Postdoctoral Associate in Plant Genetics and Disease Resistance Genomics Cornell University in United States

This postdoctoral position is based in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, Washington. The researcher will focus on the Ascochyta blight complex on winter pea , with an emphasis on identifying the pathogens involved and understanding how they can be managed through genetic resistance . The project combines field and greenhouse research with molecular and quantitative approaches. The successful candidat...

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is seeking a Research Associate to join its turfgrass breeding team in Dallas, Texas. The project focuses on developing and genetically characterizing warm- and cool-season turfgrasses with improved adaptation, stress tolerance, disease resistance and turfgrass quality. The researcher will contribute across the full plant-improvement pipeline, including parental preparation, controlled crossing, biparental population development and genetic diversity panels. Laborator...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service is offering a postdoctoral fellowship with the Northwest Irrigation & Soils Research Lab in Kimberly, Idaho. The project is centered on improving sugar beet resistance to disease and abiotic stress, with a strong focus on genetic resources that can support future breeding and genetic intervention efforts. The fellow will evaluate diverse sugar beet germplasm, including cultivated and wild accessions, with particular attention to ...

A fully funded PhD position is available at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment . The project is based in the Small Grain Breeding and Research Program and focuses on plant breeding and genetics , especially wheat breeding , genetics , and adaptation to subarctic environments . The PhD student will work on research that includes multi-location field phenotyping , germplasm characterization and evaluation , controlled hybridization , populatio...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at Texas Tech University in the Janga Lab , within IGCAST and the Department of Plant and Soil Science . The project focuses on peanut genomics , GWAS (genome-wide association studies), and aflatoxin resistance , making it a strong fit for students interested in genetics , plant breeding , bioinformatics , molecular biology , and plant pathology . Eligibility highlights: applicants should have a master's degree in Genetics, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Breeding, Genomi...