Research Programs
Cultivar and Gemplasm Development
458 Releases – Crop Science Department
183 Releases – Horticultural Science Department
Genetic Basis of Agronomic and Horticultural Traits
Using Traditional and DNA-Marker Based Technology
Genetic Basis and Nature of Resistance to Disease
and Insect Pest Traits
Novel Strategies for Incorporating Pest Resistance
Factors into Elite Germplasm
Genetic Transformation and Development of
Transgenic Plants
Evaluation and Maintenance of Germplasm Collections
Evaluation of and Breeding for Quality and Nutritional
Traits
Plant Breeding and
Applied Plant Genomics Initiative
North Carolina State University and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
have a long and distinguished history of innovative plant breeding research and
development of quantitative genetic theory. We are working today to build on
that tradition by developing an initiative that we expect will lead to the creation
of a center for plant breeding and applied plant genomics.
Projected Focus Areas
Broadening Graduate Student Training Opportunities
Broadening Genetic Diversity of Plant Germplasm
Transformation Technology For Species Not Easily
Transformed
Gene Mapping in Unmapped Crops, Such as Fruits
and Vegetables
Breeding for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
Food Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Security
Biofuels, Bioproducts and Bioprocessing
Core Plant Breeding Faculty
Department of
Crop Science
Department of
Horticultural Science
Department of
Forestry, College of Natural Resources
Dr. Daryl Bowman
Dr. Joseph Burns
Dr. Joseph Burton
Dr. Gina Brown-Guedira
Dr. Andrea Cardinal
Dr. Tommy Carter
Dr. Major Goodman
Dr. James Holland
Dr. Thomas Isleib
Dr. Ramsey Lewis
Dr. Paul Murphy
Dr. Jennifer Nicholson
Dr. Rongda Qu
Dr. Thomas Stalker
Dr. Arthur Weissinger
Dr. James Ballington
Dr. Mark Clough
Dr. Gina Fernandez
Dr. Randolph Gardner
Dr. Kenneth Pecota
Dr. Thomas Ranney
Dr. Todd Wehner
Dr. Dennis Werner
Dr. Craig Yencho
Dr. William Dvorak
Dr. John Frampton
Dr. Gary Hodge
Dr. Fikrit Isik
Dr. Bailian Li
Dr. Steven McKeand
In addition, the work of more than 60 other faculty
members in the following departments supports and
complements our core breeding work.
Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, Crop Science,
Entomology, Forestry, Genetics, Horticultural Science,
Plant Biology, Plant Pathology, Statistics