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Tadesse Mebrahtu, Ph.D.
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Professor - Research
Phone: (804) 524-5953
Fax: (804) 524-5186
Email: tmebraht@vsu.edu
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Education
- Ph.D. (1985) - University of Maryland - College Park (Agronomy - Plant Breeding)
- M.S. (1980) - Alabama A&M University - Huntsville (Soil and Plant Science)
- B.S. (1977) - University of Maryland - Eastern Shore, Princess Anne (General Agriculture)
Research Interest
- Develop new high yielding and nutritionally desirable grain-type and vegetable soybean cultivars
- Evaluate exotic vegetable soybean germplasm for special purposes
- Develop center of excellence in Vegetable Soybean Breeding, Production, and Utilization
- Actively engage in international crop research and development activities that bring mutually beneficial partnerships
Professional Society Memberships
- Crop Science Society of America
- American Society of Agronomy
Selected Publications
- Mebrahtu, T. and T.E. Devine. 2008. Combining ability analysis for selected green pod yield of vegetable soybean genotypes (Glycine max). J. of Crop and Hort. Sci. 36:97-105.
- Mebrahtu, T. 2008. Analysis of nutritional contents in vegetable soybean. J. of Crop Improv. 21:157-170.
- Mebrahtu, T., T. E. Devine, P. Donald, and T.S. Abney. 2007. Registration of ‘Owens’ vegetable soybean. J of Plant Registration, 1:95-96.
- Mebrahtu, T. and C. Mullins. 2007. Efficiency of mechanical harvest for immature vegetable soybean pods. Virginia J. of Sci. 58:165-174.
- Mebrahtu, T. and A. Mohamed. 2006. Genetic variation for green pod yield and quality among vegetable soybean genotypes. J of Crop Improv. 16:113-130.
Selected Grants
- Production of Vegetable Soybean as a Potential Specialty Crop in Virginia. Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2005- Present, $35,000.
- Vernonia Production and Utilization Systems in Eritrea. ALO/USAID Grant, 1998 -2003, $100,000.
- Genetic improvement of vegetable-type soybean for yield and nutritional quality. USDA-CSREES Capacity Building Program, 1995-1998, $279,739.
- Domestication of Vernonia as a Viable Industrial Crop in Eritrea. Competitive USAID Grant, 1995 -1997, $99,626.
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