Recent Plant Breeding Graduates
2011 Graduates
| Name | Thesis/Dissertation Title |
Adviser | Career |
| Sarah Collier PhD |
Exploring the source of plant NB-LRR disease resistance protein signaling: roles of CC and NB Domains in pathogen perception and defense induction |
M. Jahn/W. De Jong |
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| Elliot Heffner PhD |
Predicting genetic value of breeding lines using genomic selection in a winter wheat breeding program | M. Sorrells |
Industry- breeding |
2010 Graduates
| Name | Thesis/Dissertation Title |
Adviser | Career |
| Jason Cavatorta PhD |
Intragenic virus resistance in potato |
M. Jahn |
Industry - breeding |
| Li Wei Chiu PhD |
Transcriptional activation of a MYB gene controls the tissue-specific anthocyanin accumulation in a purple cauliflower mutant | L. Li |
Postdoctoral research |
| Patrice Dubois PhD |
Genetic and molecular characterization of maize response to shade signals | T. Brutnell |
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| Adam Famoso PhD |
Exploring the genetic and physiological mechanisms of Al tolerance in rice | S. McCouch |
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| Michael Kovach PhD |
Exploring the evolutionary history of cultivated rice: the origin and evolution of fragrance and the genetic control of black hull coloration | S. McCouch |
Industry - breeding |
| Luis Mass Molina PhD |
Genetic dissection of DTH1.1, a transgressive flowering time QTL, expression and diversity analysis of flowering time genes in rice |
S. McCouch |
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| Jesse Poland PhD |
The genetic architecture of quantitative disease resistance in maize |
R. Nelson |
Postdoctoral research |
| Suthasinee Somyong PhD |
Comparative analysis, fine mapping and genome walking of a major preharvest sprouting QTL interval in white winter wheat | M. Sorrells |
Government - research |
| Alejandro Zamora-Melendez PhD |
Genetic diversity and evolution of disease response genes in sorghum bicolor L. Moench and other cereals |
S. Kresovich |
Industry - scientific coordinator |
2009 Graduates
| Name | Thesis/Dissertation Title |
Adviser | Career |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yunting Dai MSc |
Multiple aleurone and opaque-2 mutant effects on micronutrient concentration in maize |
M. Smith |
Graduate study |
| Jeffrey Gordon PhD |
Reseeding tomato production in West Africa: Identification and deployment of high yielding cultivars resistant to tomato yellow leaf curl disease |
M. Jahn |
Buisness |
| Micheal Gore PhD |
Whole-genome patterns of DNA variation in maize |
E. Buckler |
Government - research |
| Kari Perez PhD |
Deployment and characterization of recessive resistance gene Pvr1 in the solanaceae |
M. Jahn |
Postdoctoral research |
| Yongfei Zhang PhD |
Genetic analysis of potato tuber flesh pigmentation and shape |
W. De Jong |
Industry - breeding |
2008 Graduates
| Name | Thesis/Dissertation Title |
Adviser | Career |
| Sokona Dagnoko PhD |
Dissecting heterosis in guinea race sorghum: Simultaneous analysis by conventional breeding |
M. Smith |
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| Hui Jiang MSc |
The evolutionary history of a domestication gene for grain size, GS3, in rice: Fine mapping origin, selection and dissemination of an allele conferring long grain |
S. McCouch |
Research institute |
| Seth Murray PhD |
Genetic and phenotypic diversity in sorghum for improvement as a biofuel feedstock |
S. Kresovich |
Academia |
| Cintia Hotta Orsi PhD |
Genetic, developmental, and molecular dissection of Sw4.1 - the major QTL underlying the evolution of increased seed size that accompanied the domestication of tomato |
S. Tanksley |
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| Ricardo Lobato Ortiz PhD |
Combining marker assisted selection, acylsugar assay and fruit related data in the creation and testing of a new generation of insect resistant tomato line |
M. Mutschler |
Academia |
| Maria Salas Fernandez PhD |
Genetic and phenotypic characterization of carotenoid content in sorghum grain |
S. Kresovich |
Academia |