Mohamed Mergoum
Georgia Seed Development UGAF Professor in Wheat Breeding and Genetics (Plant Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics)
Areas of expertise
Crop and Pasture ProductionPlant BiologyGeneticsFood Sciences
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Agronomy and Crop Science
Colorado State University, CO, United States (1991)
Master of Science, Agronomy and Crop Science
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, MN, United States (1982)
Bachelor of Science, Agronomy and Crop Science
Institute of Agriculture and Vetinary, Hassan, Morocco (1980)
Awards and Honors
- International Crop Science Award (2018)
- Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) (2014)
- Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) (2012)
Scholarly Works
- Breeding wheat for resistance to Fusarium head blight in the Global North: China, USA, and Canada, The Crop Journal, (2019).
- Dissection of Genetic Factors underlying Wheat Kernel Shape and Size in an Elite × Nonadapted Cross using a High Density SNP Linkage Map., Plant Genome, (2016).
- Registration of ‘Alsen’ Wheat, Crop Science, (2006).
- Registration of ‘Glenn’ Wheat, Crop Science, (2006).
- Review of doubled haploid production in durum and common wheat through wheat × maize hybridization, Plant Breeding, (2014).
Contact
Mailing Address
1109 Experiment Street
Redding Building 262
Griffin, GA 30223
Shipping Address
1109 Experiment Street
Redding Building 262
Griffin, GA 30223
