Plant Science and Technology
May 18, 2020
David Braun
Carbohydrate partitioning is the process whereby photoassimilates are distributed from their site of synthesis in leaves to the rest of the plant. Control of carbohydrate partitioning is crucial for plant growth and development, and underlies all aspects of crop yield, including cellulose deposition in cell walls and sucrose accumulation in storage organs, such as the stems of sugarcane or sweet sorghum. For most plants, fixed carbon, in the form of sucrose, is loaded into the phloem and transported from leaves to non-photosynthetic tissues, such as stems, roots, and fruits. This process is well characterized at the physiological, biochemical, and anatomical…
Jan. 14, 2020
Tom Slewinski
Tom Slewinski currently leads the Crop Efficiency and Disease Discovery Lead in the Biotechnology division of Bayer Crop Science in Chesterfield, MO. Prior to joining industry, Tom completed his post-doctoral training at Cornell University where he worked on the underlying genetics, physiology and evolution of phloem loading in trees and kranz-type C4 photosynthesis in maize. Educational background Ph.D., Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University. B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University…
Aug. 28, 2019
Suhas Kadam
Dec. 12, 2018
Kent Shannon
Educational background M.S., University of Missouri, 1993, Agricultural Engineering B.S., University of Missouri, 1990, Agricultural Engineering Courses taught AST 1040 – Physical Principles for Agricultural Applications AST 4320/7320 – Agricultural Equipment and Machinery AST PS SS 4360/7360 – Precision Agriculture Science and Technology AST 4365/7365 – Machinery Management Using Precision Agriculture Technology AST 4366/7366 – Data Management and Analysis Using Precision Agriculture Technology AST 4368/7368 – Profit Strategies Using Precision Agriculture Technology…
Dec. 5, 2018
Malia Gehan
Educational background Ph.D., Plant Biology, Michigan State University B.A., Biology, Willamette University…
Dec. 5, 2018
Ru Zhang
Educational background Ph.D., Plant physiology/biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison B.S., Biology; Plant molecular biology, Nankai University, China…
Sep. 9, 2018
Heng Ye
Educational background Ph.D., Plant Science, South Dakota State University M.S., Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK B.S., Bioengineering, Sichuan University, China…
Sep. 9, 2018
Melissa Crisel
Sep. 9, 2018
Mariola Usovsky
Mariola is a passionate molecular soybean breeder and scientist with over 10 years of public soybean breeding experience. She is highly involved in the soybean breeding pipeline and release of many soybean cultivars. Her expertise includes introgression of traits that involve high oleic and low linolenic genes for improving soybean fatty acid composition, protein genes for increasing seed protein content, soybean cyst nematode resistance genes, and genes with tolerance to Liberty® and Enlist® herbicides. She works towards optimizing plant breeding schemes to help reduce costs and time. Moreover, Mariola develops strategic directions, goals, and plans for molecular research, and provides…
Sep. 9, 2018