Rate My Professor Nigel Warwick

Dr. Nigel Warwick serves as Senior Lecturer in Plant and Crop Ecophysiology within the School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne, Australia, a Diploma in Science (Biochemistry) from Massey University, New Zealand, and a Bachelor of Horticultural Science (Honours) from Massey University. Warwick's research has a strong focus on plant, crop, and horticultural ecophysiology, including the physiology and genetics of durum wheat in response to drought and global CO₂ changes, photoperiod and vernalisation response of durum wheat, water soluble carbohydrates dynamics in durum wheat, pruning and bud physiology in horticultural crops, grafting physiology and anatomy in horticultural plants, carbohydrate dynamics in agricultural, horticultural and native plants, postharvest physiology, water use of plants in natural and agricultural systems, drought tolerance in Australian woody plants, and functional anatomy of Australian woody plants, particularly the structure and function of the xylem and vestured pits in relation to climate and phylogeny.

Prior to joining the University of New England, Warwick worked on research projects concerning plant water use in horticultural systems, biochemistry of leaf senescence, salinity, wetland plant ecology, and photosynthesis at the Plant Physiology Division DSIR in New Zealand, the School of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Melbourne, the Institute of Biological Chemistry at Washington State University, USA, and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/CRC for Freshwater Ecology at Monash University. He has successfully supervised Honours, Masters, and Doctoral students from Australia, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, India, Iran, Nepal, and Timor Leste, with postgraduates currently working on projects in the cereal, tomato, and berryfruit industries. Warwick maintains active research collaborations with cereal breeders at the NSW DPI Tamworth Agricultural Institute and the Jodrell Laboratory at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Key publications include 'Climate trends in the wood anatomy of Acacia s.s. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)' (Annals of Botany, 2017), 'Water relations and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) exposed to interactions of drought and fungal root diseases (Rhizoctonia and Pythium)' (Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 2018), and contributions to AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora (2021). He teaches units including Agricultural Ecology & Crop Physiology, Plant Physiology & Anatomy, and Plant Function & Environment at undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate levels. Warwick is a member of the Australian Society of Plant Scientists, Australian Society of Horticultural Science, International Society for Horticultural Science, and International Association of Wood Anatomists.