While still completing my PhD at La Trobe University I was employed at Murdoch University in 2003 as a Post-doctoral fellow conducting research into the causes of decline of Eucalyptus gomphocephala (tuart). This position was then followed by another as the Project Co-ordinator of the Tuart Health Research Group, a team who has adopted a highly integrated and collaborative approach into the cause(s) and management of the decline of tuart. I’m now employed under the Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodland and Forest Health, my role primarily to expand the research capacity of the group by attracting further funds for research and building strategic relationships with collaborative partners. I’m still heavily involved in research and currently co-supervise 4 PhD students, Peter Scott, Katherine Taylor, Kobus Wentzel and Endah Yulia.
I have a very broad variety of research interests related to tree health disorders, primarily of Australian native trees but also of trees throughout Asia. A great deal of the research I am involved in is related to the cause and effect of diseases of trees within urban and rural systems throughout Australia and Asia. I also have a particular interest in the use of novel and innovative techniques to detect and manage these disorders, including remote sensing technologies and treatments for individual trees. I get a great deal of satisfaction from saving trees from further decline and death by correctly diagnosing and managing these tree health disorders.
I have supervised and co-supervised a number of students since my appointment at Murdoch.
Adair, R.J., Burgess, T., Serdani, M. Barber, P. (2009). Fungal associations in Aspondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) galls from Australia and South Africa: implications for biological control of invasive acacias. Fungal Ecology 2: 121-134.
Scott, P.M., Burgess, T.I., Barber, P.A., Shearer, B.L., Stukely, M.J.C., Hardy, G.E.St.J., Jung, T. (2009) Phytophthora multivora sp. nov., a new species recovered from declining Eucalyptus, Banksia, Agonis and other tree species in Western Australia. Persoonia 22: 1-13.
Taylor, K.T., Barber, P.A., Hardy, G.E.St.J. Burgess, T.I. (2009). Botryosphaeriaceae from tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) woodland, including the description of four new species. Mycological Research 113: 337-353.
Pavlic, D., Wingfield, M.J., Barber, P.A., Slippers, B., Hardy, G.E.St.J., Burgess, T.I. (2008) Six new species of Botryosphaeriaceae discovered on baobabs and other native trees in Western Australia. Mycologia 100: 851-866.
Barber, P.A., Carnegie, A.J., Burgess, T.I., Keane, P.J. (2008). Leaf diseases caused by Mycosphaerella species in Eucalyptus globulus plantations and nearby native forest in the Green Triangle Region of sourthern Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 37: 1-10.
Barber, P.A. and Keane, P.J. (2007). A novel method of illustrating microfungi. Fungal Diversity 27: 1-10.
Andjic, V., Barber, P.A., Carnegie, A.J., Hardy, G.St.J., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. (2007) Phylogenetic reassessment supports accommodation of Phaeophleospora and Colletogloeopsis from eucalypts in Kirramyces. Mycological Research 111: 1184-1198.
Andjic, V., Barber, P.A., Carnegie, A.J., Pegg, G.S., Hardy, G.E.St.J., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. (2007). Kirramyces viscidus, sp. nov., a new eucalypt pathogen from tropical Australia closely related to the serious leaf pathogen, Kirramyces destructans. Australasian Plant Pathology 36: 478-487.
Burgess, T.I., Barber, P.A., Sufaati, S., Xu, D., Hardy, G.E.StJ., Dell, B. (2007). Mycosphaerella spp. on Eucalyptus in Asia: new species, new hosts and new records. Fungal Diversity 24: 135-157.
Crous, P. W., Slippers, B., Wingfield, M. J., Rheeder, J., Marasas, W. F. O., Philips, A. J. L., Burgess, T., Barber, P. A. and Groenewald, J. Z. (2006) Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae. Studies in Mycology 55: 235-253.
Burgess, T.I., Barber, P.A., Mohali, S., Pegg, G., De Beer, W., & Wingfield, M.J. (2006) Three new Lasiodiplodia spp. from the tropics, recognised based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology. Mycologia 98: 424-436
Burgess, T.I., Barber, P.A. & Hardy, G.E.St.J. (2005) Botryosphaeria spp. associated with eucalypts in Western Australia, including the description of Fusicoccum macroclavatum sp. nov. Australasian Plant Pathology 34: 557-567.
Barber, P.A., Burgess, T.I., Hardy, G.E.St.J., Slippers, B., Keane, P.J. & Wingfield, M.J. (2005) Botryosphaeria species from Eucalyptus in Australia are pleoanamorphic, producing Dichomera synanamorphs in culture. Mycological Research 109: 1347-1363.
Whyte, G., Burgess, T.I., Barber, P.A. & Hardy, G.St.J. (2005) First record of Mycosphaerella heimii in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 34: 605-606.
Barber, P. A., Kularatne, H. A. G. C. and Keane, P. J. (2005) First record of Mycosphaerella tasmaniensis on mainland Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 34: 121-122.
Barber, P. A. (2004) Forest Pathology: The threat of disease to plantation forests in Indonesia. Plant Pathology Journal 3: 97-104.
Kularatne, H. A. G. C., Lawrie, A. C., Barber, P. A. and Keane, P. J. (2004) A specific primer PCR and RFLP assay for rapid detection and differentiation in planta of some Mycosphaerella species associated with foliar diseases of Eucalyptus globulus. Mycological Research 108: 1476-1493.
Barber PA, Smith IW, Keane PJ (2003) Foliar diseases of Eucalyptus spp. grown for ornamental cut foliage. Australasian Plant Pathology 32, 109-111.
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