Allison, Richard - Molecular biology of plant viruses; virus host specificity; RNA recombination.
Barry,
Cornelius
-
Genetic
mechanisms
that
control
fruit
ripening,
ethylene
biology,
Solanaceae.
C. Robin Buell -
Genomics
and bioinformatics of plants and plant pathogens, Poaceae
and Solanaceae
Bughrara, Suleiman - Turfgrass breeding and genetics, marker assisted selection to improve disease resistances.
Douches, Dave - Potato breeding and genetics, insect and disease resistance, integration of genetic engineering, use of wild species.
Epperson, Bryan - Theoretical population genetics, studies of structure and function of genomic diversity, spatial statistics and coalescence theory.
Freed, Russell - International research development; Oat and barley genetics/breeding for disease and insect resistance, grain quality, lodging, and yield.
Grumet, Rebecca - Plant-virus interactions, sex expression in cucurbits, cucurbit transformation.
Hammerschmidt, Ray - Physiology and biochemistry of resistance and disease; induced resistance.
Han, Kyug-Hwan - Metabolic engineering of plant species. Incorporation of molecular biology techniques into tree improvement programs.
Hancock, Jim - Blueberry and strawberry breeding, polyploid evolution and QTL analysis of day-neutrality in strawberry.
Iezzoni, Amy - Cherry breeding and genetics: disease resistance, comparative mapping and polyploid evolution.
Jiang, Ning - Function of transposable elements (TEs) in eukaryotic genome diversification.
Kelly, Jim - Dry bean breeding and genetics, marker assisted selection for disease resistance and stress tolerance.
Janet Lewis - Crop and Soil Sciences; Wheat breeding and genetics with emphasis on performance of soft white and red winter wheat, including improvements in yield, milling and baking quality, and host resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses such as Fusarium head blight, winterkill and pre-harvest sprouting.
Loescher, Wayne - Physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of carbohydrate partitioning and transport, cell wall metabolism, and abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms.
McGrath, Mitch - Sugar beet breeding and genetics including use of wild species; application of molecular markers to dissect the beet genome and the genetics of agronomic traits.
Maredia, Karim M. – Environmental and food biosafety in developing countries; intellectual property issues.
Sears, Barbara - Chloroplasts and mitochondria of plants: genetic controls of their replication, recombination, and repair.
Sticklen, Mariam - Genetic engineering for production of alternative energy biofuels and bio-based industrial material. Also, genetic engineering of cereals and turfgrasses for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
Sundin, George - Plant Pathology, phytobacteriology, bacterial diseases, tree fruit.
Thomashow, Mike - Molecular genetic basis of plant freezing tolerance; low temperature gene regulation and signal transduction.
VanNocker, Steven - Molecular biology and genetics of phase change and flowering.
Wang, Dechun - Soybean breeding and genetics, disease and insect resistance, QTL mapping, soybean genomics.
Warner, Ryan - Environmental stress tolerance, increasing efficiency of greenhouse crop production.
