John W.
Gronwald
John dot Gronwald at ars dot usda dot gov
Plant Physiologist
John Gronwald
B.S., University of Illinois , Agricultural Science
M.S., University of Illinois , Agronomy
Ph.D., University of Illinois , Biology (Plant Physiology)
Research Interests
Improving alfalfa as a biofuel feedstock and livestock feed by modifying composition of cell walls.
Current or Planned Experiments
Using gene overexpression and silencing (RNA interference) to evaluate the role of selected genes in regulating cell wall composition.
Characterizing global gene expression in alfalfa using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis.
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