Biography:
Kenneth Tryggestad studied Agriculture Science with an emphasis in Agronomy at Western Illinois University, United States, and graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. Ken then joined Dr. Jitka Kochanek’s research group, The Plant Growth and Productivity Laboratory, at the University of Queensland, Australia as a Ph.D. student. He continues to work towards completion of his thesis ‘Optimisation of Novel Plant Promoting Compounds and their Delivery Methods for the Australian Vegetable Industry’ under the supervision of Dr Jitka Kochanek, Dr Robyn Cave and Prof Bhesh Bhandari.
Title : Beyond Arabidopsis: Paving the Way to Commercial Applications of Karrikin Compounds