Faculty Working in this Area

• Professor of Horticultural Physiology

rna@psu.edu
814-863-2252

• Professor of Plant Stress Biology

kbe@psu.edu
814-863-2260

• Root phenomics
• Anatomical traits affecting water and nutrient acquisition
• Genome-wide association studies
• Root hairs

• Professor of Maize Genetics

sic3@psu.edu
814-865-1159

• Epigenetics
• Genetics
• Molecular Biology
• Plant-pathogen interactions
• Maize Genetics
• Sorghum Genetics
• Flavonoids
• Phytoalexins
• Plant-fungus interactions
• Plant-insect interactions
• Plant-Environment interactions

• Professor of Plant Genetics

mrf5@psu.edu
814-865-5408

• Plant genetics and breeding
• Molecular breeding
• Biotic stresses
• Abiotic stresses
• Plant nutritional quality
• Tomato

• J. Franklin Styer Professor of Horticultural Botany and Professor of Plant Molecular Biology

mjg9@psu.edu
814-863-7957

• Plant Genomics and Genetics
• Plant Molecular Biology
• Theobroma cacao (cocoa)

• Professor of Turfgrass Breeding and Genetics

drh15@psu.edu
814-863-9805

• University Distinguished Professor

jpl4@psu.edu
814-863-2256

• crop ecophysiology
• plant adaptation to abiotic stress
• plant genetics
• simulation modeling