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  2. Scott A Jackson

Scott A Jackson


Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Synthetic Biology

Crop & Soil Sciences

Scott Jackson
Scott Jackson
Areas of expertiseEducationScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Plant BiologyGeneticsBiochemistry and Cell BiologyCrop and Pasture ProductionAgricultural Biotechnology

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding

University of Wisconsin Colleges, WI, United States (1999)

Master of Science, Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding

University of Wisconsin Colleges, WI, United States (1996)

Bachelor of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Bob Jones University, SC, United States (1994)

Scholarly Works

  • A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications, NATURE GENETICS, (2014).
    Schmutz J, McClean PE, Mamidi S, Wu GA, Cannon SB … 36 more
  • Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement, NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, (2013).
    Varshney RK, Song C, Saxena RK, Azam S, Yu S … 44 more
  • 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
  • Next-generation sequencing technologies and their implications for crop genetics and breeding, TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, (2009).
    Varshney RK, Nayak SN, May GD, Jackson SA
  • Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers, NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, (2012).
    Varshney RK, Chen W, Li Y, Bharti AK, Saxena RK … 26 more

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Contact

sjackson@uga.edu 706-542-4021

Mailing Address

111 Riverbend Rd
CAGT
Athens, GA 30602

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  • Crop and Soil Sciences
    May 20, 2025

    CAES plant geneticist develops new tools to improve crops

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  • Crop and Soil Sciences
    Jan. 23, 2019

    Renowned plant geneticist Scott Jackson talks peanut genome

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  • Sept. 5, 2018

    Scientists put soy in the spotlight at international conference hosted by UGA

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  • Feb. 2, 2018

    UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences researchers help to sequence rice genome

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  • Background on the Peanut Genome Initiative
    Jan. 3, 2018

    Background on the Peanut Genome Initiative

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  • Feb. 23, 2016

    Researchers trace peanut crop back to its Bolivian roots

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