Maize Laboratories at the University of Guelph

The University of Guelph has a vibrant and interactive maize community that offers a broad range of skill-sets:

Laboratory of Daniel Ashlock, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
http://eldar.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/dashlock/
maize genome mapping, computation (recently arrived from Iowa State Univ)

Laboratory of Joe Colasanti, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
http://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/faculty/faculty_colasanti.shtml
Flowering time regulation, developmental biology and genetics

Laboratory of Bill Deen, Department of Plant Agriculture
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/bdeen/index.html
Cropping systems, agronomy, rotations, tillage, plant-soil interactions

Laboratory of Bev Kay (Emeritus), Department of Land Resource Science
http://www.lrs.uoguelph.ca/Facultyectpages/kay.htm
Soil conservation and management

Laboratory ofJohn Lauzon, Department of Land Resource Science
http://www.uoguelph.ca/%7Elauzonj/JLauzon.html
Soil nutrient management

Laboratory of Elizabeth A. Lee, Department of Plant Agriculture
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/elee/index.html
Breeding, genetics, heterosis, QTL analysis, yield analysis

Laboratory of Lewis Lukens, Department of Plant Agriculture
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/llukens/index.html
Bioinformatics, drought tolerance, polyploidization

Laboratory of Ivan O’Halloran, Ridgetown College
http://www.ridgetownc.on.ca/research/research_ohalloran.cfm
Soil fertility and nutrient use efficiency

Laboratory of Peter Pauls, Department of Plant Agriculture
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/ppauls/index.html
Maize transformation, disease resistance, molecular linkage maps,

Laboratory of Manish N. Raizada, Department of Plant Agriculture
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/mraizada/index.html
Maize transformation, MaizeLink database project, genomics technologies for maize (TMARS)
testing of candidate yield/stress tolerance transgenes

Laboratory of Steven Rothstein, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
http://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/faculty/faculty_rothstein.shtml
Nitrate regulation, microarrays, testing of candidate yield/stress tolerance transgenes

Laboratory of Art Schaafsma, Ridgetown College, University of Guelph
http://www.ridgetownc.on.ca/research/research_schaafsma.cfm
pathology and entomology

Laboratory of Mark Sears, Department of Environmental Biology
http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_sears.shtml
Biology and control of insect pests of field crops

Laboratory of Peter Sikkema, Ridgetown College, University of Guelph
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/psikkema/index.html
weed management

Laboratory of Mathijs Tollenaar, Department of Plant Agriculture
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/ttollena/index.html
Crop physiology, leaf carbon exchange rate, stress tolerance, maize