Greta Rockstad
Former Crop Science - MS
Bio
- Degree Program: M.S. in Crop Science
- Previous Degree: B.S. in plant science from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Current Advisors: Dr. Susana Milla-Lewis, Dr. Jeff Dunne
- Thesis: Combining Genomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping to Advance Drought Resistance Breeding in St. Augustinegrass.
- Thesis Date: 2022-06-29
Research
My project is building on drought tolerance mapping efforts in St. Augustinegrass by validating previously identified QTLs. Along with this, I’m exploring how high-throughput phenotyping technologies can be used to characterize drought in St. Augustinegrass and how the traits these technologies measure might give us more power to identify additional QTLs associated with drought tolerance. Overall, the goal is to identify genes conferring drought tolerance and then integrate these into the turfgrass breeding program using marker-assisted selection.