Dr. Richard Percy
Professor
United States Department of Agriculture


Maricopa Agricultura
l Center
37860 W. Smith-Enke Road
Maricopa, AZ 85239-3101
Phone: (520) 568-5010
Email: rpercy@ag.arizona.edu

 

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Background and Interests
 

Richard Percy received a Ph.D. in Genetics from Texas A&M University in 1983. He also received a Master's Degree in 1979 also from Texas A&M University in Genetics, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 1974 from Texas Tech University. Here at the University of Arizona his research consists of Genetics and germplasm enhancement of Gossypium barbadense with emphasis on abiotic stress tolerance and fiber quality.

 

 
Selected Publications
 
Radin, J.W., Z. Lu, R.G. Percy and E. Zeiger. Genetic variation for stomatal conductance in Pima cotton and its relation to improvements of heat adaptation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 91:7217-7221. 1994.

Percy, R.G., Z. Lu, J.W. Radin, E.L. Turcotte and E. Zeiger. Inheritance of stomatal conductance in cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.). Phy. Plant. 96:389-394. 1996.

Percy, R.G. Registration of extra-long staple cotton germplasm, 89590 and 8810. Crop Sci. 38:1407. 1998.

Lu, Z., J. Chen, R.G. Percy, and E. Zeiger. Photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, and leaf area in two cotton species (Gossypium barbadense and Gossypium hirsutum) and their relation with heat resistance and yield. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 24:693-700. 1998.

Percy, R.G. Inheritance of cytoplasmic-virescent cyt-V and dense-glanding dg mutants in American Pima cotton. Crop Sci. 39:372-374. 1999.

Ulloa, M., R.G. Cantrell, R.G. Percy, E. Zeiger, and Z. Lu. QTL analysis of stomatal conductance and relationship to lint yield in an interspecific cotton. J. Cotton Sci. 4:10-18. 2000.

Percy, R.G. Registration of five extra-long staple cotton germplasm lines possessing superior fiber length and strength. Crop Sci. 42:988. 2002.

Percy, R., H. Moser, R. Hutmacher, S. Wright. Heritability of tolerance to early foliar decline in three Pima cotton populations. J. Cotton Sci. 6:104-114. 2002.

Percy, R.G. Comparison of bulk F2 performance testing and pedigree selection in thirty Pima cotton populations. J. Cotton Sci. 7:170-178. 2003.



 



 

       
 
 


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