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| University of Minnesota | B.S., Agronomy | 1984 |
| Iowa State University | M.S., Plant Breeding and Cytogenetics | 1988 |
| Iowa State University | Ph. D., Plant Breeding and Cytogenetics | 1991 |
| 1991-1992 | Post Doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. |
| 1992-1998 | Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State Univ. |
| 1998- present | Associate Professor of Plant Breeding, Dept. of Crop Sciences, Univ. of Illinois. |
Young Crop Scientist Award, Crop Science Society of America, 2001.
“New sources of resistance for soybean cyst nematode.” 7th Biennial Conf. of the Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Soybean, Knoxville, TN. 1998.
“Resistance to white mold in soybean.” Midwest Soybean Conference, Davenport, IA. 1998.
“Resistance to white mold in soybean.” 1998 Crop Pest Management Short Course, Minneapolis, MN. 1998.
“Genetics of resistance to white mold.” 28th Soybean Seed Research Conf., American Seed Trade Assoc. National Meeting, Chicago, IL. 1998.
"Management of SCN through conventional breeding for resistance." 1999 National Soybean Cyst Nematode Conf., Orlando, FL. 1999.
"Management of parasitic nematodes of soybean through genetic resistance." World Soybean Conf., Chicago, IL. 1999.
"Effect of biotechnology on public plant breeding programs." North Central Weed Science Society National Meeting, Columbus, OH. 1999.
"Molecular strategies to identify novel genes for soybean seed yield." Soybean Breeders' Workshop, St. Louis, MO. 2000.
"Approaches for using molecular markers in breeding programs." 8th Biennial Conf. of the Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Soybean, Lexington, KY. 2000.
"Breeding and screening soybean for resistance to white mold and SCN." Soybean Seed Research Conf., American Seed Trade Assoc. National Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2000.
"Resistance to SCN in soybean." 2001 Crop Protection Technology Conf., Urbana, IL. 2001. (Regional technology transfer and continuing education conf.).
"Soybean breeding in the United States." India Soy Forum 2001, Indore, India. 2001.
"Marker assisted selection in soybean: promises realized?" 2001 National Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Charlotte, NC. 2001.
"Genetic resistance to soybean diseases." 2002 Crop Protection Technology Conf., Urbana, IL. 2002. (Regional technology transfer and continuing education conf.)
"G. soja / G. max introgression." Soybean Breeders’ Workshop, St. Louis, MO. 2002.
"Genetic diversity, friend or foe?" Crop Science seminar series at The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH. 2002.
"Breeding for SCN resistance in the public sector." National Soybean Cyst Nematode Research Meeting, St. Louis, MO. 2002.
"Breeding and genetics of resistance to SCN – U.S. perspective." China and International Soybean Conference and Exhibition 2002, Beijing, China. 2002.
"Current and future soybean breeding technology." Soybean Seed Research Conf., American Seed Trade Assoc. National Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2002.
“Putative yield QTL in soybean.” Soybean Breeders’ Workshop. St. Louis, MO. 2003.
“Breeding/genetics of soybean resistance to white mold.” Soybean Breeders’ Workshop, St. Louis, MO. 2004.
“Soybean genetic improvement through conventional and molecular based strategies.”, 2nd International Conf. on Legume Genomics and Genetics, Dijon, France. 2004.
“The effects of SCN resistance QTL and flanking regions on resistance and agronomic traits.” 10th Biennial Conf. of the Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Soybean, Columbia, MO. 2004.
“Marker-assisted selection in soybean.” RiceCAP Marker Assisted Breeding Workshop, Stuttgart, AR. 2005.
“Marker-assisted selection for soybean cyst nematode resistance in soybean.” American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. 2005.
“Evidence that soybean PIs have different functional alleles at rhg1.” American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. 2005.
“SCN resistance QTL: confirmation testing and associated effects on agronomic traits.” University of Missouri Poehlman Lecture, Columbia, MO. 2006
“Breeding for disease resistance in soybean.” North Central American Phytopathology Society Meeting, Fargo, ND. 2006.
“Yield QTL in soybean.” 2006 Soybean Molecular and Cellular Biology Meeting, Lincoln, NE. 2006.
“Staying ahead of SCN: alternative sources of resistance.” Agronomy Day, Urbana, IL. 2006.
Chair, Division C-7 (Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology), Crop Science Society of America, 2004.
Editorial Board, Crop Science, Soybean Cultivar Release Review Committee. 1997-2003.
Associate Editor, Crop Science. 2003-2005.
Nickell, C.D., & B.W. Diers. Soybean breeding and genetics. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 1999-2001. $210,000. [$105,000 to Diers].
Nelson, R., T. Carter, R. Boerma, C. Sneller, J. Orf, P. Cregan, W. Kenworthy, G. Hartman, C. Nickell, G. Noel, R. Palmer, C. Helm, & B. Diers. Identification and utilization of exotic germplams to improve soybean productivity. United Soybean Board. 1998-2000. $1,353,000. [$73,608 to Diers].
