Address:
334 Alderman Hall
1970 Folwell Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108A potato breeder and plant geneticist that has also worked for Monsanto Co. and Frito-Lay, Inc., Dr. Thill teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in sustainable vegetable production and plant breeding. His research interests include breeding, genetics, cytogenetics, and the utilization of wild germplasm in potato cultivar development and enhancement, as well as disseminating this information to industry. Areas of research emphasis are both basic and applied and include development of efficient breeding techniques to incorporate traits from wild germplasm to cultivated potato, develop breeding material and cultivars with high yield, yield stability, pest resistance, and quality. Dr. Thill is also a member of the plant breeding graduate faculty.
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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed: Accepted, In Press:
Jiang, J., CA Thill. 2006. White Pearl: a chipping potato variety with high level resistance to cold sweetening. Amer J Potato Res in Press.
Dinu, I.I., R.J. Hayes, R.G. Kynast, R.L. Phillips, and C.A. Thill. 2005. Novel inter-series hybrids in Solanum, section Petota. Theor Appl Genet 110:403-415.
Hayes, R.J., I.I. Dinu, and CA Thill. 2005. Unilateral and bilateral hybridization barriers in inter-series crosses of 4x 2EBN Solanum stoloniferum, S. pinnatisectum, S. cardiophyllum, and 2x 2EBN S. tuberosum Haploids and Haploid – Species hybrids. Sexual Plant Reproduction Sexual Plant Reproduction 17:303-311.
Kirk, W.W., Abu-El Samena, F.M., Muhinyuzaa, J.B., Hammerschmidt, R., Douches, D.S., Thill, C.A., Groza, H., Thompson, A.L. 2005. Evaluation of potato late blight management utilizing host plant resistance and reduced rates and frequencies of fungicide applications. Crop Protection. 24:961-970.
Zlesak, D.C., C.A. Thill, and N.O. Anderson. 2005. Trifluralin-mediated polyploidization of Rosa chinensis minima (Sims) Voss seedlings. Euphytica 141:281-290.
Mollov, D.S., and C.A. Thill. 2004. Evidence of Potato Virus Y Asymptomatic Clones in Diploid and Tetraploid Potato Breeding Populations. Amer J Potato Res 81:317-326.
Zlesak, D.C., and C.A. Thill. 2004. Foliar resistance to Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary (US-8) in 13 Mexican and South American Solanum sp. having EBNs of 1, 2, and 4 and implications for breeding. Amer J Potato Res 81:421-429.
Hayes, R.J., and C.A. Thill. 2003. Genetic gain from early generation selection for cold chipping genotypes in potato. Plant Breeding 122:158-163.
Haynes, K.G., B.J. Christ, P.D. Weingartner, D.S. Douches, C.A. Thill, G. Secor, W.E. Fry, and D.H. Lambert. 2002. Foliar resistance to late blight in potato clones evaluated in national trials in 1997. Amer J Potato Res 79:451-457.
Hayes, R.J., and C.A. Thill. 2002. Co-current introgression of economically important traits in a potato breeding program. Amer J Potato Res 79:173-181.
Hayes, R.J., and C.A. Thill. 2002. Introgression of cold (4 C) chipping from 2x (2 Endosperm Balance Number) potato species into 4x 4EBN cultivated potato using sexual polyploidization. Amer J Potato Res 79:421-431.
Hayes, R.J., and C.A. Thill. 2002. Selection for cold chipping genotypes from three early generations in a potato breeding program. Euphytica 128:353-362.
Hayes, R.J., and C.A. Thill. 2002. Selection for potato genotypes from diverse progenies that combine 4 C chipping with acceptable yields, specific gravity and tuber appearance. Crop Sci 42:1343-1349.
Zlesak, D.C., and C.A. Thill. 2002. Variation for 2n pollen production and male fertility in wild Solanum germplasm resistant to Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary (US8). Amer J Potato Res 79:219-229.
Thill, C.A. and S.J. Peloquin. 1995. A breeding method for accelerated development of cold chipping clones in potato. Euphytica 84:73-80.
Thill, C.A. and S.J. Peloquin. 1994. Inheritance of potato chip color at the 24-chromosome level. Am Potato J 71:629-646.
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