Geoffrey Gurr

Personal profile

Professor Gurr is well known internationally for his work on applied insect ecology and developing ecologically-based strategies to combat pests.

Work over the last three decades has spanned biological control of insect pests, plant defence, insect-vectored plant pathogens, chemical and molecular ecology. His chief contribution has been to develop strategies for promoting the activity of natural enemies of pests and simultaneously delivering other ecosystem services. These methods are used on increasing numbers of farms, particularly in Asia. The work has been the subject of two of the three books for which he was senior editor and multiple papers with more than 100 citations each including a very highly influential (952 cites) Annual Review of Entomology paper. He has held Australian Research Council funding continuously since 2007 and is currently about to commence leading his fourth project for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, this valued at over $1.5M.

Professor Gurr has collaborated widely in Australia and overseas. He has held visiting professor positions at the University of Sydney, Zhejiang University and, currently, at Lincoln University (New Zealand) and Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University (FAFU). The latter is now supported by a $1.8M dollar 'Thousand Talents' fellowship. Work at FAFU culminated recently in the publication of the diamondback moth genome in Nature Genetics while other work in Asia on rice pest management is about to be published in Nature Plants.

Research Interests

Applied insect-plant ecology
Biological control of pests
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Sustainable agriculture
Insect vector-phytoplasma-plant interactions
Developing country cropping systems

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Research Output

Advances in conservation biological control and habitat management in IPM

Mkenda, P. A., Pandey, S., Johnson, A. C. & Gurr, G., 2020, Integrated management of insect pests: Current and future developments. Kogan, M. & Heinrichs, E. (eds.). 1st ed. Cambridge, UK: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, Vol. 2. p. 451-480 30 p. (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science).

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) selectively attracts and enhances the performance of Cotesia vestalis, a parasitoid of Plutella xylostella

Chen, Y., Mao, J., Reynolds, O. L., Chen, W., He, W., You, M. & Gurr, G. M., 15 Apr 2020, In : Scientific Reports. 10, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., 6447.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Development of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for analysis of population structure and invasion pathway in the coconut leaf beetle Brontispa longissima (gestro) using restriction site-associated DNA (RAD) genotyping in Southern China

Chen, Z., Wang, G., Li, M., Peng, Z., Ali, H., Xu, L., Gurr, G. M. & Hou, Y., 07 Apr 2020, In : Insects. 11, 4, 230.

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Fungal Endophyte Communities of Crucifer Crops Are Seasonally Dynamic and Structured by Plant Identity, Plant Tissue and Environmental Factors

Chen, J., Akutse, K. S., Saqib, H. S. A., Wu, X., Yang, F., Xia, X., Wang, L., Goettel, M. S., You, M. & Gurr, G. M., 15 Jul 2020, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, p. 1-13 13 p., 1519.

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Knowledge gaps among smallholder farmers hinder adoption of conservation biological control

Mkenda, P. A., Ndakidemi, P. A., Stevenson, P. C., Arnold, S. E. J., Darbyshire, I., Belmain, S. R., Priebe, J., Johnson, A. C., Tumbo, J. & Gurr, G. M., 03 Jan 2020, In : Biocontrol Science and Technology. 30, 3, p. 256-277 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article