USPP - L Rose

Lindy-Joy Rose
Position	Junior Lecturer / Part-time PhD student
Telephone	+27 (0)21 808 9176
E-mail	lindym@sun.ac.za
Educational training	BSc - Free State University, 2002 BScHons Genetics (cum laude) - Free State University, 2003 MSc Genetics - Free State University, 2005
Modules lecturing	PP 444 Plant-microbe interactions
Research interest Project title	Improvement of maize using unconventional strategies including tissue culturing and GMO technology. Investigating resistance in maize to Fusarium verticillioides as well as the mycotoxins this pathogen produces. Diseases and pests of banana Unconventional improvement of maize for resistance to Fusarium verticillioides and their fumonisins (Promoter: Prof A Viljoen)