Peggy Ozias-Akins
Distinguished Research Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of plant development, peanuts
Areas of expertise
Plant BiologyCrop and Pasture ProductionGeneticsHorticultural ProductionBiochemistry and Cell BiologyFood Sciences
About
Female reproduction and gene transfer in plants, developed a reproducible transformation system for peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) that can result in the production of dozens of independently transformed cell lines after microprojectile bombardment of embryogenic peanut tissue
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Botany/Plant Biology
University of Florida, FL, United States (1981)
Bachelor of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Florida State University, FL, United States (1975)
Scholarly Works
- The genome sequences of Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, the diploid ancestors of cultivated peanut, NATURE GENETICS, (2016).
- PLANT-REGENERATION FROM CULTURED IMMATURE EMBRYOS AND INFLORESCENCES OF TRITICUM-AESTIVUM L (WHEAT) – EVIDENCE FOR SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS, PROTOPLASMA, (1982).
- Mendelian genetics of apomixis in plants, ANNUAL REVIEW OF GENETICS, (2007).
- Advances in Arachis genomics for peanut improvement, BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES.
- A parthenogenesis gene of apomict origin elicits embryo formation from unfertilized eggs in a sexual plant, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (2015).
Contact
Mailing Address
2360 Rainwater Road
Tifton, GA 31793
Shipping Address
2360 Rainwater Road
NESPAL
Tifton, GA 31794
