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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Agronomy and Horticulture

The Science and Application of Plants to Sustain and Enhance Human Life

P. Stephen Baenziger

Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor
Small Grains Breeding and Genetics

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Distance Education courses
P. S. Baenziger's Small Grain Breeding Home Page
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DEGREES:

  • B.A., Biochemical Sciences, magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1972
  • M.S., Plant Breeding and Genetics, Purdue University, 1975
  • Ph.D., Plant Breeding and Genetics, Purdue University, 1975

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

I am the primary small grains breeder at the University of Nebraska and my work emphasizes the improvement of winter wheat, barley, and triticale. I am interested in improving our breeding methods through the use of better germplasm identification, statistical designs, biotechnology, and crop modeling.

ONE CREDIT MODULES TAUGHT:

The following courses are taught as resident and distance education courses. The instructor is keenly interested in using web-based technology to teach his course in traditional and nontraditional ways.

  • Agronomy 815A: Self-Pollinated Crop Breeding
  • Agronomy 815B: Germplasm and Genes
  • Backstop for Agronomy 815D: Cross-Pollinated Crop Breeding

EXTENSION INTERESTS:

Supporting the wheat, barley, and triticale industry of Nebraska.

MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

My major emphasis is on small grains cultivar development. As such, I test lines throughout Nebraska to determine their agronomic worth and in collaboration with others, their end-use quality. In addition, I have projects on transgene inheritance in wheat, germplasm evaluation and utilization, understanding wheat yield and agronomic performance using unique cytogenetic tools and molecular markers, and determining the genetic components that may be of value in future global climate change scenarios. My project is also committed to agriculture sustainability and profitability.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Baenziger, P. S. and D. V. Glover. 1977. Protein body size and distribution and pro¬tein matrix morphology in various endosperm mutants of Zea mays L. Crop Sci. 17:415 21.

  • Schaeffer, G. W., P. S. Baenziger, and J. W. Worley. 1979. Haploid plant develop¬ment from anthers and in vitro embryo culture of wheat. Crop Sci. 19:697 702.

  • Baenziger, P. S., J. W. Schmidt, C. J. Peterson, V. A. Johnson, P. J. Mattern, A. F. Dreier, D.V. McVey, and J. H. Hatchett. 1989. Registration of 'Arapahoe' wheat. Crop Sci. 29:832.

  • Rybczynski, J. J., R. L. Simonson, and P. S. Baenziger. 1991. Evidence for micros¬pore embryogenesis in wheat anther culture. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. 27P:168 174.

  • Rybczynski, J. J., R. L. Simonson, and P. S. Baenziger. 1991. Evidence for micros¬pore embryogenesis in wheat anther culture. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. 27P:168 174.

  • Berke, T. G., P. S. Baenziger, and R. Morris. 1992. Locations of wheat quantitative trait loci affecting stability of six traits using reciprocal chromosome substitutions. Crop Sci. 32: 628 633.

  • Stroup, W. W., P. S. Baenziger, and D. K. Mulitze. 1994. A comparison of methods for removing spatial variation from wheat yield trials. Crop Sci. 34:62 66.

  • Navarro Alvarez, W., P. S. Baenziger, K. M. Eskridge, D. R. Shelton, V. D. Gustaf¬son, and M. Hugo. 1994. Effect of sugars on wheat anther culture media. Plant Breed. 112:53 62.

  • Navarro Alvarez, W., P. S. Baenziger, K. M. Eskridge, M. Hugo. and V. D. Gustaf¬son. 1994. Addition of colchicine to wheat anther culture media to increase doubled haploid plant production. Plant Breed. 112:192 198.

  • Moreno Sevilla, B., P. S. Baenziger, D. R. Shelton, R. A. Graybosch, and C. J. Peterson. 1995. Agronomic performance and end use quality of 1B vs. 1BL/1RS genotypes derived from winter wheat 'Rawhide'. Crop Sci. 35:1607 1612.

  • McNeil, J. E., R. French, G. L. Hein, P. S. Baenziger, and K. M. Eskridge. 1996. Charac-terization of genetic variability among natural populations of wheat streak mosaic virus. Phytopathology 86:1222 1227.

  • Eskridge, K. M., M. M. Shah, P.S. Baenziger and D.A. Travnicek. 2000. Correcting for classification errors when estimating the number of genes using recombinant inbred chromosome lines. Crop Sci. 40:398-403.

  • Hundera F, K. Arumuganathan, and P.S. Baenziger. 2000. Determination of relative nuclear DNA content of Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] using flow cytometry. J. Genet. and Breed. 54:165-168.

  • Streck, N. A., A. Weiss, and P. S. Baenziger. 2003. A generalized vernalization response function for winter wheat. Agron. J. 95:155-159.

