 OPEN ACCESS - Salter, W.T., Li, S., Dracatos, P.M. & Barbour M.M. (2020) Identification of QTLs for dynamic and steady state photosynthetic traits in a barley mapping population. AoB PLANTS, 12(6).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plaa063 OPEN ACCESS - Li, Y. , Song, X. , Li, S. , Salter, W. T. & Barbour, M. M. (2019). The role of leaf water potential in the temperature response of mesophyll conductance. New Phytologist.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.16214 - Salter, W.T., Merchant, A., Gilbert, M.E. & Buckley, T.N. (2019). PARbars: cheap, easy to build ceptometers for continuous measurement of light interception in plant canopies. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 147, 1-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/59447 OPEN ACCESS - Salter, W.T., Merchant, A., Richards, R., Trethowan, R. & Buckley, T.N. (2019). Rate of photosynthetic induction in fluctuating light varies widely among genotypes of wheat. Journal of Experimental Biology, 70(10), 2787-2796.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz100 OPEN ACCESS - Salter W.T., Gilbert M.E. & Buckley T.N. (In press) Time-dependent bias in instantaneous ceptometry caused by row orientation. The Plant Phenome Journal.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/tppj2018.07.0004 OPEN ACCESS - Salter W.T., Gilbert M.E. & Buckley T.N. (2018) A multiplexed gas exchange system for increased throughput of photosynthetic capacity measurements. Plant Methods, 14(1), 80.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13007-018-0347-y OPEN ACCESS - (2018) Plant and soil P determine functional attributes of subalpine Australian plants. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 50(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2017.1420246 OPEN ACCESS
- Adams, M.A., Buckley, T.N., Salter, W.T., Buchmann, N., Blessing, C.H., Turnbull, T. (2017). Contrasting responses of crop legumes and cereals to nitrogen availability. New Phytologist, 217(4), 1475-1483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.14918
- Salter, W.T., Turnbull, T.L., Rennenberg, H., Adams, M.A. (2017). Solar UV upregulates photoprotection but slows photosynthesis in subalpine Australian plants. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 49(4), 673-685. http://dx.doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0017-024 OPEN ACCESS
- Fenton, B., Salter, W.T., Malloch, G., Begg, G., Anderson, E. (2015). Stopped in its tracks: How lambda-cyhalothrin can break the aphid transmission of a potato potyvirus. Pest Management Science, 71(12), 1611-1616. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.3967
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