GR Virtual Field Day Draft
2020 VIRTUAL FIELD DAY
Welcome! Please start here:
For a bit of background on the program, please watch this introductory video:
Susana Milla-Lewis, Associate Professor
- Introduction to the program
After watching the introductory videos above, please feel free to watch as many of the presentations below summarizing different projects and different aspects of the breeding program. You can scroll through the full list of videos or you can jump to specific topics here:
St. Augustinegrass Breeding, Zoysiagrass Breeding, Centipedegrass Breeding, Disease Resistance, Insect Tolerance, Freezing Tolerance, Genomics and Bioinformatics, High-Throughput Phenotyping, Specialty Crops Research Initiative
Most of the videos are short (4-7 minutes) and are meant to give you just a quick summary of the project. For more detailed information, please contact us. Also, a link for comments is located at the bottom of the page.
Thanks for visiting us and we look forward to seeing you next year at our Tour of Breeding Plots!
St. Augustinegrass Breeding
Susana Milla-Lewis, Associate Professor
- Cultivar development program
Zoysiagrass Breeding
Esdras Carbajal, Research Technician
- Cultivar development program
- Zoysias for golf course roughs
- Zoysias for roadsides
Centipedegrass Breeding
Susana Milla-Lewis, Associate Professor
- Cultivar development program
Disease Resistance
Kirtus Houting, Graduate Research Assistant (MS)
- Genetics of large patch resistance in zoysiagrass
Rocio van der Laat, Research Technician
- Screening St. Augustinegrass germplasm for large patch resistance
Insect Tolerance
Rocio van der Laat, Research Technician
- Chinch bug tolerance assays
- Cultivar mixes as an integrated pest management strategy
Freezing Tolerance
Sydney Graham, Graduate Research Assistant (MS)
- Breeding for freezing tolerance in zoysiagrass and St. Augustinegrass
Genomics and Bioinformatics
Xingwang Yu, Research Associate; Sydney Graham, Graduate Research Assistant (MS); Kirtus Houting, Graduate Research Assistant (MS)
- Identifying DNA markers associated with abiotic and biotic stress tolerance
Ashley Schoomaker, Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
- *Reference genomes*
High-Throughput Phenotyping
Rob Austin, GIS Specialist
- UAS
Greta Rockstad, Graduate Research Assistant (MS)
- Using Unmanned Aerial Systems to study drought stress in St. Augustinegrass
Specialty Crops Research Initiative
Susana Milla-Lewis, Associate Professor
- Overview of our multi-institutional project to improve drought tolerance in warm-season turfgrasses
Beatriz Gouveia, Post-doctoral Research Associate
- Multi-environment analysis of breeding trials