1. Transfer of late blight resistance genes in tomato via marker-assisted selection and phenotypic selection Open Access Author: Reibson, Anna Dahl Title: Transfer of late blight resistance genes in tomato via marker-assisted selection and phenotypic selection Graduate Program: Horticulture Keywords: late blighttomatomarker-assisted selectionbreeding File: Download MastersThesis_AnnaReibson.pdf Committee Members: Majid R Foolad, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. EVALUATION OF PENN STATE TOMATO VARIETIES FOR FRUIT QUALITY AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION Open Access Author: Bonfiglio, Jonathan Title: EVALUATION OF PENN STATE TOMATO VARIETIES FOR FRUIT QUALITY AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION Graduate Program: Horticulture Keywords: tomatobreedingfruit qualitytomato breedingplant breedingcommercialvarietySolanum lycopersicum File: Download JTB_THESIS_final_submission_for_graduate_school.pdf Committee Members: Majid R Foolad, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDr. Elsa Sanchez, Committee MemberDr. David R. Huff, Committee MemberErin L Connolly, Program Head/Chair
3. Genomic and transcriptomic insight into the evolution and breeding of turfgrass species, Poa annua and Bouteloua dactyloides Open Access Author: Benson, Christopher Title: Genomic and transcriptomic insight into the evolution and breeding of turfgrass species, Poa annua and Bouteloua dactyloides Graduate Program: Plant Biology Keywords: Poa annuaturfgrassgeneticsgenomicspolyploidysequencingbreedingannual bluegrassannual meadowgrasspistil smutBouteloua dactyloidesBuffalograssSalmacisia buchloëanathe genome balance hypothesisdioecytilletiagolfputting greenhomoeologpolyploid plasticity hypothesischromosome modificationchromosome restructuringfractionationretrotransposonsyntenyRNA-seqcomparative genomicspan-genometransposable elementhost manipulationamphihapoidhaploid plantsallotetraploidDNA methylationPoa infirmaPoa supina File: Download Benson_dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Sally Mackenzie, Major Field MemberDavid Huff, Chair & Dissertation AdvisorClaude Depamphilis, Outside Field MemberGary Felton, Outside Unit MemberTeh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair