David
Van Sanford
Professor
- dvs@uky.edu
- (859) 218-0770
- (859) 257-7125
- University of Kentucky Wheat Breeding
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327 Plant Science Building,
1405 Veterans Drive,
Lexington KY 40546-0312
Professional Profile
Areas of Interest: Wheat breeding: development of improved cultivars of soft red winter wheat for Kentucky. Specific research foci include the inheritance of resistance to Fusarium head blight, breeding for adaptation to climate change and identification of genetic factors associated with nitrogen use efficiency.
2018-2019 University of Kentucky Research Professorship Award Recipient
Education
- 1981, PhD Genetics, North Carolina State University
- 1978, MS Crop Science, Colorado State University
- 1973, BS Crop Science, Oregon State University