Bjorn Martin
Professor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Education

Ph.D. in Botany (Plant Physiology), University of Umea, Sweden, 1978. Title of thesis: Some Aspects of Climatic Induced Changes in Function, Chemical Composition, and Ultrastructure of Chloroplast Membranes of Pinus silvestris L.

B.S. in Botany, Zoology, Chemistry; University of Umea, Sweden,1970.

Employment History

1993-present.  Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
1989-1993.  Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK
1984-1989.  Senior Research Scientist, Native Plants, Inc..  Salt Lake City, UT
1980-1984.  Senior Research Associate, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1979-1980.  Instructor, Department of Biology, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden
1978-1979.  Research Associate, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden
1970-1978.  Graduate Assistant, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Umea, Uema, Sweden
 

Other Professional Positions

1990-present.  Full Member Graduate Faculty, Oklahoma State University,  Stillwater, OK
1988-1990.  Adjunct Assistant, Professor, Department of Biology,  University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1978-1979.  Visiting Research Associate, Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Professional Societies

Crop Science Society of America
Crop Science Society of America, Southern Division

Research Experience

1989-present.  Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. Biochemical and physiological mechanisms governing drought tolerance and water-use efficiency in crop plants. Control of photosynthesis and water-use efficiency in leaves, whole plants, and canopies. Use of stable carbon isotope technology, d¹³C, in plant biology. Gas exchange and fluorescence measurements on intact leaves. Determination of electron transport rates and enzyme activities in isolated subcellular systems. Molecular markers for water-use efficiency, d¹³C, and drought resistance.

1984-1989.  Native Plants Inc., Salt Lake City, UT. Drought, salt, and air pollution effects on plants. Evaluation of molecular markers for variation in drought resistance. Development of techniques using the relative abundances of stable carbon isotopes, d¹³C, as an indicator of plant water use efficiency.

1980-1984.  Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. Effects of chilling low temperature stress on photosynthetic electron transport and CO₂ uptake in warm-season crops. Chilling injury and recovery from chilling injury.

1978-1979.  Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Regulation of photosynthetic carbon metabolism. ¹⁴CO₂ pulse and pulse chase experiments on isolated chloroplasts. Determinations of pool sizes and turnover rates of intermediates of plant metabolism.

1970-1978.  Department of Plant Physiology, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden. Effects of freezing low temperature stress and seasonal acclimation on photosynthesis rate, chemical composition and ultrastructure of conifer chloroplasts.

PUBLICATIONS AND MEETINGS

Journal Papers

Abebe, T., A.C. Guenzi, B. Martin and J.C. Cushman.  2003.  Tolerance of manitol-accumulating transgenic wheat to water stress and salinity does not involve osmotic adjustment.  Plant Physiol.  131:1748-1755.

Martin, B., C.G. Tauer and R.K. Lin.  1999.  Carbon isotope discrimination as a tool to improve water-use efficiency in tomato.  Crop Sci. 39:1775-1783.

Mundodi, S.R., J.A. Anderson, N.O. Maness, M.W. Smith and B. Martin. Methanol evolution from pepper leaves infiltrated with Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 123:980-986.

Liu, X., J.A. Anderson, N.O. Maness and B. Martin. 1996.  Protein-synthesis inhibitors block high-temperature acclimation in bell pepper leaves. HortScience 31:160-161.

Weyhrich, R.A., B.F. Carver and B. Martin. 1995.  Photosynthesis and water-use efficiency of awned and awnletted near-isogenic lines of hard red winter wheat. Crop Sci. 35:172-176.

Nienhuis, J., G.R. Sills, B. Martin and G. King. 1994.  Variance for water-use efficiency among ecotypes and recombinant inbred lines of Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae). Am. J. Bot. 81:943-947.

Martin, B., H. Kebede and C. Rilling. 1994.  Photosynthetic differences among Lycopersicon species and Triticum aestivum cultivars. Crop Sci. 34:113-118.

Kebede, H., B. Martin, J. Nienhuis and G. King. 1994.  Leaf anatomy of two Lycopersicon species with contrasting gas exchange properties. Crop Sci. 34:108-133.

