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E-Mail: caw34@cornell.edu

Areas of Expertise:
Strawberry, raspberry, minor fruits, breeding, genetics, molecular markers, genetic mapping, molecular biology, genetic modification, apricots and plums

Education:
Ph.D. Horticultural Sciences 1999 University of Florida
M.S. Horticultural Sciences 1994 Unversity of Florida
B.S. Agricultural Sciences 1991 University of Illinios-Urbana

The primary goal of my program is to develop improved berry varieties to better serve the needs of the New York industry by integrating new technologies for investigating the fundamentals of disease and insect resistance, and fruit quality characteristics with traditional breeding practices. My breeding program has five variety development categories: short day strawberries (June-bearing), day-neutral strawberries (everbearing), floricane-fruiting red raspberries, primocane-fruiting red raspberries, and new market raspberries including black and purple. New varieties in any of these categories must have superior fruit quality including excellent flavor, large size, firm texture, attractive color, and extended shelf life relative to what is currently available to growers. New varieties that possess growth and yield characteristics suitable for New York growing conditions are being developed with the expectation that they will be successful in other regions of similar climate.

Through collaborative projects with food scientists and human health specialists superior varieties containing beneficial phytochemicals are being identified. Cooperation with pathologists and entomologists are providing insights into important pest problems in NY to allow us to develop strategies for dealing with growers' problems. Increasing consumer demand for berries by developing new varieties that have enhanced health benefits combined with superior eating quality are as important as increasing yield and pest resistance. Improved strawberries and raspberries that consumers recognize as delicious, nutritious and attractive will keep NY growers competitive in the changing marketplace.

Cornell Fruit Resources

American Society for Horticultural Sciences
American Pomological Society
North American Strawberry Growers Association
North American Bramble Growers Association
New York State Horticulture Society
New York State Berry Growers Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science

International and National
North Central Region-22 (NCR-22) Small Fruits and Viticulture Research Committee, 1999-present

Small Fruit Crop Germplasm Committee, USDA National Plant Germplasm System, 1999 - present, Chair 2002 - present

State and Local
City of Geneva Pesticide Committee

University and College
Fruit Statewide Program Committee, 1999 - 2002
Fruit Program Work Team, 2002 - present, Chair Berry Crops PWT sub-group

Department
Geneva Genomics Group, 1999 - present
Geneva Campus Greenhouse Committee, 2002 - present
Geneva Communications Committee, 2003 - present

Norman Childers Graduate Student Paper Competition, Northeast Region of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 2003. First Place Award. Pattison, Jeremy and Courtney A. Weber. Inheritance of root rot resistance to Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus).

Refereed journal articles

Stafne, E.T., J.R. Clark, C.A. Weber, J. Graham, K.S. Lewers. 2005. Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers for Genetic Mapping of Raspberry and Blackberry. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. In press

Weber C.A. 2005. Inheritance and heritability of terbacil tolerance in cultivated strawberry. HortScience. 40; 311-313.

Pattison, J.A. and C.A. Weber. 2005. Evaluation of Red Raspberry Cultivars for Resistance to Phytophthora Rot Root. J. Amer. Pom. Soc.59(1):50-56.

Weber, C.A., K.E. Maloney and J.C. Sanford. 2004. Performance of eleven floricane fruiting red raspberry cultivars in New York. Small Fruits Rev. 4(2):49-56.

Weber, C.A., K.E. Maloney and J.C. Sanford. 2004. Performance of eight primocane fruiting red raspberry cultivars in New York. Small Fruits Rev. 4(2):41-47.

Lewers, K., J.M. Enns, S.Y. Wang, J.L. Maas, G.J. Galletta, S.C. Hokanson, J.R. Clark, K. Demchak, R.C. Funt, A.R. Jamieson, G.R. Nonnecke, P.R. Probasco, G.L. Jelenkovic, S.A. Garrison, B.J. Smith, B.R. Smith, C.A. Weber. 2004. 'Ovation' strawberry. HortScience. 39(7):1785-1788.

Pattison, J.A, W.F. Wilcox and C.A. Weber. 2004. Assessing the resistance of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) genotypes to Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi in hydroponic culture. HortScience. 39(7):1553-1556.

Weber, C.A., K.E. Maloney and J.C. Sanford. 2004. Long-term viability of primocane fruiting raspberry cultivars. HortTechnology 14(4):590:593.

Weber, C.A., K.E. Maloney and J.C. Sanford. 2004. 'Encore' floricane raspberry. HortScience 39(3):635-636.