  • Campbell, B. T., P. S. Baenziger, K. S. Gill, K. M. Eskridge, H. Budak, M. Erayman, I. Dweikat, and Y. Yen. 2003. Identification of QTLs and Environmental Interactions Associated with Agronomic Traits on Chromosome 3A of Wheat. Crop Science 43:1493-1505.

  • Campbell, B.T., P.S. Baenziger, K. M. Eskridge, H. Budak, N.A. Streck, A. Weiss, K.S. Gill, and M. Erayman. 2004. Using environmental covariates to explain genotype x environments and QTL x environment interactions for agronomic traits on chromosome 3A of wheat. Crop Sci.44: 620-627.

  • Kuleung, C., P. S. Baenziger and I. Dweikat. 2004. Transferability of SSR markers among wheat, rye, and triticale. Theor. Appl. Genet.108:1147-1150.

  • Erayman, Mustafa, Devinder Sandhu, Deepak Sidhu, Muharrem Dilbirligi, P. S. Baenziger, and Kulvinder S. Gill. 2004. Demarcating the gene-rich regions of the wheat genome. Nucl. Acids. Res. 32: 3546-3565.

  • Baenziger, P.S., G. S. McMaster, W.W. Wilhelm, A. Weiss, and C.J. Hays. 2004. Putting genes into genetic coefficients. Field Crop Res. 90: 133-143.

  • Mahmood, A., P.S. Baenziger, Hikmet Budak, K. S. Gill, and I Dweikat. 2004. The use of microsatellite markers for the detection of genetic similarity among winter bread wheat lines for chromosome 3A. Theor. Appl. Genet. 109:1494-1503.

  • Fufa, H., P. Stephen Baenziger, B. S. Beecher, R. A. Graybosch, K. M. Eskridge and L. A. Nelson. 2005. Genetic Improvement Trends in Agronomic Performances and End-use Quality Characteristics Among Hard Red Winter Wheat Cultivars in Nebraska. Euphytica 144:187-198.

  • Fufa, H., P.S. Baenziger, B.S. Beecher, I. Dweikat, R. A. Graybosch, and K.M. Eskridge. 2005. Comparison of phenotypic and molecular marker-based classifications of hard red winter wheat cultivars. Euphytica 145:133-146.

  • Dhungana, P., K. M. Eskridge, and A. Weiss, and P.S. Baenziger. 2005. Designing crop technology for a future climate: An example using response surface methodology and the CERES-Wheat model. Agricultural Systems 87:63-79.

  • Hu, Qi, A. Weiss, S. Feng, and P. S. Baenziger. 2006. Earlier winter wheat heading dates and warmer spring in the U.S. Great Plains. Agric. and Forest Meteorology 135: 284-290.

  • Hu, Qi, A. Weiss, S. Feng, and P. S. Baenziger. 2006. Earlier winter wheat heading dates and warmer spring in the U.S. Great Plains. Agric. and Forest Meteorology 135: 284-290.

  • Hu, Qi, A. Weiss, S. Feng, and P. S. Baenziger. 2006. Earlier winter wheat heading dates and warmer spring in the U.S. Great Plains. Agric. and Forest Meteorology 135: 284-290.

  • Baenziger, P. S., W. K. Russell, G. L. Graef, and B. T. Campbell. 2006. Improving lives: 50 years of crop breeding, genetics and cytology (C-1). Crop Sci.46: 2230-2244.

  • Dilbirligi, M., M. Erayman, B. T. Campbell, H. S. Randhawa, P. S. Baenziger, I. Dweikat, K. S. Gill. 2006. High-density mapping and comparative analysis of agronomically important traits on wheat chromosome 3A. Genomics 88:74-87.

  • Baenziger, P.S. 2006. Plant breeding training in the U.S. HortScience 41:40-44.

  • Dowell, F. E., E. B. Maghirang, R. A. Graybosch, P. S. Baenziger, D. D. Baltensperger, and L.E. Hansen. 2006. An automated single-kernel near-infrared trait selection system. Cereal Chem. 83:537-543.

  • Dhungana, P., K. M. Eskridge, P. S. Baenziger, B. T. Campbell, K. S. Gill, I. Dweikat. 2007. Analysis of genotype-by-environment interaction in wheat using a structural equation model and chromosome substitution lines. Crop Sci. 47:477-484.

  • Baenziger, P.S., B. Beecher, R.A. Graybosch, A. M. H. Ibrahim, D.D. Baltensperger, L.A. Nelson, Y. Jin, S. N. Wegulo, J.E. Watkins, J. H. Hatchett, Ming-Shun Chen, and Guihua Bai. Registration of 'NE01643' wheat. J. Plant Registrations: accepted.

OTHER INTERESTS:

Interested in international agriculture and helping humankind in developing and developed countries. Can speak some French.