Martin, B. and N.A. Ruiz-Torres. 1992. Effects of water deficit stress on photosynthesis, its components and component limitations, and on water use efficiency in wheat, Triticum aestivum L. Plant Physiol.  100:733-739.

Tauer, C.G., S.W. Hallgren and B. Martin.  1992.  Using marker aided selection to improve tree growth response to abiotic stress.  Can. J. For. Res. 22:1018-1030.

Martin, B. and E.K. Sutherland.  1990.  Air pollution in the past recorded in width and composition of stable carbon isotopes of growth rings of Douglas-fir.  Plant Cell Environ.  13:839-844.

Sutherland, E.K. and B. Martin.  1990.  Growth response of Pseudotsuga menziesii to air pollution from copper smelting.  Can. J. For. Res. 20:1020-1030.

Martin, B., J. Nienhuis, G. King and A. Schaefer.  1989.  Restriction fragment length polymorphisms associated with water use efficiency in tomato.  Science 243:1725-1728.

Martin, B., A. Bytnerowicz and Y.R. Thorstenson.  1988.  Effects of air pollutants on the composition of stable carbon isotopes, d¹³C, of leaves and wood, and on leaf injury.  Plant Physiol. 88:218-223.

Martin, B. and Y.R. Thorstenson.  1988.  Stable carbon isotope composition (d¹³C), water use efficiency, and biomass productivity of Lycopersicon esculentum, Lycopersicon pennellii, and the F1 hybrid.  Plant Physiol. 88:213-217.

Kee, S.C., B. Martin and D.R. Ort.  1986.  The effects of chilling in the dark and in the light on photosynthesis in tomato: electron transfer reactions.  Photosynth. Res. 8:41-51.

Martin, B. and D.R. Ort.  1985.  The recovery of photosynthesis in tomato subsequent to chilling exposure.  Photosynth. Res. 6:121-132.

Martin, B., G. Malmberg, R. Gref and G. Oquist.  1984.  Identification of the photosynthetic CO₂ fixation inhibitors in isolated pine chloroplasts as resin acids.  Physiol. Plant. 62:110-114.

Low, P.S., W.A. Cramer, D.R. Ort, J. Whitmarsh, B. Martin and T.W. Keenan.  1983.  Search for an endotherm in chloroplast membranes associated with chilling-inhibition of photosynthesis.  Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 231:336-344.

Ort, D.R., W.H. Ahrens, B. Martin and E.W. Stoller.  1983.  Comparison of photosynthetic performance in triazine-resistant and susceptible biotypes of Amaranthus hybridus.  Plant Physiol. 72:925-930.

Martin, B. and D.R. Ort.  1982.  The insensitivity of water-oxidation and photosystem II activity in tomato to chilling-temperatures.  Plant Physiol. 70:689-694.

Martin, B., D.R. Ort and J.S. Boyer.  1981.  Impairment of photosynthesis by chilling temperatures in tomato.  Plant Physiol. 68:329-334.

Martin, B. and J.A. Bassham.  1980.  Photosynthetic CO₂ fixation in spinach chloroplasts inhibited by pine chloroplasts or extracts of pine chloroplasts.  Physiol. Plant. 48:213-220.

Oquist, G. and B. Martin.  1980.  Inhibition of photosynthetic electron transport and formation of inactive chlorophyll in winter stressed Pinus silvestris.  Physiol. Plant. 48:33-38.

Martin, B. and G. Oquist.  1979.  Seasonally and experimentally induced changes in the ultrastructure of chloroplasts of Pinus silvestris.  Physiol. Plant. 46:42-49.

Oquist, G., B. Martin, O. Martensson, L. Christersson and G. Malmberg.  1978.  Effects of season and low temperature on polypeptides from thylakoids isolated from chloroplasts of Pinus silvestris.  Physiol. Plant. 44:300-306.

Oquist, G., O. Martensson, B. Martin and G. Malmberg.  1978.  Seasonal effects on chlorophyll-protein complexes isolated from Pinus silvestris.  Physiol. Plant. 44:187-192.

Martin, B., O. Martensson and G. Oquist.  1978.  Seasonal effects on photosynthetic electron transport and fluorescence properties in isolated chloroplasts of Pinus silvestris.  Physiol. Plant. 44:102-109.

