Biograhpy
Jim Anderson is a Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Anderson received his B.S. in Agronomy from the University of Minnesota in 1987, M.S. in Crop Science from the University of Kentucky in 1989, and Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from Cornell University in 1992. Dr. Anderson came to the University of Minnesota in 1998 after previous positions at North Dakota State University and the USDA-ARS in Pullman, WA. Dr. Anderson leads plant improvement programs focusing on spring wheat, intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza®) (initiated in 2011), and field pennycress (initiated 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 cultivar and germplasm development. Dr. Anderson has developed 19 spring wheat varieties and is the co‐developer of 8 others in four different market classes of wheat. He has authored/co-authored 170 articles in peer-reviewed journals and teaches a graduate level plant breeding course.
Education
| Institution | Major | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unversity of Minnesota | Agronomy | B.S. | 1987 |
| University of Kentucky | Crop Science | M.S. | 1989 |
| Cornell University | Plant Breeding | Ph.D. | 1992 |
Experience
| Employer | Location | Dates | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | 2006 - Present | Professor |
| University of Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | 2002 - 2006 | Associate Professor |
| University of Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | 1998 - 2002 | Assistant Professor |
| USDA - ARS | Pullman, WA | 1996 - 1998 | Research Geneticist |
| North Dakota State University | Fargo, ND | 1992 - 1996 | Assistant Professor |
Teaching
I teach Agro 5021, Principles of Plant Breeding and coordinate a one credit graduate level survey course on Research Methods in Crop Improvement and Production. The objective of Agro 5021 is to develop an understanding of the underlying principles, ideas, and concepts important to applying genetic principles to plant breeding, evaluating breeding methods, and enhancing genetic progress and efficiency.
Publications
2021 |
| Anderson, J.A., J.J. Wiersma, S.K. Reynolds, E.J. Conley, R. Caspers, G.L. Linkert, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M.N. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, M.J. Smith, L. Dykes, and J.-B. Ohm. 2021. Registration of 'MN-Washburn' Hard Red Spring Wheat Containing Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Resistance Gene bdv2. J. Plant Registrations. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20130 |
| Anderson, J.A., J.J. Wiersma, S.K. Reynolds, E.J. Conley, R. Caspers, G.L. Linkert, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M.N. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, M.J. Smith, L. Dykes, and J.-B. Ohm. 2021. Registration of 'Lang-MN' hard red spring wheat. J. Plant Registrations. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20099 |
| Altendorf, K.R., S.R. Larson, L.R. DeHaan, J. Crain, J. Neyhart, K.M. Dorn, and J.A. Anderson. 2021. Nested association mapping reveals the genetic architecture of spike emergence and anthesis timing in intermediate wheatgrass. G3. 11(3) DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab025 |
| Altendorf, K.R., L.R. DeHaan, G.C. Heineck, X.F. Zhang, and J.A. Anderson. 2021. Floret site utilization and reproductive tiller number are primary components of grain yield in intermediate wheatgrass spaced plants. Crop Sci. 61:1073-1088, DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20385 |
2020 |
| Bajgain, P. A.H. Sallam G. Annor, E. Conley, B.J. Steffenson, G..J Muehlbauer, and J.A. Anderson. 2020. Genetic characterization of flour quality and bread‐making traits in a spring wheat nested association mapping population. Crop Sci. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20432 |
| Kolmer J, M.K .Turner, M.N. Rouse, and J.A. Anderson. 2020. Adult plant leaf rust resistance in AC Taber wheat maps to chromosomes 2BS and 3BS. Phytopathol. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-03-20-0074-R. |
| Sallam, A.H., F. Manan, P. Bajgain, T. Szinyei, E. Conley G. Brown-Guedira, M. Martin, G.J. Muehlbauer, and J.A. Anderson. 2020. Genetic architecture of agronomic and quality traits in a nested association mapping population of spring wheat. Plant Genome. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20051 |
| Sallam, A.H., E. Conley, D. Prakapenka, Y. Da, and J.A. Anderson 2020. Improving prediction accuracy using multi-allelic haplotype prediction and training population optimization in wheat. G3 10: doi: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401165 |
| Bajgain, P., X. Zhang, J. Jungers, L.R. DeHaan, B. Heim, C. Sheaffer, D.L. Wyse, and J.A. Anderson. 2020. ‘MN-Clearwater’, the first food-grade intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza perennial grain) cultivar. J Plant Regist. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20042 |
