Plant Breeding/Molecular Genetics

Graduate students in Plant Breeding/Molecular Genetics conduct research ranging from applied plant breeding projects emphasizing breeding procedures and methodologies to molecular genetic projects doing biotechnology, genetic engineering, and genomic research in agronomic and horticultural crops. These research projects give students the opportunity to integrate the latest developments in the laboratory with applications in the field to reach the overarching goal of developing new germplasm that will improve the sustainability of our food and fiber systems.

Professor	Expertise	Email
James A. Anderson	Wheat breeding and genetics	ander319@umn.edu
Neil Anderson	Flower breeding & genetics, preventing invasiveness, reproductive barriers	ander044@umn.edu
Rex Bernardo	Quantitatative genetics and maize breeding	bernardo@umn.edu
Nancy J. Ehlke	Forgage legumes and turfgrass breeding and genetics	nancy@umn.edu
David F. Garvin	Wheat genetics and genomics	garvi007@umn.edu
Stan C. Hokanson	Breeding and genetics of woody landscape plants	hokan017@umn.edu
JoAnn F. Lamb	Alfalfa genetics and breeding	lambx002@umn.edu
James J. Luby	Breeding and genetics of fruit crops	lubyx001@umn.edu
Thomas E. Michaels	Breeding and genetics of common bean	michaels@umn.edu
Gary J. Muehlbauer	Molecular genetics of barley and wheat	muehl003@umn.edu
James H. Orf	Soybean genetics and breeding	orfxx001@umn.edu
Ronald L. Phillips	Crop tissue culture, genomics, and cytogenetics	phill005@umn.edu
Howard W. Rines	Genetics and biotechnology of oat	rines001@umn.edu
Ruth G. Shaw	Evolutionary quantitative genetics; plant population biology	shawx016@umn.edu
Alan G. Smith	Molecular physiology of flower and pollen development	smith022@umn.edu
Kevin P. Smith	Barley genetics and breeding	smith376@umn.edu
Robert M. Stupar	Legume Molecular Genetics	stup0004@umn.edu
Deon D. Stuthman	Oat genetics and breeding	stuth001@umn.edu
Christian A. Thill	Potato breeding and cytogenetics	thill005@umn.edu
Carroll P. Vance	Functional genomics of nitrogen fixation and phosphorus stress in legumes	vance004@umn.edu
Eric Watkins	Turfgrass breeding and genetics	ewatkins@umn.edu
Nevin D. Young	Plant comparative genomics and bioinformatics	neviny@umn.edu