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  2. David Bertioli

David Bertioli


Professor & GRA/GSD Distinguished Investigator | Peanut Genetics, Genomics and Evolution

Crop & Soil Sciences

David Bertioli
David Bertioli
Areas of expertiseEducationScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Plant BiologyGeneticsCrop and Pasture ProductionMicrobiologyBiochemistry and Cell BiologyEcology

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Plant Sciences, General

University of Oxford, United Kingdom (1993)

Bachelor of Science, Botany/Plant Biology

University of Durham, United Kingdom (1987)

Scholarly Works

  • The genome sequences of Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, the diploid ancestors of cultivated peanut, NATURE GENETICS, (2016).
    Bertioli DJ, Cannon SB, Froenicke L, Huang G, Farmer AD … 34 more
  • The genome sequence of segmental allotetraploid peanut Arachis hypogaea, NATURE GENETICS, (2019).
    Bertioli DJ, Jenkins J, Clevenger J, Dudchenko O, Gao D … 45 more
  • WebSat–a web software for microsatellite marker development., Bioinformation, (2009).
    Martins WS, Lucas DCS, Neves KFDS, Bertioli DJ
  • Genomic relationships between the cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea, Leguminosae) and its close relatives revealed by double GISH., Am J Bot, (2007).
    Seijo G, Lavia GI, Fernández A, Krapovickas A, Ducasse DA … 2 more
  • Advances in Arachis genomics for peanut improvement, BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES.
    Pandey MK, Monyo E, Ozias-Akins P, Liang X, Guimaraes P … 9 more

View full list of scholarly works

Contact

bertioli@uga.edu

Mailing Address

0119 C A G T
111 Riverbend Road
Athens, GA 30602 0000

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0216 C A G T
111 Riverbend Road
Athens, GA 30602 0000

Stories

  • Two researchers examine green peanut plants growing in a greenhouse as part of agricultural genetics research at the UGA Wild Peanut Lab.
    Peanuts
    April 23, 2026

    UGA Wild Peanut Lab helps M&Ms ‘Protect the Peanut’

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  • Peanuts
    March 9, 2026

    Wild peanut genetics drive $6M effort to protect crops in Africa and the U.S.

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  • Students
    May 1, 2025

    Three graduate researchers honored in 20th year of E. Broadus Browne Awards

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  • May 1, 2019

    UGA researchers help identify “the mother of peanut”

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