| Vicki Bradley |
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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 99164-6402Education
1991 - M.S. Agronomy
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT1988 - B.S. Horticulture
Montana State University, Bozeman, MTProfessional Experience
1991 - Present Agronomy Curator
USDA-ARS Western Regional Plant Introduction Station
Pullman, WA1988 - 1991 Graduate Research Assistant
Winter Wheat Breeding Project
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT1987 - 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, S?o Pedro, S?o Paulo, Brazil, 11-21 February, 2001.
