New publication

Latest work featuring a potato monoploid derived from PL-4 is now out!

This work led by MS student Noah Williams is a collaborative project between the Tan (UMaine) and Collins (USDA-ARS) labs located in Orono, ME.

Report of a Spontaneous Potato Monoploid Resulting from a Biparental Diploid Potato Cross.

Williams, N., Kornelis, G., Tan, E. H., Collins, P. (2024) American Journal of Potato Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-024-09971-5

Drones, potato breeding, PVY

How many drones do you see? Yesterday, we successfully deployed two drones with two different camera/sensor arrays to collect data over our trials at Aroostook Research Farm, Presque Isle, ME.

2024 Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute

On May 20th 2024, we hosted 26 participants from six institutions: University of Maine, University of California Merced, University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Ouachita Baptist University and Interamericana University Aguadilla Puerto Rico on campus for the NSF-BII Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute summer meeting.

HVEDI and SBE mugs for participants

Participants