Harmohinder Dhammu

Research Scientist

My role in the department

Dr. Dhammu is working as a researcher and project manager at DPIRD based at Northam. He investigates herbicide tolerance of new varieties of grain crops since 2000 with an aim to improve farm profitability by reducing yield losses due to herbicide damage. Dr Dhammu has also been working on quinoa agronomy since April 2018 with the possibility of releasing a new variety at the national level by 2021. He recently completed AgriFutures Australia funded project on “Quinoa as a new crop in Australia –stage 2” as a Principle Investigator and project manager.

Contact information

harmohinder.dhammu@dpird.wa.gov.au

+61 (0)8 9690 2217

+61 (0)403 156 942

My background

Dr Dhammu has over 20 years experience in weed research and extension including herbicide crop tolerance, herbicide resistance, herbicide efficacy, crop-weed competition, weed biology, crop phenology and quinoa agronomy. He has worked in rainfed cropping systems in Western Australia but spent his first five years of research work at the Punjab Agricultural University working in irrigated systems. His is also an external examiner of honours, MSc and PhD theses from various national and international universities and a reviewer of several scientific research journals.

Projects

Integrated crop agronomy project

Key Expertise

Herbicide crop tolerance, herbicide efficacy, herbicide resistance, herbicide residues, weed biology, crop-weed competition, crop phenology, scientific writing, extension, communications and project supervision.