Research Publications

The following is a list of Adam Dimech’s research publications including peer-reviewed papers, conference posters and abstracts. Peer-reviewed manuscripts are available upon request.

Table of Contents

• Peer-Reviewed Original Research Papers
• Preprints
• Conference Posters
• Conference Abstracts
• Books
• Author and Research Identifiers

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Papers

• Schuhl, H., Brown, K.E., Sheng, H., Bhatt, P.K., Gutierrez, J., Schneider, D., Casto, A.L., Acosta-Gamboa, L., Ballenger, J.G., Barbero, F., Braley, J., Brown, A.M., Chavez, L., Cunningham, S., Dilhara, M., Dimech, A.M., Duenwald, J.G., Fischer, A., Gordon, J.M., Hendrikse, C., Hernandez, G.L., Hodge, J.G., Huber, M., Hurr, B.M., Jarolmasjed, S., Jimenez, K.M., Kenney, S., Konkel, G., Kutschera, A., Lama, S., Lohbihler, M., Lorence, A., Luebbert, C., Ly, N., Manching, H.K., Marrano, A., Meerdink, S., Miklave, N.M., Mudrageda, P., Murphy, K.M., Peery, J.D., Pierik, R., Polydore, S., Robey, C., Rogers, T., Schultz, T.J., Seigel, E., Srivastava, D., Summerer, S., Sumner, J., Teng, C., Thompson, A.E., Tovar, J.C., van Daalen, T., Watson, M., Wheeler, J.J., Wilson, M.C., Ying, K.R., Zare, A., Zhou, Y., Gehan, M.A. and Fahlgren, N. (2026). PlantCV v4: Image analysis software for high-throughput plant phenotyping. The Plant Phenome Journal 9 (1): e70065. doi:10.1002/ppj2.70065
• Dimech, A.M., Scatchard, M., Breen, E.J., Baum, K.J., Keeble-Gagnère, G., Norton, S.L. and Hayden, M. (2025). Digital image analysis for automated seed germination assessment in genebank viability testing. Seed Science and Technology 53 (3): 535-554. doi:10.15258/sst.2025.53.3.12
• Herath Dissanayakalage, S.S., Kaur, J., Li, T., Dimech, A.M. and Sawbridge, T.I. (2025). Seed-derived Synthetic Microbial Communities (SynComs) from Medicago wild relatives modulate early plant microbiome assembly and phenotypic traits in Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.). Microorganisms 13: 2114. doi:10.3390/microorganisms13092114
• Shoaib, M., Dimech, A.M., Rochfort, S.J., Topp, C., Hayden, M.J. and Kant, S. (2025) Seeing the Unseen: A novel approach to extract latent plant root traits from digital images. Plant Phenomics 7 (3): 100088. doi:10.1016/j.plaphe.2025.100088
• Tran, J., Dimech, A.M., Vassiliadis, S., Elkins, A.C., Cogan, N.O.I., Naim-Feil, E. and Rochfort, S.J. (2025) Determination of optimal harvest time in Cannabis sativa L. based upon stigma color transition. Plants 14 (10): 1532. doi:10.3390/plants14101532
• Depetris, M.B., Dimech, A.M. and Guthridge, K.M. (2025) Digitally quantifying growth and verdancy of Lolium plants in vitro. Plants 14 (10): 1499. doi:10.3390/plants14101499
• Dimech, A.M., Kaur, S. and Breen, E.J. (2024) Mapping and quantifying unique branching structures in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). Plant Methods 20: 95-113. doi:10.1186/s13007-024-01223-1
