Clay Sneller
Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

110 Williams Hall 1680 Madison Ave. Wooster, OH 44691 Phone: 330-263-3944 Fax:

Email: sneller.5@osu.edu

at OSU since 2001

EDUCATION

Ph. D, 1991, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Michigan State University

M.S, 1987, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Michigan State University

B.S., 1978, Agronomy/Plant Protection, The Ohio State University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001- present   Associate Professor, Dept. Horticulture and Crop Science, OARDC, The Ohio State University

1997 - 2001   Associate Professor of Agronomy, University of Arkansas

1991 - 1997   Assistant Professor of Agronomy, University of Arkansas

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN EXTENSION,RESEARCH, TEACHING

My area of responsibility is wheat breeding and genetics.   My objectives are to release improved wheat cultivars and germplasm, and to determine the genetics of wheat traits, particularly disease resistance and quality.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Sole author of paper ( Sneller, C.H. 2003. Impact of transgenic genotypes and subdivision on diversity within elite North American soybean. Crop Sci. 43:409-414. ) selected as outstanding paper in C-8 division of Crop Science for 2003.  

Co-author on paper (Vaughn, L.K., B.V. Otis, A.M. Prazak, C.A. Conaway, C.H. Sneller, J.M. Chandler, W.D. Park. 2001. Is all red rice found in commercial rice really Oryza sativa? Weed Sci. 49:468-576.) that won the award for most outstanding paper in Weed Science in 2001 by the Weed Science Society of America

Lead author on paper ( Cornelious, B., and C.H. Sneller. 2002. Yield and molecular diversity of soybean lines derived from crosses of northern and southern elite parents. Crop Sci. 42:642-647. ) selected as outstanding paper in C-8 division of Crop Science for 2002.  

SELECTED SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS DURING LAST FIVE YEARS

Refereed journal papers, books, and book chapters (career total=43)

Sneller, C.H., R.L. Nelson, T. Carter Jr., Z. Cui. 2005. Genetic Diversity in Crop Improvement: The Soybean Experience.   Jour. Crop Improvement (accepted)

Sinclair, T.R., L. Purcell, and C.H. Sneller. 2004. Crop transformations and the challenge to increase yield potential.   Trends Plant Sci. 9:70-75

Reyna, N., Cornelious, B., G. Shannon, and C.H. Sneller. 2003. Evaluation of a soybean QTL conferring tolerance to soil waterlogging in southern genetic backgrounds and environments. Crop Sci. 43:2077-2082

Ishibashi, T. G. Shannon, and C.H. Sneller. 2003. Soybean phenology and yield potential in the Ultra-short season production system. Agron. Jour. 95:1082-1087

Carter, T.E. Jr. , C.H. Sneller, R.L. Nelson, and Z. Cui. 2004. Genetic Diversity in Soybean, In Soybean Monograph, American Society of Agronomy

Sneller, C.H. 2003. Impact of transgenic genotypes and subdivision on diversity within elite North American soybean. Crop Sci. 43:409-414.

Purcell, L., T.C. Keisling, and C.H. Sneller. 2002. Soybean yield and water extraction in response to deep tillage and high soil aluminum. Comm. Soil Sci. and Plant Analysis. 33: 3723-3735

Akhter, M., and C.H. Sneller. 2002. Determination of seed quality of MG IV soybean genotypes. Asian Jour. Plant Sci. 6:686-689

Gealy, D. R., T. H. Tai, and C. H. Sneller. 2002. Identification of red rice, rice, and hybrid populations using microsatellite markers. Weed Science 50:333-339.

Vaughn, L.K., B.V. Otis, A.M. Prazak, C.A. Conaway, C.H. Sneller, J.M. Chandler, W.D. Park. 2001. Is all red rice found in commercial rice really Oryza sativa ?   Weed Sci. 49:468-576.

Reyna, N., and C.H. Sneller. 2001. Evaluation of marker-assisted introgression of diverse yield genes in soybean.   Crop Sci. 41:1317-1321

Cornelious, B., and C.H. Sneller. 2002. Yield and molecular diversity of soybean lines derived from crosses of northern and southern elite parents. Crop Sci. 42:642-647.

