Susan Brown
Professor
Department of Horticultural Sciences

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E-Mail: skb3@cornell.edu

B.S. Plant Sciences 1978 University of Connecticut
M.S. Horticulture 1980 Rutgers University
Ph.D. Genetics 1984 University of California, Davis

Current Position:
Apple Breeder and Geneticist

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Students:

Boyden, Laurie. 2002. Quantitative assessment of apple texture traits using instrumental and sensory methods. M.S., Horticulture.

Just, Brian. 2001. Molecular markers for weeping plant habit and powdery mildew (Podosphaera leucotricha) resistance from the ornamental crabapple ‘Red Jade’. M.S., Plant Breeding.

Ko, Ki-sung. 1999. Attacin and T4 lysozyme transgenic ‘Galaxy’ apple: Regulation of transgene expression and plant resistance to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora. Ph.D., Pomology.

Conner, Patrick. 1996. Examination of apple (Malus Xdomestica) fruit quality and tree and fruit morphology using molecular markers. Ph.D., Plant Breeding.

Ko, Ki-sung. 1996. Assessment of chimeric transgenic M.7 apple rootstock lines. M.S., Pomology.

Bolar, Jyothi. 1995. Examination of factors affecting the transformation of ‘Marshall McIntosh’ apple by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. M.S., Pomology.

Lawson, Scott. 1993. Exclusionary management of arthropods on columnar apples. M.S. Pomology.

Kelsey, Frank. 1993. Examination of columnar growth habit in apple using exogenous plant growth regulators and pruning. M.S., Pomology.

Ye, Xiaojian. 1992. Biolistic transformation and its optimization in peach. M.S, Pomology.

Students on whose special committee I served:

Bolar, Joythi Prakash. 1999. Genetic engineering of ‘McIntosh’ apple for resistance to scab (Venturia inaequalis). Ph.D., Plant Pathology.

Fernandez, Gina. 1994. Carbon assimilation and partitioning in ‘Titan’ red raspberry: An analysis of canopy, whole plant, leaf and biochemical factors. Ph.D., Pomology.

Adhafi, Mohammed. 1994. Genetic mapping and genome analysis of grape (Vitis sp.). Ph.D., Plant Breeding.

Wright, K.H. 1994. Spur-type McIntosh: Morphological characteristics of certain strains and a proposed classification of tree form. M.S. Thesis. Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia. (I served as the outside examiner).

Hagens, Darlene. 1992. Genetic studies in Malus: Integration of isozymes, DNA markers and morphological traits. M.S. Pomology.