Our genetic studies improve understanding of gene effects, trait interactions, and interactions with specific environments. Our mission is to inform and provide tools to plant breeders, to better equip them, and help assemble improved cultivars for farmers.

Our research is focused on key abiotic and biotic factors that limit grain production, as well as the development of novel breeding tools and methodologies.

Our germplasm pipeline takes advantage of large nested-association mapping (NAM) populations, speed breeding technology, high-throughput phenotyping methods, and genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) marker platforms. We develop novel pre-breeding germplasm with adapted genetic backgrounds, along with validated marker-trait associations.