Rutledge, J., R. Talbert, and C.H. Sneller. 2000. RAPD analysis of genetic variation among resistant and suscptible Echinochloa crus-galli in Arkansas.   Weed Sci. 48:669-674

Pandjaitan, N., N. Hettiarachchy, Z.Y. Ju, P. Crandall, C. Sneller, and D. Dombek. 2000. Evaluation of genistin and genistein contents in soybean varieties and soy protein concentrate prepared with 3 basic methods.   J Food Sci. 65:399-402.

Pandjaitan, N., N. Hettiarachchy, Z.Y. Ju, P. Crandall, C. Sneller, and D. Dombek. 2000. Enrichment of genistein in soy protein concentrate with hydrocolloids and B -glucosidase. J Food Sci. 65:591-595

Sneller, C.H., and L. Kilgore-Norquest. 2000.   Effect of stem termination on soybean traits in southern US production systems.   Crop Sci. 40:83-90.

Kim, H.S., C.H. Sneller, and B.W. Diers. 1999. Evaluation of soybean cultivars for response to Sclerotinium stem rot in field environments. Crop Sci. 39:64-68

Cultivars, Varieties and/or Patents (career total=16)

Release of "UA 4805" soybean. 2005. P. Chen, C. Sneller, J. Rupe, B. Riggs. Approved by director of AAES.

Release of "OH708" wheat. 2005. C. Sneller, P. Lipps, L. Herald. Approved for release by the director of the OARDC.  

Release of "Gooding" oat. 2004. C. Sneller, P. Lipps, L. Herald. Approved for release by the director of the OARDC.  

Release of "OH645" wheat. 2002. C. Sneller, P. Lipps, L. Herald. Approved for release by the director of the OARDC.  

Release of "Cecil" wheat. 2003. C. Sneller, P. Lipps, L. Herald. Approved for release by the director of the OARDC.  

Release of "Lonoke" soybean. 2003. C. Sneller, J. Rupe, B. Riggs. Approved by director of AAES.

Release of "Desha" soybean. 2003. C. Sneller, J. Rupe, B. Riggs.   Approved by director of AAES.

Release of "UARK-5798" soybean. 1999. C. Sneller, J. Rupe, B. Riggs. Approved by director of AAES.

Release of 'Caviness" soybean. 1999. C. Sneller, J. Rupe, B. Riggs.   Approved by director of AAES.

Diers, B., T. Isleib, and C.H. Sneller. 1999. Registration of 'Titan' soybean. Crop Sci. 39:1534

Invited out-of-state and/or international presentations (career total=12)

Sneller,C. 2004. "Stability and Genetics of Quality in   Soft Winter Wheat" to Soft Wheat Quality Lab review, Wooster OH, 4/15/2004

Sneller,C. 2002. "Breeding for Scab Resistance in Soft Winter Wheat" to Soft Wheat Quality Lab review, Wooster OH, 4/10/2002

Sneller,C. 2002. "Breeding for Scab Resistance in Soft Winter Wheat" to Eastern Wheat Workers Workshop, St. Louis MO, 5/20/2002

Sneller,C. 2002. "Yield potential and maturity group effects in ultra-short and conventional production systems" to the Soybean Breeders Workshop, St. Louis MO, 2/20/2002

Sneller,C. 2002. "Use of molecular markers in the seed industry" at the International Seed Seminar: Trade, Production and Technology. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. October 16th, Santiago Chile.

Sneller, C. "Utilizing exotic germplasm to improve soybean yield" keynote talk to Prosoya , 3/8/2000 , Veindo Tuerto, Argentinia.

Sneller, C. "Genetic diversity in commercial soybean" keynote talk for a session at the 1999 Global Soybean Forum, 8/7/1999, Chicago IL.

Sneller, C. "Genotype x environment interaction in the southern US", Soybean breeders workshop, 2/22/1999, St. Louis, MO

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