Printable Version     E-mail this page Find People Find Biocontrol Expert Find Places Area Offices International Technology Transfer Offices Organization Chart   You are here: People & Places / Eric M Rosenquist Crop Production and Protection Senior International Coordinator Alternative Crops Phone: (301) 504-4789 Fax: (301) 504-6191 Room 4-2260 5601 SUNNYSIDE AVENUE GWCC-BLTSVL BELTSVILLE, MD, 20705-5139 Projects (Appropriated | All ) 167 projects listed IMPROVED PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR PASTURES AND RANGELANDS IN THE TEMPERATE SEMIARID REGIONS OF THE WESTERN U.S. PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TO PROMOTE YIELD AND QUALITY OF GRAPES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF PESTS AFFECTING COTTON: PLANT GENETICS, BIOCONTROL, AND NOVEL METHODS OF PEST ESTIMATION ENHANCING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COTTON PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHEAST USA PHYSIOLOGICAL AND GENETIC BASIS OF POSTHARVEST QUALITY AND PHYTONUTRIENT CONTENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS OF STORED-PRODUCT INSECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIOPESTICIDES ENHANCE HARD SPRING AND DURUM WHEAT QUALITY AND UTILIZATION OAT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ENHANCE WHEAT QUALITY AND UTILIZATION IN THE WESTERN U.S. ENHANCEMENT OF BLUEBERRY, STRAWBERRY, AND BRAMBLES THROUGH MOLECULAR APPROACHES PLANT RESISTANCE, BIOLOGY, AND RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF CORN GENOMIC APPROACHES TO IMPROVING TRANSPORT AND DETOXIFICATION OF SELECTED MINERAL ELEMENTS IN CROP PLANTS MOLECULAR DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS OF POLLEN AND POLLEN-PISTIL INTERACTIONS IN CROP PLANTS DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL FRUIT CROP PRODUCTION INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES RELATED TO INSECTS FOR ESTABLISHED AND INVASIVE PEST SPECIES RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT AND INJURY POTENTIAL OF LEPIDOPTEROUS PESTS TO TRANSGENIC COTTONS SUCROSE ACCUMULATION AND RETENTION IN SUGARBEETS IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GENES IMPORTANT DURING SEED DEVELOPMENT IN LEGUMES PHYSIOLOGICAL AND GENETIC BASIS OF COTTON ACCLIMATION TO ABIOTIC STRESS PHYSIOLOGICAL/BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC ALTERATION OF SOYBEAN QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY CONTROL OF PERENNIAL AND ANNUAL WEEDS UMBRELLA PROJECT COORDINATED ANALYSIS OF SOYBEAN BREEDING GERMPLASM MOLECULAR RESOURCES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF TROPICAL CROPS EXOTIC PATHOGENS OF CITRUS GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS RANGELAND AND PASTURE LANDSCAPES ENHANCING RESISTANCE TO DISEASES AND ABIOTIC STRESSES IN ALFALFA AND EDIBLE LEGUMES GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF TURFGRASS GERMPLASM FOR REDUCED INPUT SUSTAINABILITY GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF PERENNIAL FORAGE AND TURF GRASSES FOR THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES CROPPING SYSTEMS RESEARCH GENETIC RESOURCES, EVALUATION AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF WOODY LANDSCAPE PLANT GERMPLASM GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF SWEET POTATO AND OTHER SPECIALITY CROPS FOR IMPROVED QUALITY AND RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS DISSECTING COMPLEX TRAITS IN MAIZE AND BIOFUEL GRASSES BY APPLYING GENOMICS, BIOINFORMATICS, AND GENETIC RESOURCES GENETIC AND GENOMIC APPROACHES TO IMPROVE INSECT RESISTANCE AND OTHER VALUE-ADDED TRAITS IN WHEAT, BARLEY, AND SORGHUM PECAN GENETICS AND IMPROVEMENT MOLECULAR AND GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE IN SORGHUM GENOMIC AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE CEREAL CIRCADIAN SYSTEM AND CROP PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL MARKER ASSISTED SELECTION PROGRAM FOR CACAO MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL SMALL GRAINS COLLECTION RESOURCES SMALL GRAINS GENETICS AND GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF SMALL FRUIT CROPS ENHANCING CORN WITH RESISTANCE TO AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION AND INSECT DAMAGE ALLIUM, CUCUMIS, AND DAUCUS GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT, GENETICS, AND BIOCHEMISTRY SYSTEMATICS, GENETIC DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT, AND ACQUISITION OF POTATOES, CARROTS, AND THEIR RELATED WILD RELATIVES ENHANCING DISEASE RESISTANCE AND OIL QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF PEANUT NONCHEMICAL PEST CONTROL AND