Leah Ruff Maeder
Former Graduate
- Email: laruff@ncsu.edu
- Degree Program: M.S., Crop Science
- Previous Degree: B.S., Agronomy, Iowa State University
- Advisor: Dr. Thomas Carter
- Completion Date: May 2013
Research
My research focuses on the evaluation of introgressed wild soybean alleles, Glycine soja, into cultivated soybean, Glycine max. My primary research objectives are to 1) determine if any useful yield alleles exist in G. soja and 2) predict the level of heterosis in G. soja x G. max lines.