Stan Hokanson

Portrait of Stan Hokanson standing in front of a green leafy backdrop.
Professor
He/Him/His
[email protected]
258 Alderman Hall

1970 Folwell Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University, Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1995

External Affiliations

American Society for Horticultural Science

International Society for Horticultural Science

Areas of Interest

Woody Plant Germplasm Collection/Characterization, Plant Breeding and Genetics

Teaching

  • Hort 1015 - Plant Families for Plant People
  • Hort 4012 - Flowering Trees and Shrubs
  • Hort 5023 - Public Garden Management 

Select Publications

  • Zlesak, D. C., Ballantyne, D., Holen, M., Clark, A., Hokanson, S. C., Smith, K., . . . Bradeen, J. M. (2020). An updated host differential due to two novel races of Diplocarpon rosae Wolf, the causal agent of rose black spot disease. HortScience, 55(11), 1756-1758. doi: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI14902-20 
  • Zurn, J. D., Zlesak, D. C., Holen, M., Bradeen, J. M., Hokanson, S. C., & Bassil, N. V. (2020). Mapping the black spot resistance locus Rdr3 in the shrub rose 'George Vancouver' allows for the development of improved diagnostic markers for DNA-informed breeding. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133(6), 2011-2022. doi: 10.1007/s00122-020-03574-4 
  • Zurn, J. D., Zlesak, D. C., Holen, M., Bradeen, J. M., Hokanson, S. C., & Bassil, N. V. (2018). Mapping a novel black spot resistance locus in the climbing rose brite eyes™ (‘Radbrite’). Frontiers in Plant Science, 871. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01730
  • Zuzek, K., Zlesak, D., Whitaker, V., McNamara, S., & Hokanson, S. C. (2016). Northern Accents (R) 'Lena', 'Ole', 'Sigrid', and 'Sven': Four Cold-hardy Polyantha Rose Cultivars from the University of Minnesota Woody Landscape Plant Breeding Program. HORTSCIENCE, 51(3), 296-299
  • Beier, G. L., Hokanson, S. C., Bates, S. T., & Blanchette, R. A. (2015). Aurantioporthe corni gen. et comb. nov., an endophyte and pathogen of Cornus alternifolia. MYCOLOGIA, 107(1), 66-79. doi: 10.3852/14-004
  • Hokanson, S. C., McNamara, S., Zuzek, K., Zins, M., & Rose, N. (2015). Wisteria frutescens, American Wisteria, 'Betty Matthews' First Editions (R) Summer Cascade (TM). HORTSCIENCE, 50(2), 317-319

Honors and Awards

CFANS Outstanding Student Club Organization Advisor

Cultivar releases

  • Rhododendron Plant Named 'UMNAZ633' red-flowering deciduous azalea (PP); Heart's Desire Z4 hardy Eastern redbud. Released: 2019
  • Flavorfest, Strawberry selected for potential commercial release while I directed the USDA-ARS Beltsville strawberry breeding program, Released: 2017
  • UMN AZ 493 and 502, Double flowering pink and red flowered deciduous azaleas, Released: 2015
  • UMN Synergy TrueNorth(TM), Kentucky coffeetree, Released: 2014
  • UMN Rosa 66 Suddenly Summer(TM) Summer Waltz, Double pink flowered shrub rose, Released: 2011
  • UMN Rosa 362 Northern Accents Sigrid, Polyantha garden rose, Released: 2009
  • Homefree, Nannyberry viburnum, Released: 2008
  • Summer Cascade, Z4 hardy Kentucky wisteria, Released: 2006
  • MN Rosa 251, 215, and 320 Northern Accents Sven, Ole, and Lena, Z4 hardy Polyantha garden roses, Released: 2005
  • Ovation, A late-season strawberry, trialed and selected for commercial release while I directed the USDA-ARS Beltsville strawberry breeding program, Released: 2004
  • US 4808 and US 4809, bacterial angular leafspot resistant strawberry germplasm, trialed and selected for release while I directed the USDA-ARS Beltsville strawberry breeding program, Released 2002