| Tyl, C., L. DeHann, K. Frels, P. Bajgain, M.D. Marks, J.A. Anderson. Emerging crops with enhanced ecosystem services: Progress in breeding and processing for food use. 2020. Cereal Foods World. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/CFW-65-2-0016 |
| Bajgain P., Y. Jin, T.J. Tsilo, G.K. Macharia, S.E. Reynolds, R. Wanyera, and J.A. Anderson. 2020. Registration of KUWNSr, a wheat stem rust nested association mapping population. J Plant Regist. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20043 |
| ElFatih, A., A. ElDoliefy, A. Kumar, J.A. Anderson, K.D. Glover, S. Mamidi, E.M. Elias, R. Seetan, M.S. Alamri, S.F. Kianian, S. Sapkota, A. Green, and M. Mergoum. 2020. Genetic dissection of Fusarium head blight resistance in spring wheat cv. ‘Glenn’. Euphytica 216:71.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-020-02610-0. |
| Bajgain, P., X. Zhang, J.A. Anderson. 2020. Dominance and G×E interaction effects improve genomic prediction and genetic gain in intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium). Plant Genome. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20012 |
| Adeyemo, E., P. Bajgain, E. Conley, A.H. Sallam, and J.A. Anderson. 2020. Optimizing training population size and content to improve prediction accuracy of FHB-related traits in wheat. Agronomy 10, 543; doi:10.3390/agronomy10040543 |
| Chopra, R. E.B. Johnson, R. Emenecker, E.B. Cahoon, J. Lyons, D.J. Kliebenstei4, E. Daniels, K.M. Dorn, M. Esfahanian, N. Folstad, K. Frels, M. McGinn , M. Ott, C. Gallaher7, K. Altendorf, A. Berroyer, B. Ismail, J.A. Anderson, D.L. Wyse, T. Ulmasov, J.C. Sedbrook, and M. David Marks. 2020. Identification and stacking of crucial traits required for the domestication of pennycress. Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-019-0007-z. |
| Crain, J., P. Bajgain, J. Anderson, X. Zhang, L. DeHaan, and J. Poland. 2020. Enhancing crop domestication through genomic selection, a case study of Intermediate Wheatgrass. Front. Plant Sci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00319 |
| Moghimi, A., C. Yang, and J.A. Anderson. 2020. Aerial hyperspectral imagery and deep neural networks for high-throughput yield phenotyping in wheat. Comp Elec Agric https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105299 |
2019 |
| Kolmer J.A., A. Bernardo, G. Bai, M.J. Hayden, and J.A. Anderson. 2019. Thatcher wheat line RL6149 carries Lr64 and a second leaf rust resistance gene on chromosome 1DS. Theor. Appl. Genet. doi: 10.1007/s00122-019-03389-y. |
| Frels, K., R. Chopra, K.M. Dorn, D.L. Wyse, M.D. Marks, and J.A. Anderson. 2019. Genetic Diversity of field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) reveals untapped variability and paths toward selection for domestication. Agronomy 9:302 doi:10.3390/agronomy9060302. |
| Bajgain, P. , X. Zhang, M.K. Turner, R.D. Curland , B. Heim, R. Dill-Macky, C.A. Ishimaru, and J.A. Anderson. 2019. Characterization of genetic resistance to Fusarium head blight and bacterial leaf streak in Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium). Agronomy, doi:10.3390/agronomy9080429. |
| Liu, W, J. Kolmer, S. Rynearson, X. Chen, L. Gao, J.A. Anderson, M.K. Turner, and M. Pumphrey. 2019. Identifying Loci Conferring Resistance to Leaf and Stripe Rusts in a Spring Wheat Population (Triticum aestivum L.) via Genome-wide Association Mapping. Phytopathol. doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-19-0143-R |
| Kuzay, S.,·Y. Xu, J. Zhang, A. Katz, S. Pearce, Z. Su, M. Fraser, J.A. Anderson, G. Brown-Guedira, N. DeWitt, A.P. Haugrud, J.D. Faris, E. Akhunov, G. Bai, and J.Dubcovsky. 2019. Identification of a candidate gene for a QTL for spikelet number per spike on wheat chromosome arm 7AL by high-resolution genetic mapping. Theor. Appl. Genet. doi.org/10.1007/s0012 2-019-03382 -5. |
| Bajgain, P., X. Zhang, and J.A. Anderson. 2019. Genome-wide association study of yield component traits in Intermediate Wheatgrass and implications in genomic selection and breeding. G3 https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400073. |
| Larson, S., L. DeHaan, J. Poland, X. Zhang, K. Dorn, T. Kantarski, J. Anderson, J. Schmutz, J. Grimwood, J. Jenkins, S. Shu, J. Crain, M. Robbins and K. Jensen. 2019. Genome mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling domestication traits of intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium). Theor. Appl. Genet. doi:10.1007/s00122-019-03357-6. |
| Singh, L., J.A. Anderson, J. Chen, B.S. Gill, V.K. Tiwari, and N. Rawat. 2019. Development and Validation of a Perfect KASP Marker for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance Gene Fhb1 in Wheat. The Plant Pathology Journal, 35:200-207, https://doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.OA.01.2019.0018 |
| Tamang, B.G., R. Schoppach, D. Monnens, B.J. Steffenson, J.A. Anderson, and W. Sadok. 2019. Variability in temperature-independent transpiration responses to evaporative demand correlate with nighttime water use and its circadian control across diverse wheat populations. Planta 250:115–127 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-019-03151-0. |
