Degrees

• B.A., Biochemical Sciences, magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1972
• M.S., Plant Breeding and Genetics, Purdue University, 1975
• Ph.D., Plant Breeding and Genetics, Purdue University, 1975

Teaching Interests

I am the primary instructor for Agronomy 815A, and B, two of three modules that comprise Introduction to Plant Breeding. These modules are the first graduate level courses that many plant breeding students will take and may be the only course that students in collateral fields will take. The instructor is keenly interested in using web based technology to teach his course in traditional and nontraditional ways. He is also the primary instructor for a one credit module on advanced plant breeding topics and for the last two years has taught an AGRI/NRES 103 recitation to be more involved in undergraduate teaching.

Research Interests

I am the primary small grains breeder at the University of Nebraska. Cultivar and germplasm development are the main goals of the program. Developing improved breeding methodology, emphasizing on biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, and the use of biotechnology are two of my basic research goals.

One-Credit Modules Taught

The following courses are taught as resident and distance education courses. The instructor is keenly interested in using web-based technology to teach his course in traditional and nontraditional ways.

• Agronomy 815A: Self-Pollinated Crop Breeding
• Agronomy 815B: Germplasm and Genes
• Backstop for Agronomy 815D: Cross-Pollinated Crop Breeding

Extension Interests

Supporting the wheat, barley, and triticale industry of Nebraska.

Other Interests

Interested in international agriculture and helping humankind in developing and developed countries. Can speak some French.

Major Project Activities

My major emphasis is on small grains cultivar development. As such, I test lines throughout Nebraska to determine their agronomic worth and in collaboration with others, their end-use quality. In addition, I have projects on transgene inheritance in wheat, germplasm evaluation and utilization, understanding wheat yield and agronomic performance using unique cytogenetic tools and molecular markers, and determining the genetic components that may be of value in future global climate change scenarios. My project is also committed to agriculture sustainability and profitability.

Selected Publications

• Baenziger, P. S. and D. V. Glover. 1977. Protein body size and distribution and protein matrix morphology in various endosperm mutants of Zea mays L. Crop Sci. 17:415 21.
   
• Schaeffer, G. W., P. S. Baenziger, and J. W. Worley. 1979. Haploid plant development from anthers and in vitro embryo culture of wheat. Crop Sci. 19:697 702.
   
• Baenziger, P. S., J. W. Schmidt, C. J. Peterson, V. A. Johnson, P. J. Mattern, A. F. Dreier, D.V. McVey, and J. H. Hatchett. 1989. Registration of 'Arapahoe' wheat. Crop Sci. 29:832.
   
• Rybczynski, J. J., R. L. Simonson, and P. S. Baenziger. 1991. Evidence for microspore embryogenesis in wheat anther culture. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. 27P:168 174.
   
• Rybczynski, J. J., R. L. Simonson, and P. S. Baenziger. 1991. Evidence for microspore embryogenesis in wheat anther culture. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. 27P:168 174.
   
• Berke, T. G., P. S. Baenziger, and R. Morris. 1992. Locations of wheat quantitative trait loci affecting stability of six traits using reciprocal chromosome substitutions. Crop Sci. 32: 628 633.
   
• Stroup, W. W., P. S. Baenziger, and D. K. Mulitze. 1994. A comparison of methods for removing spatial variation from wheat yield trials. Crop Sci. 34:62 66.
   
• Navarro Alvarez, W., P. S. Baenziger, K. M. Eskridge, D. R. Shelton, V. D. Gustafson, and M. Hugo. 1994. Effect of sugars on wheat anther culture media. Plant Breed. 112:53 62.
   
• Navarro Alvarez, W., P. S. Baenziger, K. M. Eskridge, M. Hugo. and V. D. Gustafson. 1994. Addition of colchicine to wheat anther culture media to increase doubled haploid plant production. Plant Breed. 112:192 198.
   
