MSU Potato Breeding and Genetics

Contact:
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824-1312 USA

Phone: (517) 355-0271 ext. 1198

Fax: (517) 353-5174

e-mail: douchesd@msu.edu

Appointment Date: March 1988
Rank: Professor
Specialty Area: Geneticist
Appointment: 90% Research, 10% Teaching

Education:

    B.S.    Rutgers University (Cook College), 1981
    M.S.    North Carolina State University, 1984
    Ph.D.    University of California-Davis, 1987

Positions held at Michigan State University:

    1987-88    Post Doctoral Fellow
    1988-94    Assistant Professor
    1994-01    Associate Professor
    2001-present    Professor

Research Responsibilities:

Potato breeding and genetics: Development and utilization of molecular markers for gene mapping, breeding and fingerprinting; Utilization of exotic germplasm; Cytogenetics of 2n gametes; Late blight, scab and Colorado potato beetle resistance; Transformation of potato to introgress economically important genes.

International Activities:

USAID-funded Bt Potato Project and Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project in Egypt, Indonesia and S. Africa (1992-present)

Select Refereed Publications:

     Publications can be found here.

David S. Douches

Professor