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Thomas
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Contact Information:
| Telephone: | 765-494-4792 | Office Location: 2-414C Lilly Hall of Life Sciences |
| FAX: | 765-496-2926 | |
| Email: | thousley@purdue.edu | Vitae |
Research Areas:
The involvement of fructans
in carbohydrate partitioning and the competitive advangate fructan affords
crops are being
investigated.
The components of resistance
of sorghum to parasitism by Striga are being investigated using ethylene as
the primary
signal inducing resistance.
Most Significant Publications:
Housley, T. L. 2000. Role of
fructans redistributed from the vegetative tissue in grain filling of wheat and
barley. In: Carbohydrate reserves in Plants. Synthesis and Regulation.
Eds. A. K. Gupta & N. Kaur. Elsevier, N.Y. pp207-221.
Mohamed, A. H., G. Ejeta, L. G. Butler and T. L. Housley.
1998. Moisture content and dormancy in Striga asiatica seeds
Weed Res. 38:257-265.
Jeong, B. J. and T. L. Housley. 1992. Purification and characterization of wheat
b(2-1) fructan:fructan fructosyl transferase activity. Plant Physiol.
100:199-204.
Teaching:
AGRY/BTNY 204 Crop and Weed
Identification
AGRY 285 World Crop Adaptation
and Distribution
AGRY 305 Seed Analysis and
Grain Grading
AGRY 625 Advanced Crop
Physiology
625a Carbon and Nitrogen
Partitioning
625b Crop Responses to
Environmental Stimuli
625c Using Genetics to Explore
Physiological Processes
Professional Experience:
Public School Science Teacher, Rocky Hill, CT, 1964-1966
Laboratory High School Science Teacher, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT,
1966-1968
NSF Academic Year Fellow, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1968-1969
Laboratory Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA,
1969-1974
Post Doctoral Fellow, Agronomy Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wisconsin 1974-1975
Awards and Honors:
Elected Member Sigma Xi, Wisconsin Chapter, 1975
David C. Pendler Agriculture Outstanding Counselor Award, Purdue School of
Agriculture, 1997
Elected Member Gamma Sigma Delta, Purdue Chapter, 1998
Outstanding, Scientist, Educator, Mentor Award, Future Black Scientist of
America, Shaw Univ., 2000
Education:
B.S., Taylor University
M.A., University of Connecticut
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Date joined staff: November 1975
Teaching
Research
Agronomy Club
Last updated:
May, 2007