Weber, C.A., K.E. Maloney and J.C. Sanford. 2004. 'Prelude' everbearing raspberry. HortScience 39(3):633-634.

Weber, C.A. 2003. Biodegradable mulch films for weed suppression in the establishment year of matted row strawberries. HortTechnology 13(4):665-668.

Weber, C.A., F. Gmitter, Z. Deng, and G.A. Moore. 2003. Mapping cold tolerance QTL in Citrus hybrids. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 128(4):508-514.

Weber, C.A. 2003. Genetic diversity in black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis L.) detected by RAPD markers. HortScience. 38(2):269-272.

Weber, C. and R.H. Liu. 2002. Antioxidant capacity and anticancer properties of red raspberry. Acta Hort. 585(2):451-457.

Liu, M., X.Q. Li, C.A. Weber, C.Y. Lee, J. Brown, and R.H. Liu. 2002. Antioxidant and
antiproliferative activities of raspberries. J. Agric. Food Chem. 50:2926-2930.

Deng, Z., S. Huang, P. Ling, C. Chen, C. Yu, C.A. Weber, G.A. Moore, and F.G. Gmitter, Jr. 2000. Cloning and characterization of NBS-LRR class resistance-gene candidate sequences in Citrus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:814-822.

Weber, Courtney A., Wayne B. Sherman, and Gloria A. Moore. 1997. Linkage and correlation analysis of some traits in peach. Fruit Var. J. 51(4):246 250.

Weber, C.A. and W.B. Sherman. 1995. Phenotype of petal size in peach. Fruit Var. J. 9(3):143 146.

Patents

Weber, Courtney A., John C. Sanford, and Kevin E. Maloney. 2004. Strawberry plant named 'Clancy'. (United States Plant Patent applied for)

Weber, Courtney A., John C. Sanford, and Kevin E. Maloney. 2004. Strawberry plant named 'L'Amour'. (United States Plant Patent applied for)

Sanford, John C., Kevin E. Maloney, Jack R. Reich, Donald K. Ourecky. 2001. Red raspberry
plant named ‘Encore’. United States Plant Patent #11,746.

Sanford, John C., Kevin E. Maloney, Jack R. Reich, Donald K. Ourecky. 2001. Red raspberry
plant named ‘Prelude’. United States Plant Patent #11,747.

(Note: Although not an inventor on the 'Prelude' and 'Encore' patents, with the help of our patent attorney, Eric Spector, I responded to the patent reviewer’s comments and requests for additional information over 2 years to get these patents granted in 2001.)

Proceedings from national and international meetings

Weber, C. 2004. Clancy & L'Amour-new strawberry varieties. Proceedings of the Empire State Fruit & Vegetable Expo. Rochester, N.Y.

Weber, Courtney. 2003. Strawberry variety update and review. Proceedings of the New England Vegetable & Berry Conf. and Trade Show. Manchester, N.H. p. 66-72.

Weber, Courtney A. 2003. Strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry variety update. Proceedings of the NYS Farmers' Direct Marketing Conference. Saratoga Springs, NY. P. 73-74.

Guy C., D. Haskell , Q-B. Li, G. Moore, D-Y. Sung, I. Tozlu, C. Weber, C. Zhang. 1998. Plant temperature stress tolerance: Comparative analysis of high and low temperature stress protein responses and prospects for genetic modification. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Breeding and Biotechnology for Environmental Stress in Rice. p. 1-12.

Moore G.A, I. Tozlu, C.A. Weber, C.L. Guy. 2002. Mapping quantitative trait loci for salt tolerance and cold tolerance in Citrus grandis (L.) Osb. X Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf hybrid populations. Proceedings of the 1st International Citrus Biotechnology Symposium, Eilat, Israel.

Moore G A, I. Tozlu, K. Champ, C.A. Weber, C.L. Guy. 2002. Molecular genetic studies on cold acclimation and tolerance in Citrus. Proceedings of the International Society of Citriculture (In review).

Abstracts of papers presented at professional meetings

Lewers, Kim S., Eric T. Stafne, John R. Clark, Courtney A. Weber and Julie Graham. 2004. Simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers for raspberry and blackberry. HortScience 39(4):785.

Pattison, Jeremy A., Suren K. Samuelian and Courtney A. Weber. 2004. Mapping Phytophthora root rot resistance in red raspberry using SCARs, CAPs, AFLPs, and RGAs. Hortscience 39(4):868.

Perkins-Veazie, Penelope, Patrick Moore and Courtney Weber. 2003. Germplasm and environmental influence on antioxidants in raspberry. HortScience 38(5):817.

