Contact Information E-mail:      clarice.coyne@ars.usda.gov Phone:      509-335-3878 Fax:      509-335-6654 Address:      59 Johnson Hall, WSU      Pullman, WA 99164-6402

Education

1995 -	Ph. D. Horticulture Department of Horticulture Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR. Concentration: Plant Breeding and Genetics Dissertation: Genetic Resistance to Eastern Filbert Blight. Dissertation Advisor: Professor Shawn Mehlenbacher.
1990 -	M.S. Horticulture Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Thesis: Interspecific hybridization between tetraploid and diploid Coffea species. Thesis Advisor: Professor Machteld Mok
1981 -	B.S. Plant Science University of California, Davis, CA Concentration: Agronomy Course work at University of California, Riverside and California State University, Chico.

Professional Experience

1998 - Present	Cool Season Food Legume Curator USDA-ARS Western Regional Plant Introduction Station Pullman, WA Cool Season Food Legume Curator for Pisum, Lens, Cicer, Lupinus, Lathyrus, Vicia, and Trigonella collections, with responsibilities for acquiring, preserving, evaluating, documenting, improving, and distributing crop germplasm. Current research involves: mapping and characterization of plant disease resistance genes in pea and chickpea; genomic approaches to plant germplasm characterization.
1995 - Present	Adjunct Scientist Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Washington State University Pullman, WA
1999 - Present	Graduate School Faculty Washington State University Pullman, WA
2000 - Present	Adjunct Scientist Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Washington State University Pullman, WA
1995 - 1999	Post-Doctoral Research Geneticist USDA-ARS Grain Legume Genetics and Physiology Research Unit Pullman, WA
1997 - 1997	Post-Doctoral Research Geneticist USDA-ARS Wheat Genetics, Quality, and Physiology Research Unit Pullman, WA
1991 - 1995	Graduate Research Assistant Department of Horticulture Oregon State University Corvallis, OR
1989 - 1991	Research Associate Sweetbriar Development Watsonville, CA
1989 - 1989	Graduate Teaching Assistant SOregon State University Corvallis, OR
1988 - 1989	Graduate Research Assistant Department of Horticulture Oregon State University Corvallis, OR Designed and implemented plant transformation and regeneration experiments and developed protoplast isolation protocols for Coffea species.

Selected Publications

Coyne C.J., L.D. Porter, D.A. Inglis, N.J. Grünwald, K.E. McPhee and F.J. Muehlbauer. 2008. Registration of W6 26740, W6 26743 and W6 26745 pea germplasm resistant to Fusarium root rot. J. of Crop Registrations 2:137-139.

 

Furman B.J., C. Coyne, B. Redden, S.K. Sharma and M. Vishnyakova. 2008. Chapter 6. Genetic Resources: Collection, Characterization, Conservation and Documentation. In: W. Erskine, F. Muehlbauer, A. Sarker and B. Sharma, Editors. The Lentil: Botany, Production and Uses. CABI, Oxfordshire, UK.

 

Coyne C.J., Watt C.A., Storlie E.W., Pilet-Nayel M.-L. 2007. Conversion of dominant markers linked to tolerance to Aphanomyces euteiches in pea to SCARs. Proceedings of Third International Aphanomyces Workshop on Legumes. 07–09 November, Rennes, Brittany, France, p. 40-42.

 

Coyne C.J., M.T. McClendon, J. Walling, G.M. Timmerman-Vaughan, S. Murray, K. Meksem, D.A Lightfoot, J. L. Shultz, K.E.,  Keller R.R Martin., Inglis D.A., P.N. Rajesh, K.E. McPhee, N.F. Weeden, M.A. Grusak, C.-M. Li and E.W. Storlie. 2007. Construction and characterization of a bacterial artificial chromosome library for pea (Pisum sativum L.). Genome 50:871-875.

 

Redden R.J., B.J. Furman, H.D. Upadhyaya, R.P.S. Pundir, C.L.L. Gowda, C.J. Coyne and D. Enneking. 2007. Biodiversity Management in Chickpea, p. 355-368. In: R. Redden, W. Chen, B. Sharma, Y. Yadav (eds.). Chickpea Breeding and Management. CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, UK.

 

Redden B., N. Maxted, B. Furman, C. Coyne. 2007. Lens Biodiversity, p. 11-22. In: S.S. Yadav, D. McNeil, P.C. Stevenson (eds). Lentil: An Ancient Crop for Modern Times. Springer, New York.

 

 

Mallikarjuna N., S. McGrew, S. Rynearson, PN Rajesh, C. Coyne, and FJ Muehlbauer. 2007. Pollen as a means of international transfer of germplasm. eJournal  J. SAT Agric. Res. 3(1): www.icrisat.org/Journal/chickpea_pigeonpea3.htm.

 

Upadhyaya HD, Coyne CJ, Singh S, Gowda CLL, Lalitha Nanumasa, and Muehlauer FJ. 2006. Identification of Large-Seeded High Yielding Diverse Kabuli Accessions in Newly Assembled Chickpea Germplasm. International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter 13:2-5.

 

Mimura M, CJ Coyne MW Bambuck and TA Lumpkin. 2007. SSR diversity of vegetable soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Crop Evolution and Genetic Resources 54:497-508.

 

Infantino, A., M. Kharrat, L. Riccioni, C.J. Coyne, K.E. McPhee, N.J. Grünwald. 2006. Screening techniques and sources of resistance to root diseases in legumes. Euphytica 147:201-221.

 

Muehlbauer F.J. , S. Cho, A. Sarker, KE McPhee, CJ. Coyne, P.N. Rajesh and R. Ford. 2006. Application of biotechnology in breeding lentil for resistance to biotic and abiotic stress. Euphytica 147:149-165.