• Moreno Sevilla, B., P. S. Baenziger, D. R. Shelton, R. A. Graybosch, and C. J. Peterson. 1995. Agronomic performance and end use quality of 1B vs. 1BL/1RS genotypes derived from winter wheat 'Rawhide'. Crop Sci. 35:1607 1612.
   
• McNeil, J. E., R. French, G. L. Hein, P. S. Baenziger, and K. M. Eskridge. 1996. Charac-terization of genetic variability among natural populations of wheat streak mosaic virus. Phytopathology 86:1222 1227.
   
• Eskridge, K. M., M. M. Shah, P.S. Baenziger and D.A. Travnicek. 2000. Correcting for classification errors when estimating the number of genes using recombinant inbred chromosome lines. Crop Sci. 40:398-403.
   
• Hundera F, K. Arumuganathan, and P.S. Baenziger. 2000. Determination of relative nuclear DNA content of Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] using flow cytometry. J. Genet. and Breed. 54:165-168.
   
• Streck, N. A., A. Weiss, and P. S. Baenziger. 2003. A generalized vernalization response function for winter wheat. Agron. J. 95:155-159.
   
• Campbell, B. T., P. S. Baenziger, K. S. Gill, K. M. Eskridge, H. Budak, M. Erayman, I. Dweikat, and Y. Yen. 2003. Identification of QTLs and Environmental Interactions Associated with Agronomic Traits on Chromosome 3A of Wheat. Crop Science 43:1493-1505.
   
• Campbell, B.T., P.S. Baenziger, K. M. Eskridge, H. Budak, N.A. Streck, A. Weiss, K.S. Gill, and M. Erayman. 2004. Using environmental covariates to explain genotype x environments and QTL x environment interactions for agronomic traits on chromosome 3A of wheat. Crop Sci.44: 620-627.
   
• Kuleung, C., P. S. Baenziger and I. Dweikat. 2004. Transferability of SSR markers among wheat, rye, and triticale. Theor. Appl. Genet.108:1147-1150.
   
• Erayman, Mustafa, Devinder Sandhu, Deepak Sidhu, Muharrem Dilbirligi, P. S. Baenziger, and Kulvinder S. Gill. 2004. Demarcating the gene-rich regions of the wheat genome. Nucl. Acids. Res. 32: 3546-3565.
   
• Baenziger, P.S., G. S. McMaster, W.W. Wilhelm, A. Weiss, and C.J. Hays. 2004. Putting genes into genetic coefficients. Field Crop Res. 90: 133-143.
   
• Mahmood, A., P.S. Baenziger, Hikmet Budak, K. S. Gill, and I Dweikat. 2004. The use of microsatellite markers for the detection of genetic similarity among winter bread wheat lines for chromosome 3A. Theor. Appl. Genet. 109:1494-1503.
   
• Fufa, H., P. Stephen Baenziger, B. S. Beecher, R. A. Graybosch, K. M. Eskridge and L. A. Nelson. 2005. Genetic Improvement Trends in Agronomic Performances and End-use Quality Characteristics Among Hard Red Winter Wheat Cultivars in Nebraska. Euphytica 144:187-198.
   
• Fufa, H., P.S. Baenziger, B.S. Beecher, I. Dweikat, R. A. Graybosch, and K.M. Eskridge. 2005. Comparison of phenotypic and molecular marker-based classifications of hard red winter wheat cultivars. Euphytica 145:133-146.
   
• Dhungana, P., K. M. Eskridge, and A. Weiss, and P.S. Baenziger. 2005. Designing crop technology for a future climate: An example using response surface methodology and the CERES-Wheat model. Agricultural Systems 87:63-79.
   
• Hu, Qi, A. Weiss, S. Feng, and P. S. Baenziger. 2006. Earlier winter wheat heading dates and warmer spring in the U.S. Great Plains. Agric. and Forest Meteorology 135: 284-290.
   
• Baenziger, P. S., W. K. Russell, G. L. Graef, and B. T. Campbell. 2006. Improving lives: 50 years of crop breeding, genetics and cytology (C-1). Crop Sci.46: 2230-2244.
   
