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Rooney, William

William Rooney

Regents Professor
Borlaug-Monsanto Chair in International Crop Improvement
AgriLife Faculty Fellow
Sorghum Breeding & Genetics
Office:  
Variety Testing & Sorghum Breeding Lab
Email:  
[email protected]
Phone:  
(979) 321-5938
Resume/CV
Graduate Education
M.S. Plant Breeding, Texas A&M University, 1989
Ph.D. Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1992
Courses Taught
SCSC 481 - Senior Seminar - a capstone course bringing together student experiences, exams, and exercises necessary for completing and assessing curriculum program learning outcomes.
SCSC 642 - Plant Breeding II - Expectations of genetic improvement for different plant breeding methods; relative efficiency for crops of different reproductive mechanisms; genetic variances, covariances and genotype-environment interaction components of variance used in planning selection procedures.

Professional Summary

Specialty: Sorghum breeding

Support staff and graduate students: Kayla Beechinor | Edgar Correa | Samuel Hester | Jeremy Klumper | Nick Porter | Pradip Sapkota | Noah Winans | Seth Garrett | Becaye Gueye

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