Jill Recker Lennon
JR
Former Crop Science - PhD
Bio
- Degree Program: Ph.D., Crop Science
- Previous Degree: B.S., Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics, Purdue University; M.S., Plant Breeding, N.C. State University
- PhD Advisors: Dr. Matthew Krakowsky; Dr. Major Goodman
- Dissertation: Making the Most of Corn: The Identification and Characterization of Exotic Genes and Germplasm for Maize Improvement.
- Dissertation Date: 2014-10-02
- MS Advisor: Dr. Joseph Burton
- Thesis: Analyzing Variances and Correlations of Quantitative Traits in two long-term Randomly Mated Soybean Populations.
- Thesis Date: 2010-05-13
Research
My dissertation research is to identify alleles from Teosinte conferring resistance to two foliar diseases of Maize, Gray Leaf Spot and Southern Leaf Blight. I am also screening Ex-PVP maize inbred lines for the presence of a gametophyte factor gene. Lastly I am interested in recombining some of the superior GEM selections to create better lines with a significant proportion of exotic germplasm compared to the parental material.