John Siemon

Position
Science Facilities Coordinator

Branch
Science & Public Programs

Section
Conservation & Horticultural Research
Mount Annan Botanic Garden

Phone
(02) 4634 7969

Fax
(02) 4648 2465

Previous research projects
Storage of rare and threatened orchid species of NSW and their associated mycorrhizae - funded by Hermon Slade Foundation.

Research interests

Horticulture, Research, Plant Breeding, Tissue culture, Terrestrial orchids, Mycorrhizal associations

Keywords

Horticulture, Research, Plant breeding, Tissue culture, Orchids

Role

Managing scientific projects and facilities
Manage the tissue culture laboratory
Assisting research programs
Providing support services for the NSW Seedbank
Assisting undergraduate/postgraduate students
Manage weather station

Key publications

Sommerville, K.D. Siemon, J.P. Wood, C.B.and Offord, C.A. (2008) Simultaneous encapsulation of seed and mycorrhizal fungi for long-term storage and propagation of terrestrial orchids. Australian Journal of Botany 56: 609–615.
Sommerville, K.D., Heslewood, M.M., Siemon, J.P. and Offord, C.A. (2009) Banking site soil for the germination of terrestrial orchid seed collections. Seed Science and Technology 37: 222-228.
Siemon, J., Offord, C. and Sommerville, K. (2009) Storage of Terrestrial orchid seed and symbionts for ex situ conservation. Australasian Plant Conservation 17(4): 7-8.
Offord, C.A., Bunn, E., Turner, S.R., Sommerville, K.D., Siemon, J. & Ashmore, S.E. (2009) Chapter 6. Tissue Culture. In Plant Germplasm Conservation in Australia. Strategies and Guidelines for developing, managing and utilising ex situ collections. Ed. Offord, C.A. and Meagher, P.F. Fully Revised Edition. Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc., Canberra. 191 pp.