Dr Anthony James is a Senior Research Fellow in QUT’s Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy, working in the Banana Biotechnology Program which combines recent advances in banana genomics and molecular breeding to provide real world solutions to the banana industry both domestically and globally. Anthony has a PhD in plant virology and has worked as a plant pathologist for more than 20 years. A major focus of the Banana Biotechnology Program is the development of disease-resistant bananas, with an emphasis on the fungal disease Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4) and the virus disease banana bunchy top, caused by banana bunchy top virus. Using bioinformatics and genomics resources, combined with modern biotechnology tools including plant transformation and gene editing, the group aims to develop disease-resistant farmer-preferred cultivars.
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