The following is a list of people involved in seed biology and technology. If you would like to be added to the list, please send appropriate information to alaw@lamar.colostate.edu.
Name | Location | Interests
Mr. Ayman H. Abou-Tabl | General Company for Silos and Warehousing, Damietta Port, Egypt | Seed Pathology, Seed Technology, Cereal Grains
| Dr. Claudinei Andreoli | CNPMS/EMBRAPA, Sete Lagos, Brazil | Dormancy, Vigor, Quality, Matriconditioning, Purity
| Dr. Leopoldo L. Baudet | Universidade Federal de Pelotas, FAEM/Departamento de Fitotecnia, Pelotas, Brazil | Seed Biology, Seed Pre-conditioning,
Conditioning and Storage, Marketing, TQM, ISO-9000
| Dr. Omar Bazzigalupi | Laboratorio Biologia de Semillas - EEA INTA, Pergamino, Argentina | Seed Biology and Technology, Emergence, Germination, Quality, Vigor, Crop Establ
ishment models
| Dr. Sean Mark Bellairs | Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia | Seed Biology, Ecology, Germination, Dormancy, Physiolog
y, Storage
| Dr. Mark A. Bennett | The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | Vegetables, Seed Quality, Seedling Establishment
| Dr. Patricia Berjak | University of Natal, Durban, South Africa | Cellular Architecture, Water Relations, Desiccation-Tolerance, Seed Biology, Storage, Plant In Vitro Techn
ology
| Dr. Raoul J. Bino | CPRO-DLO, Wageningen, The Netherlands | Seed Physiology, Germination, Quality, Priming, Sorting
| Dr. Charles C. Block | North Central PI Station, Ames, IA | Seed Pathology, Plant Germplasm
| Dr. Ivan I. Boubriak | Oxford Research Unit, The Open University, Oxford, UK | Seed, Embryo, DNA Repair, Desiccation Tolerance
| Renato D. de Castro | CPRO-DLO, Wageningen, The Netherlands | Seed, Cell Cycle, DNA, Germination, Tomato, Tubulin
| Dr. Marc A. Cohn | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA | Seed Dormancy, Red Rice, Dormancy-breaking Chemicals, QSAR, Signal Transduction
| Dr. Lawrence O. Copeland | Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | Seed Physiology, Conditioning, Treatment, Statistics Applied on Seed Testing
| Dr. I.O. Daniel | University of
Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria | Seed Aging Modeling, Seed System
Development, Hybrid Seed Production, Cultivar Documentation
| Mr. Phillip James Davidson | The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia | Seed Germination, Dormancy, Physiology, Native Grasses
| Dr. Elisabetta Falleri | Universita di
Firenze, Florence, Italy | Forest Tree Seeds, Seed Dormancy, Storage
and Germination
| Dr. Jill M. Farrant | University of Cape Town, South Africa | Seed Storage, Dormancy, Germination
| Dr. Jia-Rui Fu | Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China | Seed Vigor, Desiccation Sensitivity and Tolerance, Heat Shock Proteins, Seed Quality
| Mr. Manuel González-Martín | Viceconsejería Medio Ambiente, Las Palmas de Gobierno de Canarias | Seed Germination, Threatened Plants, Seed Storage
| Mr. Gokhan Hacisalihoglu | Cornell University, Geneva, NY | Seed Dormancy,
Germination, Priming, Vigor
| Dr. Stuart P. Hardegree | USDA-ARS Northwest Watershed Research Center, Boise, Idaho | Ecophysiology, Germination, Priming, Seedbed, Microclimate, Modeling, Stress, Growt
h, Establishment, Rangeland, Weeds
| Dr. George D. Hill | Lincoln University, New Zealand | Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum sativum, Legumes, Hard Seed, Quality
| Dr. Norman W. Hopper | Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX | Cottonseed, Vigor, Quality, Cold Tolerance
| Dr. Marcin Horbowicz | Research Institute of Vegetable Crops, Skierniewice, Poland | Seed Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physiology
| Dr. Yue-ie C. Hsing | Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC | Soybean, Seed Maturation Proteins
