Geoff Norton

Dr. Geoff Norton is a faculty member at the School of the Environment, University of Queensland. His work focuses on Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Digital Identification Tools, and Agricultural Sustainability, with a particular emphasis on rice planthoppers, sweetpotato diagnostics, and weed science. He has developed interactive software platforms like Diagnosis and Sweetpotato DiagNotes to enhance crop protection training and decision-making.

Research Trends: His publications span

• Digital tools for pest and species identification
• Collaborative approaches to rice pest management
• Scenario-based educational software
• Weed surveillance systems

Labs & Teams: Norton has collaborated with institutions such as Imperial College London, Springer, and the International Society for Horticultural Science. He contributed to the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Pest Management and developed tools for tropical plant protection and biosecurity.