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Glenn Howe
Glenn Howe

Associate Professor
Forest Genetics

Department of Forest Science
334 Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-5752 USA
  • Office: 334 Richardson Hall
  • Phone: 541-737-9001
  • Fax: 541-737-1393
  • B.S., 1977, The Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S., 1981, Michigan State University
  • Ph.D., 1991, Oregon State University
  • FS 505 Current Literature in Forest Genetics
  • FS 521 Natural Resources Research Planning
  • FS 599 Research Questions in Genecology and Gene Conservation
  • FS 599 Research Questions in Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement
  • FS 630 Current Topics in Plant Breeding
Physiological, ecological, and molecular genetics of forest trees, gene conservation, tree improvement.
  1. Howe, G.T., and Cherry, M.L. Pacific Northwest Tree Improvement Research Cooperative (PNWTIRC), Forest industries, state and federal agencies, $118,000/year.
  2. Neale, D.B., St.Clair, J.B., and Howe, G.T. Discovery of genes controlling wood property traits in Douglas-fir, U.S. Forest Service Agenda 2020 Program, 2004-2007, $180,000.
  3. Neale, D.B., Krutovskii, K.V., Howe, G.T., and St.Clair, J.B. Association mapping of adaptive traits in Douglas-fir, USDA NRI Competitive Grants Program, 2004-2007, $490,000.
  4. Brunner, A., Howe, G., Bond, B., Meilan, R., and Strauss, S. Douglas-fir Genomics in Interdisciplinary Research in Forest Science, College of Forestry Innovative Grants Program, 2002-2005, $60,000.
  1. Cherry, M.L., Anekonda, T.S., Albrecht, M.J., and Howe, G.T. 2007. Flower stimulation in young miniaturized seed orchards of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37(1):1-10.
  2. Howe, G.T., Jayawickrama, K.J., Cherry, M.L., Johnson, G.R., and Wheeler, N.C. 2006. Breeding Douglas-fir. In: Plant breeding reviews, J. Janick (ed). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 27:245-353.
  3. Slavov, G.T., Howe, G.T., Gyaourova, A.V., Birkes, D.S., and Adams, W.T. 2005. Estimating pollen flow using SSR markers and paternity exclusion: Accounting for mistyping. Mol. Ecol. 14:3109-3121.
  4. Slavov, G.T., Howe, G.T., and Adams, W.T. 2005. Pollen contamination and mating patterns in a Douglas-fir seed orchard as measured by simple sequence repeat markers. Can. J. For. Res. 35:1592-1603.
  5. Wheeler N.C., Jermstad K.D., Krutovsky K., Aitken S.N., Howe G.T., Krakowski J., and Neale D.B. 2005. Mapping of quantitative trait loci controlling adaptive traits in coastal Douglas-Fir. IV. Cold-hardiness QTL verification and candidate gene mapping. Mol. Breed. 15:145-156.
  6. Slavov, G.T., Howe, G.T., Yakovlev, I., Edwards, K.J., Krutovskii, K.V., Tuskan, G.A., Carlson, J.E., Strauss, S.H., and Adams, W.T. 2004. Highly variable SSR markers in Douglas-fir: Mendelian inheritance and map locations. Theor. Appl. Genet. 108:873 880.
  7. Howe, G.T., Aitken, S.N., Neale, D.B., Jermstad, K.D., Wheeler, N.C., and Chen, T.H.H. 2003. From genotype to phenotype: unraveling the complexities of cold adaptation in forest trees. Can. J. Bot. 81:1247-1266.