Scholars

Dever, Jane

Professor

Positions:

Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Professor, Lubbock Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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jdever@ag.tamu.edu

8067466101

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ORCID

0000-0003-0285-2189

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

overview

Research focus includes developing new and differentiated germplasm with enabling technology, and screening exotic germplasm collections for native traits to be used in breeding cotton. Breeding targets include improved fiber quality, drought tolerance, nematode resistance, disease tolerance to Verticillium dahliae, Theilaviopsis basicola, and Xanthamonas (bacterial blight) and yield component stability in high fiber quality lines. Fiber quality research includes not only improvement of heritable physical fiber properties, but also enhanced utilization facilitated by positive genetic/agronomic/processing interactions. Incorporating native traits into cultivars through classical breeding for organic production and preserving genetic resources in a recombinant DNA environment is a primary goal of the breeding program.

education and training

Ph.D. in Agronomy, Texas Tech University - (Amarillo, Texas, United States) 1989

selected publications

Academic Articles73

Ulloa, M., Hutmacher, R., Zhang, J., Schramm, T., Roberts, P. A., Ellis, M. L., ... Payton, P. (2023). Registration of 17 upland cotton germplasm lines with improved resistance to Fusarium wilt race 4 and good fiber quality. JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS. 17(1), 152-163.
Zhu, Y. i., Elkins-Arce, H., Wheeler, T. A., Dever, J., Whitelock, D., Hake, K., Wedegaertner, T., & Zhang, J. (2023). Effect of growth stage, cultivar, and root wounding on disease development in cotton caused by Fusarium wilt race 4 (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum). CROP SCIENCE. 63(1), 101-114.
Zhu, Y. i., Abdelraheem, A., Cooke, P., Wheeler, T., Dever, J. K., Hake, K., Bissonnette, K., & Zhang, J. (2023). Comparative analysis of infection process in Upland cottons differing in resistance to Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum race 4. Crop Science. 63(3), 1330-1343.
Zhang, J., Zhu, Y. i., Wheeler, T., Dever, J. K., & Hake, K. (2023). Targeted development of diagnostic SNP markers for resistance to Fusarium wilt race 4 in Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).. Mol Genet Genomics. 1-9.
Zhu, Y. i., Willey, K., Wheeler, T., Dever, J., Whitelock, D., Wedegaertner, T., ... Zhang, J. (2023). A rapid and reliable method for evaluating cotton resistance to Fusarium wilt race 4 based on taproot rot at the seed germination stage.. Phytopathology.

Chapters5

Campbell, B. T., Dever, J. K., Hugie, K. L., & Kelly, C. M. (2018). Cotton Fiber Improvement Through Breeding and Biotechnology. Cotton Fiber: Physics, Chemistry and Biology. 193-215. Springer Nature.
Percy, R. G., Frelichowski, J. E., Arnold, M. D., Campbell, T. B., Dever, J. K., Fang, D. D., ... Yu, J. (2014). The U.S. National Cotton Germplasm Collection Its Contents, Preservation, Characterization, and Evaluation. World Cotton Germplasm Resources. IntechOpen.
Dever, J. K. (2012). Cotton breeding and agro-technology. Handbook of Natural Fibres. 469-507.
Dever, J. K. (2012). 14 Cotton breeding and agro-technology. Handbook of Natural Fibres. 469-507. Elsevier.
Kozowski, R. M., Kozowski, R. M., Mackiewicz-Talarczyk, M., Dochia, M., Kozowski, R. M., Roskwitalski, Z., ... Akai, H. (2012). Contributor contact details. Handbook of Natural Fibres. xii-xvii. Elsevier.

Conference Papers4

Woodward, J. E., Keeling, J. W., Wheeler, T. A., Dever, J. K., Kelly, C. M., & Albers, C. R. (2013). Impact of Verticillium wilt on cotton fiber quality. PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 103(6), 161-161.
Dever, J. K. (2000). New cotton varieties from fibermax: FM 958, FM 966. 2000 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conferences. 104-106.
Smith, T. L., Strachan, W. F., Odom, P., Rivenbark, L., & Dever, J. (1999). Agronomic trial results on FiberMax varieties- 1998. Proceedings of the 1999 Beltwide Cotton Conference, January, 1999, Orlando, Florida, USA. 469.
Rivenbark, L., Bettison, R., Strachan, F., & Dever, J. (1999). Commercial performance of fibermax varieties - 1998. Proceedings of the 1999 Beltwide Cotton Conference, January, 1999, Orlando, Florida, USA. 468-469.