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Education:
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S.,
Northwest Agricultural University, China; B.S., Northwest
Agricultural University, China
Mission:
To develop an accelerated and internationally recognized
wheat breeding and genetics program with emphasis on the
development of winter and spring wheat cultivars with high
agronomic adaptability to irrigated and rainfed agriculture
in the state of Idaho, with good disease and pest
resistance, and with desirable end-use quality to meet the
needs of the wheat industry, both foreign and domestic.
Research projects:
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Accelerated breeding for
Idaho and Pacific NW wheat commodity using a combination of
traditional, wheat by maize hybridization, and
marker-assisted breeding methods
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Mapping and marker
assisted breeding for predominant disease (Stripe rust, stem
rust, dwarf bunt, and dryland foot rot) and pest (Hessian
fly) resistance
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Comparative and association mapping of loci associated with
Fusarium head blight and dryland foot rot resistance
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Genomics and functional genomics assisted breeding for
tolerance to draught and heat stress
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Genetic mapping of loci associated with end-use quality
Teaching:
Graduate seminar (Plsc501)
Advising:
Graduate major professor and graduate committee member
Aberdeen wheat breeding webpage:
http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/aberdeen/wheat/toppage1.htm |
