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
• 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., Jean-Luc Jannink, and L.R. Gibson. 2005. Registration of ‘NE426GT’ Winter Triticale. Crop Sci. 45: 796-797.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Kuleung, C., P. S. Baenziger and I. Dweikat. 2004. Transferability of SSR markers among wheat, rye, and triticale. Theor. Appl. Genet.108:1147-1150.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Kumlay, A. M., P. S. Baenziger, K. S. Gill, D. R. Shelton, R. A. Graybosch, A. J. Lukaszewski, and D. M. Wesenberg. 2003. Understanding the effect of rye chromatin in bread wheat. Crop Science 43: 1643-1651.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Streck, N. Augusto, A. Weiss, Q. Xue, and P. Stephen Baenziger. 2003. Improving predictions of developmental stages in winter wheat: a modified Wang and Engel model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 115:130-150.
  
  
• 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, A. Mitra, S. Sato, and T. Clemente. 2000. Inheritance of multiple transgenes in wheat. Crop Sci. 40: 1133-1141.
  
  
• Shah, M. M., P. S. Baenziger, Y. Yen, K. S. Gill, B. Moreno-Sevilla, and K. Haliloglu. 1999. Genetic analysis of agronomic traits controlled by wheat chromosome 3A. Crop Sci 39: 1016-1021.
  
  
• Navarro-Alvarez, W., P. S. Baenziger, K. M. Eskridge, D. R. Shelton, V. D. Gustaf­son, and M. Hugo. 1994. Effect of sugars on wheat anther culture media. Plant Breed. 112:53-62.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Peterson, C. J., R. A. Graybosch, P. S. Baenziger, and A. W. Grombacher. 1992. Genotype and environment effects on quality characteristics of hard red winter wheat. Crop Sci. 32:98-103.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Baenziger, P. S. 1990. The challenges of attracting graduate students to plant breeding. J. Agron. Ed. 19:205-210.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Lazar, M. D., G. W. Schaeffer, and P. S. Baenziger. 1984. Combining abilities and heritability of callus formation and plantlet regeneration in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) anther cultures. Theor. Appl. Genet. 68:131-134.
  
  
• Schaeffer, G. W., P. S. Baenziger, and J. W. Worley. 1979. Haploid plant development from anthers and in vitro embryo culture of wheat. Crop Sci. 19:697-702.

OTHER INTERESTS:

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