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Education :
Ph.D., 1981, Univ. of California, Riverside (Genetics)
BS, 1970, Univ. de Chile, Santiago (Crop Science)
Professional Experience:
1996 : Professor, Auburn University
1990 :
Associate
Professor, Auburn University
1985 :
Assistant Professor,
Auburn University
1976 :
Assistant Professor, University
of Chile
Professional Activities:
Conducts research and serves as the Project Leader
for breeding of forage legumes. My breeding program
has two main objectives: basic research and development
and utilization of new cultivars of several species
for use as forage and cover crops. Basic research comprises
three main areas. The first is to identify and evaluate
molecular, physiological and morphological traits that
can be used as selection criteria in developing germplasm
of forages with enhanced persistence, tolerance to
environmental stress, yield, seedling vigor and disease
resistance . The second is to study population genetics,
genetic structure and genotype-environment interactions
to formulate selection strategies conducive to the
development of improved germplasm through conventional
and unconventional breeding techniques. The third is
to assist and advise the National Plant Germplasm System
in the evaluation and maintenance of germplasm of forage
legume crops and cool season grain legumes.
Cultivar development has focused on sunn hemp ( Crotalaria juncea L.),
sericea lespedeza [ Lespedeza cuneata (Dumont de Courset) G. Don],
hairy vetch ( Vicia villosa L.), common vetch ( Vicia sativa L.),
caley peas ( Lathyrus hirsutus L.) crimson clover ( Trifolium incarnatum L.),
red clover ( T. pratense L.), and white clover ( T. repens L.).
Besides the use of these plants as forage and cover crops, research on utilization
is focusing on 1) evaluation of yield benefits and reduction of the incidence
of viral damage in vegetable crops when these plants are use as mulches ; 2)
use of sericea lespedeza as an anthelmintic plant; 3) use of sericea lespedeza
hay as a supplement for several animal species.
| Honors and Awards: |
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Personal information included in AcademicKeys Who's Who in
Agriculture Higher Education, 2003
- Invited by The Haworth Press, Inc., to review the book "Crop
Improvement: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century" edited by
Dr. Manjit S. Kang, May 2001.
- Recognized for services as Associate Editor of the Crop Science
Society of America, 7 November 2000.
- Appointed Associate Editor of the journal Crop Science for
a second three-year term beginning January 1, 1998.
- Biographical sketch included in Who's Who in the South and
Southwest, a companion volume to Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's
Who-MacMillan Directory Division, 25th Edition 1997-1998.
- Reappointed member of Auburn University's Graduate Faculty,
March 15, 1996, for a seven-year period (1996-2003).
- Appointed Associate Editor of the journal Crop Science for
the term 1995-1997.
- Biographical sketch included in Men of Achievement, Sixteenth
Edition (1994), Seventeenth Edition (1996) International Biographical
Centre, England.
- Biographical sketch included in Who's Who in the World, a companion
volume to Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who-MacMillan Directory
Division. Twelfth Edition 1995-1996 to Seventeenth Edition 1999-2000.
- Travel Grant awarded in 1992 by the American Forage and Grassland
Council to participate at the XVII International Grassland Congress
held in Palmerston North, New Zealand and Queensland, Australia, February
8-21, 1993.
- Elected member of The Honor Society of Agriculture Gamma Sigma
Delta, May 26, 1992
- Biographical sketch included in Who's Who in Science and Engineering,
a companion volume to Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who-MacMillan
Directory Division. First edition 1992-1993. Second edition 1994-1995.
Third edition 1996-1997.
- Tenure status awarded by Auburn University on February 22,
1990, effective September 1990.
- Appointed member of Auburn University's Graduate Faculty, December
12, 1988.
- Elected member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society,
Auburn University Chapter, 1987.
- Practical training at the University of California, Riverside,
sponsored by the Fulbright Commission, October 1981 to June 1982.
- Fulbright grant, awarded by the Fulbright Commission for Educational
Interchange between the USA and Chile, August 1976 to September 1981.
- Hays grant, awarded by the Fulbright Commission for Educational
Interchange between the USA and Chile, August 1976.
- Graduated with Distinction in Agronomy (equivalent to High
Honors), University of Chile, 1970.
- Research Fellowship from the Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias
(Institute of Agriculture and Animal Research), Oil Crops Program,
Santiago, Chile, January to July 1970.
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| Professional Societies Membership: |
- S-9 Technical Committee on the
introduction, multiplication, and
evaluation of new plants for agricultural
and industrial uses and the preservation
of valuable germplasm, 2003
- Clover and Special Purpose Legume
Crop Germplasm Committee (CSPL CGC),
2003 to present.
- Editorial Board, Crop Science Society
of America 1995-2000.
- Associate Editor of the journal
Crop Science, 1995-2000.
- Cool Season Food Legume Crop Germplasm
Committee (CSFL CGC), 2000 to present.
- Fifteenth Trifolium Conference,
1996-1998.
- Faculty Handbook Review Committee,
2003-06
- Search Committee - Interim Assistant
Provost for Multicultural Affairs,
2002
- Variety Improvement and Release,1985
to present Member, College of Agriculture
Dean's Faculty Advisory Committee,2000-2001
Courses:
| AGRN 7160 |
Genetic Data Analysis |
| AGRN 7250 |
Crop Physiology |
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