• Dimech, A. (2024) Greedy Land Speculators: A History of the Dunvegan Housing Estate in Macleod, Victoria. Victorian Historical Journal 95(1): 107-125.
• Pasam, R.K., Kant, S., Thoday-Kennedy, E., Dimech, A.M., Keeble-Gagnère, G., Forrest, K., Tibbits, J. and Hayden, M. (2023) Haplotype-based Genome-Wide Association Analysis using exome capture assay and digital phenotyping identifies genetic loci underlying salt tolerance mechanisms in wheat. Plants 12 (12): 2367. doi:10.3390/plants12122367
• Thoday-Kennedy, E., Dimech, A.M., Joshi, S., Daetwyler, H.D., Hudson, D., Spangenberg, G., Hayden, M. and Kant, J. (2023) An image dataset of diverse safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) genotypes for salt response phenotyping. Data in Brief 46: 108787. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108787
• Dissanayake, R., Kahrood, H.V., Dimech, A.M., Noy, D.M., Rosewarne, G.M., Smith, K., Cogan, N.O.I. and Kaur, S. (2020) Development and application of image-based high-throughput phenotyping methodology for salt tolerance in lentils. Agronomy 10 (12):1992. doi:10.3390/agronomy10121992
• Wang, J., Dimech, A.M., Spangenberg, G., Smith, K. and Badenhorst, P. (2020) Rapid screening of nitrogen use efficiency in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) using automated image-based phenotyping. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:1322. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.565361
• Keeble-Gagnère, G., Rigault, P., Tibbits, J., Pasam, R., Hayden, M., Forrest, K., Frenkel, Z., Korol, A., Huang, B.E., Cavanagh, C., Taylor, J., Abrouk, M., Sharpe, A., Konkin, D., Sourdille, P., Darrier, B., Choulet, F., Bernard, A., Rochfort, S., Dimech, A., Watson-Haigh, N., Baumann, U., Eckermann, P., Fleury, D., Juhasz, A., Boisvert, S., Nolin, M-A., Doležel, J., Šimková, H., Toegelová, H., Šafář, J., Luo, M-C., Câmara, F., Pfeifer, M., Isdale, D., Nyström-Persson, J., IWGSC, Koo, D-H., Tinning, M., Cui, D., Ru, Z., and Appels, R. (2018) Optical and physical mapping with local finishing enables megabase-scale resolution of agronomically important regions in the wheat genome. Genome Biology 19:112. doi:10.1186/s13059-018-1475-4
• Giordano, A., Liu, Z., Panter, S.N., Dimech, A.M., Shang, Y., Wijesinghe, H., Fulgueras, K., Ran, Y., Mouradov, A., Rochfort, S., Patron, N.J. & Spangenberg G.C. (2014) Reduced lignin content and altered lignin composition in the warm season forage grass Paspalum dilatatum by down-regulation of a Cinnamoyl CoA Reductase gene. Transgenic Research 23 (3): 503-517. doi:10.1007/s11248-014-9784-1
• Dimech, A.M., Ford, R., Ades, P.K., Cross, R. & Taylor, P.W.J. (2009) Population diversity of Doryanthes excelsa (Doryanthaceae) in eastern Australia. Cunninghamia 11 (2): 213-219
• Dimech, A.M., Cross, R., Ford, R. & Taylor, P.W.J. (2007) Micropropagation of Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa Corrêa) from New South Wales, Australia. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 88 (2): 157-165. doi:10.1007/s11240-006-9184-1

