Hsuan Chen
Bio
Education
PhD, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Oregon State University, 2018
MS, Agronomy, National Taiwan University
BS, Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung
Research
Dr. Hsuan Chen is interested in ornamental plant breeding by versatile technologies, including conventional plant breeding, cytogenetics, ploidy manipulation, molecular marker-assisted selection, and interspecific hybridization. He is passionate about using his expertise to breed ornamental plants with novel traits, environmental friendliness, and productional efficiency.
All are welcome to contact Hsuan for cytogenetics, ploidy manipulation, ploidy confirming, and chromosome squashes needs.
Industry Experience
Research Scientist / Plant Breeder, Oregon CBD, Independence, OR (2019-2020)
Education
PhD Horticulture Oregon State University 2018
MS Agronomy National Taiwan University 2010
BS Life Sciences National University of Kaohsiung 2007
Publications
- Engineered intraspecific hybrid lethality enables rapid haploid isolation and cytoplasm conversion in tobacco , The Crop Journal (2026)
- Ploidy and genome-size variation in Loropetalum chinense accessions cultivated in the US , Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2026)
- A Data-driven Approach to Generating Foliar Nutrient Interpretation Ranges and Machine Learning-based Interpretation for Petunia , HortScience (2025)
- Autotetraploid Induction of Cercis canadensis by Oryzalin and Colchicine Agar Drop Technique , HortScience (2025)
- Backyard Biophilia: A Survey Instrument to Measure an Attraction to Biodiversity in the Home Garden , HortScience (2025)
- Characterization and Interploid Cross-compatibility of Hexaploid Cannabis sativa L. and Production of Pentaploids , HortScience (2025)
- Generating Gerbera Foliar Nutrient Interpretation Ranges with a Meta-analysis Sufficiency Range Approach , HortScience (2025)
- Strawberry Germplasm Influences Fruit Physicochemical Composition More than Harvest Date or Location , Horticulturae (2025)
- A Data-driven Approach for Generating Leaf Tissue Nutrient Interpretation Ranges for Greenhouse Lettuce , HortScience (2024)
- Autotetraploid Induction of Three A-Genome Wild Peanut Species, Arachis cardenasii, A. correntina, and A. diogoi , Genes (2024)