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Floyd E. Bridgwater
Floyd E. Bridgwater 

Employee Information
Name: Floyd E. Bridgwater 
Title: Research Geneticist (Retired)
Unit: Forest Genetics & Biological Foundations (4160)
AD Unit - Pines
Phone: 919-549-4019
Fax: 919-549-4047 - Location Fax
E-Mail: fbridgwater@fs.fed.us
floyd@silva.tamu.edu

Location Information
Mailing
Address:		 USDA-Forest Service
Southern Research Station
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
P.O. Box 12254
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Shipping
Address:		 3041 E. Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park NC 27709
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Research Information

Education:
B. S., Forestry, Oklahoma State University, 1967.
M. S., Forestry, Oklahoma State University, 1969.
Ph. D., Crop Science & Agronomy, Oklahoma State University, 1972

Current Research:
  • Developing alternative long-term breeding and gene management strategies.
  • Developing improved genetic testing and selection methods.
  • Developing methods to increase genetic gains from tree improvement programs.
  • Computer-assisted modeling of marker assisted breeding.
  • Elucidating the fundamental genetic mechanisms that cause inbreeding depression in conifers.
  • Developmental and growth processes in southern pines.
  • Flowering biology of southern pines

Collaborative Research:
Marker-assisted selection; effects of rapid inbreeding in southern pines.

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Floyd E. Bridgwater

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