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Patrick Edger

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Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture

Phone:
765-749-1496

Email:
edgerpat@msu.edu

Degrees:
PhD

Related Work

Articles Featuring

  • A chromosome-scale assembly of the bilberry genome identifies a complex locus controlling berry anthocyanin composition, July 14, 2021
  • Unraveling the Complex Hybrid Ancestry and Domestication History of Cultivated Strawberry., February 1, 2021
  • MSU Horticulture faculty members ranked in top 2% of their field, January 6, 2021
  • Breeding the best blueberry, November 16, 2020
  • Michigan State University blueberry breeder awarded USDA grant to improve blueberry and cranberry fruit quality, May 11, 2020
  • Study provides framework for 1 billion years of green plant evolution, October 23, 2019
  • Underrated and underground, tuber evolution study nets $2.6 million NSF grant, October 14, 2019
  • Combating the blueberry stem gall wasp, October 8, 2019
  • Researchers uncover the origins of the cultivated strawberry, February 25, 2019
  • Disentangling the origins of species, January 1, 2019

Authored Documents

  • Blueberry Varieties for Michigan, February 26, 2024

Courses

  • HRT 819: Advanced Plant Breeding
  • HRT 362: Applied Crop Improvement

Patrick Edger

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