Plant Science and Technology
Jan. 10, 2018
Minviluz (Bing) Stacey
Educational background Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Tennessee B.S., Microbiology, University of the Philippines…
Jan. 10, 2018
Gary Stacey
Gary Stacey is Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Professor of Plant Science and Technology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His research focuses generally on molecular aspects of plant-microbe interactions, including studies of the beneficial legume-rhizobium symbiosis and plant-fungal pathogen interactions. He has also been instrumental in the development of genomic resources for the study of soybean. He has mentored 51 postdoctoral fellows and 36 Ph.D. and 8 M.S. graduate students. Past postdocs have gone on to start independent careers in academia (e.g., Michigan State Univ., Washington State Univ.), industry, as well as winning the 2005 USA National Medal of Technology, which…
Jan. 10, 2018
Qisheng Song
Transformation of an insect from larva to adult, i.e. molting and metamorphosis, is a miracle of biology. Molting and metamorphosis provide insect with an ability to adapt to total different environmental conditions at different stages of its life cycle and is the main reason for the great success of insects on this planet. The molting process is initiated by molting hormone, mainly 20 hydroxyecdysone (20E), and ended up with cuticle sclerotization, regulated by a neuropeptide hormone bursicon. The research interests of my laboratory are mainly focused on molecular mechanisms of 20E and bursicon actions. Specifically, we are investigating the roles…
Jan. 10, 2018
Reid Smeda
Educational background Ph.D., Horticulture (Plant Physiology), Purdue University M.S., Horticulture (Weed Sciences), Michigan State University B.S., Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University Courses taught Principles of Weed Science Weed Science Research Principles and Techniques…
Jan. 10, 2018
Robert Sites
Educational background Ph.D., Washington State University M.S., Southern Illinois University B.S., Southern Illinois University…
Jan. 10, 2018
Robert Sharp
Sharp is a Chancellor’s Professor and Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri (MU). He received his BS and Ph.D. (with Bill Davies) degrees from Lancaster University in the UK, and after postdoctoral work at the University of Illinois-Urbana (with John Boyer) and the University of California-Davis (with Ted Hsiao and Wendy Silk), joined the faculty at MU in 1986. His research career has emphasized the physiology of plant adaptation to water deficits (drought), with a primary focus on mechanisms of root growth regulation in maize (corn). In May 2021 he served as Chair of…
Jan. 10, 2018
James Schoelz
The Jim Schoelz lab is working to understand the environmental and genetic factors that influence the pathogenicity and host range of plant viruses. They have identified a gene in cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) that triggers a hypersensitive defence response in solanaceous species. The hypersensitive response (HR) to plant pathogens, including plant viruses, is defined as a resistance response in which the plant pathogen remains localized in necrotic lesions on the inoculated leaf. In general, necrosis and resistance are closely associated, and considered physiologically and genetically linked phenomena. Schoelz has found that the HR of Nicotiana edwardsonii to CaMV can be…
Jan. 10, 2018
Andrew Scaboo
Educational background Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2010…
Jan. 10, 2018
Craig Roberts
Educational background Ph.D., Agronomy, University of Arkansas M.S., Agronomy, University of Arkansas B.S., Geography, University of North Alabama…
Jan. 10, 2018
Henry T. Nguyen
Dr. Henry T. Nguyen is a Distinguished Professor of Plant Genetics at the University of Missouri. He was a founder and served as Director of the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology established by the U.S. Congress for over a decade (2004-2016). Before the current position, Dr. Nguyen was a professor of genetics at Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University System for 18 years. The Board of Regents at Texas Tech University awarded him the Paul Whitfield Horn distinguished professorship. He was awarded the Curators’ distinguished professorship by the University of Missouri in 2015. He has a distinguished career in…