Jennifer A. Kimball

Assistant Professor

Office Address

406 Hayes Hall

Mailing Address

411 Borlaug Hall

1991 Upper Buford Circle

St. Paul, MN 55108

jkimball@umn.edu

+1 612 625 0260

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Expert@UMN Profile

Education

Ph.D.: North Carolina State University (2015)
Year Appointed: 2017
Rank: Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

Cultivated Wild Rice Breeding and Genetics

Teaching

AGRO1101 - Biology of Plant Food Systems

Research

The cultivated wild rice breeding and genetics program aims to improve the sustainability and economic gain of the Minnesota cultivated wild rice industry and its growers through the development of new and improved cultivars. Our research focuses on 1) dissecting the genetic and physiological bases of quantitative traits in wild rice and 2) evaluating and monitoring the genetic diversity and changing environment of natural stands of wild rice in Minnesota to ensure their protection and preservation.

Selected Publications

Yu, X., Kimball, J.A. and Milla-Lewis, S.R. 2018. High density genetic maps of St. Augustinegrass and Applications to Comparative Genomic Analysis and QTL Mapping for Turf Quality Traits. BMC Plant Biology. 18:346.

Kimball, J.A., T.D. Tuong, E. Carbajal, and S.R. Milla-Lewis. 2018. Identification of QTL for cold tolerance-related traits in St. Augustinegrass. Molecular Breeding 38:67.

Kimball, J.A., T.D. Tuong, D.P. Livingston, and S.R. Milla-Lewis. 2018. Assessing freeze-tolerance in St. Augustinegrass: acclimation effects. Euphytica 213:282.

Kimball, J.A., T.D. Tuong, D.P. Livingston, and S.R. Milla-Lewis. 2017. Assessing freeze-tolerance in St. Augustinegrass: temperature response and evaluation methods. Euphytica 213:110. DOI 10.1007/x10681-017-1899-z

Kim, H., J. Jung, N. Singh, A. Greenberg, J.J. Doyle, W. Tyagi, J.A.Kimball, R. Sackville-Hamilton, and S.R. McCouch. 2016. Population dynamics among six major groups of the Oryza rufipogon complex, wild relative of cultivated Asian rice. Rice 9:56.

Kimball, J.A., M.C. Zuleta, E. Carbajal, and S.R. Milla-Lewis. 2016. Combining ability of cold tolerance and turf quality-related traits in St. Augustinegrass. Hort Sci 51:810-815.

Milla-Lewis, S.R., J.A. Kimball, T.D. Tuong, T.E. Claure, and D.P. Livingston. 2013. Freezing tolerance and histology of recovering nodes in St. Augustinegrass. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal, Vol. 12:523-530.

Imai, I., J.A. Kimball, B. Conway, K.M. Yeater, S.R. McCouch, and A. McClung. 2013. Validation of yield enhancing QTL from a low-yielding wild ancestor of rice. Mol. Breeding 32:101-120.

Kimball J.A., M.C. Zuleta, K.R. Harris-Schultz, K.E. Kenworthy, V.G. Lehman, and S.R. Milla-Lewis. 2013. Genetic relationships in Zoysia and the identification of putative interspecific hybrids using simple sequence repeat markers and inflorescence traits. Crop Sci. 53(1): 285-295.