Stephen Powles
Stephen Powles | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 75–76) New South Wales, Australia |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Western Sydney Michigan State University Australian National University |
| Known for | Research on herbicide resistance in weeds |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plant science; Crop & weed science |
| Institutions | University of Adelaide University of Western Australia |
Stephen B. Powles (born 1950) is an Australian plant scientist known for his research on herbicide resistance in weeds. He is emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia and has been recognised for contributions to agricultural science through election to the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
Powles has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers on crop and weed science, herbicides, plant productivity, and photosynthesis. His review papers in the Annual Review of Plant Biology (1984, 1994, 2010) have been widely cited. His Google Scholar h-index is 98.