Zenglu Li
Georgia Seed Development Professor in Soybean Breeding and Genetics
Areas of expertise
About
80% Research, 15% Teaching and 5% Service
My major responsibilities at UGA include: 1) Integration of traditional breeding with genomic technologies to develop improved cultivars and germplasm of soybean adapted to the Southeastern U .S. with flexibility to solve other agricultural problems based on industry needs and program direction.; 2) Deploying transgenes in the breeding program and releasing improved cultivars and germplasm; 3) QTL/gene discovery for traits of importance; 4) Conducting predictive breeding and high throughput/precision phenotyping to improve breeding efficiency; and 4) Mentoring graduate students and teaching a graduate course in quantitative plant breeding
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, IL, United States (1999)
Master of Science, Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
Yangzhou University, China (1987)
Bachelor of Science, Agronomy and Crop Science
Laiying Institute of Agriculture, China (1983)
Awards and Honors
- 2021 D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in Research (2021)
- Above & Beyond (2010)
- Above & Beyond Award (2008)
- Research Innovation Award (2008)
Courses
- PBGG 8880: Plant Quantitative Genetics and Molecular Breeding (Spring 2026)
Scholarly Works
- Allele variation at the Rdm3 locus conferring resistance to soybean southern stem canker, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, (2026).
- Selection of four mutant alleles of fatty acid desaturase genes for a stable high oleic and low linolenic acid soybean seed oil trait, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, (2026).
- Registration of three near-isogenic soybean lines carrying the Rcs3 allele for frogeye leaf spot resistance, JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS, (2026).
- Developing and deploying an unmanned aerial system-based phenotyping program for maturity to support soybean breeding, PLANT PHENOME JOURNAL, (2026).
- A Pathway-Based Metabolomics Approach Reveals Metabolic Strategies and Reprogramming in Drought-Tolerant Soybean Genotypes, LEGUME SCIENCE, (2026).
Contact
Mailing Address
Center for Applied Genetic Technologies
111 Riverbend Road
Athens, GA 30602
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