Sarah is a PhD student investigating the genetics of vascular traits and apple shoot and root architecture. Using mapping populations grown at Cornell AgriTech and segregating for dwarfing (Dw1, Dw2), Co (columnar), and We (weeping) loci, she is combining branch and leaf angle phenotyping with root anatomy and molecular markers to understand whether the genetic signals that shape above-ground tree architecture are recapitulated in root system architecture.
The Fruit Crop Physiology and Climate Adaptation Lab
at Cornell AgriTech