David Bertioli
Professor & GRA/GSD Distinguished Investigator | Peanut Genetics, Genomics and Evolution
- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies (CAGT)
- Crop & Soil Sciences
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
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)
Awards and Honors
- APRES Joe Sugg Graduate Student Competition (2024)
- The 2024 John Ingle Award (2024)
- Terry and Elizabeth S. Coffey Graduate Fellowship (2024)
- Glenn & Helen Burton Feeding the Hungry Scholarship Award (2024)
- 2024 FFAR Fellow Lighting talk competition (2024)
Courses
- PBGG 8860: Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics Communication Seminar (Fall 2025)
- PBGG 8861: Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics Research Seminar (Fall 2025)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- PBGG 8860: Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics Communication Seminar (Spring 2026)
- PBGG 8861: Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics Research Seminar (Spring 2026)
- PBGG 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2026)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
- PBGG 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2026)
- PBGG 8861: Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics Research Seminar (Fall 2026)
- PBGG 8860: Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics Communication Seminar (Fall 2026)
Scholarly Works
- The curious case of sporadic nematode susceptibility in “Tifguard” peanut (Arachis hypogaea): seed mixture or genetic instability?, G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, (2026).
- Harnessing wild peanut genetic resources for field resistance to tomato spotted wilt and late leaf spot diseases., Plant Dis, (2026).
- Deep Sequence Characterization of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Cultivated and Wild-Derived Allotetraploid Peanuts in Georgia, USA, PHYTOPATHOLOGY, (2026).
- A single hybrid origin of cultivated peanut, PLANT JOURNAL, (2025).
- From bottleneck to boom: Polyploidy, genetic instability and response to artificial selection resolve the peanut paradox, PLANT JOURNAL, (2025).
Contact
Mailing Address
0119 C A G T
111 Riverbend Road
Athens, GA 30602 0000
Shipping Address
0216 C A G T
111 Riverbend Road
Athens, GA 30602 0000
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