Darren Touchell

Research Associate, Department of Horticultural Science
North Carolina State University

Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828.684.3562 ~ Fax: 828.684.8715
E-mail: darren_touchell@ncsu.edu

Responsibilities

Research (100%): Major research areas include:

• Develop sterile non-invasive triploid nursery crops.
• Develop tissue culture procedures including micropropagation, somatic embryogenesis, embryo rescue, endosperm culture to assist in the development of sterile plants.
• Use molecular markers to assess hybridity.
• Breed and develop new feedstocks for bioenergy in North Carolina.

Additional information

• Professional Experience and Publications

Department of Horticultural Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science (CALS), North Carolina State University
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center, 455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759
Telephone: 828.684.3562 ~ Fax: 828.684.8715

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Updated June 6, 2012