Susana Milla-Lewis
Professor
Turfgrass Breeding & Genetics
Faculty
Williams Hall 4114
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 (<i>Stenotaphrum secundatum</i>), 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)