Nickell, C.D., & B.W. Diers. Coordination of regional soybean cyst nematode tests. United Soybean Board. 1998-2000. $94,435. [$47,217 to Diers].
Pedersen, W.L., G.L. Hartman, & B.W. Diers. Evaluation of resistance and integrated control of white mold on soybean. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 1999-2000. $20,000. [$6,666 to Diers].
Diers, B.W., & G.L. Graef. Genetic mapping and introgression of yield genes into soybean from Glycine soja. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program. 1999-2002. $300,000. [$258,000 to Diers].
Fehr, W.R., B. Matthews, B. Diers, D. Bird, C. Opperman, D. Lightfoot, E. Davis, G. Tylka, H. Knap, K Meksem, L. Vodkin, P. Arelli, D. Hussey, R. Bolla, T. Niblack, & T. Baum. Application of biotechnology to the control of soybean cyst nematode. United Soybean Board. 2000-2001. $1,000,000. [$51,712 to Diers].
Diers, B.W. Coordination of regional soybean cyst nematode tests. United Soybean Board. 2000-2001. $51,247.
Diers, B.W., R.L. Nelson, T.R. Rocheford, F.L. Kolb & J.Juvik. ACES genotyping center. Council on Food and Agricultural Research Sentinel Program. 2000-2004. $474,102. (Dr. Diers held a lead role in writing this proposal. He has served as the Director of the Genotyping Center. All funds are used by the Genotyping Center and thus cannot be allocated to individual PI’s.)
Diers, B.W., R.L. Nelson, T.H. Hymowitz, G.L. Hartman, D.M. Eastburn, G.R. Noel, W.L. Pedersen, I. Baianu, M. Paulsen, J.M. Widholm, & R. J. Singh. Univ. of Illinois soybean germplasm initiative. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2000-2001. $500,000. [$141,533 to Diers].
Diers, B.W., G.L. Hartman, & T. Hymowitz. Utilization of SCN resistance genes from Glycine tomentella. Council on Food and Agricultural Research External. 2001-2003. $71,000. [$56,000 to Diers]
Diers, B.W. Coordination of regional soybean cyst nematode tests. United Soybean Board. 2001-2002. $55,131.
Diers, B.W., R.L. Nelson, T. Hymowitz, G.L. Hartman, D.M. Eastburn, G.R. Noel, W. L. Pedersen, I.C. Baianu, M. Paulsen, J.M. Widholm, & R. J. Singh. Univ. of Illinois soybean germplasm initiative. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2001-2002. $415,000 [$147,739 to Diers].
Lightfoot, D., S.J. Clough, B.W. Diers, V.V. Lozovaya, J.M. Widholm, M. Bhattacharyya, G.L. Hartman, K. Meksem, C. Town, X. Yang, S. Li, S. Covert, V. Njiti, J. Iqbal, & A. Westphal. Application of biotechnology to control the sudden death syndrome. United Soybean Board. 2002-2003. $450,000. [$28,125 to Diers].
Diers, B.W. Development of cultivars with increased protein content. United Soybean Board. 2002-2003. $20,214.
Diers, B.W. Coordination of regional soybean cyst nematode tests. United Soybean Board. 2003. $55,131.
Diers, B.W., S. Abney, G.L. Hartman, X. Yang, D. Wang, A. Dorrance, G. Graef, J. Kurle, J. Steadman, B. Nelson, M. Draper, & C. Grau. Limiting losses to white mold in the north central region. North Central Soybean Research Program. 2002-2003. $118,750 [$19,000 to Diers].
Diers, B.W., R.L. Nelson, T. Hymowitz, G.L. Hartman, D.M. Eastburn, G.R. Noel, W. L. Pedersen, I.C. Baianu, M. Paulsen, J.M. Widholm, & R.J. Singh. Univ. of Illinois soybean germplasm initiative. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2002-2003. [$174,000 to Diers].
Diers, B.W., S. St. Martin, A. Dorrance, D. Wang, C. Grau, B. Nelson, & G.L. Hartman. Characterization of soybean genotypes with partial resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Sclerotinia Initiative. 2002-2004. $130,000 [$40,000 to Diers].
Diers, B.W., M.E. Schmidt, R.L. Nelson, G.L. Hartman, & R.J. Singh. Soybean germplasm and breeding research initiative phase IV. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2003-2004. $483,000 [$214,720 to Diers].
Pedersen, W.L., M.E. Schmidt, J. Bond, & B.W. Diers. Sudden death syndrome managed research area. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2003-2004. $250,000. [$43,978 to Diers].
Diers, B.W. Development of cultivars with increased protein content. United Soybean Board. 2004. $20,202.
Diers, B.W. Coordination of regional soybean cyst nematode tests. United Soybean Board. 2003-2004. $55,159.
