Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Adelaide
- Masters (Research) of Plant Pathology and Genetics, The University of Pretoria
- Master of Business Administration, The Australian Institute of Management
Research interests
- Grain Quality
- Plant Breeding
- Quantitative Genetics
- Agronomy
- Plant Physiology
Available Projects
Hy-Gain project to develop technologies so smallholder African farmers could economically save seed from cowpea and sorghum hybrids.
Overview/Researcher Biography
Dr Lancelot (Lance) Maphosa is an accomplished scientist with extensive experience in agricultural research. Lance has over 15 years of agricultural research experience primarily focused on agronomy, plant breeding, physiology, functional genomics and different omics technologies including phenomics in different cereal, oilseeds and legume crops. He has worked extensively in the private and public sector, on both GM and non-GM laboratory, glasshouse and field experiments. As Hy-Gain Laboratory Manager at the St Lucia campus his role involves lab management and interactions with key project stakeholders. Lance’s responsibilities include project stewardship, Intellectual Property and research management, regulation and compliance adherence, team training and ensuring accurate records are maintained.
Book Chapter
Khumalo, Thobeka P., Barnard, Annelie, Maphosa, Lancelot and Tsilo, Toi J. (2017). Impact of growth habit and architecture genes on adaptation and performance of bread wheat. Wheat improvement, management and utilization. (pp. 1-15) edited by Ruth Wanyera and James Owuoche. London, United Kingdom: IntecOpen. doi: 10.5772/67116
Journal Articles
Maphosa, Lancelot, Preston, Aaron and Richards, Mark F. (2023). Effect of sowing date and environment on phenology, growth and yield of lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus.) genotypes. Plants, 12 (3) 474, 474. doi: 10.3390/plants12030474
Maphosa, Y., Jideani, V. A. and Maphosa, L. (2022). Bambara groundnut production, grain composition and nutritional value: opportunities for improvements. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 160 (6), 448-458. doi: 10.1017/s0021859622000521
Condran, Sarah, Bewong, Michael, Islam, Md Zahidul, Maphosa, Lancelot and Zheng, Lihong (2022). Machine learning in precision agriculture: a survey on trends, applications and evaluations over two decades. IEEE Access, 10, 73786-73803. doi: 10.1109/access.2022.3188649
Maphosa, Lancelot, Anwar, Muhuddin Rajin, Luckett, David J., Ip, Ryan H. L., Chauhan, Yashvir S. and Richards, Mark F. (2022). Impact of sowing time and genotype on water use efficiency of lentil (Lens culinaris Medick.). Agronomy, 12 (7) 1542, 1542. doi: 10.3390/agronomy12071542
Richards, Mark F., Maphosa, Lancelot and Preston, Aaron L. (2022). Impact of sowing time on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) biomass accumulation and yield. Agronomy, 12 (1) 160. doi: 10.3390/agronomy12010160
Anwar, Muhuddin Rajin, Luckett, David J., Chauhan, Yashvir S., Ip, Ryan H. L., Maphosa, Lancelot, Simpson, Marja, Warren, Annie, Raman, Rosy, Richards, Mark F., Pengilley, Georgina, Hobson, Kristy and Graham, Neroli (2021). Modelling the effects of cold temperature during the reproductive stage on the yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). International Journal of Biometeorology, 66 (1), 111-125. doi: 10.1007/s00484-021-02197-8
Richards, Mark F., Preston, Aaron L., Napier, Tony, Jenkins, Leigh and Maphosa, Lancelot (2020). Sowing date affects the timing and duration of key chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) growth phases. Plants, 9 (10) 1257. doi: 10.3390/plants9101257
Maphosa, Lancelot, Richards, Mark F., Norton, Sally L. and Nguyen, Giao N. (2020). Breeding for abiotic stress adaptation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): a comprehensive review. Crop Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, 2 (4) e200015. doi: 10.20900/cbgg20200015
Nguyen, Giao N., Maharjan, Pankaj, Maphosa, Lance, Vakani, Jignesh, Thoday-Kennedy, Emily and Kant, Surya (2019). A robust automated image-based phenotyping method for rapid vegetative screening of wheat germplasm for nitrogen use efficiency. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10 1372. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01372
Maphosa, Lancelot, Fitzgerald, Glenn J., Panozzo, Joe, Partington, Debra, Walker, Cassandra and Kant, Surya (2019). Genotypic response of wheat under semi-arid conditions showed no specific responsive traits when grown under elevated CO2. Plant Production Science, 22 (3), 333-344. doi: 10.1080/1343943x.2019.1626254
Parent, Boris, Bonneau, Julien, Maphosa, Lance, Kovalchuk, Alex, Langridge, Peter and Fleury, Delphine (2017). Quantifying wheat sensitivities to environmental constraints to dissect genotype x environment interactions in the field. Plant Physiology, 174 (3), 1669-1682. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00372
