CSS 2018 & Seed Expo

Chad Hayes
Sorghum Geneticist
USDA-ARS Lubbock


Chad Hayes, Ph.D., is a research geneticist at the Cropping Systems Research Laboratory in Lubbock, Texas and an adjunct assistant professor of sorghum breeding at Texas A&M University and Kansas State University. His research interests include the development of cold and drought tolerant sorghum germplasm, the development of high yielding grain sorghum hybrids adapted to Texas and Kansas, and the utilization of diverse and exotic germplasm in a breeding program. He has distributed over one hundred breeding lines to the sorghum industry, with many lines performing well with multiple seed companies. Most recently, he officially released R.LBK1 and R.LBK2, two sorghum germplasm lines with strong sugarcane aphid resistance and excellent grain yield.

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