Martin, B., O. Martensson and G. Oquist.  1978.  Effects of frost hardening and dehardening on photosynthetic electron transport and fluorescence properties in isolated chloroplasts of Pinus silvestris.  Physiol. Plant. 43:297-305.

Oquist, G., B. Martin and O. Martensson.  1974.  Photoreduction of 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol in chloroplasts isolated from Pinus silvestris and Picea abies.  Photosynthetica 8:263-271.

Invited Papers

Martin, B.  2003.  Carbon isotope discrimination measurement.  McGraw and Hill Yearbook of Science and Technolgy, p. 53-55.

Martin, B.  1986.  Arrhenius plots and the involvement of thermotropic phase transitions of the thylakoid membrane in chilling impairment of photosynthesis in thermophilic higher plants.  Plant Cell Environ. 9:323-331.

Book Chapters

Oquist, G. and B. Martin.  1986.  Cold climates.  In: N.R. Baker and S.P. Long, eds, Topics in Photosynthesis, Vol. 7, Photosynthesis in Contrasting Environments.  Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 237-294.

Gene and Crop Registrations

Carver, B.F., E.G. Krenzer, R.M. Hunger, T.J. Martin, A.R. Klatt, D.R. Porter, J. Verchot, P. Rayas-Duarte, A.C. Guenzi, B.C. Martin and G. Bai.  2003.  Registration of 'Intrada' wheat.  Crop Sci. 43:1135-1136.

Carver, B.F., E.G. Krenzer, R.M. Hunger, T.J. Martin, A.R. Klatt, D.R. Porter, J. Verchot, P. Rayas-Duarte, A.C. Guenzi, B.C. Martin and G. Bai.  2003.  Registration of 'Ok101' wheat.  Crop Sci. 43:2298-2299

Zhu, Y., K.R. Lin, Y. Huang, C.G. Tauer and B. Martin.  1998.  A cDNA from tomato (Lycopersicon pennellii) encoding ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase.  Plant Physiol. 116:1603.

Proceedings From International Meetings

Martin, B. and C. Rilling.  1995.  Gas exchange of water-stressed wheat leaves and leaves with simulated patchy photosynthesis.  In: P. Mathis, ed., Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere, Vol. IV, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 557-560.

Martin, B., G. King and J. Nienhuis.  1993.  Search for greater water use efficiency in tomato.  In: C.G. Kuo, ed., Adaptation of Food Crops to Temperature and Water Stress, Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 372-388.

Sutherland, E.K. and B. Martin.  Stable carbon isotopes can reveal the cause of tree growth variation during periods of high air pollutant concentration.  In: T. Bartholin and B.E. Berglund, eds, Proceedings of the Tree Ring and Environment Symposium, Lund, Sweden, 1990.  University of Lund Press, Lund.

Martin, B., G. King and J. Nienhuis.  1989.  Water relations and genetic markers for d¹³C (water use efficiency) in tomato.  In: Arid Land Resources and Environment, Proceedings of an International Symposium, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Peoples Republic of China, pp. 88-89.

Ort, D.R. and B. Martin.  1983.  Chilling-induced inhibition of photosynthesis in tomato.  In: R. Marcelle, H. Clijsters and M. Van Poucke, eds, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Stress Effects on Photosynthesis.  Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk Publishers, The Hague, pp. 227-235.

Oquist, G. and B. Martin.  1974.  Isolated photoreactions in chloroplasts prepared from Pinus silvestris and Picea abies.  In: M. Avron, ed., Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Photosynthesis, Rehovot, Israel.  Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, pp. 729-734.

Meetings and Titles of Abstracts and Presentation

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA/SSSA, Seattle, WA. 2004.  S. Elavarthi, B. Martin, A. Guenzi, A. Mort, J. Anderson, and K. Melamaiee.  Characterization of Mannitol Accumulating Transgenic Wheat Exposed to Drought Stress.

National Wheat Workers Workshop, Kansas City, MO.  2004.  Sathya Elavarthi, B. Martin, and Arron C. Guenzi.  Effect of Mannitol Accumulation on Physiology and Oxidative Stress Protection in Transgenic Wheat.

