Postdoctoral Position in Apple Disease Resistance Genetics, Genomics and Pre-Breeding at Khan Lab Cornell University in United States

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University This postdoctoral position is based in the Khan Lab at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The project focuses on the genetics and genomics of disease resistance in apples, with particular emphasis on fire blight and apple scab. The lab explores genetic diversity in cultivated and wild apple species to uncover novel sources of resistance and to build the knowledge...

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 ...

Funded PhD opportunity in Plant Breeding and Genetics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks . This opening is aimed at applicants interested in agricultural genetics, crop improvement, breeding methods, and related biological research. The post highlights a funded PhD position , but does not provide stipend, tuition, or other financial specifics. Applicants are asked to review the University of Alaska Fairbanks admission requirements before applying. No additional eligibility details are stated ...

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...

Chi Nguyen at Oklahoma State University is recruiting a Ph.D. student in Ornamental Plant Breeding and Genetics . The project area centers on ornamental crop improvement and may involve breeding , tissue culture , and molecular tools . This is a doctoral opening, not a scholarship announcement. The post does not mention funding, stipend, tuition coverage, or application fee waivers. It also does not provide a direct application portal in the text; the poster says details are in an attached flyer...