• Dilbirligi, M., M. Erayman, B. T. Campbell, H. S. Randhawa, P. S. Baenziger, I. Dweikat, K. S. Gill. 2006. High-density mapping and comparative analysis of agronomically important traits on wheat chromosome 3A. Genomics 88:74-87.
   
• Baenziger, P.S. 2006. Plant breeding training in the U.S. HortScience 41:40-44.
   
• Dowell, F. E., E. B. Maghirang, R. A. Graybosch, P. S. Baenziger, D. D. Baltensperger, and L.E. Hansen. 2006. An automated single-kernel near-infrared trait selection system. Cereal Chem. 83:537-543.
   
• Dhungana, P., K. M. Eskridge, P. S. Baenziger, B. T. Campbell, K. S. Gill, I. Dweikat. 2007. Analysis of genotype-by-environment interaction in wheat using a structural equation model and chromosome substitution lines. Crop Sci. 47:477-484.
   
• Baenziger, P.S., B. Beecher, R.A. Graybosch, A. M. H. Ibrahim, D.D. Baltensperger, L.A. Nelson, Y. Jin, S. N. Wegulo, J.E. Watkins, J. H. Hatchett, Ming-Shun Chen, and Guihua Bai. 2008. Registration of 'NE01643' wheat. J. Plant Registrations 2: 36–42.
   
• Ali, M., J. Rajewski, P. S. Baenziger, K. S. Gill, K. M. Eskridge and I. Dweikat. 2008. Assessment of genetic diversity and relationship among a collection of US sweet sorghum germplasm by SSR markers. Molec. Breeding. 21:497-509.
   
• Ibrahim, A.M.H., S.D. Haley, P. S. Baenziger, Y. Jin, M.A.C. Langham, J. Rickertsen, S. Kalsbeck, R. Little, J. Ingemansen, O.K. Chung, B.W. Seabourn, G.H. Bai, Ming-Shun Chen and D.V. McVey. 2008. Registration of 'Alice' wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations 2:110-114.
   
• Ibrahim, A.M.H., S.D. Haley, P. S. Baenziger, Y. Jin, M.A.C. Langham, J. Rickertsen, S. Kalsbeck, R. Little, J. Ingemansen, O.K. Chung, B.W. Seabourn, G.H. Bai, Ming-Shun Chen and D.V. McVey. 2008. Registration of ‘Darrell’ wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations 2:115-119.
   
• Bockus, W. W., Baenziger, P. S., and Ibrahim, A. M. H. 2008. Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2007. Plant Disease Management Reports (online). Report 1:CF009. DOI: 10.1094/PDMR02. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.
   
• Mahmood, A. and P. S. Baenziger. 2008. Creation of salt tolerant wheat doubled haploid lines from wheat by maize crosses. Cereal Res. Comm. 36:361-371.
• 163. Lekgari, L.A., P. S. Baenziger, K. P. Vogel, and D. D. Baltensperger. 2008. Identifying winter forage triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack) strains for the central Great Plains. Crop Sci. 48:2040-2048.
   
• Graybosch, R.A., C.J. Peterson, P. S. Baenziger, D. D. Baltensperger, L. A. Nelson, Y. Jin, J. Kolmer, B. Seaborn, R. French, G. Hein, T.J. Martin, B. Beecher, T. Schwarzacher and P. Heslop-Harrison. 2009. Registration of ‘Mace’ hard red winter wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations 3:51-56.
   
• Weiss, A., P. S. Baenziger, G. S. McMaster, W. W. Wilhelm, and Z. I. Al Ajlouni. 2009. Quantifying phenotypic plasticity using genetic information for simulating plant height in winter wheat. Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science 57: 59-64.
   
• Jauhar, P. P., S. S. Xu, and P. S. Baenziger. 2009. Haploidy in cultivated wheats: induction and utility in basic and applied research. Crop Sci. 49:737-755.
   
