David Horne

Former Graduate

  • Degree Program: Masters, Crop Science
  • Previous Degree: A.S., Field Crops Technology, North Carolina State University; B.S., Plant and Soil Science, North Carolina State University
  • Advisor: Dr. Jim Holland
  • Completion Date: Spring 2015

Research

To determine if the use of recurrent selection improves the direct response to Fusarium ear rot and the indirect response to fumonisin contamination.

Projects

(1) Inoculating plants from cycle zero and cycle three with isolates of the pathogen Fusarium verticilliodes and scoring them on a percent severity scale for ear rot, followed by the use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for fumonisin contamination; (2) evaluation of resistant selected top cross lines for disease, yield, and lodging.

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