USPP - L Rose

Lindy-Joy Rose
Position	Junior Lecturer and 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
Research interest	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.
Project title	Unconventional improvement of maize for resistance to Fusarium verticillioides and their fumonisins (Promoter: Prof A Viljoen)