Supervisory Research Plant Pathologist/Supervisory Research Geneticist

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Contribute to the work of the National Small Grains Collection (NSGC) in the area of analysis of identifying new sources of disease resistance and developing genetic markers and implementing genetic marker analyses for key traits.

Responsible for maintaining and enhancing the research creativity and productivity of the unit; hiring personnel and managing the human, fiscal, and physical resources of the unit

Research objectives involving encompassing breeding and pathology of small grains and potatoes, cereal chemistry and genetics, small grains germplasm maintenance/evaluation, and rainbow trout genetics, nutrition, physiology, and feed technology.

Develop, evaluate, and apply genomic tools to small grains genetics and germplasm enhancement research.

Identify, map, and develop genetic markers for disease resistance and quality genes.

Develop improved barley and oat cultivars meeting the needs of conventional and specialty markets for both dryland and irrigated production systems in the western U.S.