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Plant Science Research Unit
Raleigh, NC
Mission
Research aimed at discovering the genetic basis of yield and resistance to disease and environmental stresses in corn and small grains; development of superior genetic populations in corn and cereal grains; development of new techniques to evaluate, manage, and control disease problems in corn and cereal grains; determination of how atmospheric contaminants and climate change affect plant growth, development, and yield; and detailed investigations of quality constituents of forages and delineation of plant-animal interfaces. 
 Dr. David Marshall, Research Leader
Tel: 919- 515-6819
Fax: 919- 856-4816
David.Marshall@ars.usda.gov
www.ars.usda.gov/saa/psru
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In Kenya, Dr. David Marshall (above) examines wheat for signs of the stem rust fungus (right). |
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ARS scientists are evaluating U.S. wheat lines for rust resistance in hopes of giving U.S. wheat and barley breeders a head start towards protecting new varieties from Ug99, a deadly wheat stem rust in eastern Africa.
Collectively Facing an Ugly Rust
See March 2009 Agricultural Research magazine
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ARS scientists share 2008 Secretary's 61st Honor Award for wheat disease research.
Dr. David Marshall and Dr. Gina Brown-Guedira with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) and N.C. State’s Crop Science and Plant Pathology departments, are examining wheat grown each year in Kenya in hopes of developing varieties with resistance to a virulent form of wheat stem rust.
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Last Modified: 03/09/2009
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