Dr. Young Cho

Education

Ph.D. South Dakota State University 1997
M.S. University of Arizona 1993
B.S. Chonbuk National University 1979

Research Field

My laboratory focuses on plant (soybean and peanut) genetics and breeding. One of our interests is to understand genetic and biochemical mechanisms of abiotic (water, drought, salt, etc.) stress responses and seed vigor in legume family for ultimately developing stress tolerant (transgenic) crops, which are adapted to semi- and dry regions. Other study focuses on identification of abiotic stress responsive genes, characterization and mapping of the genes to further study gene regulation and expression in plants and to use stress associated genes to develop stress-resistant cultivars.

Specific research areas have included genetics and agronomy of seed quality and leaf characteristics, growth regulator effects on growth characteristics, accumulation of nicotinic acid betaine (trigonelline; TRG) under stresses, mapping quantitative traits loci (QTLs) associated with foliar TRG accumulation, and planting date effects on grain yield.

I teach the following courses: General Biology II (BIOL 152), General Botany (BIOL 216), Genetics (BIOL 231), Plant Systematics (BIOL 410/510), Plant Physiological Ecology (BIOL 415/515), Plant Structure and Function (BIOL 420/520), Environment, Resources, and Policy (BIOL 493/593), etc.

Contact Information

Department of Biology
ENMU Station 33
1500 S Ave K
Portales, NM 88130

Phone: 575.562.4048
Fax: 575.562.2192
E-mail: young.cho@enmu.edu

Dr. Cho's Research Lab