National Wheat Workers Workshop, Kansas City, MO.  2004.  B. Martin.  Responses of Mannitol Accumulating Transgeneic Wheat to Drought.

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA.SSSA, Denver, CO.  2003.

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA.SSSA, Indianapolis, IN.  2002.

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA.SSSA, Charlotte, NC.  2001.

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA.SSSA, Minneapolis, MN.  2000.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pl Physiologists, Vancouver, Canada.  2000.  Abebe, T., A. Guenzi and B. Martin.  Engineering wheat for improved resistance to water deficit stress.  Plant Biology 2000, p. 85.

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA.SSSA, Minneapolis, MN.  2000.

Molecular Plant Biology Conference, Oklahoma City, OK.  2000.

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA/SSSA, Salt Lake City, UT.  1999.  S.D. Loriaux and B. Martin.  Photosynthetic characteristics of southern Great Plains hard red winter wheat cultivars and their response to grazing stress.  Annual Meeting Abstract, p. 98.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Madison, WI.  1998.  Y. Zhu and B. Martin.  Isolation of genes for water-use efficiency in tomato.  Plant Biology '98, Final Program and Abstract Supplement, p. 79.

Plant and Animal Genome Conference IV, San Diego, California.  1998.  K.R. Lin, T.L. Albert, Y.L. Zhu, C.G. Tauer and B.C. Martin,  Identification of qualitative trait loci associated with water use efficiency in tomato.  Abstracts, p. 247.

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA/SSSA, Anaheim, California.  Y.L. Zhu, Y.H. Huang, C. Tauer, B. Martin and K.R. Lin. 1997.  Identification and characterization of genes associated with water-use efficiency in tomato.  Agronomy Abstracts, p.151.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Vancouver, Canada.  1997.  B. Martin and C. Rilling.  Association between carbon isotope discrimination, transpiration efficiency, and biomass in Lycopersicon.  Plant Physiol. 114 (suppl.):91.

IXth International Photosynthesis Congress, Montpellier, France.  1995.  B. Martin and C. Rilling. Gas exchange of water-stressed wheat leaves and leaves with simulated patchy photosynthesis. Photosynth. Res., Suppl. 1, 1995, p. 202.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Portland, Oregon. 1994.  S. Assefa and B. Martin.  Effects of heat and chilling stress on wheat and tef.  Plant Physiol. 105 (suppl.):172.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Portland, Oregon.  1994.  B. Martin and N. Ruiz-Torres.  Reduced rubisco activity is not the cause of inhibited photosynthesis in water stressed wheat.  Plant Physiol. 105 (suppl.):107.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  1993.  B. Martin and C. Rilling.  Different influences of drought and stomatal patchiness on gas exchange of wheat leaves.  Plant Physiol. 102 (suppl.):137.

IXth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Nagoya, Japan.  1992.  B. Martin, H. Kebede and C. Rilling.  Control of net photosynthesis and water-use efficiency in wheat and tomato leaves.  Photosynth. Res. 34:238.

International Symposium on Adaptation of Vegetables and Other Food Crops to Temperature and Water Stress, Taipei and Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.  1992.  B. Martin, G. King and J. Nienhuis.  Search for greater water use efficiency in tomato.  Program and Abstracts p. 22.

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA/SSSA, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  1992.  N.A. Ruiz-Torres, J. Cai, B.C. Martin and B.F. Carver.  Gas-exchange characteristics of winter wheat selected for stable carbon isotope discrimination.  Agronomy Abstracts, p. 131.

Annual Meeting of ASA/CSSA/SSSA, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  1992.  J. Cai, N.A. Ruiz-Torres, B.F. Carver and B. Martin.  Carbon isotope discrimination and water-use efficiency in field-grown wheat.  Agronomy Abstracts, p. 91.  

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Albuquerque, New Mexico.  1991.  B. Martin and N.A. Ruiz-Torres.  Influence of water deficit stress on the regulation of photosynthetic gas exchange in wheat. Plant Physiol. 96 (suppl.):21.

