Cytogenetics
Research Projects
Development of Mapping Populations from Sheath Blight Resistant Oryza
species
Objective:
To identify sheath blight resistance rice wild relatives (Oryza
species) and incorporate this sheath blight resistance into the background of U.S. rice varieties.
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Exploring the Genetic Basis of
Transgressive
Variation in Rice
Objective:
Determine if rice
sub-population structure is predictive of transgressive variation (the occurrence of progeny displaying phenotypes more extreme than either parent) and to begin to characterize the underlying genetic basis of this phenomenon.
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Development of Mapping Populations between U.S. Rice
Varieties and Wild Oryza
species
Objective:
Incorporate useful traits, like sheath blight resistance, into the background of U.S. rice
varieties by developing mapping populations between the selected U.S. rice
varieties and wild Oryza
species accessions containing the desired traits.
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Identification of Trisomic Rice
Plants
Objective:
Re-identify the IR36 trisomic ricents developed at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines after completing the U.S. quarantine process for rice.
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Current Project Personnel
Supported by USDA-ARS
Georgia Eizenga
, Research Geneticist
Quynh Ho
, Biological Science Lab Technician
Robert Floyd
, STEP student
Supported by grant funds to the University of Arkansas
Rice
Research and Extension Center
Liakat Ali
, Post-doctoral Associate
Teresa Hancock
, Program Technician I
Bishwajit Prasad
, Post-doctoral Associate
Daniel Wood
, Greenhouse Technician
Grant Brock, summer intern
Chance Jackson, summer intern
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