Dr Robert Walker
- walker.r@unimelb.edu.au
- Website Website
Research interests
Plant, Soil & Microbe Interactions
- Plant-microbe interactions
- Microbial phosphate cycling
- Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
- Rhizobia-legume interactions
- Geomicrobiology
Research projects
- Development of superior phosphate solubilising plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
- Investigating the role of clay degrading microbes in phosphate solubilisation
- Using mass spectrometry to identify signal molecule exchange between bacteria and plants under phosphate starvation