Tree Rings and Environment Symposium, Lund, Sweden.  1990.  E.K. Sutherland and B. Martin. Sulphur dioxide pollution effects on Pseudotsuga menziesii stable carbon isotope composition and growth.

Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, Utah. 1990.  E.K. Sutherland and B. Martin. Copper smelter pollution effects on stable carbon isotope variation and growth in tree rings.  Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 71:341.  

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1990.

Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, California.  1989.   C.M. McKell, B. Martin and G. King.  New opportunities for plant genetic modification to incorporate drought resistance.

Annual Arabidopsis Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana.  1989.  G. King, J. Nienhuis and B. Martin.  Variability in water use efficiency (WUE) among Arabidopsis ecotypes.

International Symposium on the Arid Land Resources and Environment, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Peoples Republic of China.  1989.  B. Martin, G. King and J. Nienhuis.  Water relations and genetic markers for d¹³C (water use efficiency) in tomato.

VIIIth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Stockholm, Sweden.  1989.  B. Martin, E. Sutherland and A. Bytnerowicz.   Effects of air pollutants on stable carbon isotope composition, chlorophyll fluorescence, and leaf injury.  Abstracts, p. A55.

Joint US-USSR Meeting on Air Pollution Effects on Forests, Corvallis, Oregon.  1988. E.K. Sutherland and B. Martin. SO₂ pollution effects on Douglas-fir growth and stable carbon isotope composition.  

Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Davis, California.  1988.  E.K. Sutherland and B. Martin.  Effects of sulphur dioxide pollution on Douglas-fir growth in northern Utah.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Reno, Nevada.  B. Martin, J. Nienhuis, A. Schaefer and G. King. 1988. Water use efficiency (WUE), carbon isotope composition (d¹³C), and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) in tomato.  Plant Physiol. 86 (suppl.):91.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, St. Louis, Missouri.  B. Martin and Y.R. Thorstenson. 1987. Water-use efficiency and d¹³C of Lycopersicon esculentum, L. pennellii, and their F1, F3 and BC1F1 generations.  Plant Physiol. 83 (suppl.):116.

VIIth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Providence, Rhode Island.  1986. B. Martin and Y.R. Thorstenson. Water relations and the relative abundance of stable carbon isotopes of leaf tissue from Lycopersicon esculentum, Lycopersicon pennellii, and the F1 hybrid.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  1986.  B. Martin and Y.R. Potts. Water use and water status of Lycopersicon esculentum, Solanum pennellii, and the F1 hybrid.  Plant Physiol. 80 (suppl.):106.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Providence, Rhode Island, 1985.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Davis, California.  1984.  G.F. Sassenrath, B. Martin and D.R. Ort.  Reduction in chill-sensitivity of photosynthesis by foliar injury. Plant Physiol. (suppl.):32.

Gordon Research Conference on Temperature Stress in Plants, Tilton, New Hampshire, 1984.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.  1982.  B. Martin and D.R. Ort. Insensitivity of photosystem II to chilling in tomato.  Plant Physiol. 69 (suppl.):30.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Ste.-Foy, Quebec, Canada.  1981.  B. Martin, D.R. Ort and J.S. Boyer.  Inhibition of photosynthesis by chilling temperatures.  Plant Physiol. 67 (suppl.):61.

XII Nordic Congress in Plant Physiology, Tromso, Norway.  1979.  B.C. Martin and J.A. Bassham.  Photosynthetic CO₂ fixation inhibitor(s) in Pine (Pinus canariensis). Societas Physiologiae Plantarum Scandinavica  Abstracts, p. 57.

IVth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Reading, United Kingdom.  1977.  G. Oquist, B. Martin and O. Martensson.  Climatic effects on the photosynthetic apparatus of Pinus silvestris.  Abstracts, p. 282.

Societas Physiologiae Plantarum Scandinavia XI Nordic Congress in Plant Physiology, Uleaborg, Finland.  1976.  O. Martensson, B. Martin and G. Oquist. Absorption and fluorescence measurements in actively growing and hardened material of Pinus silvestris. (Titles translated from Swedish.)

Societas Physiologiae Plantarum Scandinavia XI Nordic Congress in Plant Physiology, Uleaborg, Finland.  1976.  B. Martin, O. Martensson and G. Oquist. Studies on photosynthetic electron transport in actively growing and hardened pine. (Titles translated from Swedish.)

