Jackie C. Rudd, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Texas AgriLife Research

Education
Bachelor of Science (Agronomy)
Tarleton State University 1977
Master of Science (Agronomy, Forage Legume Breeding)
University of Arkansas 1980
Ph.D. (Agronomy, Wheat Breeding)
Kansas State University 1992

Dr. Rudd is project leader of the hard winter wheat breeding program for the entire state of Texas. His responsibilities include management of the cultivar development project, graduate student training, and conducting research relevant to wheat genetic improvement.

Before coming to Amarillo, Jackie was project leader of the spring wheat breeding program at South Dakota State University, where he also managed cultivar development, was involved with graduate student training, served as major/thesis advisor, and conducted research in spring wheat genetics.

While at Kansas State University, Jackie assisted in all phases of the winter wheat breeding project and had primary responsibility for data management, statistical analysis and computer program development.

Some of his major project achievements are in the development and release of 7 hard red spring wheat cultivars: Russ, Oxen, Forge, Ingot, Ember, Walworth, and Briggs; 2 hard red winter wheat cultivars: TAM 112 and TAM 303; and 2 tritiale cultivars: TAMCale 5019 and TAMCale 6331.

Dr. Rudd is a member of the National Wheat Germplasm Committee and the National Wheat Improvement Committee and has served on the National Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative Variety Development Comittee. He has also traveled outside the United States to many countries, including Mexico, Guatemala, China, Japan, Kenya and Serbia, to provide consultation and present information regarding wheat breeding and its implications on improved varieties and yield.