| Dr. Jin Hu | Zhejiang University, China | Seed Coating, Seed
Priming and Quality, Seed Storage, Vigor
| Mr. Hamdino Mohamed Ibrahim | Mansoura University, Egypt | Vegetable Seed Priming (Potato, Tomato, Eggplant)
| Hai-Chun Jing | CPRO-DLO, Wageningen, The Netherlands | Seed Quality, Development, Germination, Cell Cycle, DNA, Cucumber
| Dr. Anwar A. Khan | NYSAES, Geneva, NY | Seed Physiology, Dormancy, Vigor, Hormonal Regulation, Stand Establishment, Priming
| Dr. Warren H.J. Kuo | National Taiwan University | Seed Ecology, Seed Technology
| Mr. David A. Kovach | North Central PI Station, Ames, IA | Seed Dormancy, Desiccation Tolerance, Seed Storage
| Ms. Po-Ching (Dora) Lee | NYSAES, Geneva, NY | Seed Aging, Color Sorting, Seed Coating, Quality Assessment, International Agriculture, Seed System Development
| Robert J. Legro | Incotec International,
Enkhuizen, The Netherlands | Seed Coating, Filmcoating, Pelleting
| Dr. A. Carl Leopold | Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY | Desiccation Tolerance
| Dr. Olivier Leprince | Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands | Desiccation Tolerance, Seed Biochemistry, Seed Storage
| Mr. Hongyu Liu | Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | Seed Physiology, Conditioning, Treatment, Statistics Applied on Seed Testing
| Dr. Irina V. Lyanguzova | Botanical Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia | Seed Germination, Vaccinium, Empetrum, Productivity, Air Pollution
| Dr. Miller B. McDonald | The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | Seed Physiology, Seed Technology
| Dr. Antonio Medeiros | Embrapa Forestry, Brazil | Seed
Physiology, Desiccation Tolerance, Recalcitrant Seed, Storage
| Dr. Khademi Mehrassa | Goldsmith Seed, Inc., Gilroy, CA | Seed Production / Post Harvest, Seed Testing (Plug), Aging, Enhancement
| Ms. Marilyn S. Milhous | Colorado Seed Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO | Range Grasses, TZ Testing, Germination
| Dr. Tai-Gi Min | Taegu University, South Korea | Seed Coating,
Quality Assessment, Seed Sorting Technology
| Mr. Marcos Morales | Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | Seed Physiology, Quality and Performance, Treatment, Germination, Vigor
| Mrs. Claudine Muller | INRA Centre of Nancy, Champenoux, France | Forestry Seeds, Germination, Storage
| Dr. Alistair J. Murdoch | University of Reading, UK | Seed Dormancy, Ecology, Germination, Temperature, Weeds, Vigor
| Dr. Subhash C. Naithani
| Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, India | Forest Tree Seeds, Cryostorage
Desiccation-Intolerance, Storage
| Dr. Anant R. Nautiyal
| HNB Garhwal University, Uttaranchal, India | Tree Seed Viability, Dormancy,
Germination, Development
| Dr. Robert E.L. Naylor | University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK | Cereal and Forage Grasses, Seed Production, Aging, Germination
| Dr. Ralph L. Obendorf | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Regulation of Seed Development, Maturation and Germination. Seed Phytochemicals.
| Dr. Mel O. Oluoch | CPRO-DLO, Wageningen, The Netherlands | Seed Physiology, Storage, Development, Germination, Priming
| Dr. Norman Pammenter | University of Natal, Durban, South Africa | Whole Plant Stress Physiology, Global Climate Change, Water Relations, Desiccation-sensitive Seeds
| Dr. Ben J. Post | Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands | Seedbank, Arable Weeds, Dormancy, Germination, Emergence, Population Dynamics, Soil Cultivation, Weed
Community
| Mr. Marcelo Queijo | Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | Seed Physiology, Quality, Certification, Germination, Vigor, Genetics of Cold Germination
| Dr. Krzysztof Rakowski | Forest Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland | Seed Storage, Germination, Hormones.