IIIrd International Congress on Photosynthesis, Rehovot, Israel.  1974.  G. Oquist and B. Martin. Isolated photoreactions in chloroplasts prepared from Pinus silvestris and Picea abies.

Societas Physiologiae Plantarum Scandinavica X Nordic Congress in Plant Physiology, Ronneby, Sweden. 1973.

IInd International Congress on Photosynthesis, Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany. 1971.

Invited International Presentations

Search for greater water use efficiency in tomato. Session President and invited keynote speaker at the International Symposium on Adaptation of Vegetables and Other Food Crops to Temperature and Water Stress, Academia Sinica, Taipei, and the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Tainan, Taiwan, August 13-18, 1992.

Lectured section on photosynthetic electron transport as member of international team of instructors in advanced graduate course in Methods in Photosynthetic Research, University of Umea, Sweden, May 17-30, 1984.

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

National Service

2001 - present, Crop Science Editorial board, Technical Editor

1995 - 2000 Crop Science Editorial Board, Associate Editor.

University Service

2001-2003.  Faculty Council, Oklahoma State University, Long-Range Planning Committee, OSU Faculty Council.

1998.  Organizer and Chair of MIAC/CIMMYT/INIFAP/Sonora Wheat Technical Committee meeting, Oklahoma State Univeristy, Stillwater, OK, June 4.

1998.  Present Assisted OSU's Study Abroad program dn Office of International Students and Scholars.

1997-1999.  Faculty Council, Oklahoma State University; Retirement and Fringe Benefits Committee, Oklahoma State University Faculty Council.

1997.  OSU representative at MIAC/Cimmyt/INIFAP/Universidad de Sonora meeting on wheat improvement, Hermosillo and Obregon, Sonora, Mexico, March 16-20.

1996.  OSU representative at MIAC/Cimmyt/INIFAP meeting on wheat improvement, El Batan and Mexico City, Mexico, December 10-14.

1996.  OSU representative at MIAC/Cimmyt/Sonora Wheat Proposal Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, March 10-12.

1992-1994.  Continuing Evaluation Committee, Biological Sciences Graduate Faculty.

1992-1993.   Faculty Council, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Department Service

2004-2005.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel, chair; Faculty & Staff Awards and Recognition Operational Committee, chair.

2003-2004.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel, chair; Faculty & Staff Awards and Recognition Operational Committee, chair.

2002-2003.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel, chair; Faculty & Staff Awards and Recognition Operational Committee, chair.

2001-2002.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel, chair; Faculty & Staff Awards and Recognition Operational Committee, chair; Space Operational Committee, Graduate Programs, Curriculum, Awards and Scholarships Operational Committee.

2000-2001.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel, chair; Faculty & Staff Awards and Recognition Operational Committee, chair; Space Operational Committee, Graduate Programs, Curriculum, Awards and Scholarships Operational Committee.

1999-2000.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel, chair; Faculty & Staff Awards and Recognition Operational Committee, chair; Space Operational Committee, Graduate Programs, Curriculum, Awards and Scholarships Operational Committee.

1998-1999.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel, chair; Faculty & Staff Awards and Recognition Operational Committee, chair; Space Operational Committee, Graduate Programs, Curriculum, Awards and Scholarships Operational Committee.

1997-1998.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel, chair; Awards and Recognition Operational Committee, chair; Space Committee.

1996-1997.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Pane; Awards and Recognition Operational Committee.

1995-1996.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel; Awards and Recognition Operational Committee.

1994-1995.  Biotechnology & Physiology Disciplinary Panel; Strategic/Contingency Planning Operational Committee.

1993-1994.  Strategic/Contingency Planning Operational Committee; Biotechnology Disciplinary Panel; Management and Physiology Disciplinary Panel.

1992-1993.  Biotechnology Disciplinary Panel, chair; Strategic/Contingency Planning Operational Committee.

1991-1992.  Biotechnology Disciplinary Panel; Undergraduate Student Awards & Scholarships Operational Committee.

1990-1991.  Biotechnology Disciplinary Panel, chair.