Ross Whetten
Bio
Education
B.S., Arizona State University (1981)
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University (1988)
Research Interests
Applications of molecular biology methods to solve practical problems in management of natural or planted populations of forest trees, with an emphasis on conifer species native to the southeastern USA. Massively-parallel or “next-generation” DNA sequencing technologies provide new opportunities to detect and analyze genetic variation in forest tree populations, and my research is focused on development and application of both new laboratory methods to generate data and new analytical methods to understand how genetic variation is related to variation in traits of ecological or economic importance.
Courses
FOR 350 – Ethics in Natural Resource Management
FOR 411 – Forest Biology and Genetics
FOR 725 – Advanced Forest Genetics
BIT815 – Analysis of Deep Sequencing Data
Area(s) of Expertise
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Publications
- Genomic predictions and candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms for growth, form, and wood properties of teak clones , SILVAE GENETICA (2024)
- Metagenomic study reveals hidden relationships among fungal diversity, variation of plant disease, and genetic distance in Cornus florida (Cornaceae) , FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2024)
- Stem Defect Rates and Ice Storm Damage for Families of Pinus taeda from Coastal and Piedmont Provenances Planted on a North Carolina Piedmont Site , Forest Science (2024)
- Analysis of Gene Expression Differences Between Eastern and Western Loblolly Pine Seed Sources , (2023)
- Genomic Tools in Applied Tree Breeding Programs: Factors to Consider , FORESTS (2023)
- Identification and high-throughput genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphism markers in a non-model conifer (Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach) , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2023)
- Microbiome and plant cell transformation trigger insect gall induction in cassava , FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2023)
- Transcriptomic Prediction of Breeding Values in Loblolly Pine , (2023)
- Two pathogen loci determine Blumeria graminis , New Phytologist (2023)
- A genome‐wide SNP genotyping resource for tropical pine tree species , Molecular Ecology Resources (2021)