Pattison, Jeremy and Courtney Weber. 2003. Molecular genetic analysis of Phytophthora root rot resistance in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.). HortScience 38(5):711.

Weber, Courtney. 2003. Inheritance and heritability of Terbacil herbicide tolerance in strawberry. HortScience 38(5):674.

Weber, Courtney, Kevin Maloney and John Sanford. 2003. NYUS304B: A new June bearing strawberry from Cornell University for late season production. HortScience 38(5):664.

Weber, Courtney, Kevin Maloney and John Sanford. 2003. NY1829: A new June bearing strawberry from Cornell University for mid season production. HortScience 38(5):663.

Pattison, J.A. and C.A. Weber. 2003. Inheritance of root rot resistance to Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus). HortScience 38(3):488.

Weber, C.A. 2003. Long-term viability of primocane fruiting raspberry cultivars in New York. HortScience 38(3):493.

Pattison, J. and C.A. Weber. 2002. An alternative method for screening raspberry genotypes to Phytophthora root rot. HortScience. 37(3):441.

Weber, C. A. and W. Boone. 2000. Mapping anthocyanin pathway genes in raspberry.
HortScience. 35(3):474.

Weber, Courtney A., Z. Deng, F. Gmitter, and Gloria A. Moore. 1999. Evaluation of sequence- based PCR markers in an F1 pseudo-testcross and a BC1 Hybrid Citrus population. HortScience. 34(3):542.

Deng, Zhanao, Shu Huang, Peng Ling, Chunxian Chen, Changhe Yu, Courtney A. Weber, Gloria A. Moore, and Fred G. Gmitter, Jr. 1999. Identification of DNA sequences for tagging disease resistance genes in Poncirus. Plant and Animal Genome VII Conference. www.intl-pag.org/pag/7/abstracts/pag7607.html

Weber, Courtney, Wayne Sherman, and Gloria Moore. 1998. Mapping cold tolerance QTL in Citrus grandis (L.) Osb. x Poncirus trifoliata (L ) Raf hybrids: a three pronged approach. HortScience. 33(3) 532.

Weber, Courtney A., Wayne B. Sherman, and Gloria A. Moore. 1998. Mapping cold tolerance QTL with bulked segregant analysis (BSA) in Citrus grandis (L.) Osb. x Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf hybrids. Proc. Plant and Animal Genome VI: The International Conference on the Status of Plant and Animal Genome Research. 6:147.

Moore, Gloria A., Ilhami Tozlu, and Courtney A. Weber. 1997. QTL mapping in Citrus, Proceedings Plant & Animal Genome V: The International Conference on the Status of Plant and Animal Genome Research. 5:36.

Weber, Courtney A. and Gloria A. Moore. 1996. Integration of genetic linkage maps of the intergeneric cross of Citrus grandis x Poncirus trifoliata using RAPD markers. HortScience 31(4):616.

Tignor, Milton E. and Courtney A. Weber. 1996. Effects of hydrating, boiling, acid scarification, and seed coat removal on emergence of Citrus sp., Poncirus trifoliata, and Citrange seeds. HortScience 31(4):633.

Weber, C.A., W.B. Sherman, and G.A. Moore. 1995. Linkage and correlation analysis of some traits in peach. HortScience 30(4):857.

Extension publications

Weber, Courtney. 2004. Weed management in matted row strawberries. Dena Fiacchino (ed.). Small Fruit News of Central New York. 5:9. CCE of Oswego County.

Weber. Courtney A. 2004. Matted row strawberry yield data. Kevin A. Iungerman (ed.). Northeast Fruitlet. 8(7):3. CCE Northeastern NY Area Fruit Pogram.

Courtney Weber and Jeremy Pattison. 2004. Resistance to Phytophthora root rot in red raspberry cultivars. Sonia Schloemann (ed.) Mass.Berry Notes 16(1):12-13.

Weber, C.A. 2004. Chapter 4: Plant selection In: Bramble Production Guide 2nd ed., M. Pritts and D. Handley (eds.) NRAES, Ithaca, NY (in press).

Weber, C. and J. Pattison. 2004. Resistance to Phytophthora root rot of red raspberry cultivars. New York Berry News. 3(1):5-6.

Weber, C. and J. Pattison. 2004. Resistance to Phytophthora root rot of red raspberry. New York Berry Grower-Newsletter of the New York State Berry Growers Assoc. 2(12):5.