| Anderson, J.A., J.J. Wiersma, S.K. Reynolds, G.L. Linkert, R. Caspers, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M.N. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, M.J. Smith, L. Dykes, and J.-B. Ohm. 2019. Registration of 'Shelly' hard red spring wheat. J. Plant Registrations, doi:10.3198/jpr2018.07.0049crc |
| Altendorf, K., T. Isbell, D.L. Wyse, and J.A. Anderson. 2019. Significant variation for seed oil content, fatty acid profile, and seed weight in natural populations of field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.). Industrial Crops and Products, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.11.054 |
2018 |
| Chopra, R. E.B. Johnson, E. Daniels, M. McGinn, K.M. Dorn, M. Esfahanian, N. Folstad, K. Amundson, K. Altendorf, K. Betts, K. Frels, J.A. Anderson, D.L. Wyse, J.C. Sedbrook, and M.D. Marks. 2018. Translational genomics using Arabidopsis research enables characterization of pennycress genes through forward and reverse genetics. Plant Journal 96:1093–1105, doi: 10.1111/tpj.14147 |
| Chopra, R., N. Folstad, J. Lyons, T. Ulmasov, C. Gallaher, L. Sullivan, A. McGovern, R. Mitacek, K. Frels, K. Altendorf; A. Killam, B. Ismail, J.A. Anderson, D.L. Wyse, and M.D. Marks. 2019. The adaptable use of Brassica NIRS calibration equations to identify pennycress variants to facilitate the rapid domestication of a new winter oilseed crop. Industrial Crops and Products, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.10.079 |
| Gao, L., E.M. Babiker, I.C. Nava, J. Nirmala, Z. Bedo, L. Lang, S. Chao, S. Gale, Y. Jin, J.A. Anderson, U. Bansal, R.F. Park, M.N. Rouse, J.M. Bonman, and H. Bariana. 2018. Temperature-sensitive wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr15 is effective against Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici race TTKSK. Plant Pathol. doi:10.1111/ppa.12928. |
| Dong, H. R. Wang, Y. Yuan, J. Anderson, M.O. Pumphrey, Z. Zhang, and J. Chen. 2018. Evaluation of the potential for genomic selection to improve spring wheat resistance to Fusarium head blight in the Pacific Northwest. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:911. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00911 |
| Hayes R., S. Wang, M. Newell, K. Turner, J. Larsen, L. Gazza, J.A. Anderson, L. Bell, D. Cattani, K. Frels, E. Galassi, A. Morgounov, C. Revell, D. Thapa, E. Sacks, M. Sameri, L. Wade, A. Westerbergh, V. Shamanin, A. Amanov, and G. Li. 2018. The performance of early-generation perennial winter cereals at 21 sites across four continents. Sustainability 10:1124 doi.org/10.3390/su10041124. |
| Anderson, J.A., J.J. Wiersma, G.L. Linkert, S. Reynolds, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, G.A. Hareland, and J.-B. Ohm. 2018. Registration of 'Bolles' hard red spring wheat with high grain protein concentration and superior baking quality. J. Plant Registrations. doi:10.3198/jpr2017.08.0050crc. |
| Anderson, J.A., J.J. Wiersma, G.L. Linkert, S. Reynolds, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, G.A. Hareland, and J.-B. Ohm. 2018. Registration of 'Linkert' spring wheat with good straw strength and adult plant resistance to the Ug99 family of stem rust races. J. Plant Registrations. doi:10.3198/jpr2017.07.0046crc. |
| Tyl, C. A. Marti, J. Hayek, J.A. Anderson, and B.P. Ismail. 2018. Effect of growing location and variety on nutritional and functional properties of proso millet (Panicum miliaceum) grown as a double crop. Cereal Chem. DOI: 10.1002/cche.10028 |
| Malegori, C., S. Grassi, J.-B. Ohm, J. Anderson, and A. Marti. 2018. GlutoPeak profile analysis for wheat classification: skipping the refinement process. J. Cereal Sci. 79:73-79. doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2017.09.005 |
| Anderson, J.A., J.J. Wiersma, G.L. Linkert, S. Reynolds, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, G.A. Hareland, and J.-B. Ohm. 2018. Registration of 'Norden' hard red spring wheat. J. Plant Registrations. 12:90–96. |
2017 |
| Wang, R. J. Chen, J.A. Anderson, J. Zhang, W. Zhao, J. Wheeler, N. Klassen, D.R. See, and Y. Dong. 2017. Genome-wide association mapping of fusarium head blight resistance in spring wheat lines developed in the Pacific Northwest and CIMMYT. Phytopathol. 107:1486-1495. doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-02-17-0073-R. |
| Gao, L., M.N. Rouse, P.D. Mihalyov, P. Bulli, M.O. Pumphrey, and J.A. Anderson. 2017. Genetic characterization of stem rust resistance in a global spring wheat germplasm collection. Crop Sci. 57:2575-2589. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2017.03.0159. |
| Zhang, X. S. Larson, L. Gao, S.L. Teh, L. DeHaan, M. Fraser, A. Sallam, T. Kantarski, K. Frels, J. Poland, D. Wyse, J. Anderson. 2017. Uncovering the genetic architecture of seed weight and size in intermediate wheatgrass through linkage and association mapping. The Plant Genome. doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.03.0022 |