Preprints (Not Peer-Reviewed)

• Schuhl, H., Brown, K.E., Sheng, H., Bhatt, P.K., Gutierrez, J., Schneider, D., Casto, A.L., Acosta-Gamboa, L., Ballenger, J.G., Barbero, F., Braley, J., Brown, A.M., Chavez, L., Cunningham, S., Dilhara, M., Dimech, A.M., Duenwald, J.G., Fischer, A., Gordon, J.M., Hendrikse, C., Hernandez, G.L., Hodge, J.G., Huber, M., Hurr, B.M., Jarolmasjed, S., Jimenez, K.M., Kenney, S., Konkel, G., Kutschera, A., Lama, S., Lohbihler, M., Lorence, A., Luebbert, C., Ly, N., Manching, H.K., Marrano, A., Meerdink, S., Miklave, N.M., Mudrageda, P., Murphy, K.M., Peery, J.D., Pierik, R., Polydore, S., Robey, C., Rogers, T., Schultz, T.J., Seigel, E., Srivastava, D., Summerer, S., Sumner, J., Teng, C., Thompson, A.E., Tovar, J.C., van Daalen, T., Watson, M., Wheeler, J.J., Wilson, M.C., Ying, K.R., Zare, A., Zhou, Y., Gehan, M.A. and Fahlgren, N. (2025) PlantCV v4: Image analysis software for high-throughput plant phenotyping. bioRχiv doi:10.1101/2025.11.19.689271
• Herath Dissanayakalage, S.S., Kaur, J., Li, T., Dimech, A.M. and Sawbridge, T.I. (2025). Seed-derived Synthetic Microbial Communities (SynComs) from Medicago wild relatives modulate early plant microbiome assembly and phenotypic traits in Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.). Preprints.org doi:10.20944/preprints202507.1964.v1
• Keeble-Gagnère, G., Rigault, P., Tibbits, J., Pasam, R., Hayden, M., Forrest, K., Frenkel, Z., Korol, A., Huang, B.E., Cavanagh, C., Taylor, J., Abrouk, M., Sharpe, A., Konkin, D., Sourdille, P., Darrier, B., Choulet, F., Bernard, A., Rochfort, S., Dimech, A., Watson-Haigh, N., Baumann, U., Eckermann, P., Fleury, D., Juhasz, A., Boisvert, S., Nolin, M-A., Doležel, J., Šimková, H., Toegelová, H., Šafář, J., Luo, M-C., Câmara, F., Pfeifer, M., Isdale, D., Nyström-Persson, J., IWGSC, Koo, D-H., Tinning, M., Cui, D., Ru, Z., and Appels, R. (2018) Optical and physical mapping with local finishing enables megabase-scale resolution of agronomically important regions in the wheat genome. bioRχiv doi:10.1101/363465

Conference Posters

• Pasam, R., Kant, S., Dimech, A.M., Tibbits, J. & Hayden, M. (2019) High-throughput phenomics and genomics approaches for studying salinity tolerance in wheat. Wheat Breeding Assembly, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. (20-22 August)
• Dimech, A.M., Hill, K., Hayes, M., John, U., Murray, K., Tibbits, J. & Hayden, M. (2018) Measurement of wheat spike morphological traits from digital image processing and analysis. 5th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, National Wine Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. (2-5 October)
• Hayes, M., Dimech, A.M., Anderson, H., Hill, K., John, U. & Hayden, M. (2016) A controlled environment screen to measure heat tolerance in wheat. AusPheno: 5th International Controlled Environment Conference, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. (18-23 September)
• Hayes, M., Dimech, A.M., Elkins, A., Vincent, D., Hill, K., Anderson, H., Nakajima, M., Rochfort, S. & Spangenberg, G. (2015) Water limitation in four wheat varieties during grain fill: Grain yield and quality outcomes. ComBio 2015 Combined Conference, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (27 September - 1 October)
• Dimech, A.M., Badenhorst, P.E., Panter, S., Liu, Z., Ramage, C., Stewart, A.V., Smith, K.F., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G.C. (2010) Field evaluation of transgenic perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) plants for enhanced fructan accumulation and biomass yield. OzBio Combined Conference, Melbourne, Australia. (26 September - 1 October)
• Badenhorst, P.E., Dimech, A.M., Panter, S., Liu, Z., Ramage, C., Stewart, A.V., Smith, K.F., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G.C. (2010) Field evaluation of transgenic perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) plants for enhanced fructan accumulation and biomass yield. Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage & Turf, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (15-19 March)
• Panter, S., Dimech, A.M., Cao, Y., Martelotto, L., Dhavale, T., Georges, S., Tomevski, S. Ran, Y.D., Liu, Z., Griffith, M., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G.C. (2010) Functional analysis of Fructan Biosynthesis in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage & Turf, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (15-19 March)
• Badenhorst, P.E., Dimech, A.M., Panter, S., Liu, Z., Ramage, C., Stewart, A.V., Smith, K.F., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G.C. (2010) Field evaluation of transgenic Tall Fescue (Lolium arundinaceum Schreb.) for altered lignification.Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage & Turf, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (15-19 March)
• Panter, S., Dimech, A.M., Cao, Y., Martelotto, L., Dhavale, T., Georges, S., Tomevski, S. Ran, Y.D., Liu, Z., Griffith, M., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G.C. (2010) Functional analysis of Lignin Biosynthesis in Tall Fescue (Lolium arundinaceum Schreb.). Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage & Turf, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (15-19 March)
• Dimech, A.M., Ford, R., Ades, P.K., Cross, R. & Taylor, P.W.J. (2005) Genetic diversity of Doryanthes excelsa. ComBio 2005 Combined Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. (25-29 September)

