Dr. Gina Sideli
Department of Plant Biology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension
125A Lake Oswego Road
Chatsworth, New Jersey 08019
609-726-2530
gina.sideli@rutgers.edu
Gina Sideli’s research includes areas of plant breeding and genetics for crop improvement, germplasm evaluation and -omics technologies (genomics, metabolomics, phenomics). Her lab aims to integrate a multi-disciplinary approach for understanding the underlying genetics of important traits and implement marker-assisted selection for simply inherited traits or genomic selection for complex traits.
Specific areas of interest are based on industry priorities and challenges which include but are not limited to: climate resilience, plant architecture, post-harvest quality, resistance to disease and pests, and phytochemistry.
Sideli’s extension program aims to deliver improved cultivars according to changing industry needs. To do this she works with growers to determine current and future breeding targets, conducts multi-location/environment grower trials of advanced selections and receives grower feedback, and delivers presentations and demonstrations of ongoing research projects.
Title and Address:
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension
Chatsworth, New Jersey 08019
Primary Focus Area: Plant breeding and genetic improvement; cranberry and blueberry; classical and molecular breeding; genomics and phenomics
Dr. Sideli on the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research website