Leah Ruff Maeder
Former Crop Science - MS
Bio
- Degree Program: M.S., Crop Science
- Previous Degree: B.S., Agronomy, Iowa State University
- Advisor: Dr. Thomas Carter
- Thesis: Heterosis as Evidence of Yield Alleles from Wild Soybean
- Thesis Date: 2013-05-06
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.