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Contact Information E-mail:      vicki.bradley@ars.usda.gov Phone:      509-335-3616 Fax:      509-335-6654 Address:      59 Johnson Hall, WSU      Pullman, WA 99164-6402

Education

1991 -	M.S. Agronomy Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1988 -	B.S. Horticulture Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Professional Experience

1991 - Present	Agronomy Curator USDA-ARS Western Regional Plant Introduction Station Pullman, WA
1988 - 1991	Graduate Research Assistant Winter Wheat Breeding Project Montana State University Bozeman, MT
1987 - 1987	Intern Winter Wheat Breeding Project Montana State University Bozeman, MT

Responsibilities and Interests

Vicki is responsible for managing the cool-season grass collection which consists of more than 18,300 accessions and the Carthamus collection that includes 2,430 accessions of safflower and its wild relatives.

Her special interests are characterizing the tef grass collection, taking images of safflower for downloading onto GRIN, identifying duplicate accessions, getting more native plant accessions into the grass collection and establishing in situ sites

 

Professional Activities and Society Memberships

Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops

Crop Science Society of America

Western Society of Crop Science

Adjunct Faculty, Washington State University

Ex-officio member of the Forage and Turf Grass Crop Germplasm Committee

Ex-officio member of the New Crops Crop Germplasm Committee

Pacific West Area Workforce Diversity Committee

Career and Community Development Committee

In situ subcommittee of the Plant Germplasm Operations Committee

 

Selected Publications

Johnson, R.C., V.L. Bradley, P.B. Ghorpade, J.W. Bergman. 1997. Regeneration and Evaluation of the U.S. safflower germplasm collection. p. 215-217. In A. Corleto et al. (ed.) Proceedings of the IVth International Safflower Conference, Bari, Italy, 2-7 June, 1997.

Bradley, V.L. and R.C. Johnson. 1997. Conservation of grass collections at the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station. p. 1-35, 1-36. In Proceedings of the XVIII International Grassland Congress, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 8-19 June 1997.

Johnson, R.C. and V.L. Bradley. 1998. Grass regeneration research and methodology. p. 32-41. In M.D. Casler (ed.) Proceedings of the 35th Grass Breeders= Work Planning Conference, Madison and Verona, Wisconsin, 8-11 August, 1998.

Bradley, Vicki L., Richard C. Johnson, Robert L. Guenthner, and Richard M. Hannan. 1999. Evaluation of Carthamus tinctorius germplasm for ornamental use. p. 433-435 In J. Janick (ed.), New crops and new uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.

Bradley, V.L. and R.C. Johnson. 2001. An assessment of grass regeneration nurseries at the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, 1994-1997. p. 883-884. In Proceedings of the XIX International Grassland Congress, São Pedro, São Paulo, Brazil, 11-21 February, 2001.