| Ali Rizwan | National Institute for Biology and Genetics
Engineering, Pakistan | Virus-Free Seed Potato Production, Micro
Tubers
| Antoinette N. Salomao | Cenargen/Embrapa,
Brasilia, Brazil | Forestry Seed Cryopreservation,
Desiccation-Tolerance, Dormancy and Ecology
| Dr. Tong Yun Shen | Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden | Seed Physiology, Biochemistry,
Vigour, Viability, Dormancy, Storage
| V. Sivakumar | Institute of Forest
Genetics and Tree Breeding, Tamil Nadu, India | Tree Seed Technology,
Recalcitrant Seeds
| Dr. Songquan Song | Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China | Desiccation Sensitivity and Tolerance, Dormancy, Heat Shock Proteins, Stress Physiology.
| Mark E. Sorrells | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Grain Dormancy, Wheat, Vivipary Preharvest Sprouting
| Mr. Marco A. de Souza | EMBRAPA-CPAC, Planaltina, Brazil | Forage Seed, Seed Quality, Seed Storage
| Arjan Stolte | Bejo Zaden, b.v., Warmenhuizen, The Netherlands | Seed Physiology, Seed Technology, Seed Quality, Seed Production, Priming, Seed Cleaning
| Dr. Cecil Stushnoff | Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO | Cryopreservation, Dormancy, Cold Hardiness, Biotechnoly, Environmental Stress
| Dr. Wendell Q. Sun | National University of Singapore | Seed Desiccation Tolerance, Storage Stability, Cellular Water, Preservation of Desiccation-sensitive Seeds
| Dr. David Tay | Ornamental Plant Germplasm
Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH | Seed Production, Seed Quality and Seed Testing of Tropical and
Subtropical Species
| Dr. Dennis M. TeKrony | University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY | Seed Vigor, Development, Maturation
| Dr. Costas A. Thanos | University of Athens, Athens, Greece | Plant Photobiology, Phytochrome, Seed Physiology, Seed Technology, Ecophysiology, Germination, Post-Fire Regen
eration
| Dr. Kenneth Thompson | The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK | Seed Soil Banks
| Dr. Leigh E. Towill | National Seed Storage Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO | Cryopreservation, Clonal Germplasm, Plant Tissue Culture, Seed, Pollen, Vitrification
| Dr. Jan H. van den Berg | Nunhems Zaden BV, Haelen, The Netherlands | Vegetable Seed, Priming, Seed Cleaning
| Dr. Tara T. VanToai | USDA-ARS Soil Drainage Research, Columbus Ohio | Gene Mapping, DNA Markers, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance
| Dr. Christina Walters | National Seed Storage Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO | Seed Physiology, Desiccation Tolerance, Recalcitrant Seed, Plant Germplasm Preservation
| Dr. Xiaofeng Wang | South China
Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China | Recalcitrant Seed,
Cultivar Identification and Purity Testing by Electrophoretic and
Molecular Markers
| Dr. Stanislaw Weidner | University of
Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland | Seed Biology, Cereal Grains, Dormancy, Germination, Phenolic Acids, Cytoskeleton-bound Polysomes, Translation
| Dr. Gregory E. Welbaum | Virginia Polytechnic Insitute and State University, Blacksburg, VA | Seed Development, Physiology, Priming
| Dr. Ermias K. Weldeghiorghis | Seed Science Laboratory, The University of Reading, UK | Orobanche, Germination, Modelling, Parasitic Weeds
| Dr. Loren E. Wiesner | National Seed Storage Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO | Seed Germination, Storage
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