Professional Preparation

 
2013-Current:     Associate Research Professor, Tennessee State University (TSU), College of Agriculture Human and Natural Sciences, Dept of Agricultural and Environmental Science Nashville, TN. USA

2010-2014:    Associate Adjunct Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA

2010–2013:     Consultant in International Agriculture and Plant Breeding, FIDAR – Fundación para la Investigación y Desarrollo Agrícola.  Palmira, Colombia

2010-2012:    Erasmus Fund Fellow and Profesor Adscrito, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

2006-2010:    Assistant Adjunct Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA

1999-2010:    CGIAR Senior Scientist, Germplasm Specialist / Andean Bean Breeder,  Cali, Colombia

1998-1999:    Post –doctoral Research Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA

1995-1997:    Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA

1993-1995:    Plant Science Center Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA

1989-1992:    Bean Breeding Program Research Assistant, Experiment Station, University Puerto Rico, Isabela PR

1989-1989:    Corn and Melon Breeding Program Intern, Winter nursery, Isabela PR and Arvin, CA

1988-1988:    Amaranth Breeding Program Assistant, Rodale Research Center, Kutztown, PA, USA

1987-1988:    Assistant Shepherd, Heifer Project International, Perryville, Arkansas, USA,

Fall 1987:    Potato Breeding Program Assistant, Plant Breeding Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY


 

Selected Publications

Wu X, Li N, Zhang XY, Hao JJ, Blair MW* (2017) Genetic diversity and population structure of global and Chinese Pisum core collections.  Crop Science, 57:1–11

 

 

Zhu J, Wu J, Wang L, Blair MW*, Wang SM* (2017) Novel Alleles for Black and Gray Seed Color Genes in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)  Crop Science 2017 57:1603-1610

 

 

Blair MW*, Wu J, Wang SM (2016) (Editorial:  Food Legume Diversity and Legume Research Policies.  Crop Journal

 

 

Blair MW*, Wu X, Bhandari D, Zhang X, Hao J (2016) Role of legumes for and as horticultural crops in sustainable agriculture.  Chapter 9 (Ed.)  D. Nandwani Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Series No. 9, ISBN 978-3-319-26801-9 ISBN 978-3-319-26803-3 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26803-3 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

 

 

Blair MW*, Wu X, Bhandari D, Astudillo C (2016) Inheritance of ICP-detected nutrient accumulation in the whole seed of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).  Frontiers in Plant Science (Special Issue on Plant Nutrition) 7: 219.  Published online 2016 Mar 8. doi:  10.3389/fpls.2016.00219

 

 

Blair MW*, Lorigados Miranda S (2016) Diversity of common bean landraces, breeding lines and varieties from Cuba.  Crop Science 56:322-330

 

 

Wu X, Li N, Zhang XY, Hao JJ, Blair MW* (2016) Genetic diversity and population structure of global and Chinese Pisum core collections.  Crop Science

 

 

Parikh L, Mmbaga MT, Kodati S, Blair MW, Hui D, Meru G (2016) Broad-sense heritability and genetic gain for powdery mildew resistance in multiple pseudocross pseudo-F2 populations of flowering dogwoods (Cornus florida L.). Scientia Horticulturae 12/2016; 213. DOI:10.1016/j.scienta.2016.09.038

 

 

Zhu J, Wu J, Wang L, Blair MW, Zhu Z, Wang S  (2016) QTL Analysis and Gene Candidates for Common Bacterial Blight Resistance from a Chinese Common Bean, Longyundou 5. Crop Journal

 

 

 

 

 

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