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Dr. Guo-Liang
Jiang
 After
obtaining his M Sc in plant breeding and genetics from Nanjing
Agricultural University (NAU), where he was also awarded the PhD, Dr.
Jiang started his career as a plant breeder. His work in China focused
on wheat improvement and related research, such as characterization of
target traits and breeding methodology. He also taught plant breeding
courses at NAU. During 1997-1998, he performed a six-month research on
the leaf rust of barley at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. In
1999, as a visiting scholar and research associate, Dr. Jiang joined the
wheat breeding program at Michigan State University, USA. His main
responsibilities were development of new varieties resistant to the
disease Fusarium head blight and QTL analysis of the resistance.
During his twenty-year professional career, Dr. Jiang developed and
released more than ten elite germplasms and/or new varieties, five of
which were registered in the USA. He also authored and co-authored
approximately 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals and more than 20
articles in monographs, books and proceedings. He was awarded several
national prizes/awards by the Chinese governments for his achievements
and contributions.
In 2007, Dr. Jiang joined the United Genetics Seeds Company to take over
the breeding activities of melon and at interim the watermelon program
also.
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