 

Coyne C.J., Brown A.F., Timmerman-Vaughan G.M., McPhee K.E., Grusak, M.A. 2005. Refined USDA-ARS pea core collection based on 26 quantitative traits. Pisum Genetics 37:3-6.

 

Coyne CJ, Razai L, Baik B-K, Grusak M.A. 2005. Variation for pea seed protein concentration in USDA Pisum core collection. Pisum Genetics 37:7-11.

 

Coyne C.J., T. Vincent-Sharp, M.J. Cashman, C.A. Watt, W. Chen, F.J. Muehlbauer, N. Mallikarjuna. 2005. A method for germinating perennial Cicer species.  International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter 12:28-29.

 

Okubara P.A., Keller K.E., McClendon M.T., McPhee K.E., Inglis D.A., and Coyne C.J. 2005. Y15_999Fw, a dominant SCAR marker linked to the Fusarium wilt race 1 (Fw) resistance gene in pea. Pisum Genetics 37: 32-35.

 

Mallikarjuna N., D. Jadhav, H. Clarke, C.J. Coyne and F.J. Muehlbauer. 2005. Induction of androgenesis as a consequence of wide crossing in chickpea.  International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter 12:12-15.

 

Pilet-Nayel M.L.,  F.J. Muehlbauer, J.M. Kraft, R.J. McGee, A. Baranger and C.J. Coyne. 2005. Consistent QTLs in pea for partial resistance to Aphanomyces euteiches isolates from the United States and France. Phytopathology 95:1287-1293.

 

Loridon K., K.E. McPhee, J. Morin, P. Dubreuil, M.L. Pilet-Nayel, G. Aubert, C. Rameau, A. Baranger, C.J. Coyne, I. Lejeune-Hénault, J. Burstin. 2005. Microsatellite marker polymorphism and mapping in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111:1022-1031.

 

Chen W., C. J. Coyne, T. L. Peever and F. J. Muehlbauer. 2004. Characterization of chickpea differentials for virulence assay of Ascochyta blight and identification of chickpea accessions resistant to Ascochyta rabiei. Plant Pathology 53: 759-769.

 

Rajesh P.N., C.J. Coyne, K. Meksem, K.D. Sharma, V. Gupta, and F.J. Muehlbauer. 2003. Construction of a HindIII bacterial artificial chromosome library and its use in identification of clones associated with disease resistance in chickpea.  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 108:663-669.

 

Grünwald, N. J. and Coyne, C. (editors.) 2003. Proceedings of the Second International Aphanomyces Workshop. United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, Pasco, WA. 112pp. http://www.ars-grin.gov/hcrl/grunwald_lab/grunwald_pubs.htm   

  

Okubara, P.A. Inglis, D.A. Muehlbauer, F.J. Coyne, C.J. 2002. A novel RAPD marker linked to the Fusarium wilt race 5 resistance gene (Fwf) in Pisum sativum. Pisum Genetics 34:6-8.

 

Rajesh P.N., K. Meksem, C.J. Coyne, D. Lightfoot, and F.J. Muehlbauer. 2002. Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library construction in chickpea. International Chickpea Newsletter 9:29-30.

 

Pilet-Nayel, M.L., F.J. Muehlbauer, R.J. McGee, J.M. Kraft, A. Baranger, and C.J. Coyne. 2002. Quantitative trait loci for partial resistance to Aphanomyces root rot in pea. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106:28-39.

 

McClendon, MT, DA Inglis, KE McPhee. and C.J. Coyne. 2002. DNA markers for Fusarium wilt race 1 resistance gene in pea. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 127:602-607.

 

Anderson, J.A., R.W. Stack, S. Liu, B.L. Waldron, A.D. Fjeld, C. Coyne, B. Moreno-Sevilla, J. Mitchell-Fetch, Q.J. Song, P.B. Cregan, and R.C. Frohberg. 2001. DNA markers for Fusarium head blight resistance QTL in two wheat populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 120:1164-1168.

 

Whitehead, S.J., Summerfield, R.J., Muehlbauer, F.J. Coyne, C.J. and Wheeler, T.R.  2000. The consequences of crop improvement on the accumulation and partitioning of biomass and nitrogen in lentil. Crop Science 40:110-120.

 

Coyne C.J., Meksem K., Lightfoot  D.A., Keller K.E.,  Martin R.R., McClendon M.T., Inglis D.A., Storlie E.W. and McPhee K.E. 2000. Construction of a bacterial artificial chromosome library for pea (Pisum sativum L.). Pisum Genetics 32:23-26.

 

Coyne, C.J.,  D.A. Inglis, S.J. Whitehead and F.J. Muehlbauer. 2000. Chromosomal location of Fwf in pea. Pisum Genetics 32:20-22.

 

Coyne, C.J., Pilet, M-L, Deniot G., Baranger, A., Prioul, and McClendon, M.T. 2000. Selected AFLP primer pairs for fine mapping in pea. Pisum Genetics 32:27-30.

 

Coyne, C.J., S.A. Mehlenbacher, K.B. Johnson, D.C. Smith, and J.N. Pinkerton. 2000. Comparison of two methods to evaluate quantitative resistance to eastern filbert blight in European hazelnut. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci.125:603-608.

 

Coyne, C.J., S.A. Mehlenbacher, and D.C. Smith. 1998. Sources of resistance to eastern filbert blight in hazelnut. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 123:253-257.

 

Coyne, C.J., S.A. Mehlenbacher, RO. Hampton, J.N. Pinkerton, and K.B. Johnson. 1996. Use of ELISA to rapidly screen hazelnut for resistance to eastern filbert blight. Plant Disease 80:1327-1330.