Hartman, G.L., R.L. Nelson, S.J. Clough, B.W Diers, A.F. Bent, M. Schmidt, R. Frederick, & M. Miles. Germplasm evaluation and breeding using adapted, exotic, and novel sources to develop soybean rust resistance. United Soybean Board. 2003-2004. $186,300. [$14,000 to Diers]
Specht, J.E., R.C. Shoemaker, G. Graef, B.W. Diers, J. Orf, N. Young, & P. Cregan. Elevating seed protein content in the north central USA soybean-growing states. North Central Soybean Research Program. 2003-2004. $218,778. [$32,455 to Diers].
Schmidt, M.E., S. Abney, B.W. Diers, G.L. Hartman, J. Rupe, D. Sleper, X. Yang, J. Russin, L. Sweets, A. LeRoy, G. Shannon, D. Hershman, W.L. Pedersen, P. Chen, & M. Newman. North central sudden death syndrome variety testing program. North Central Soybean Research Program. 2003-2004. $140,477. [$12,000 to Diers].
Grau, C.R., B.W. Diers, G.L. Hartman, S. Abney, W.L. Pedersen, X. Yang, D. Wang, J. Kurle, G. Graef, J. Steadman, B. Nelson, A. Dorrance, & I. Rajcan. Limiting losses to white mold in the north central region. North Central Soybean Research Program. 2003-2004. $133,000. [$9,500 to Diers].
Hartman, G.L., S.J. Clough, B.W. Diers, & T. Vuong. Development of PCR-based molecular markers for resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot in soybean. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Sclerotinia Initiative. 2004-2005. $65,000 [$16,000 to Diers].
Diers, B.W., M.E. Schmidt, R.L. Nelson, G.L. Hartman, & R.J. Singh. Soybean germplasm and breeding research initiative phase V. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2004-2005. $483,000 [$211,590 to Diers].
Specht, J.E., R.C. Shoemaker, G. Graef, B. Diers, J. Orf, N. Young, & P. Cregan. Elevating seed protein content in the north central USA soybean-growing states. North Central Soybean Research Program. 2004-2005. $228,203. [$33,944 to Diers].
Diers, B.W. Coordination of regional soybean cyst nematode tests. United Soybean Board. 2004-2005. $55,516.
Diers, B.W. Development of cultivars with increased protein content. United Soybean Board. 2005. $21,200.
Pedersen, W.L., M.E. Schmidt, J. Bond, and B.W. Diers. Sudden death syndrome managed research area. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2004-2005. $250,000. [$20,000 to Diers].
Diers, B.W. Coordination of regional soybean cyst nematode tests. United Soybean Board. 2005-2006. $56,749.
Diers, B.W. Development of cultivars with increased protein content. United Soybean Board. 2006. $20,884.
Diers, B.W., R.L. Nelson, G.L. Hartman, R. Boerma, P. Cregan, S. Cianzio, R. Smith and P. Khanna. Identification and utilization of resistance to soybean rust.United Soybean Board. 2006. $490,220. [$68,329 to Diers].
Diers, B.W., M.E. Schmidt, R.L. Nelson, G.L. Hartman, & R.J. Singh. Soybean germplasm and breeding research initiative phase VI. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2006. $483,000 [$211,546 to Diers].
Diers, B.W. Evaluation of SCN resistance genes in field environments. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2006. $20,000.
Diers, B.W., G.L. Hartman, and C. Hill. Development of genetic resources for controlling Asian Soybean Aphid. Soybean Disease Biotechnology Center. 2006. $70,000.
Hudson, M., and B.W. Diers. Development and implementation of a high throughput gene chip based mapping system in soybean. Soybean Disease Biotechnology Center. 2006. $110,000.
Diers, B.W. Coordination of regional soybean cyst nematode tests. United Soybean Board. 2006-2007. $58,706.
Diers, B.W. Development of cultivars with increased protein content. United Soybean Board. 2007. $23,190.
Diers, B.W., R.L. Nelson, G.L. Hartman, R. Boerma, P. Cregan, S. Cianzio, R. Smith, D. Walker, D. Sleper, G. Stacey, H. Nguyen, and P. Khanna. Identification and utilization of resistance to soybean rust. United Soybean Board. 2007. $516,280. [$73,591 to Diers].
Diers, B.W., M.E. Schmidt, R.L. Nelson, G.L. Hartman, & R.J. Singh. Soybean germplasm and breeding research initiative phase VII. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2007. $483,000 [$211,665 to Diers].
Diers, B.W. Evaluation of SCN resistance genes in field environments. Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board. 2007. $20,000.
Diers, B.W., E.A. Ainsworth, S.P. Long, R. Nelson, D.R. Ort. Toward reducing soybean yield losses caused by ozone. 2007. $85,000.
R. Nelson, H.R. Boerma, T.E. Carter, R. Mian, B.W. Diers, W. Kenworthy, J. Orf, P. Chen, G. Shannon, J.R. Smith. Identification and utilization of exotic germplasm to improve soybean productivity. 2007. $474,314 [$40,888 to Diers].
Plant Genome Panel, USDA-ARS, Washington, D.C., May 1-5, 2000.