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Jones, Robert J., Ph.D.

- Professor, Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration

Ph.D.: Missouri (1978)
Year Appointed: 1978
Rank: Professor,  Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration

Primary Responsibilities: Research and education; corn physiology.

Research Interests
:  The identification and eventual manipulation of physiological events which limit kernel development in maize is the central focus of my research program. The project examines the mechanisms by which heat stress disrupts maize endosperm development and the role of cytokinins and their catabolism by cytokinin oxidase in maize kernel development.

Phone: (612) 625-1267 (St. Paul Office) or (612) 624-3533 (Minneapolis Office)
Fax: (612) 625-1268 (St. Paul) or (612) 626-8388 (Minneapolis)
Email: jones012@umn.edu


411 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle
University of Minnesota, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
St. Paul, MN  55108-6026

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