Faculty Profile

Katy Martin Rainey, Ph.D.

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Dr. Rainey

Assistant Professor of Soybean Breeding & Genetics

Appointment

Teaching : 20%

Research :80%

Extension : 0%

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Education

  • B.S. Botany , University. of Georgia, 1998
  • Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Cornell University,2005

Professional Activities and Interests

  • I apply diverse resources to the genetic improvement of soybean and my research, teaching, and outreach programs span the molecular scale to the ecosystem scale.  The ultimate goals of my research program are to enhance the Nation’s agricultural productivity, profitability, and sustainability through the development of new varieties of soybean and the creation of resources for soybean breeding.
  •   I teach undergraduate and graduate students an approach to genetics bridging the lab with the field, with an emphasis on quantitative tools and the creation of economic value.
  •   My outreach efforts are targeted to diverse audiences in the promotion of improved varieties of soybeans and of the value of plant breeding to national goals, and the creation of an interface between research and industry.

Courses

Course Number Course Name
CSES 4144 Plant Breeding and Genetics

Current Projects

  • Breeding soybean varieties for yield, food, modified oil, herbicide tolerance, disease resistance.

  • Genetic, quantitative genetic, and molecular genetic characterization of soybean for low phytate and stachyose.

  • Development of soybean varieties with lowered phytate and modified carbohydrate content.

  • Characterization of resistance to soybean mosaic virus.

  • Development of low linolenic fatty acid and other modified fatty acid soybean varieties using marker-assisted selection.

  • Screening soybeans for reaction to Frogeye Leaf Spot.

  • Breeding small and large seeded soybeans for food.

Recent Publications

  • Chung, H., S. Hogan, L. Zhang, K. Rainey, K. Zhou.  2008. Characterization and Comparison of Antioxidant Properties and Bioactive Components of Virginia Soybeans. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.  In Press.

  • Rainey, K.M. and P.D. Griffiths.  2005.  Differential response of common bean genotypes to high temperatures.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science  130: 18-23.

  • Rainey, K.M. and P.D. Griffiths.  2005.  Identification of heat tolerant Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray plant introductions following exposure to high temperatures in a controlled environment.  Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution  52: 117-120.

  • Rainey, K.M. and P.D. Griffiths.  2005.  Inheritance of heat tolerance during reproductive development in snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science  135: 700-706.

  • Rainey, K.M. and P.D. Griffiths.  2005.  Diallel analysis of yield components of snap bean exposed to two temperature stress environments.  Euphytica  142: 43-53.

  • J.K. Rong, Abbey C., Bowers J.E., Brubaker C.L., Chang C., Chee P.W., Delmonte T.A., Ding X.L., Garza J.J., Marler B.S., Park C.H., Pierce G.J., Rainey K.M., Rastogi V.K., Schulze S.R.,Trolinder N.L., Wendel J.F., Wilkins T.A., Williams-Coplin T.D., Wing R.A., Wright R.J., Zhao X.P., Zhu L.H., and Paterson A.H.  2004.  A 3347-locus genetic recombination map of sequence-tagged sites reveals features of genome organization, transmission and evolution of cotton (Gossypium).  Genetics 166: 389-417. 

Personal Activities and Interests

Other interests include hiking, running, travel, and socializing.

My Work Groups

Keywords

  • soybean
  • breeding
  • genetics
  • genomics
  • varieties
  • cultivars
  • herbicide tolerance
  • food-grade
  • phytate
  • high-throughput phenotyping