About us

Our lab focuses on breeding and genetics research on:

• Spring wheat
• Perennial grain intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza^®), initiated in 2011
• Winter cover oilseed crops field pennycress and camelina, nitiated in 2013

Research on each species includes cultivar development and the investigation of breeding/genetic principles related to crop improvement.  Research is focused on identifying genes underlying economically important traits and implementing marker-assisted and genomic selection for cultivars and germplasm development. Using classical field breeding, augmented with marker-assisted selection, genomic prediction and modern field design and statistical analysis, we apply the results of our research to develop superior germ plasm.