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Email

pumina@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Enterprise Fellow
School of BioSciences
Education
PhD
La Trobe University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
La Trobe University
ORCID

0000-0002-1835-3571

A/Prof Paul Umina

Enterprise Fellow
School of BioSciences

179 Scholarly works
16 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Use of Expert Elicitation to Quantify Pasture Losses and Economic Costs of Invertebrate Pests in South-Eastern Australian Dairy Farms
    DOI: 10.1111/aen.70065
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A Rickettsiella transinfection in Rhopalosiphum padi reduces fitness and alate production but not plant virus transmission
    DOI: 10.1002/ps.70508
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The effect of Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) on the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor (Trombidiformes: Penthaleidae), evaluated through laboratory and microcosm trials
    DOI: 10.1093/jee/toaf238
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Unlocking Industry Views for Effective Redlegged Earth Mite Resistance Management
    DOI: 10.3390/arthropoda4010002
  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Initiative in Novel Pest Suppression in Grains and Vegetables: Preparing the Grain and Vegetable Industries for a Future Without Broad-Spectrum Insecticides
  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Initiative in Novel Pest Suppression in Grains and Vegetables Preparing the Grain and Vegetable Industries for a Future Without Broad-Spectrum Insecticides
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Novel Pest Suppression and Resistance Management of Invertebrate Grain Pests
Paul Umina

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2019
Melbourne Enterprise Fellow The University of Melbourne
2019
Melbourne Enterprise Fellow
2015
Dean's Excellence Award for Engagement The University of Melbourne
2012
Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Award Australian Institute of Policy & Science

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Spread of a Single Superclone Drives Insecticide Resistance in Acyrthosiphon kondoi Across an Invasive Range
    DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaf246
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Assessing the risk of novel pesticide resistances entering Australia
    DOI: 10.1111/aen.70027
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The ecological and economic benefits of sustainable agricultural practices: Evidence from on-farm trials in broad-acre crops
    DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.70142
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Sub-lethal and population-level impacts of afidopyropen and flonicamid on Harmonia conformis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.118958
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Leveraging Adventive and Endemic Parasitoids Against Polyphagous Agromyzid Leafminers in Australia
    DOI: 10.3390/insects16090968
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The abundance and phenology of four common agromyzid leafmining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and their associated parasitoid wasps in southern Victoria
    DOI: 10.1111/aen.70015

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2017

    Research Contracts

    RD&E Program for Control, Eradication and Preparedness for Vegetable Leafminer
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Insecticide Resistance Management in Rlem and Chemical Sensitivities of Other Grain Pests

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