Conference Abstracts

• Dimech, A.M., Scatchard, M., Breen, E. & Norton, S. (2025) Developing a method for digitally counting seeds and assessing their germination status in vitro for seedbank viability testing. Third Australasian Seed Science Conference, Horsham, Australia. (22-25 September).
• Dimech, A.M., Kaur, S. & Breen, E. (2024) Image Analysis for Mapping of Lentil Branch Architecture. Eleventh International Conference on Legume Genetics & Genomics, Brisbane, Australia. (30 September - 3 October), no. 336
• Badenhorst, P.E., Dimech, A.M., Panter, S., Liu, Z., Ramage, C., Stewart, A.V., Smith, K.F., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G.C. (2010) Field evaluation of transgenic perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) plants for enhanced fructan accumulation and biomass yield. Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage & Turf, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (15-19 March), p. 209
• Panter, S., Dimech, A.M., Cao, Y., Martelotto, L., Dhavale, T., Georges, S., Tomevski, S. Ran, Y.D., Liu, Z., Griffith, M., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G.C. (2010) Functional analysis of Fructan Biosynthesis in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage & Turf, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (15-19 March), p. 217
• Badenhorst, P.E., Dimech, A.M., Panter, S., Liu, Z., Ramage, C., Stewart, A.V., Smith, K.F., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G.C. (2010) Field evaluation of transgenic Tall Fescue (Lolium arundinaceum Schreb.) for altered lignification. Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage & Turf, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (15-19 March), p. 210
• Panter, S., Dimech, A.M., Cao, Y., Martelotto, L., Dhavale, T., Georges, S., Tomevski, S. Ran, Y.D., Liu, Z., Griffith, M., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G.C. (2010) Functional analysis of Lignin Biosynthesis in Tall Fescue (Lolium arundinaceum Schreb.). Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage & Turf, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (15-19 March), p. 218
• Cao, Y., Liu, Z., Chalmers, J., Ran, Y., Martelotto, L.G., Dimech, A.M., Chennareddy, S., Griffith, M.E., Mouradov, A. and Spangenberg, G.C. (2008) Modification of fructan metabolism in Lolium perenne. Proceedings of the 6th International Fructan Symposium, (27-31 July, Hokkaido University, Sapphoro, Japan), p.97
• Tu, Y., Martelotto, L., Chalmers, J., Liu, Z., Griffith, M., Chennareddy, S., Fulgueras, K., Dimech, A.M., Smith, K.F., Mouradov, A. & Spangenberg, G. (2007) Modification of lignin biosynthesis in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) for enhanced herbage quality. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf, (1-6 July, Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan), p.58.
• Cao, Y., Martelotto, L., Chalmers, J., Liu, Z., Griffith, M., Chennareddy, S., Fulgueras, K., Dimech, A.M., Smith, K.F., Mouradov, A., & Spangenberg, G. (2007) Modification of fructan metabolism in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf, (1-6 July, Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan), p.60.
• Dimech, A.M., Cross, R., Ford, R. & Taylor, P.W.J. (2005) An efficient method for micropropagating Doryanthes excelsa Corrêa (Doryanthaceae) from immature floral bud sections. Proceedings of the Conference of the Australian Branch of the IAPTC&B. p.33
• Dimech, A.M., Ford, R., Ades, P.K., Cross, R. & Taylor, P.W.J. (2005) Genetic diversity of Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa Corrêa) using RAPD markers. ComBio Proceedings. p.124

Books

• Dimech, A.M. (2023) A History of the Dunvegan Estate, Macleod. Self-published, 86pp. ISBN 9780645724707 (print), 9780645724714 (epub)

Author and Research Identifiers

• ORCID: 0000-0003-0533-1354
• Loop: Adam Dimech
• Clarivate Web of Science: F-2398-2010
• ResearchGate: Adam Dimech
• SciProfiles: Adam Dimech
• Scholar: Adam Dimech
• Scopus Author ID: 56018653400