Current Projects
- Sequencing the gene space of gerbera daisies (NSF Plant Genome Program / ARI Campus; Co- PI Youngsook You)
- Development of slow-bolting lettuce (ARI System; Co-PI Ryan Hayes)
- Sustainability of lettuce production through breeding approaches to increase water and nitrogen use efficiency. (California Department of Food and Agriculture, Specialty Crop Block Grant Program)
- Development of lettuce cultivars with increased water and nitrogen uptake (CDFA, SCBGP)
- Identification of physiological and genetic factors associated with higher nitrogen use efficiency in lettuce grown under limiting nitrogen. (California Leafy Green Research Board / ARI Campus)
- Sustaining the supply of high quality lettuce in changing technological and climatic environments (NIFA, SCRI; PI-Richard Michelmore)
