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Dr. Richard M. Manshardt
Professor of Horticulture
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Contact Information:
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences
3190 Maile Way, St. John 102
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2279
Office: St. John 111
Telephone: (808) 956-6063
Fax: (808) 956-3894
email: manshard@hawaii.edu
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Educational Background
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- B.A., Antioch College (1969)
- M.S., Agronomy, University of Illinois (1976)
- Ph.D., University of Florida (1980)
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Research Interests
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- Genetics and breeding of papaya and guava
- Genetic resources, evaluation, and utilization of tropical fruits
- Tissue culture and genetic engineering of papaya
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Courses
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- TPSS 403 - Tropical Fruit Production
- TPSS 614 - Cellular Genetics of Crops
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Current Projects
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- 821H - Breeding for quality and resistance in papaya
- 828H - Genetics and breeding of guava for processing quality and disease control
- 8G - Genetic engineering of papaya for durable virus resistance (USDA 406)
- 887G - Papaya breeding for resistance to fungal diseases (USDA)
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Recent Publications
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- Aradhya, K. M., Zee, F. and Manshardt, R. M. 1995. Genetic diversity in Nephelium as revealed by allozyme polymorphism. submitted to Annal of Botany.
- Aradhya, K. M., Zee, F. and Manshardt, R. M. 1995. Isozyme variation in lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.). Scientia Horticulturae (in press)
- Manshardt, R.M. and Zee, F. 1994. Papaya germplasm and breeding in Hawaii. Fruit Varieties J. 48: 146-152.
- Aradhya, K. M., Zee, F. and Manshardt, R. M. 1994. Isozyme variation in wild and cultivated pineapple. Euphytica, 79: 87-99.
- Lebot, V., Aradhya, K. M., Manshardt, R. M. and Meilleur, B. 1993. Genetic relationships among cultivated bananas and plantains from Asia and the Pacific. Euphytica, 67:163-175.
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Last updated on 12/24/02
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