Stephen Jones
Breeding Wheat for Sustainable, Perennial and Organic Systems
The goal of the plant breeding program at Mount Vernon is to add to the long-term environmental and economic health of farming in western Washington while producing a food crop that is safe and high in nutritional value. The complexities of farming systems in western Washington are acknowledged and nonreductionist approaches are favored.
Areas of graduate student research include breeding for traditional and organic farming systems, farmer participatory breeding, converting wheat to a perennial crop, evolution of wheat species, increased water and nitrogen-use efficiencies of crop plants and non-GMO use of wild species for crop improvement. Tools involve classical genetics, cytogenetics, marker technologies and innovative breeding strategies.
Farmers work closely with breeders to help set research priorities, and in some cases, farmers are developing their own varieties that will be uniquely adapted to their farming system.
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Stephen Jones, Ph.D.
Director, WSU Research and Extension Center at Mt. Vernon
Professor and Scientist,
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Washington State University
Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center
16650 SR 536
Mount Vernon, WA 98273 USA
Phone 360-416-5210
FAX 360-848-5159
Telephone: 360-416-5210
Fax: 360-848-6159
E-mail: joness@wsu.edu
Dr. Stephen Jones received a Bachelor’s of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico (1981), and a Masters of Science in Agriculture (1987) and a Ph.D. in Genetics (1991) from the University of California, Davis. He is currently director of the Mt. Vernon Research and Extension Center. He teaches graduate courses in Advanced Transmission Genetics and the History and Ethics of Genetics. Dr. Jones serves on the Advisory Board of the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Organic Seed Alliance. His research has been mentioned in Audubon, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Bill Nye the Science Guy’s PBS show “The Eyes of Nye”, CBS News, the documentary film “Not For Sale” and other national and international news journals
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