Kant, Surya, Thoday-Kennedy, Emily, Joshi, Sameer, Vakani, Jignesh, Hughes, Jess, Maphosa, Lancelot, Sadler, Andy, Menidis, Meri, Slater, Anthony and Spangenberg, German (2017). Automated rainout shelter's design for well-defined water stress field phenotyping of crop plants. Crop Science, 57 (1), 327-331. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2016.08.0677
Maphosa, Lancelot, Thoday-Kennedy, Emily, Vakani, Jignesh, Phelan, Andrew, Badenhorst, Pieter, Slater, Anthony, Spangenberg, German and Kant, Surya (2017). Phenotyping wheat under salt stress conditions using a 3D laser scanner. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 64 (3-4), 55-62. doi: 10.1080/07929978.2016.1243405
Parent, Boris, Shahinnia, Fahimeh, Maphosa, Lance, Berger, Bettina, Rabie, Huwaida, Chalmers, Ken, Kovalchuk, Alex, Langridge, Peter and Fleury, Delphine (2015). Combining field performance with controlled environment plant imaging to identify the genetic control of growth and transpiration underlying yield response to water-deficit stress in wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66 (18), 5481-5492. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv320
Parent, Boris, Shahinnia, Fahimeh, Maphosa, Lancelot, Berger, Bettina, Rabie, Huwaida, Chalmers, Ken, Kovalchuk, Alex, Langridge, Peter and Fleury, Delphine (2015). Combining field performance with controlled environment plant imaging to identify the genetic control of growth and transpiration underlying yield response to water-deficit stress in wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany, 5481-5492. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv320
Maphosa, Lancelot, Langridge, Peter, Taylor, Helen, Emebiri, Livinus C. and Mather, Diane E. (2015). Genetic control of grain protein, dough rheology traits and loaf traits in a bread wheat population grown in three environments. Journal of Cereal Science, 64, 147-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2015.05.010
Maphosa, Lancelot, Langridge, Peter, Taylor, Helen, Parent, Boris, Emebiri, Livinus C., Kuchel, Haydn, Reynolds, Matthew P., Chalmers, Ken J., Okada, Anzu, Edwards, James and Mather, Diane E. (2014). Genetic control of grain yield and grain physical characteristics in a bread wheat population grown under a range of environmental conditions. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 127 (7), 1607-1624. doi: 10.1007/s00122-014-2322-y
Maphosa, Lancelot, Collins, Nicholas C., Taylor, Julian and Mather, Diane E. (2014). Post-anthesis heat and a Gpc-B1 introgression have similar but non-additive effects in bread wheat. Functional Plant Biology, 41 (9), 1002-1008. doi: 10.1071/fp14060
Maphosa, Lancelot, Langridge, Peter, Taylor, Helen, Chalmers, Ken J., Bennett, Dion, Kuchel, Haydn and Mather, Diane E. (2013). Genetic control of processing quality in a bread wheat mapping population grown in water-limited environments. Journal of Cereal Science, 57 (3), 304-311. doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2012.11.011
Coetzee, M. P. A., Maphosa, L., Mwenje, E., Wingfield, M. J. and Wingfield, B. D. (2009). Characterisation of Armillaria species based on pectic isozyme analyses. Fungal Diversity, 36, 9-16.
Wingfield, B. D., Maphosa, L., Coetzee, M. P. A., Mwenje, E. and Wingfield, M. J. (2009). Characterisation of Zimbabwean Armillaria using IGS-1 sequences and AFLP analysis. Fungal Diversity, 34, 187-196.
Maphosa, L., Wingfield, B. D., Coetzee, M. P. A., Mwenje, E. and Wingfield, M. J. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships among Armillaria species inferred from partial elongation factor 1-alpha DNA sequence data. Australasian Plant Pathology, 35 (5), 513-520. doi: 10.1071/ap06056
Conference Papers
Anwar, Muhuddin Rajin, Chauhan, Yashvir S., Luckett, David J., Ip, Ryan H. L., Maphosa, Lancelot, Simpson, Marja, Raman, Rosy, Richards, Mark F., Preston, Aaron, Pengilley, Georgina, Kristy Hobson and Neroli Graham (2022). Manipulating flowering time in chickpeas to minimise frost risk, water and heat stress. 20th Australian Agronomy Conference: System Solutions for Complex Problems, Toowoomba, Australia, 18–22 September 2022. Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
Preston, Aaron, Maphosa, Lancelot, Hume, Iain, Napier, Tony and Richards, Mark (2022). Chickpea response to sowing date and water treatment in southern NSW.. 20th Australian Agronomy Conference: System Solutions for Complex Problems, Toowoomba, Australia, 18–22 September 2022. Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
Theses
Maphosa, Lancelot (2013). Genetic control of grain quality in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown under a range of environmental conditions.. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, The University of Adelaide.
Maphosa, Lancelot (2005). Molecular and biochemical characterisation of armillaria. MPhil Thesis, Genetics, University of Pretoria.