ENHANCED SUGAR BEET GERMPLASM VIA TRADITIONAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES POTATO GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT THROUGH TRAIT DISCOVERY, GENETIC EVALUATION AND INCORPORATION GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF POTATOES FOR NUTRITIONAL AND PROCESSING QUALITY AND FOR RESISTANCE TO DISEASES SUGARBEET GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATIVE GENETIC AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO REDUCING LOSSES CAUSED BY PATHOGENS PLANT EXPLORATIONS TO ACQUIRE CROP GENETIC RESOURCES DISCOVERING AND USING DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES IN PHASEOLUS VULGARIS FOR THE CONTROL OF RUSTS SEED INCREASE AND PHYTOSANITARY ASSESSMENT OF QUARANTINED AND TROPICALLY-ADAPTED GENETIC RESOURCES GENETIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL GENETIC RESOURCES AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF POTATO GENETIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL MICROBIAL RESOURCES SUNFLOWER GERMPLASM DIVERSIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION UTILIZING WILD SUNFLOWER SPECIES, CYTOGENETICS, AND APPLIED GENOMICS AN INTEGRATED DATABASE AND BIOINFORMATICS RESOURCE FOR SMALL GRAINS SUNFLOWER GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT FOR IMPROVED INSECT AND DISEASE RESISTANCE NATIONAL RHIZOBIUM GERMPLASM RESOURCE COLLECTION, GENETIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SYSTEMATICS, AND BIOINFORMATICS MOLECULAR AND GENETIC MECHANISMS OF HESSIAN FLY RESISTANCE IN SOFT WINTER WHEAT NATIONAL COTTON VARIETY TEST PROGRAM GENETIC-PHYSIOLOGICAL TEAM RESEARCH TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION, FIBER QUALITY AND COMPETITIVE ABILITY OF COTTON FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SOYBEAN AND OTHER LEGUMES GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTION RESPONSE IN MAIZE POPULATIONS BREEDING HIGH-QUALITY CORN FOR LOW-INPUT AND ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEMS SOYBEAN GENETIC MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OPERATING AND DEVELOPING THE GERMPLASM RESOURCES INFORMATION NETWORK FOR THE U.S. GENETIC RESOURCES PROGRAM MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF COCOA GERMPLASM IN THE AMERICAS SMALL FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL GENETIC RESEARCH FOR THE MID-SOUTH GENETICS, GENETIC RESOURCE EVALUATION, AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF LANDSCAPE TREES AND SHRUBS PRESERVATION AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES TAXONOMY AND GENETIC DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF LANDSCAPE TREES AND SHRUBS CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF SORGHUM GENETIC RESOURCES AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION CONSERVATION, EVALUATION, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF ARID LAND PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF GRAPE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND QUALITY PACIFIC FRUIT GENETIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT OF PRUNUS AND VITIS SCIONS FOR FRUIT QUALITY AND PEST RESISTANCE RESEARCH TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRESERVING PLANT GENETIC DIVERSITY IN EX SITU GENEBANKS GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF QUALITY CONSTITUENTS IN SOLANACEOUS VEGETABLES ENHANCEMENT OF SMALL FRUIT GERMPLASM THROUGH GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON DISEASE RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND VISITOR SERVICES AT THE U.S. NATIONAL ARBORETUM DEVELOPMENT OF POTATO VARIETIES AND GERMPLASM WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCES, PRODUCTION EFFICIENCIES, AND TUBER QUALITIES FOR THE WESTERN U.S. GENETIC ANALYSES AND TRAIT MAPPING TO EXPLOIT UNTAPPED GENETIC DIVERSITY IN SORGHUM HEADQUARTERS-HELD FUNDS FOR GERMPLASM RESOURCES EVALUATION INFORMATION TRANSFER - GENETIC RESOURCES GENETICS, BREEDING AND ENHANCEMENT OF SUGARBEET GERMPLASM FOR RESISTANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVED FOOD QUALITY IN DRY BEAN USING GENETIC AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF FLORAL CROPS FOR PEST, DISEASE, AND STRESS TOLERANCE AND ORNAMENTAL QUALITIES ENHANCING AGRONOMIC AND VALUE-ADDED TRAITS OF CORN GERMPLASM FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SOYBEAN QUALITY TRAIT GENES PLANT AND SEED CHEMISTRY GENETICS ENHANCEMENT OF SORGHUM FOR BIOENERGY, FEED, AND FOOD VALUE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF MAIZE AND PEARL MILLET FOR RESISTANCE TO INSECTS AND AFLATOXIN GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT OF MAIZE PROJECT (GEM) GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT OF MAIZE (GEM) USING GENETIC DIVERSITY OF IMPROVE QUANTITATIVE DISEASE RESISTANCE AND AGRONOMIC TRAITS OF CORN POTATO GENETICS, CYTOGENETICS, DISEASE RESISTANCE, AND PRE-BREEDING UTILIZING WILD AND CULTIVATED SPECIES TESTING OF ADVANCED POTATO GERMPLASM FOR BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC RESISTANCES, YIELD AND PROFITABILITY COMPONENTS ESTABLISH PUBLIC DISPLAY GARDENS FOR WOODY AND HERBACEOUS LANDSCAPE PLANTS STONE FRUIT BREEDING AND DEVELOPMENT GENETIC IMPROVEMENT AND EVALUATION OF HARD WINTER AND SPRING WHEATS DEVELOPMENT OF PEST, DISEASE RESISTANCE, AND STRESS TOLERANCE IN APPLE ROOTSTOCKS CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF MAIZE GENETIC STOCKS CONSERVATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL ORNAMENTAL GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT OF SUGARCANE GERMPLASM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CULTIVARS AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION COTTON GENOMICS AND GENETIC ANALYSIS BIOINFORMATIC METHODS AND TOOLS TO PREDICT SMALL GRAIN FIELD PERFORMANCE CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL FRUIT CROPS, SUGARCANE, AND TRIPSACUM GENETIC RESOURCES EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CEREAL GERMPLASM FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE AND WINTER-HARDINESS GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT CROPS THROUGH FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND BREEDING IDENTIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL SEQUENCE IN PLANT GENOMES THROUGH BIOINFORMATIC, GENOMIC, AND GENETIC APPROACHES CYTOGENETIC MANIPULATION OF DURUM WHEAT BY CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES CURATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOYBEAN BREEDER'S TOOLBOX AND ITS INTEGRATION WITH OTHER PLANT GENOME DATABASES COMBINING CONVENTIONAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE SEED COTTON VALUE CONSERVATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GERMPLASM OF SELECTED VEGETABLE CROPS MANAGEMENT OF TEMPERATE FRUIT NUT AND SPECIALTY CROP GENETIC RESOURCES GENETIC DISSECTION OF SEEDLING COLD TOLERANCE IN RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES CONSERVATION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT THE U.S. NATIONAL FUNGUS COLLECTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ON-LINE RESOURCES ABOUT FUNGI IMPROVING RUST AND FHB RESISTANCE IN HARD RED SPRING WHEAT THROUGH GENETICS AND GENOMICS COTTON GENETIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CHARACTERIZING AND CONSERVING THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF CARYA POPULATIONS ACQUISITION, EVALUATION AND CONSERVATION OF TEMPERATE FORAGE LEGUME GENETIC RESOURCES GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF SUGARCANE BY CONVENTIONAL AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES BREEDING SELECTION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION FOR IMPROVED SUGAR BEET GERMPLASM GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF SOUTHERNPEAS AND PEPPERS MANAGEMENT OF GENETIC RESOURCES FOR VITIS, PRUNUS, JUGLANS, FICUS, OLEA, PISTACIA, PUNICA, DIOSPYROS, ACTINIDIA, AND MORUS COOL SEASON GRAIN LEGUME GENETIC ENHANCEMENT AND PATHOLOGY MANAGEMENT OF CITRUS AND DATE GENETIC RESOURCES AND INFORMATION CONSERVATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND EVALUATION OF CROP GENETIC RESOURCES AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION EVALUATION, ENHANCEMENT, GENETICS AND BREEDING OF LETTUCE, SPINACH, AND MELON RESEARCH, ACQUISITION, MANAGEMENT, AND DOCUMENTATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES FOR AGRONOMIC AND QUALITY TRAITS USING GENOMIC TOOLS GENETIC ENHANCEMENT FOR RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES IN HARD WINTER WHEAT RESPONSE OF DIVERSE RICE GERMPLASM TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF FREEZING TOLERANCE IN WINTER WHEAT GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF COTTON GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION AND MANIPULATION OF VALUE-ADDED TRAITS FROM RYE FOR UTILIZATION IN WHEAT IMPROVEMENT GENETICS, GENETIC IMPROVEMENT, AND IMPROVED PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF NURSERY CROPS IMPROVEMENT OF HARD RED SPRING AND DURUM WHEAT FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE AND QUALITY USING GENETICS AND GENOMICS PLANT GENETIC RESOURCE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT THE MAIZE GENETICS AND GENOMICS DATABASE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF CITRUS CHARACTERIZATION OF STRESS RESISTANCE GENES AND MECHANISMS, & IMPROVEMENT AND GENOTYPING OF WHEAT AND BARLEY GERMPLASM FOR THE WESTERN U.S. GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF LANDSCAPE TREES FOR DISEASE AND PEST TOLERANCE, NON-INVASIVENESS, AND ORNAMENTAL TRAITS GENOMICS, GERMPLASM EVALUATION, AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF OATS WILDRICE BREEDING, GENETICS, AND GENETIC RESOURCES GENOMICS, GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT AND IPM OF HOP COMMERCIALIZATION OF NEW INDUSTRIAL CROP GERMPLASM AND CROPPING SYSTEMS RESPONSE OF DIVERSE RICE GERMPLASM TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES FOR AGRONOMIC AND QUALITY TRAITS USING GENOMIC TOOLS DEVELOP STRESS-RESISTANT DRY BEAN GERMPLASM AND SUSTAINABLE PEST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR EDIBLE LEGUMES IMPROVING GRAPE ROOTSTOCK AND SCION PEST AND DISEASE RESISTANCE IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT GENETIC MECHANISMS THAT INFLUENCE INSECT-POLLINATOR PREFERENCE INCREASING THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF U.S. SOYBEANS IN GLOBAL MARKETS THROUGH GENETIC DIVERSITY AND PLANT BREEDING DEVELOPMENT OF SOYBEAN GENEOTYPES AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR EARLY SEASON AND STRESS ENVIRONMENTS IMPROVEMENT OF PEST RESISTANCE AND QUALITY TRAITS OF SOYBEAN GENOMICS AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO WHEAT TRAITS CHARACTERIZATION, CONVERSION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON BEAN GERMPLASM MOLECULAR GENETIC TOOLS FOR POTATO AND FRUIT TREE IMPROVEMENT EXCHANGE OF CROP GENETIC RESOURCES AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL PLANT GERMPLASM SYSTEM REDUCING SOYBEAN YIELD LOSSES THROUGH GENETIC IMPROVEMENT GENETICS AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF DISEASE RESISTANCE AND QUALITY TRAITS IN WATERMELON, BROCCOLI, AND LEAFY GREEN BRASSICAS GENOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT ORGANISMS GENETIC AND GENOMIC APPROACHES TO IMPROVE PEANUT AND CORN RESISTANCE TO DISEASE AND AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF THE GENETIC RESOURCES OF APPLES, GRAPES, AND TART CHERRIES DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED PEANUT GERMPLASM AND RESISTANCE TO DISEASE AND NEMATODE PESTS DEFINING THE GENETIC DIVERSITY AND STRUCTURE OF THE SOYBEAN GENOME AND APPLICATIONS TO GENE DISCOVERY IN SOYBEAN AND WHEAT GERMPLASM Publications TOWARDS INTEGRATED CONTROL OF FROSTY POD ROT (MONILIOPHTHORA RORERI) OF CACAO: A MODEL PROGRAMME FOR PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL - (Abstract) Holmes, K.A., Johnson, E.S., Kruass, U., Bateman, R., Bailey, B.A., Samuels, G.J., Suarez, C., Thomas, S.E., Evans, H.C., Adonijah, V., Rosenquist, E. Towards integrated control of frosty pod rot (moniliophthora roreri) of cacao: a model programme for pest and disease control. Proceedings of the International Cocoa Producer's Conference. Oct 15-17. Abstr. P.43. Integrating genomics into an applied cacao breeding program. - (Other) Schnell Ii, R.J., Motomayor, J.C., Brown, J.S., Kuhn, D.N., Olano, C.T., Borrone, J.W., Ploetz, R., Rosenquist, E. 2007. Integrating genomics into an applied cacao breeding program.. Meeting Abstract. Integrating genomics into an applied cacao breeding program. - (Other) Schnell II, R.J., Motomayor, J.C., Brown, J.S., Kuhn, D.N., Olano, C.T., Borrone, J.W., Ploetz, R., Rosenquist, E. 2007. Integrating genomics into an applied cacao breeding program.. Meeting Abstract. GERMPLASM AND GENOME RESOURCES IN THEOBROMA CACAO: CURRENT CHALLENGES OF TROPICAL TREE CROP BREEDING - (Proceedings/Symposium) Schnell II, R.J. 2004. Germplasm and genome resources in theobroma cacao: current challenges of tropical tree crop breeding. American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting. CAN MODERN PLANT SCIENCE DRIVE THE AGRO-ECOLOGY OF AN ANCIENT CROP? - (Proceedings/Symposium) Schnell II, R.J. 2004. Can modern plant science drive the agro-ecology of an ancient crop? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. THE GLOBAL COFFEE CRISIS AND ITS EFFECT ON COFFEE RESEARCH. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) VEGA, F.E., ROSENQUIST, E., COLLINS, W.W. THE GLOBAL COFFEE CRISIS AND ITS EFFECT ON COFFEE RESEARCH.. SCIENCE MAGAZINE. 2003. Program Teams Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (301) (co-leader)         Last Modified: 10/06/2008 ARS Home | USDA.gov | Site Map | Policies and Links  FOIA | Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Nondiscrimination Statement | Information Quality | USA.gov | White House