David Horne
Former Crop Science - MS
Bio
- 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
- Thesis: Effects of Three Generations of Recurrent Index Selection for Fusarium Ear Rot Resistance, Grain Yield, and Lodging Resistance in Maize
- Thesis Date: 2015-05-05
- 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.