• Wegulo, S. N., J. A. Breathnacht, and P.S. Baenziger. 2009. Effect of growth stage on the relationship between tan spot and spot blotch severity and yield in winter wheat. Crop Protection 28:696-702.
   
• Baenziger, P. S., R.A. Graybosch, L.A. Nelson, R. N. Klein, D.D. Baltensperger, L. Xu, S. N. Wegulo, J.E. Watkins, Y. Jin, J. Kolmer, J. H. Hatchett, Ming-Shun Chen, and Guihua Bai. 2009. Registration of 'Camelot' wheat. J. Plant Registrations 3:256-263.
• Sidiqi, J., S. N. Wegulo, P. E. Read, and P.S. Baenziger. 2009. Frequency of resistance to stem rust race TPMK in Afghan wheat cultivars. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 31:250-253.
   
• Mengistu, N. P. S. Baenziger, L.A. Nelson, K.M. Eskridge, R. N. Klein, D. D. Baltensperger, and R. W. Elmore. 2010. Grain yield performance and stability of cultivar blends vs. component cultivars of hard winter wheat in Nebraska. Crop Sci. 50: 617-623.
   
• Bockus, W. W., Baenziger, P. S., and Berzonsky, W. 2010. Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2009. Plant Disease Management Reports (online). Report 4:CF013. DOI:10.1094/PDMR04 The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.
   
• Mi, Xiajuan, Kent Eskridge, Dong Wang, P. Stephen Baenziger, B. Todd Campbell, Kulvinder S. Gill, and Ismail Dweikat. Bayesian mixture structural equation modeling in multiple-trait QTL mapping. Genetics Research Cambridge. 92:239-250.
   
• Baenziger, P.S., R. A. Graybosch, L. A. Nelson, T. Regassa, R. N. Klein, D. D. Baltensperger, D. K. Santra, A. M. H. Ibrahim, W. Berzonsky, J. M. Krall, L. Xu, S. N. Wegulo, M. L. Bernards, Y. Jin, J. Kolmer, J. H. Hatchett, Ming-Shun Chen, and Guihua Bai. Registration of 'NH03614 CL' Wheat. J. Plant Registrations: accepted.
• Liakat Ali, M., P. Stephen Baenziger, Zakaria Al Ajlouni, B. Todd Campbell, K. S. Gill, K. M. Eskridge, A. Mujeeb-Kazi, and Ismail Dweikat. Mapping QTLs for yield and agronomic traits on wheat chromosome 3A and a comparison of recombinant inbred chromosome line populations. Crop Sci.: accepted.
   
• Mi, X. Kent Eskridge, Dong Wang, P. Stephen Baenziger, B. Todd Campbell, Kulvinder S. Gill, Ismail Dweikat, and James Bovaird. Regression-Based Multi-Trait QTL Mapping Using a Structural Equation Model. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology: Vol. 9 : Iss. 1, Article 38. DOI: 10.2202/1544-6115.1552.
   
• Shiaoman Chao, Jorge Dubcovsky, Jan Dvorak, Ming-Cheng Luo, Stephen P Baenziger, Rustam Matnyazov, Dale R Clark, Luther E Talbert, James A Anderson, Susanne Dreisigacker, Karl Glover, Jianli Chen, Kim Campbell, Phil L Bruckner, Jackie C Rudd, Scott Haley, Brett F Carver, Sid Perry, Mark E Sorrells and Eduard D Akhunov. 2011. Population- and genome-specific patterns of linkage disequilibrium and SNP variation in spring and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). BMC Genomics: in press.
   
• Wegulo, S. N., M. V. Zwingman, J. A. Breathnach, and P. S. Baenziger. 2011. Economic returns from fungicide application to control foliar fungal diseases in winter wheat. Crop Prot. (in press).
   
• Graybosch, R. A. C.J. Peterson, P. S. Baenziger, D. D. Baltensperger, L. A. Nelson, Y. Jin. J. Kolmer, B. Seabourn, and B. Beecher. Registration of ‘Anton’ hard red winter wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations., In Press.