Jessup, Russell W. - Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

Russell W. Jessup: Professor
Perennial Grass Breeding
Office:: Perennial Grass Lab (BLDG 0956)
Email:: [email protected]
Phone:: 870-600-1214

Graduate Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2005
Courses Taught: SCSC 302. Recreational Turf.; SCSC 640, Intellectual Property in the Plant Sciences.

Areas of Expertise

Perennial Grass Breeding

Professional Summary

Research. My research focuses on conventional, cytogenetic, and genomic strategies towards development of improved perennial grasses as biorefinery platforms for biofuels, turfgrasses, forage, ornamentals, phytoremediators and renewable bio-based products. This includes developing molecular tools to assist marker-assisted breeding programs for value-added traits such as: net primary productivity, carbon sequestration, perenniality, photoperiodism, hybrid sterility, and apomixis. Feedstocks are further selected for resource use efficiency, stress tolerance, and novel seeded-yet-sterile hybrid systems.

Teaching. I currently teach: 1) 6 undergraduate sections (3 web-based, 2 blended classroom:web-based, 1 honors) of ‘Recreational Turf’ (SCSC 302), and 2) 2 graduate sections (1 web-based, 1 CEU-based) of ‘Intellectual Property in the Sciences’ (SCSC 640) annually. My annual instructing load is approximately 358 students/yr (WSCH/FTE of 3225/yr /3 yrs).

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