Dr Ian Woodrow

Research Interests

• Plant-animal interactions, focusing on chemical defence mechanisms in plants
• Terpene metabolism, especially in eucalypts
• Plants that accumulate metals (hyperaccumulators)

Research Group

• Plant Physiology

Publications

1. Goodger, JQD; Ades, PK; Woodrow, IE (2004) Cyanogenesis in Eucalyptus polyanthemos seedlings: heritability, ontogeny and effect of soil nitrogen.  Tree Physiology, 24: 681-688.
2. Bidwell, SD; Crawford, SA; Woodrow, IE, Sommer-Knudsen, J, Marshall, AT (2004) Sub-cellular localization of Ni in the hyperaccumulator, Hybanthus floribundus (Lindley) F. Muell. Plant Cell and Environment,27: 705-716.
3. King, DJ; Gleadow, RM; Woodrow, IE (2004) Terpene deployment in Eucalyptus polybractea; relationships with leaf structure, environmental stresses, and growth. Functional Plant Biology, 31: 451-460.
4. Miller, RE; Gleadow, RM; Woodrow, IE(2004) Cyanogenesis in tropical Prunus turneriana: characterisation, variation and response to low light.Functional Plant Biology, 31: 491-503.
5. Webber, BL; Woodrow, IE (2004) Cassowary frugivory, seed defleshing and fruit fly infestation influence the transition from seed to seedling in the rare Australian rainforest tree, Ryparosa sp nov 1 (Achariaceae). Functional Plant Biology, 31: 505-516.
6. Webber, BL, Rentz, CF, Ueshima, N, Woodrow, IE (2003) Leucopodoptera eumundii, a new genus and species of katydid from the tropical rainforests of North Queensland, Australia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae:Phaneropterinae:Holochlorini). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 12: 81-90.
7. Gleadow, RM; Vecchies, AC, Woodrow, IE (2003)  Cyanogenic Eucalyptus nobilis is polymorphic for both prunasin and specific b-glucosidases. Phytochemistry, 63: 699-704.
8. Goodger, JQD; Woodrow, IE (2002)  Cyanogenic polymorphism as an indicator of genetic diversity in the rare species Eucalyptus yarraensis (Myrtaceae). Functional Plant Biology, 29: 1445-1452.
9. Burns, AE; Gleadow, RM; Woodrow, IE (2002) Light alters the allocation of nitrogen to cyanogenic glycosides in Eucalyptus cladocalyx. Oecologia, 133: 288-294.
10. Gleadow, RM; Woodrow, IE (2002) Defense chemistry of cyanogenic Eucalyptus cladocalyx seedlings is affected by water supply. Tree Physiology, 22: 939-945.
11. Bidwell, SD; Woodrow, IE; Batianoff, GN, Sommer-Knudsen, J (2002) Hyperaccumulation of manganese in the rainforest tree Austromyrtus bidwillii (Myrtaceae) from Queensland, Australia. Functional Plant Biology, 29: 899-905.
12. Goodger, JQD; Capon, RJ; Woodrow, IE (2002) Cyanogenic polymorphism in Eucalyptus polyanthemos Schauer subsp vestita L. Johnson and K. Hill (Myrtaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 30: 617-630.
13. Gleadow, RM; Woodrow, IE (2002) Constraints on effectiveness of cyanogenic glycosides in herbivore defense. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28: 1301-1313.
14. Woodrow, IE; Slocum, DJ; Gleadow, RM (2002) Influence of water stress on cyanogenic capacity in Eucalyptus cladocalyx. Functional Plant Biology, 29: 103-110.