Weber, C.A. 2003. Strawberry, Raspberry, and Blueberry Cultivar Review. Cornell Fruit Information web page, http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/Berries/berrycult2003.html

Weber, C. 2003. Strawberry, raspberry and blueberry cultivar review 2003. Dena Fiacchino (ed.). Small Fruit News of Central New York. 12:1-7. CCE of Oswego County.

Weber, C. 2003. Strawberry, raspberry and blueberry cultivar review 2003. New York Berry News. 2(11):2-7

Weber, C. 2003. Strawberry cultivar review. Fruit Notes-Western New York Fruit Extension Program. 3(24):2-4. Orleans County CCE.

Weber, C. 2003. Strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry cultivar review 2003. Sonia Schloemann (ed.) Mass.Berry Notes 15(19):2-7.

Weber, C. 2003. Fall weed management for strawberries. Dena Fiacchino (ed.). Small Fruit News of Central New York. 10:2. CCE of Oswego County.

Weber, C. 2003. Fall weed management for brambles. Dena Fiacchino (ed.). Small Fruit News of Central New York. 10:3. CCE of Oswego County.

Weber, C.A. 2003. Blueberry cultivars. In: 2003 Blueberry Production Guide. Jan van der Heide (ed.). CCE of Oswego County.

Weber, C.A. 2003. Raspberry cultivars. In: 2003 Raspberry Production Guide. Jan van der Heide (ed.). CCE of Oswego County.

Weber, C.A. 2003. Strawberry cultivars. In: 2003 Strawberry Production Guide. Jan van der Heide (ed.). CCE of Oswego County.

Weber, C. 2003. Weed management in matted row strawberries. New York Berry News. 2(5):10- 11.

Weber, C. 2003. Raspberry weed management. New York Berry News.2(5):11-12.

Weber, C. 2003. Late spring weed management in matted row strawberries. Kevin A. Iungerman (ed.). Northeast Fruitlet. 7(4):5. CCE Northeastern NY Area Fruit Program.

Weber, C. 2002. . Strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry cultivar review. Sonia Schloemann (ed.) Mass.Berry Notes 14(19):1-6.

Weber C., 2002. Strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry cultivar review. Kevin A. Iungerman (ed.). Northeast Fruitlet. 6(12):3-6. CCE Northeastern NY Area Fruit Program.

Weber, C. 2002. Strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry cultivar review. New York Ber ry News. 1(9):3-7.

Weber, C. 2002. Biodegradable films for establishment year weed suppression in matted row strawberries. 2001 NY State Fruit Project Reports Relating to IPM. NYS IPM Pub. #219. 58-62.

Weber, C. 2002. Strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry cultivar review. Jan van der Heide (ed.). Small Fruit News of Central New York. 11:6-11. CCE of Oswego County.

Weber, C. 2002. Raspberry weed management. New York Berry News. 1(3):9-10.

Weber, C. 2002. Weed management in matted row strawberries. New York Berry News.
1(3):8-9.

Weber, C. 2002. Fall weed management for strawberries. Sonia Schloemann (ed.) Mass.Berry Notes 14(16):2-3.

Weber, C. 2002. Fall weed management for strawberries. Jan van der Heide (ed.). Small Fruit News of Central New York. 10:2. CCE of Oswego Country.

Weber, C. 2002. Fall weed management for brambles. Sonia Schloemann (ed.) Mass.Berry Notes 14(16):4-5.

Weber. C. 2002. Fall weed management for berries. Fruit Notes: Western New York Fruit Extension Program. 2(20):6-7.

Weber, C. 2002. Fall weed control in raspberries, strawberries. Kevin A. Iungerman (ed.). Northeast Fruitlet. 6(8):3-4. CCE Northeastern NY Area Fruit Program.

Weber, C. 2002. Fall weed management for brambles. New York Berry News. 1(7):2-3.

Weber, C. 2002. Fall weed management for strawberries. New York Berry News. 1(7):2.

Weber, C.A. and R.H. Liu. 2001. Antioxidant capacity and anticancer properties of red raspberry. Fruit Quarterly. 9(3):25-27 (front and back cover also).

Other materials

Bihn, E.A. (ed.). 2002. Food Safety Begins on the Farm: A Presentation CD. Cornell University Good Agricultural Practices Program, Department of Food Science, Ithaca, NY. C.A. Weber, contributor.

Hour CNY program guest. June 11, 2002. WCNY TV, Syracuse. I talked about strawberries and fielded questions called in by viewers.

Garden Journeys program. September 7, 2001. Time Warner Cable, Syracuse, NY with Terry Ettinger. Show taped in Geneva, NY and broadcast on the Syracuse Cable Network. The program was on raspberry culture and production.