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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
Research:
Accelerated breeding for Idaho and Pacific NW Wheat
Commodity using a combination of traditional, wheat by maize
hybridization, and MAS breeding methods, association mapping
of loci associated with milling, baking quality, and
nutrition quality, association mapping of loci associated
with Fusarium foot rot and crown rot resistance,
mapping and MAS of stripe resistance, Hessian fly resistance
and dwarf bunt resistance, and increasing the potential for
the utilization of cellulose from straw for biofuel and
bioproduct production.
• Genetic
variation of Pacific Northwest wheat in response to wheat by
maize hybridization and microspore culture
• Marker assisted
breeding for predominant disease and pest resistance
• Genomics and
functional genomics assisted breeding for tolerance to
draught and heat stress
• Association
mapping of loci associated with end-use quality
• Comparative and
association mapping of loci associated with Fusarium
foot rot and crown rot resistance
•Germplasm improvement of
straw cellulose and starch structure for biofuel production,
grain phytic acid and antioxidant for human health
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