Susana Milla-Lewis

Bio

Research:

My main research interests are in germplasm characterization and development of breeding populations, and the utilization of new technologies in association with conventional breeding methods for turfgrass improvement.

Publications – via Google Scholar

Teaching:

CS (HS) 211 – Plant Genetics

Extension:

While I do not hold a formal extension appointment, the turfgrass breeding and genetics program has a broad group of clientele.  As such, my extension activities typically include outreach interactions with sod growers, turfgrass seed companies, and other components of the turfgrass industry.

Publications

• Integration of multi-omics approaches reveals candidate genes for drought stress in St. Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) , CROP SCIENCE (2025)
• Assessing Biofungicides and Host Resistance against Rhizoctonia Large Patch in Zoysiagrass , PATHOGENS (2024)
• Dehydration tolerance rather than avoidance explains drought resistance in zoysiagrass , PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM (2024)
• Enhancing drought resistance in warm-season turfgrasses: Fourteen years of progress through a multistate collaborative project across the southern United States , CROP SCIENCE (2024)
• Evaluation of centipedegrass [Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack] lines in multi‐environment trials in North Carolina , International Turfgrass Society Research Journal (2024)
• Investigating multi-trophic effects of St. Augustinegrass cultivar blends in the Southeastern United States , CROP SCIENCE (2024)
• Maximizing genetic gains across agronomic and consumer preference traits in St. Augustinegrass breeding , CROP SCIENCE (2024)
• Molecular advances in St. Augustinegrass: from DNA markers to genome sequencing , GRASS RESEARCH (2024)
• Molecular analysis of St. Augustinegrass cultivar mixtures composition over time and latitude , CROP SCIENCE (2024)
• Registration of ‘FSA1602’ St. Augustinegrass , Journal of Plant Registrations (2024)