We're proud of our awesome graduate students and want to recognize their excellence!
The Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics has a vibrant graduate program that offers both a Master's degree and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics.
Bikash Ghimire's research at UGA integrates both basic and applied approaches to addressing key diseases in turfgrass and bioenergy crops. He has collaborated with turfgrass breeding programs at UGA and NC State to identify genetic regions associated with resistance to Rhizoctonia large patch in zoysiagrass using QTL mapping.
In partnership with the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the DOE’s Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Ghimire also identified novel loci for false smut and rust resistance in a diverse switchgrass panel through genome-wide association studies.
Robin Buell, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics and Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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