Graduate Students

polyploidy, quantitate and population genetics

Flower Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology

seed shattering, breeding, image-based phenotyping, perennial ryegrass

plant breeding, floriculture, salt tolerance

Ornamental Grasses, Prairie Grasses, Prairie Restoration

turfgrass mixtures; roadside seed banks; regional turfgrass mixture recommendations

invasive species, hybridization, clonal spread

Sustainable fruit production, organic systems, agroecology, community outreach and engagement

Cover crops, rhizobia, organic systems

integrated pest management, sustainable horticulture and agriculture, and fruit and vegetable production

Plant Breeding, Cut Flower Flax, Flax Germplasm

organic farming; agroecology; microbial dynamics; food systems

propagation, genetics, conservation

public garden management, urban agriculture and food production

Flavor and aromatic compounds in apple, soft scald metabolism, plant breeding

habitat restoration, stormwater, mycorrhizae

Fine fescue, sod, rhizomes, polyploidy

image analysis, genomic selection

Plant breeding, cold-hardy grape, flavor and aroma compound, embryo rescue

agroecology, soil nitrogen, sustainable food systems, food and farmer justice

mass spectrometry, software, discovery

soil health, cover crops, agroecology, diversified farming

plant breeding, metabolomics, international development, domestication

vegetable production, soil biology, plant pathology

microbial ecology, tropical agriculture, sustainable intensification, climate change, nitrogen cycling, microbiomes

Tissue culture, Gene editing/Asexual propagation, Fruit

Molecular biology, plant hormones, molecular pathways, and enzymatic activity

Auxin biosynthesis, Metabolomics, Mass spectrometry

Polyploidy, differential gene expression, diversity, bioinformatics

sustainable farming

fruit and vegetable production; plant breeding

Invasive Species, Plant Ecology, Plant Interactions, Conservation & Restoration

Population genomics, sequence analysis and plant breeding