Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

The Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics faculty are active in the development of bioenergy crops, cotton, forage grasses, forage legumes, peanut, pearl and other millets, sorghum, soybean, turfgrasses, and wheat. These programs are complemented by genomics research to improve the efficiency of cultivar development and by functional genomics research to find genes conferring important agronomic traits in crop plants. Most of the activities in Breeding/Genetics/Genomics occur under the auspices of the Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, instituted in 2008. The remainder is done through the Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory. 

Research programs are focused in the following areas:

  • Alfalfa
  • Cotton Breeding/Genetics
  • Cover Crops
  • Forages
  • Maize
  • Peanuts
  • Potatoes
  • Small Grains
  • Sorghum/Vegetables
  • Soybean
  • Switchgrass, Wheat, Millet
  • Turfgrass

For more information on Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics research, please contact the faculty member(s) listed in the table below.

Alfalfa Ali Missaoui cssamm@uga.edu
Cotton Breeding/Genetics Peng-Wah Chee pwchee@uga.edu
Cotton Breeding/Genetics Andrew Paterson paterson@uga.edu
Cover Crops Jessica Barb jessica.barb@uga.edu
Forages Ali Missaoui cssamm@uga.edu
Maize Jason Wallace jason.wallace@uga.edu
Peanuts David Bertioli bertioli@uga.edu
Potatoes Robin Buell robin.buell@uga.edu
Small Grains Mohammed Mergoum mmergoum@uga.edu
Sorghum/Vegetables Andrew Paterson paterson@uga.edu
Soybean Zenglu Li zli@uga.edu
Soybean Wayne Parrott wparrott@uga.edu
Switchgrass, Wheat, Millet Katrien Devos kdevos@uga.edu
Switchgrass, Wheat, Millet Wayne Parrott wparrott@uga.edu
Turfgrass Brian Schwartz tifturf@uga.edu
Turfgrass Wayne Parrott wparrott@uga.edu
Turfgrass Paul Raymer praymer@uga.edu