Grass Breeding Lab
Research
The goal of the grass breeding program is to develop advanced germplasm and improved cultivars of perennial grasses for the southern Great Plains, and to conduct research supporting this objective. This is to say that we want to develop new and improved grass varieties for the region's farmers and ranchers, and conduct research that is useful to forage breeders throughout the world. The main components of our program involve germplasm evaluation, breeding and selection, evaluation of advanced breeding material, animal performance trials, and seed production research. Our primary focus is to develop cool-season perennial grasses that are persistent and productive in the southern Great Plains.
See: Germplasm Database | Germplasm Database Methods
Personnel
Biermacher, J., Reuter, R. R., Cook, B. J., Islam, M. A., Hopkins, A., Bouton, J. H., & Butler, T. J. (2009). Economic feasibility of stocker cattle grazing tall fescue infected with a novel endophyte in the Southern Great Plains. Journal of Animal Science, 87 (E-Suppl. 2), 573.
Saha, M. C., Young, C. A., & Hopkins, A. A. (2009). Genetic variation within and among wildrye (Elymus canadensis and E. virginicus) populations from the Southern Great Plains. Crop Science, 49 (3), 913-922 DOI:10.2135/cropsci2008.04.0239.
Wang, Z - Y., Ge, Y. X., & Hopkins, A. A. (2009). Registration of NFLT12, a tissue culture–responsive Lolium temulentum (Darnel ryegrass) line. Journal of Plant Registrations, 3 (2), 206-207.
Oram, R. N., Ferreira, C. V., Culvenor, R. A. , Hopkins, A. A., & Stewart, A. (2009). The first century of Phalaris aquatica L. cultivation and genetic improvement: a review. Crop and Pasture Science, 60 (1), 1-15.
Johnson, R. C., Hopkins, A. A., & Evans, M. A. (2008). Carbon isotope discrimination, selection response, and forage production of tall fescue in contrasting environments. Crop Science, 48, 1048-1054.
Search PubMed- Development of persistent, grazing-tolerant, cool-season grasses
- Development of tall fescue and tall wheatgrass populations with improved digestibility
- Evaluation and deployment of novel endophytes in tall fescue
- Development of molecular markers associated with digestibility and other traits in tall fescue
- Collection and evaluation of cool-season grass germplasm
- Identification and quantification of alkaloids in hardinggrass
